Mambourin

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We’re providing integrated services for Mambourin in Melbourne’s western growth corridor.

Services

Civil Engineering Construction Consultancy Surveying and Spatial Water Engineering

Client

Frasers Property Australia

Location

Mambourin, VIC

Aerial photograph of wetland system designed by Spiire water engineers at Mambourin.

Civil construction underway at Mambourin estate.

The 110ha Mambourin estate is accredited as a 6 Star Green Star Community by the Green Building Council of Australia. When complete, it will contain close to 1400 homes, the Club Mambourin residents’ facility and a Town Centre precinct with school, community centre, retail hub and a proposed train station within walking distance.

The servicing to support the development across 30 residential stages includes external branch sewer and trunk watermains, a major drainage outfall through the Regional Rail Link corridor, and recycled water assets which allow for all lots within the estate to connect into authority recycled water infrastructure.

Within the Town Centre, our Civil Engineering team’s designs include coordinating the main street shared zone, planning and design for medium density areas and a now completed signalised intersection from Black Forest Road that is the main entrance into the precinct.

Our team worked together with external consultants in the wider project team to challenge the standard passive irrigation concept within the precinct, developing an updated passive irrigation detail that ensures greater efficiency in capturing run-off, providing improved opportunity for the Town Centre’s future streetscape.

Our Surveying and Spatial team has undertaken feature and level surveys, asset recording, subdivision design and regular UAV drone flights to capture aerial imagery of the construction of the estate.

Reimagined wetlands

From the initial requirement for a retarding basin under the Development Services Scheme, our Civil and Water Engineering teams worked collaboratively with Melbourne Water and an external landscape consultant to create a 5.4ha wetlands as a vibrant feature for the Mambourin community.

After identifying the opportunity for a water asset that went beyond flood mitigation purposes, the design grew for a multipurpose space, connected to surrounding amenities.

The solution was a tiered design of two in-line wetlands that incorporate weirs and pedestrian crossings, linked to the estate’s open space network. Our internal teams collaborated on features including two culvert crossings, boardwalks and a retaining wall viewing platform, while also working closely with ANCOLD engineers on the design of a dam as part of the outlet to the wetland.

Supporting sister communities

In a neighbouring development, our civil engineering, construction consultancy, survey and water engineering disciplines are also coordinating on the design and delivery of 2100 residential lots, working in partnership with Fraser’s Property Australia to support key infrastructure for Mambourin’s sister community, Mambourin Green.