van der Meer Consulting

Industrial Overview

capabilities

Van der Meer is one of Australia’s leading engineering consultancies providing a diverse range of specialist structural and civil design services across multiple sectors including commercial, health, retail, industrial, residential, education, events and staging. We have a reputation for technical design excellence, and with offices in both NSW and VIC, our integrated team of dedicated engineers provide clever design solutions that comply with the most challenging of client briefs.

Van der Meer is at the cutting edge of innovative and creative engineering design, with a commitment to continuously push the boundaries in order to deliver exceptional and unique results, alongside practical and cost effective designs.

Our impressive portfolio demonstrates the flexible, inspirational and intelligent minds behind the structures we deliver, which allows us to tailor each design process in order to meet the needs of our clients. Van der Meer offers many specialist services, including:

- Complex structure design

- Environmentally responsive

- Economical structures

- Sensitive design approach

- Buildable structures

- 3D Modelling

- Dilapidation Reports

- Unique structures

- Vibration sensitivities

- Blast analysis

- Innovative design approach

- Shop drawings

- Quality management

key services

Our project design process is such that we have highly experienced, senior staff working together with junior team members, enabling delivery of the high quality design solutions we are known for. Directors and Associates are intimately involved with the technical aspects and delivery of projects. Both offices have the experience and resources to undertake projects in all sectors of the market including:

- Aquatic Centres

- Commercial

- Defence

- Education

- Event Staging

- Fabric Membrane Structures

- Hospitals & Healthcare

- Industrial

- Land Subdivisions

- Marine

- Mining

- Public Buildings

- Residential

- Retail

- Sporting & Leisure

- Temporary Structures

Van der Meer Consulting provides a consistently high level of structural design expertise and experience, accompanied by an outstanding knowledge of the demanding and ever evolving property sector. The built form benefits from a reflective and finely considered approach to solving structural engineering problems. Architecturally distinctive structures typically require a clearly defined engineering design response. Van der Meer is especially interested in unusual or complex structures with a strong architectural emphasis, and therefore employ an efficient, often innovative engineering design approach to achieve superior results.

Structural engineering design is one of van der Meer Consulting’s core strengths. We balance a sound knowledge of traditional design and construction techniques with an ability to innovate solutions that support our client’s briefs. Our structural projects include multi-storey and high rise residential, industrial warehousing, commercial, retail, hospitals and laboratories, community and recreational facilities, educational institutions, mining support buildings, temporary structures and event staging.

structural

civil

We at van der Meer utilise the latest design and 3D modelling techniques to assist the accurate estimation of quantities during the costing period to ensure the best possible outcome for our clients. A close working relationship exists between our structural and civil teams to ensure coordinated and practical engineering solutions are produced. Our aim is to make complex earthworks and civil information readily understood by the presentation of a visual picture of the project. This ensures preliminary designs are chosen quickly, and in turn, allows for the provision of a detailed and effective final design service.

Our civil project services include:

Preliminary planning stage

- Service infrastructure reporting - Stormwater management plans - Water quality reports - Flood studies - Hydraulic impact assessments

Final construction design

- Bulk earthworks - Retaining walls - Land subdivisions - Flexible & rigid pavement solutions - Line marking, signage & traffic designs - Ecological stormwater drainage solutions - Onsite stormwater detention

shop detailing

Van der Meer Consulting has extensive experience in providing structural steel and precast panel shop detailing services across many market sectors Australia wide. We are always seeking new complex and challenging architectural designs that push us to be innovative and strive ourselves in exceeding client expectations.

We deliver highly detailed and accurate shop drawings ensuring the accuracy of fabrication requirements, in addition we also provide structural engineering support where required. Our innovative problem solving process and stringent review procedures provide direct benefits to the steel fabricator and the builder. To possibly reduce overall project cost saving we can investigate the possibility of various design alternatives to the documented design, increasing the bottom line, and guaranteeing client satisfaction.

In order to generate time savings and to maximise benefit to the client and the consultant team, the shop drawing procedure is initiated at the earliest stage possible, when the project is still in design phase. Additionally this reduces the RFI’s required, and results in a smoother transition from design through to construction.

bim

Van der Meer has integrated the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) across a large number of projects, and is recognised as an industry leader in the delivery of comprehensive 3D models. BIM is not a specific software, it is a process, a methodology. This process forms a digital representation of a project which contains detailed information about building elements, their properties and the construction process. This data can be used throughout the entire building lifecycle, and the life cycle is represented by 3D, 4D, 5D or 6D.

We maximise the advantages of BIM throughout all phases of the project process, and are able to generate significate findings that can benefit project planning, construction costing, time scheduling and building life cycle management. The fast and easy retrieval of the intelligent data allows for ease of communication and integration, which in turn increases overall productivity.

temporary structures

Van der Meer is Australia’s leading engineering consultancy for events, the arts, music and film industries. Our experience has made us a world leader in temporary structure and event engineering design. Our objective approach to risk management and flexible design procedures, ensure the safety of each demountable structure, from large event staging and grandstands to tents, marquees and high volume seating, all of which require rigid planning and management to maintain safety standards.

industrial overview

Van der Meer have carried out structural and civil engineering design on a large number of industrial developments; ranging from factories, warehouses, distribution centres, processing facilities, industrial outlets and units . We pride ourselves on our sterling reputation in the industrial sector, and boast a network of engineering professionals who have an intuitive understanding and astute awareness of the specialist techncial services required by the client and by the project.

Pactum Processing & Packing Facility, Ingleburn NSW

Shimano Australia Headquarters, Caringbah NSW

Grace Records Warehouse, Willawong QLD

Volkswagen Group Australia, Chullora NSW

Fosters Distribution Centre, Rosehill NSW

Coles Distribution Centre, Goulburn NSW

Diageo Australia, Huntingwood NSW Super Retail Group, Erskine Park NSW

industrial overview

Nestle Distribution Centre, Arndell Park NSWBunnings Warehouses, Australia wide

Coal Cover Domes, Taiwan Atlas Warehouse, Preston VIC

Exel Warehouse, Arndell Park NSWSydney Slipways, Rozelle NSW

Rosehill Office Warehouse, NSW M7 Office Warehouse, Eastern Creek NSW

Masters Warehouse, Heatherbrae NSWMasters Warehouse, St Marys NSW

Linfox, Erskine Park NSW Industrial Units, 10 Anderson St, Easy Botany NSW

Beach St Industrial Development, Kogarah NSW

Bingo Warehouse, Smeaton Grange NSWColes Meat & Poultry Processing, Erskine Park NSW

PharmaCare, Warriewood NSW

industrial overview

Grace Records Warehouse, Willawong QLD

MELBOURNELevel 6, 379 Collins Street

Melbourne VIC 3000P +61 3 8614 5555

E VIC-enquiries@vandermeer.com.au

SYDNEYLevel 3, 39 Chandos StreetSt Leonards NSW 2065P +61 2 9436 0433E NSW-enquiries@vandermeer.com.au

www.vandermeer.com.au