This new bulk handling facility consists of two large warehouses which receive ‘Soy-meal’ off ships from Argentina, the buildings store it for a while and then the Soy-meal is distributed throughout NSW as poultry feed. 
The buildings are located at Kooragang Island where there are very soft soils, which if left uncontrolled could have caused building settlements of around 300mm. F K Gardner & Sons addressed this issue by implementing a ground improvement design combined with structural design solutions which reduced this settlement to considerably less than 100mm. 
Their design also allowed the existing ‘Gypsum rich’ soils to be retained on site and this resulted in considerable cost savings to the client. The project is a ‘winner’ because of the engineering challenges which were overcome.
The client was/is based in Queensland and due to covid they were unable to visit the site during most of the construction. However, FK Gardiner and Sons kept them well informed of progress and problems via a video link and a trusting relationship was developed. 
FKG Group has subsequently received further work from this client.