ARBE2306: Maintenance & Rehabilitation Assignment 2 brief

Assignment 2 – Rehabilitation Proposal Report [3000 words ± 10%]

Due date: 24/10/2023 11:59 p.m. (AEDT) Please note that Singapore Time is 3 hours behind Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

Assessment weighting: 40% of Course Mark

Assignment objectives

On completion of this assignment the student should be able to:

1. Identify scope of rehabilitation work for dilapidated/obsolete buildings.

2. Propose appropriate rehabilitation work for dilapidated/obsolete buildings.

3. Identify/apply appropriate standards and statutory controls for rehabilitation work.

4. Suggest a suitable maintenance management scheme.

Table 1 shows the matching between the assignment objectives and course objectives.

Table 1: Assignment objectives and course objectives

Assignment brief

1. Introduction

This written assessment item places you in the role of an employee for a multidisciplinary consultancy firm specialising in heritage and rehabilitation work. In this position you are required to develop a proposal for the rehabilitation and reuse of the Hydraulic Engine House and Crane Bases Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10 (Carrington Pump House) in Bourke Street, Carrington, NSW. You will be required to write a professional report that gives background, justification and recommendations to your proposal. The problem scenario shown below is fully explained and should require no further explanation. You may be required to make assumptions or ‘educated’ guesses on any information/material that you believe to be missing. If this is the case you are to explain/justify these assumptions.

2. The Problem scenario

Carrington Pump House is a heritage-listed former hydraulic power station at 106 Bourke Street, Carrington, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1877 to 1878 by William H. Jennings. It is also known as Hydraulic Engine House and Crane Bases Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10 and Carrington Hydraulic Power Station. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 25 August 2017 (Bairtstow, 1986). Although some of the fabric has been depleted or removed over time, both the Hydraulic Engine House and Crane Bases Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10 are of state heritage significance for their design, materials and setting. The power station has been abandoned since the mid-1990s. It is presently under the control of the Port of Newcastle. The last major capital investment in it was in 2007 when over $400k was spent removing asbestos and restoring the slate roof. Current works include improving its weather protection, structural integrity and security. Stage one works, which won't be a complete restoration, will enable the community to access the area. The current project is jointly funded by a grant of $500,000 as part of Stage 2 of the Port of Newcastle Community Contribution Fund, in addition to a $700k contribution from the Port of Newcastle (Kelly, 2018).

The Port of Newcastle is now looking for its reuse, possibly as a gallery and café or Indigenous Museum or function centre, to complement the Honeysuckle precinct.

The Task

In a consultancy firm, you are appointed to handle this project and develop a proposal to turn the historic building into one of the following possibilities:

Gallery and cafe

Indigenous Museum

Function centre

You are expected to select one from the above list and address the following requirements.

Gallery and cafe will include but not limited to the following: exhibition rooms/space, a cafe, a boutique and a lounge etc.

Indigenous Museum will include but not limited to the following: theatre, exhibition area, a reception/lounge area, meeting room and office etc.

Function centre will include but not limited to the following: a reception, a kitchen, function/meeting/conference rooms and space, etc.

The plans and information of the building are uploaded to Canvas (in the Assignment section) and should require no further explanation.

Your proposal should:

describe the overall building conditions, e.g. the facade and interior conditions. You are required to identify 5 building defects that need to be addressed in the short run.

describe the proposed rehabilitation work including: a) repair works to the identified defects and b) alteration & addition (A&A) works to accommodate the identified needs. Any proposed rehabilitation work should be stated clearly if a building approval from Heritage Council is required. A template for presenting the proposed works and statutory requirements can be downloaded from Canvas.

indicate the proposed A&A work on floor plan(s), particularly the areas for explicit requirements e.g. a kitchen and the required functions for each use.

describe derived benefits from this rehabilitation proposal e.g. educational, social, economical and etc.

Suggest a suitable management scheme for the maintenance of the building and its facilities, and its operation after rehabilitation. In particular, you have to determine with justification if in-house, outsourcing contractor or a combination of both would best fit the service. Students are NOT required to produce maintenance programme nor PPMP for this assignment.

Some handy points

This course places a high value on the development of students’ academic and professional writing including such qualities as structuring sections and paragraphs to bring out a sound professional discussion, control of the conciseness and relevance of the discussion, ability to summarise and critique the arguments of pertinent writers etc. and to use appropriate citation and referencing techniques. Given these expectations, please note that the report should achieve the objectives within 3000 words ± 10% excluding drawings, references and appendices.

Submission requirements

Submission cover sheet

The university assessment/assignment cover sheet is no longer required for online submission.

Submission referencing

All sources must be referenced appropriately, and all figures and tables must be numbered, titled and integrated into the body of the report. Care must be taken in developing good academic and scholarly practice in citations. Use the Harvard or APA system or similar. Details can be found at http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/referencing

Use direct quotation very sparingly (as a guide, direct quotes should constitute no more than 10% of your whole report). In preference to quoting a lot, present the author’s argument in your own words. When it is important to quote ensure that you are doing so to draw attention to the key features of the author’s arguments. Refer to the section on The University’s rules and regulations on plagiarism in this Course Outline.

Submission format

Use a report format with a numerical hierarchy (or otherwise) of headings and sub-headings as shown in this document. Use an A4 type written PDF (.pdf) format and name the file as Surname First name_2306_Ass2.pdf e.g. Smith John_2306_Ass2.pdf.

The file size can be an issue when submitting through Turnitin. You are advised to review the size of your file ensuring it will not take too long of upload time. If you are including photographs and other digital graphic media it is recommended that you adopt processes (Photoshop, PowerPoint etc.) to reduce it to 72dpi format. It is important to note that electronic submissions will be marked in their electronic form for this course. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that any files submitted in Adobe format are readable. THERE WILL BE NO HARDCOPY or EMAIL SUBMISSIONS!

Please note that Turnitin do not accept scanned submissions, all drawings/sketches may be scanned as PDF/JPEG format and import them into the appropriate sections of your report and submit your whole report through Turnitin as a PDF file.

Submission time and location

All written assignments are to be submitted through Turnitin in the “Assignments” in Canvas by the submission time and date.

Assignment feedback

Feedback on the assessment item will be provided to each student typically within three weeks of submission. No assessment item will be returned to students.

Assignment checklist

You are advised to check your work before submission.

Submission checklist

References:

Bairstow, Damaris (1986). 'Hydraulic Power and Coal Loading at Newcastle Harbour, NSW', Australian Historical Archaeology, Vol. 4, 1986.

Keely, Matthew (2018, 17 November). 'Pump house gets a facelift'. Newcastle Herald, https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5749355/pump-house-gets-a-facelift/