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Perkins Builders Best in the West MotoCross Open

Perkins Builders are excited to be supporting another fantastic local community event, this time as naming rights sponsors for the ‘Perkins Builders Best in the West Motocross Open’ being held at the Bunbury Motorcycle Club, on Southwestern Highway this Saturday 14th March.

Running all day, this great event will have audiences captivated as some of the best riders in the country tackle the course. With activities for the kids this will be a great day out for the whole family.

We’d like to encourage everyone to head along and support the Bunbury Motorcycle Club and this great event.

 

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Australian Bushfires Fundraiser

We have all seen the devastating impact of the bushfires ravaging our beautiful country, we have seen our communities rally together when needed most, and we have done the same.

Perkins Builders and the other members of the Perkins Groups of Companies held a number of fundraising events across Australia last week, and as a result will be donating $10,000 to WIRES to help protect and preserve Australia’s native wildlife.

If you haven’t done so already, we’d like to encourage everyone to make a donation to one of the many organisations supporting our country during this tough time. Information on where to donate can be found here.

Company News

Perkins Wins New Perth Airport Contract

Perkins Builders is excited to announce the first of our new projects for 2020; Perth Airport International Gate Upgrade – Terminal 1 Gates 52-54. This project is a significant milestone in the future transformation of the airport, with the new aerobridges set to deliver greater efficiency for airline partners and a vastly improved boarding experience for passengers. We look forward to once again partnering with Perth Airport and delivering a high quality result for the West Australian community.

For further information, the full media release is below.

Perth Airport Media Release
Company News

BP MUCHEA: CONSTRUCTION BEGINS

Construction at Perkins Builders’ newest site, BP Muchea, is officially underway following a Turning of the Sod and Welcome to Country ceremony on Thursday 21st November.

Guests included the Shire of Chittering, Shane Love MLA, BP Australia and Harvis who have all played a part in getting this development underway. A special thank you to Di Yappo and her mother Bev for welcoming us all to Yuat Country.

The new BP Truck Stop at Muchea will service the new Northlink WA road project. In addition to the full range of fuels for all vehicles this truck stop will include a 650m2 convenient store consisting of integrated restaurant, seated dining, truckers lounge and amenities.

Community News

WesTrac Cat Experience

Perkins Builders have been a long time supporter of the Lexus Ball and Telethon, helping raise money for research into childhood illness. As such it was our honour to have placed the winning bid in a silent auction for the WesTrac Cat Experience.

Split into two teams for some friendly competition, our staff went head to head in an excavator tyre stack challenge and a skid steer cone grab trial at WesTrac’s custom-built dig pit at their Guildford Facility. Whilst some course records were set amongst the friendly completion, the real focus of the day was teamwork.

Thank you to the team at WesTrac for a fantastic day and their support of a wonderful cause.

 

 

Company News

PPP Update

As a part of the EduWest consortium, Perkins Builders are pleased to provide an update on the WA Schools Public Private Partnership.

Please see the below statement:

EduWest – Badge Perkins Joint Venture 

In 2019 the EduWest consortium continues to deliver the WA Schools Public Private Partnership (PPP) project on behalf of the State Government.

Awarded in 2015, this complex project involves the design, construction, maintenance facilities management and private funding of four primary schools and four secondary schools (across 11 separate construction stages) within the Perth metropolitan area.

The EduWest consortium (a joint venture between Badge and Perkins plus Macquarie Capital and other stakeholders) finances the project and carries out a full facilities management service for 31 years until 2047. This is the first contract of this type within the Western Australian education sector.

The Badge Perkins Joint Venture (BPJV) was formed specifically for this project by Badge Constructions Pty Ltd and Perkins Builders Pty Ltd. Staff from the two parent companies work as BPJV employees to provide a united and team-focused approach, and a full suite of bespoke management tools and procedures are used to address the complex requirements of a PPP contract.  

In 2016, the first four primary schools were delivered; Alkimos Beach Primary School, Baldivis Gardens Primary School, Woodland Grove Primary School and Carnaby Rise Primary School.  In 2017, Aveley Secondary College Stage 1 (located in Ellenbrook) was the first of seven secondary school construction stages to be completed. This was followed in 2018 by Coastal Lakes College Stage 1 located in Lakelands. Currently in 2019 we are delivering the Hammond Park Secondary College Stage 1 concurrently with the Harrisdale Senior High School Stage 2 project for completion in December.

Both the primary and secondary schools were designed over a 14 month period, whilst the primary schools’ construction was fast-tracked in 2016 to occur concurrent with the design. This process involved intensive stakeholder review workshops, focus groups, and design documentation package peer review by the state to comply with the prescriptive design brief.

Further innovation during the design process included the selection of lightweight steel framing instead of blocks to allow the building layout and internal services to be reconfigured easily.

Taking into account environmental outcomes, the eleven school construction stages each have solar panels installed and collectively form the second largest commercial solar array in WA, which also reduces pressure on the state’s utilities.

It’s these outcomes which led to the AIB recognising Rocky Slater (Manager, PPP) and Jason Orso (Project Manager, Perkins) from the BPJV leadership team at its Western Australian chapter awards and national awards in 2018. The pair were presented with the WA Chapter Commercial Construction $100 million plus Category a High Commendation for Commercial Construction over $100m nationally.

Aveley Secondary College Stage 1 was also awarded Best Education Building $50m-$100m at the 2018 MBA WA Excellence in Construction Awards.

Company News

TURNING OF THE SOD AT CAPE CARE

On Monday 4th November, construction at our newest project, Cape Care Dunsborough was officially launched with a Turning of the Sod Ceremony. Perkins Builders were joined by representatives from Cape Care, Forrest MP Nola Marino, SWDC CEO Melissa Teede and Jan Button from CWA.

The Cape Care Dunsborough facility will be known as Armstrong Village and includes an 80-bed residential facility for people with high needs, palliative care, 21 independent living units, allied health services, premises for the Dunsborough Country Women’s Association, playground and landscaped gardens.

The ceremony was covered by the Busselton Mail; for more information you can view the article here.