Australian Embassy, Jakarta

Client: Australia Foreign Affairs and Trade

Square footage: 540,000 sq. ft

The project is the construction of a 540,000 sq ft Australian Embassy located in the Patra Kuningan district and is the second appointment for us by the Australian Foreign Affairs and Trade in Indonesia.

We were selected to deliver full commissioning management of this construction from the outset through eight different stages, providing services which included due diligence surveys, peer review surveys, commissioning management, consultancy, heat load test and integrated systems testing (IST).

The project build is a five-storey chancery, comprising an official residence for the Head of Mission, accommodation for 32 staff, recreational facilities, four guard stations, a contiguous basement, as well as comprehensive landscaping

The Embassy is designed to be environmentally friendly; energy consumption is reduced through the use of lightly insulated facades and sophisticated ventilation systems, site storm water is managed through extensive landscaping, green roof technology and an underground water retention system, while rainwater harvesting, sewerage recycling and low-flow water fixtures help conserve water.

We ensured that all these elements of the fit-out were installed according to defined objectives with the ability to operate and integrate optimally, hence meeting the end user’s requirements.

As the Embassy was built on a 440,000 sq ft brownfield site, four mature Banyan trees had to be relocated – a transplanting effort which was recognised by the Indonesian Guinness Book of Records.