A State-of-the-art Maintenance Center
The new train maintenance facility uses Kingspan Insulated Panels for site-sensitive design set within native bushland.
The Project
The new train maintenance facility has been constructed as a state-of-the-art, purpose-built centre to service and maintain the New Intercity Fleet (NIF) of trains. These trains carry customers from Sydney to the Central Coast, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains and the South Coast. The maintenance facility is located at Kangy Angy, between Ourimbah and Tuggerah on the North Coast rail line of New South Wales.
The facility includes a highly insulated and naturally ventilated fleet maintenance building, auxiliary workshops, material storage, administration, training rooms and associated amenities. Situated near a residential area within native bushland, the facility required sensitive design with particular attention given to the acoustic and thermal performance.
Sydney-based firm, Architectus, provided the architectural design services for the project. The aim of the design was to connect to the landscape while providing a functional internal space for the employees to work effectively. The design needed to visually contain the facility, reducing the impact on surrounding residents within a rehabilitated natural setting.
Architectus was briefed to create a cost-effective design that could still meet all DA requirements and deliver long-term sustainability outcomes. To address this challenge, Architectus needed a structural product that would insulate and deliver a continuous thermal envelope, whilst ensuring the building did not impede the view of surrounding residents. Liam Fitzgerald, associate at Architectus, had previous experience with Kingspan Insulated Panels and was aware of the product capabilities for design flexibility, thermal and acoustic performance as well as the benefits of building with insulated panels rather than a built-up system.
Sector: Infrastructure & Airports
Location: Kangy Angy, NSW, Australia
Completion Date: January 2020
Architect: Architectus
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The facility structure is comprised of a Trapezoidal Roof Wall (KS1000 RW) on the roof and Architectural Wall Panels (KS1000 AWP) on the walls.
“We had acoustic and thermal requirements to meet and we wanted to have a cohesive façade envelope with no gaps, which is hard to achieve with a traditional built up system, but easy when you have the same product butted up to each other. Acoustic testing of the facility achieved outstanding results of 26db” - Liam Fitzgerald - Architectus
The facility is comprised of seven individual buildings, each of varying sizes, so it was important to create a sense of cohesion across the site. “We wanted the buildings to share a common language. Using Kingspan panels enabled us to achieve this easily as the material and colour of each building is the same. The neutral texture and palette of Kingspan products also worked towards our aim of having the facility blend into the natural landscape,” noted Fitzgerald.
Kingspan’s Membrane Lined Insulated Gutter was also used, due to its ability to integrate with the panels, to give the buildings a clean and uninterrupted aesthetic. The gutter also comes as a single component in customised lengths, which helps with fast and efficient installation.
All Kingspan products were installed by commercial roofing specialist, Red 8 Roofing, who worked closely with Kingspan to ensure all products were delivered on schedule.
“Supply and delivery of the products for this project were outstanding,” - Andrew Blockley, operations manager, Red 8 Roofing
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