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As one of the largest urban renewal projects in the country, the $2.7 billion Parramatta Square redevelopment will revitalise Parramatta city centre with premium grade office space, a multi-level retail podium and civic facilities that reflect the latest global thinking in design, productivity, and amenity.

MGP are proud to have been part of the design team on all four towers, working on the hydraulic and fire design services.

The project included 3 Parramatta Square (3PS), 4 Parramatta Square (4PS), 5-7 Parramatta Square (5-7PS) and 6-8 Parramatta Square (6-8PS). Working with Walker Corporation, Built, Boone & Willard Plumbing and Johnson Pilton Walker on 3PS, 4PS and 6-8PS and with Manuelle Gautrand Architects, DesignInc, Lacoste and Stevenson, Built and Quick Plumbing on 5-7PS.

3 Parramatta Square offers 16 levels of premium A-grade commercial office space with the largest naturally lit atriums of any commercial building in the country. 

4 Parramatta Square sit on the south side of the square. This premium commercial spaces offers a direct connection to the Parramatta train station, along with a Business and Events Centre to cater to the growing needs of its tenants.

6-8 Parramatta Square is Australia’s biggest office tower and delivers over 120,000 sqm of office space over 55 storeys. 6 Parramatta Square offers 2,800 to 3,100 sqm of office space, with many atrium configurations allowing for a diverse and functional workplace.  8 Parramatta Square provides unrivalled views from the Eastern CBD to the Blue Mountains over 2,300 sqm of floor space. Each of the towers has been designed in accordance with the industry’s best environmental and sustainability criteria in order to meet the highest Green Star and NABERS Energy ratings.

The final tower, 5-7 Parramatta Square, was awarded with ‘commended’ in the 2023 NSW Architecture Awards: The Sulman Medal for Public Architecture – The Phive Community, Cultural & Civic Centre by Designinc Sydney, Lacoste and Stevenson and Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. 

MGP worked with Quick Plumbing providing workshop drawings and fire services designs. This final edition to the Parramatta Square precinct offers a landmark civic centre offering council chambers, library, exhibition spaces, visitor services, roof garden, meeting rooms and a cafe. This stunning prismatic glass building not only cleverly incorporates the historic sandstone Town Hall building but bands of stacked crystalline blocks, angled irregularly to become vertical at the northeast, producing a futuristic form of civic spire.

Project completion: 2023

The country’s first skyscraper, 33 Alfred Street, was opened 55 years ago. Owned by AMP Capital the building sits within a prime position at Circular Quay. 33 Alfred Street will receive a much-needed facelift as part of the $1 billion redevelopment of the Quay Quarter.

The new 33 Alfred Street will offer enhanced functional performance, reinstate original heritage features and place sustainability at the centre of the development.

MGP were nominated to the design team to complete the hydraulic design services. Working alongside John R Keith Plumbing, JPW architects and Built.

This project provides a number of interesting challenges, of note working with the heritage listed areas of the building whilst upgrading the hydraulic facilities to ensure high quality services in this iconic building.

The development of Zurich Financial Services Australia’s new headquarters involved a new 25-storey commercial tower at 118 Mount Street in North Sydney.

The 20,000 square metre PCA A Grade building has a 5 Star Green Star and 5 Star NABERS Energy ratings, offering extensive office facilities, a two-level podium with cafe, a sky terrace, three levels of basement car parking and retail facilities.

MGP were delight to work with Roberts Pizzarotti (now Roberts Co). 

Roberts Pizzarotti is a relatively new Australian boutique tier one construction firm, founded in 2016 and jointly owned by the Roberts and Pizzarotti families.

MGP completed the hydraulic services for this landmark project. Of note the MGP team designed an effective solution for the sub soil drainage. The basement is cut into Sydney Sandstone, and as a result required perimeter edge drainage and integrated stormwater piping  to drain to a central pump station.

The re-purposed CUB Brewery in Chippendale was part of a $2 billion Central Park development. This new residential / retail / hotel / public space and parkland precinct is an exciting and award winning project.

Working with Smart Plumbing and Tzannes Architects, MGP completed the hydraulic and fire hose reel design services for the new commercial and retail additions to the Irving Street Brewery.

The exciting proposed new development of 5-7 Charles Street in Parramatta offers a mixed-use building, 390 residential apartments, along with shops at street level, offices above, an ‘aerial’ child care centre, a gym, swimming pool and common areas on one level, landscaped gardens on multiple levels and basement car parking. 

The building has been nominated for awards for its environmental responsible approach to design, and this impressive new tower will be the most prominent building on the eastern edge of the city centre, complementing the tall towers on the city’s western edge and along the riverfront.

MGP were engaged to complete the hydraulic and fire services tender D&C documentation for the project. 

Challenges: The site provided a few interesting challenges; it sits in water charged ground and a flood affected zone. In addition the landscaped gardens on multiple levels require highly effective drainage. Working closely with the design team; architects and the structural engineers the team completed the design ready for tender.

Innovation/Adding Value: Part of the buildings’ design incorporates car stacker facilities, to offer a higher density of park facilities in a busy urban environment. This will significantly reduce carbon footprint compared to conventional basement car parking. NCC 2019 standards are applied. The combined fire hydrant and sprinkler systems are designed to satisfy the new NCC prescriptive requirements.