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In July 2013, Schiavello was commissioned by the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) to deliver the stair and

escalator upgrade within the heritage-listed Adelaide Railway Station building. An iconic landmark, this building has long served as a key hub for connecting train commuters to and from the CDB. Being the home

to the Adelaide Casino since its opening in 1985, the building offers the perfect setting for a Casino due to its neo-classical architecture.

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WHILST THE works were in progress, SKYCITY Entertainment Group had proposed a $45 million capital works programme comprising of four stages over a ten month period. Coupled with the potential $350 million redevelopment, the precinct would be transformed into a world-class entertainment and tourism destination.

Schiavello collaborated very closely with SKYCITY Entertainment Group, their Project Managers Jinton Pty Ltd, architects, services con-sultants, structural engineers and subcontractors to achieve what was considered by the stakeholders as two high-risk, fast-track very bespoke gaming areas. These included the Baccarat Pavilion located on the ground floor adjacent the main marble hall and the members only ‘pre-mium gaming’ area, Platinum Gaming Room, located on the first floor.

A dedicated specialist fitout team with a clear focus on design, quality and constructability was assembled. With their depth of knowledge and international experience, the execution of the processes to strategise fast-track, procurement and construction methodologies was successfully achieved.

Richard Collins, Director, Jinton Pty Ltd noted, "The contracting approach enabled the project team to work in a cohesive manner to deliver a high quality fast-track premium product for SKYCITY Enter-tainment Group to position in the Australian market."

The Platinum Gaming Room, a completely refurbished private gaming facility designed by Bates Smart, provides a premium gaming environment never before seen in Adelaide. Inspired by the golden era of the 1920s, the finishes throughout are nothing short of lavish.

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A series of centrepiece chandelier ring pendants with over one thou-sand Swarovski crystals adorn the ceiling. Bespoke joinery throughout features highly decorative and crafted anodised aluminium fluting, which was designed and created at Schiavello’s manufacturing facility in Victoria ensuring short lead times were met. Elaborate, curved and bevelled edge glass mirror panels, with intricate hand rolled, gold ano-dised aluminium inlays adorn the columns and walls. Highly decora-tive handcrafted plasterwork mouldings and elevated ceiling coffers further define the opulence of the Platinum Gaming Room.

In order to achieve these outcomes, much of the joinery package and bespoke elements, including the bevelled mirrored cladding, was sourced by Schiavello through local and interstate subcontractors with Casino experience. Many of the joinery items were produced with shop drawings alone as well as working collaboratively, with members of Schiavello’s project management team travelling interstate to resolve issues, and offer design and value management, as there was not the luxury of time to provide mock-ups and prototypes which is the normal practice for such detailed and custom-designed fitout works.

Designed by The Buchan Group, the Baccarat Pavilion is inspired by the classic pavilions of China and South East Asia and features an elevated platform with a lowered ceiling treatment, which defines the space as a single room within the existing gaming floor. Rectilinear patterns and profiled ceiling bulkheads reinforce the notion of an Asian-inspired gaming pavilion. LED lighting underneath the raised pavilion steps, that creates a feeling of a floating floor. Spacious sur-roundings, feature bulkheads, custom feature lighting and luxurious finishes define an elegant and refined space—providing a new level of gaming experience never before seen in Adelaide.

Extravagantly oversized feature lighting pendants define the axis of the pavilion, provide a level of lighting sophistication and enhance the notion of a designated gaming area.

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a GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) from concept documents was handled in a transparent process. This created a value management process which enabled both the contractor, Schiavello and the project team to collaborate,  thus providing a fast track delivery of cost cer-tainty for our client – SKYCITY Entertainment Group."

Aaron Morrison, Group GM of Business Development for SKYCITY Entertainment Group commented, “We set an extremely challenging programme for the contractor to deliver against, which required works to be undertaken over the Christmas and New Year break, typically a

time of shut down for many in the industry. The high level of dedication and commitment of the Schiavello team saw them work exceptionally hard through the break to ensure that all of our project milestones were successfully met. Together with the SKYCITY Entertainment Group’s project team, they were able to maintain control of all aspects of the project, including function, budget and aesthetics, to deliver the project on time and to a very high standard. We are very impressed with the result. Well done to everyone involved.”

Stage 2 includes the completion of the Barossa Room, designed by Bates Smart, which offers a fun and vibrant space, for local premium members as well as interstate and international patrons. North Restau-rant, soon to be known as Sean’s Kitchen, is undertaking a complete refurbishment, and a new VIP lounge will be constructed as an exten-sion to the Platinum Gaming Room.

Steve Lockwood, Schiavello State Director, comments “The collabo-rative processes that have evolved out of these extremely challenging projects are the result of truly professional individual teams coming together and working as a single unit. The transparency of the costing processes and the highly effectual coordination of the procurement effort allowed for a smooth systemic delivery and build phase. This was a rare feat under such arduous constraints. That was the real magic that came out of these visually attractive projects.”