Civic, Law & Order

The Project will consist of an estimated 230,000 gross square foot vertical New Courthouse and a separate 600+ stall Parking Structure with the capacity to develop to 1,100 spaces.

The project comprises the expansion of the existing Ararat Prison to create an additional 358 medium security male beds in a campus style setting bring the total capacity of the prison to 740.

The multi-security-level prison will accommodate both genders in a mixture of traditional cell blocks and cottage type accommodation.  Construction works commenced August 2013 and the new prison is due for completion late 2015.

WT was appointed by Activate408 to provide a broad range of bid phase Project Advisory services including Lenders’ Technical Advisor, Capital Cost Estimating, Commercial Support and Facilities Management.

WT, in conjunction with Aurecon, supported GEO Group in the development of their bid for their second term renewal at the Fulham Prison which was first let circa 1996.