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Project Summary
Project
The Astor Apartments
Engineer
Arcadis
Location
Sydney
Client
The Astor Pty Ltd
Date
December 2013
Project Budget
$6,500,000
What We Did
RMW replaced all the steel windows in the heritage listed The Astor Apartments in Macquarie Street, Sydney.
This project was tendered as a lump sum contract, the majority of the work relating to the repair and preparation of the window surrounds and the make good of apartments after the windows were installed, was carried out under provisional allowances. This was done because the scope of work for each unit was not able to be determined prior to removing the windows. The project effectively became an open book do and charge contract with a few lump sum items such as supply of windows and façade coating.
This project was such a success with the works being completed to programme and below budget that when the next stage of works came up, the refurbishment of the 2 light wells, in 2013 the board negotiated a contract with RMW on an open book cost plus basis.