Who is Kennedy Bell Infrastructure?
Kennedy bell infrastructure is a trusted partner to architects, builders, local government, and manufacturing organisations.
We provide consulting engineer services across a broad range of industry sectors including domestic and commercial building, food processing and warehousing, heavy industry, warehousing and distribution, and the telecommunications industry and parks and playspace.
We invest time in understanding our clients objectives and needs, and then tailor our design and construction services accordingly. Our services include;
Brief definition and development
Civil / Structural Engineering and Documentation
Management and Co-ordination 3rd Party Design Consultants (electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, fire)
Client Superintendent and Supervision / Inspection roles
Our dedicated and friendly team deliver cost effective, consistent and timely design and construction services Australia wide.
SERVICES
Our company is built on the principle of providing quality tailored engineering advice and construction management services for our clients in a timely and reliable manner.
Our experience managing design and construction projects provides the foundation for service improvement and better outcomes for our clients.
Communication, proactive management and flexibility to meet changing client needs allows us to make a distinctive and substantial impact for our clients.
ARCHITECTURAL HOMES
Our team enjoy the challenges thrown up by our architectural clients to deliver design and construction solutions that encompass sustainable living, functional and aesthetic outcomes.
Complex geometric forms, underground basements, confined and sloping sites, cantilever stairs and glass balustrades are some of the interesting challenges tackled and solved.
Recent / Current Projects
- Aitken St, Clifton Hill
- Park Avenue, Fairfield
FOOD PROCESSING AND WAREHOUSING
We aim to be pro-active partners with our Australian manufactures.
Our team understands and can address the often complex and connected nature of manufacturing processes and the building envelope.
Plant, piping, maintenance and safe access requirements, pallet and racking storage, crane and picking systems, future and rapid expansion considerations, construction and maintenance / shut down activities around ongoing operations are addressed to ensure function and safety objectives are addressed.
Recent / Current Projects
- Tip Top Bakeries
- Puratos Apple (processing and fondant plant), Tyabb
- Hygain Feeds
RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL
We are supporting retailers both regionally and nationally to deliver consistent branding and store role out and refit programs.
Getting the right design partner, who can develop standard designs, understands the various state building legislation and can inspect and approve constructed works to ensure compliance maximises return on capital and minimise ongoing operation costs.
Recent / Current Projects
- Coles Supermarkets
- 7 Eleven
- Kathmandu
- Bentleigh Signs
- Mercedez-Benz National Re-branding
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The design of radio telecommunication facilities is a relatively specialised area.
Timely and consistent design outcomes, that meet both statutory and technical requirements, are essential for efficient and timely network deployment.
Our teams experience includes the design and construction of more than 2000 communication facilities for NBN, Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone groups nationally. Whether deploying new or upgrading existing facilities our team consistently demonstrates and ability to address radio, transmission, town planning, property, construction and maintenance stakeholder inputs to deliver compliant and timely designs.
Recent / Current Projects
- National Broadband Network (NBN)
- Optus UMTS Upgrades
- Telstra 3G/4G network deployment for service stream
- CPS Global
- Visionstream
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS & EVENTS
Zip lines, aluminium climbing frames, rock walls, skateboard ramps, pedestal swings and supporting club rooms, bbq shelters and pavilions have been designed and assessed to meet Australian Playground Standards; after all our children are on these structures as well.
Recent / Current Projects
- SMO Hobart for Playce
- Bendigo bmx 5.0m starter ramp for Playce
- 3rd angle play space equipment
- Bounce x park climbing frames and zip lines
- Clipsal 500 Adelaide projection screens Mr Rigger and Big Screen Video
OHS STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS
As business operations evolve the systems and processes used to access, lift and store bulk materials needs to be assessed to ensure current practices are safe and fit for purposes.
Typically working in consultation with plant management and field staff we assess current operations and provide practical solutions for;
- safe access to plant for maintenance and operation purposes
- pallet racking assessment and load rating capacity
- bulk material storage and lifting frames
Recent / Current Projects
- Coles Supermarkets
- 7 Eleven
- Kathmandu (2 to 12 tonne glass storage racks for Viridian Glass)
- Bentleigh Signs (Design and installation of mechanical plant platforms Tip Top Bakeries Dandenong)
CASE STUDY
Telecommunications
Manna Mountain for Entire Network Solutions
The majority of people living in urban Australia have very little understanding of the radio infrastructure that supports our regional and remote communities, nor the cost and time required to access and maintain these essential towers and masts, which are designed to provide emergency communications after cyclones, 1 in 1000 year storms, earthquakes and unfortunately vandalism.
Many are located in apply named locations like Mt Disappointment and Mt Misery, and can only be accessed by 4WD in certain conditions and are literally 1000’s of kilometres from support and maintenance services. Site constraints such as material supply, site access, availability of plant and suitability qualified personnel need to be considered in the design solution to ensure a cost effective and practical solution.
Manna Mountain Foundation Strengthening
Entire Network Solutions (ENS) requested KBI undertake a structural assessment of the existing tower and foundations as part of proposed New South Wales Telco radio upgrade works entailing the installation of 3 1200 dia parabolic antennas and binary dipole antenna to support emergency communications in the Forbes area.
Existing tower drawings and foundation details were incomplete or contradictory as to what was constructed on site. ENS riggers undertook a detailed survey of the structure to confirm tower member and bolt sizes for analysis purposes. Historical sketch details of the tower foundations indicated that the mast footings were blasted into solid rock but their depth, width and reinforcing was unknown. Therefore the foundation information was incomplete for analysis purposes.
In addition to being unable to identify the tower foundation Initial tower analysis showed that the tower base plate connections were overstressed and would require strengthening. Options considered for strengthening included;
1. Rock anchors
2. Above ground mass concrete foundation
3. Above ground rock gabion foundation on steel grillage.
Options 2 and 3 were quickly eliminated as the cost of transporting larger quantities of concrete (option 2) would be impractical given the steepness of the site access track and its remote location.
Option 3 was also deemed impractical to shift large quantities of rock around the existing tower and then transfer tower leg loads into a steel grillage below the tower.
Option 1 was considered the optimum solution as rock coring plant and operators were available in the area and it required the least amount of material to be transported to the top of the site.
Normal practice prior to adopting a rock anchor solution would be to confirm the rock profile and jointing with core drilling prior to finalising a design solution. As existing records indicated the tower foundations had been blasted into the rock we felt confident that the rock would be competent and further expensive rock drilling and investigation would not be justified.
The installed rock anchors would however be load tested to ensure that they had sufficient capacity to anchor the tower to the mountain upon installation.
CONTACT US
We look forward to hearing from you to discuss any upcoming projects.
Kennedy Bell Infrastructure
Suite 3, 322 St Kilda Road, St Kilda, Vic 3182
Telephone Andrew Bell on 0425731160 or Paul Kennedy on 0447864085
Enquiries as to how we can assist your team with its next project should be directed to;
Paul Kennedy Director
Andrew Bell Director
or email admin@kennedybell.com.au