Every project is unique so there’s no general rule. It may be just a few months for a simple structure on an easy-to-access site. Then again, it can be considerably longer from concept to completion for more complex applications where thorough design and site investigations are required. Large or small, the key to a streamlined project outcome is early engagement with all key stakeholders and ongoing collaboration.

Successfully delivering custom designs requires careful planning, ideally beginning with collaboration at the earliest stages of your project. By engaging relevant delivery specialists early, FORGE helps you and your project partners identify and mitigate potential projects risks long before they become real-world problems requiring expensive re-working or variations. Options can be explored, designs and materiality tested, and delivery methodologies refined to ensure you and your stakeholders get the project outcome you expect.

The FORGE Methodology is built upon a wholistic delivery offering that combines specialist design and design verification, structural engineering, manufacturing methodology, risk mitigation, planning capability, pre-assembly, project management and construction expertise, all from one team. Time and again we see the most successful project outcomes when our team is engaged early in the development process.

Absolutely, in fact we find the more collaboration on outdoor infrastructure projects the better, especially in the critical early design stages of the project. By partnering up-front with all key stakeholders and delivery experts we can collaboratively identify the very best solution for your vision, schedule and budget long before you need to commit to a construction contract. The result is almost always a higher quality and more cost-effective project outcome.

Yes they can and in many cases that’s exactly what we recommend and do for all of our projects. By intentionally designing these access structures in modular form where possible, the main structural elements can often be fully or partially pre-assembled in controlled conditions off-site. This maximises quality while also minimising installation time. The result is greater savings and reduced community disruptions.

Safety is central to every project decision at FORGE and begins with the initial design of your structure. Considerable thought is given to both structural integrity and user security. From an engineering perspective, every structure must be designed in line with all relevant AS codes and guidelines, ensuring they withstand not only the weight of pedestrian traffic but also environmental factors such as soil conditions, wind and weather, tides and potential flooding events.

Each year FORGE delivers bespoke landscape structures in communities across Australia. With dedicated national pre-assembly facilities and local project delivery teams around Australia, we work extensively with clients across metropolitan and regional areas in all states including New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the ACT.

Large or small, site conditions play a significant role in every outdoor project, particularly in terms of maximising design life, access and user safety. The site and surrounding conditions will typically have a very direct influence on the way your structure is detailed, specified and installed. It’s essential that every community structure is fit-for-purpose to each unique location.