Fender Katsalidis has designed six apartment buildings of between seven and eleven storeys for Pennant Hills Road in Carlingford, northeast of Parramatta. Lined up along a steep incline, the buildings will be arranged around a central village forecourt, with public pedestrian paths running between buildings and leading to a future light rail connection. The development […]
The seventh edition of our Sparks+Partners Annual Review, or SPAR, gives you a light and insightful look at the year that has been (and whaaat?). Twenty-Twenty-One concentrates on our people, capabilities, projects and some light entertainment.
The design of the Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta has inched closer to being finalized after Infrastructure NSW released the Response to Submission report. The report outlines design developments to the new museum, by Moreau Kusunoki and Genton, which include improvements to the public domain, a reduction of the proposed buildings’ overall footprint, and the inclusion […]
Sparks+Partners Consulting Engineers is where rich history and expertise in quality engineering blends with innovation, technology and drive. As a burgeoning business in 2016, they struck gold at the WSABE Awards and were conferred with the Commonwealth Bank Business of the Year Award. Learn more about their rapid growth and plans to continue developing in the below preview of the WSABE Leaders Collection.
A $350 million “innovation precinct” in the Sydney suburb of Westmead has received development approval. The project, designed by Architectus, will consist of two mixed-use towers, to be located between Westmead Hospital and railway station. It will become a hub for health, education, research, and business, as well as “lifestyle facilities” such as a supermarket, […]
Construction on the $11 billion rail link to Western Sydney Airport will start later in 2020, with the federal and NSW governments pledging a further $3.5 billion for the project, to be split 50/50. The metro line, running from St Mary’s railway station to the proposed airport, will include six proposed metro railway stations and is […]
The NSW government has released a tranche of documents outlining its plans for the 11,200-hectare “aerotropolis” it hopes to see eventually developed around the new airport at Badgerys Creek in Sydney’s West. Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture were announced as the architects of the airport itself in October. The draft Western Sydney Aerotropolis Plan outlines a long-term […]
Growing inner-urban residential populations and land scarcity have created a new typology: the vertical school. These campuses are changing not only the physical teaching and learning space but also the way education is delivered.
The Place-based Infrastructure Compact When preparing A Metropolis of Three Cities – the Greater Sydney Region Plan, Sydneysiders told us that the new jobs and homes needed to support our growing city must be created in an orderly way – in the right places, at the right time. This is what sparked the idea of a […]
WSABE strengthens the Greater Western Sydney business community by facilitating a shared celebration of success and mutual achievement and we are a part of this community.
Plans for a new $280 million Engineering Innovation Hub are under way with the proposal now on exhibition for Parramatta’s new precinct. Dinah Lewis Boucher, The Urban Developer – Connecting ideas, people and cities
Sparks+Partners Consulting Engineers have been nominated as finalists in the 2018 WSABE iCare Excellence in Business category, along with six other outstanding Western Sydney businesses.
Marking a highlight of a career spanning more than five decades, Arthur Laundy yesterday celebrated construction beginning on his Marsden Park Hotel & Brewery by planting a ceremonial shovel in the ground. By Clyde Mooney PubTIC
Fujitsu General Australia celebrates the start of construction on its new national headquarters at Eastern Creek, New South Wales. The new headquarters will be a 5-star Green Star energy rated building, providing additional space to encourage business growth and increase employment opportunities within the surrounding region. Fujitsu General has signed a ten-year lease with the […]
Covering the 27th annual Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence, and filling you in on how you can position your business for widespread recognition among the best in the west. By Gandhi Creations
The 26th Annual Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE) was certainly a night of nights with close to 500 guests celebrating the success of a diverse range of businesses. By Michael Walls, Western Sydney Business Access (WSBA)