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Pawsey Supercomputing Centre for SKA Science, Kensington WA - Construction
Perth
This site is owned by CSIRO in freehold title and sits adjacent to other CSIRO properties, forming a greater campus facility.
The proposed Pawsey HPC Centre will accommodate approximately 6,000m2 of the 2 hectare site, situated in the north eastern corner. The site has significant level variations with falls across the northern boundary in the order of 10m. The building floor levels have been set to take advantage of the existing landform to ensure an efficient use of the available land.
The site is currently undeveloped and has the remnants of an introduced pine plantation.
Supporting the need for high end research computing the 4,500m2 facility accommodates a 1,000m2 computer hall above a 1,300 m2 basement. The computer hall is supported by a 1150m2 detached annex plant building. The computer hall will house a computer system that is comparable to the current world's top 10 supercomputers and will aim to meet best practise energy efficient targets. The Computer hall comprises three separate cells with distinct temperature and humidity profiles. With all supercomputing systems, a critical aspect is energy usage. The building proposal utilises a combination of air cooling with chilled water technology to meet the significant cooling demand.
A public outreach exhibition space wraps the northern facade to provide a strong public presence. This space will display material relative to the supercomputer and science projects by way of both static and audio / visual means. The space will support varying visitor groups including scientists, dignitaries and school children's excursions.
The project incorporates a component of office accommodation with conference room and amenities that will provide best practise for internal environment quality, including access to views and natural light, natural ventilation and worker / staff comfort.
The National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry, in conjunction with the Australian Government Implementation Guidelines, August 2009 applies to this project.
It is a requirement of this project that at the time of awarding a head contract with a value of $3m or above, the successful Tenderer (Builder) must be accredited under the Australian Government Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme established by the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005, and retain accreditation while the building work is being carried out.
December 2011 to June 2013