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North Construction to build new church

Gosford builders, North Construction, have won the contract to build the new Terrigal Anglican Church complex. The new church is currently being constructed on a picturesque hill-top site, located on Serpentine Road opposite Star of The Sea Catholic Church, It will replace the existing St Marks Church currently located in the Terrigal CBD. 

The church has been designed by Sydney architects, Thrum Architects who, along with other invited architects, were selected to design the new complex. As well as being a more peaceful environment with far less traffic noise, other advantages of the new location include the ability of the sites' larger size to provide much improved car parking, and more space for a wider range of multi-purpose rooms within the church complex. 

The priority was to better meet the growing needs of families, weddings and other groups using the church. The project brief called for a building that was both visually expressive and functionally flexible.

Stevens Construction wins MBA Award with Mingara project

Erina-based builder, Stevens Construction, took out two awards in their category at the 2009 MBA Hunter Central Coast Awards of Excellence in Building and Construction at a gala dinner held in Newcastle in late September.

Stevens Construction won awards for ‘Public Buildings Under $5 million’ and ‘Commercial Projects $3 to $6 million. Both awards were picked up for the construction of the Mingara One Fitness Centre at Tumbi Umbi which they completed in September 2008.

Commenting on the project, the MBA judges said, “The new fitness centre consists of 2000 square metres of gymnasium over two levels. The structure is of concrete and lightweight steel framing. Full-height glass walls on two sides allow the internal activities to be viewed from outside the building. The centre is well constructed and features two-storey-high solid laminated timber blades at the western approach to the building.”

Two other Central Coast builders also won awards on the night – North Construction and Building, and Seascape Building.

North Construction won the award in their category for ‘Extensions, Renovating and Refurbishments – over $2 million’. Their award was for construction of the Cessnock Community Performing Arts Centre.

Seascape Building won their award in the ‘Alterations, Additions, Renovations and Restorations $100,000 - $250,000’ category for work carried out on a residence at Wagstaffe.

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