CKA is currently working on a master plan for 150 apartments, villas and a community centre in Cheltenham. We are also working on 4 projects in Ferntree Gully including a master plan for a rejuvenated retirement village, retirement units and presentation work for a 109-bed aged care facility.
In addition to these projects, we have commenced preliminary work on a 90-bed specialist aged care and community centre for the Chinese community in Templestowe.
Two of our prestige homes were completed last year, subsequently, we have commenced work on several new residential projects in Melbourne and some regional areas. We also have several renovations, multi-unit development and apartment buildings underway.
CKA designed and documented 9 projects last year for the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing as part of their “Big Build” program. These were interesting projects for at-risk children requiring government support. Considerable research was undertaken to ensure that these houses were “Covid proof”, through isolation planning and air conditioning separation, while appearing like typical suburban homes. Some of these are now out to tender, we expect construction and contract administration to start early this year.
CKA has undertaken master planning work for major projects in many countries. We have commenced the master planning of a 100sq km redevelopment in Cixi, about an hour south of Shanghai. After a lot of fact-finding, these projects commenced with concept sketches and progressed through detailed CAD planning and 3D visualisation. The concept planning was commenced by Robert and is being developed by our Shanghai office, CK Designworks China. We have completed similar projects in China, such as the one below currently under construction in Nanjing.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COSTS
As part of CKA’s ongoing research work, we prepare construction cost guides for aged care, new homes and renovations. There has been a significant increase in building costs over the last fifteen months, up to 12.5% in some areas, due to shortages of materials, labour and supply chain problems with imported materials. Check out our current cost guides here.
