Container Inspection Facility

The new Melbourne container examination facility is the first high capacity complex for scanning of shipping containers for the Australian Customs Service (ACS).

GHD worked with the ACS to design the architecture, structure, building services and civil works for the complex.

Originally conceived as a design and construct project, GHD extended its role from preparation of the design and construct specification to full design and documentation, after the original site for the complex became unavailable.

GHD completed detailed design and documentation for the architecture, structure, mechanical services, electrical services, hydraulic services, pavements and drainage for the complex.

The first of the integrated detection facilities to be constructed in Australia, the complex houses a container scanner, pallet scanners, container physical inspection facilities, a testing laboratory, offi ces and staff amenities.

With a planned throughput of more than 100 truck-mounted containers per day, the facility has the southern hemisphere’s highest detection and control capacity.

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In the industrial world, it is not enough to design facilities that are visually pleasing. First, industrial facilities must be functional. That is why GHD integrates architecture, process, and building design and engineering. This teaming assists in coordinating the crucial interfaces between the process equipment, the building layout, the structure and the building services to accommodate plant installations, building fabric and operational efficiencies.

We work with clients to maximise quality outcomes (on time and on budget), decrease lost production time, increase capacity to meet operational objectives, and take into account user and community needs. GHD has worked on building or upgrading facilities or operational plant and workshops in manufacturing, vehicle parking and servicing, stores, warehouses, cool stores, distribution, food, pharmaceuticals, production lines, petroleum and gas production, laboratories, abattoirs and commercial laundries. We can also assist with industry land use planning, and industrial parks and free zones.

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