| Cockram Construction of laboratory and production facility areas; storage and cold/freezer rooms; an electrical andmechanical services upgrade; ITcabling; as well as highly sensitive civil works specific to the operation of the Blood Service. According toGreg, the project is especially challenging – and Cockram is especially proud of their high quality result – because construction is occurring whilst maintaining all operations of the building’s processing and testing functions. “That’s a very, very complicated project,” Greg says. “It’s an existing six-storey building, and the client is operating in the building as we construct above, below and beside them. We can’t interrupt the client’s activities. So we’ve staged it in such a way that we move into an area, get it up and running for them, move the client in and then move into the next area.” “It’s in the heart of the city as well, which comes with its own set of challenges,” he adds. “It’s on Wellington Street in Perth, which is a very busy road. There’s a train line behind us. There’s a Western Power substation beside us. There’s limited access. Any challenge a project can throw at you, this one is throwing at us.” Greg says that overcoming those obstacles was a matter of both determination and communication. “We believe that there’s always a way,” he says. “If we understand the client’s requirements, we can come up with a plan to meet Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Adult Mental Health Unit
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