Pyramid Constructions | concrete would already have been set long beforehand. “There were external challenges as well,” David says. “The way the façades of the building were, a lot of the steel structure was intentionally left visible, with all the wall cladding left on one alignment. It meant doing the sun-screening and finishes in the wall line first, then moving the scaffold out to work on the outside line. It was slow going and took quite a while to get all the details done right.” But Pyramid did get them right, andmanaged to also obtain a 6-Star rating from the green building council for their work in sustainability features, which was a major goal of the project. One of the many features that helped them achieve that rating were the PV solar arrays mounted to the roof – as well as the northern face of the building – which connect back to the main power facility on the CIT campus. Other environmentally sustainable features on the project include a blackwater treatment plant, ensuring 100 per cent of the sewage coming from the building was treated onsite and made reusable. Rainwater collection tanks were also placed atop the building for further water recycling. The third floor, meanwhile, features a “green roof ” area with landscaped gardens, trees, and shade structures for students to utilise. The list of green features goes on, David says, and includes low-energy LED lighting, natural ventilation, and efficiency-minded building automation systems – to name just a few.
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