STAGE 38 OF CHADSTONE SHOPPING CENTRE’S $500M Probuild REDEVELOPMENT INVOLVES THE ADDITION OF A TEN LEVEL OFFICE TOWER, A NEW BUS INTERCHANGE AND DURATION AN ADDITIONAL CAR PARK DECK. To tie into the existing Chadstone A large portion of the bus 2 years structure, a multitude of cut and interchange is located on a core holes were required to be suspended slab above the PROJECT VALUE made in the car park slab. shopping centre’s functioning car park. A significant amount $500M Land Surveys utilised a high of strengthening steel work was frequency Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to carry out surveys required to be fitted beneath in LOCATION order to transfer the load from the of each cut or core location prior structure above, and this required Chadstone, to the commencement of cutting works. precise survey work combined with Melbourne, Victoria accurate GPR results to allow the Successful location of in-situ post- steel work to be fitted through the pension cables and conduit were existing slab. combined with feature surveys to allow the safe and correct positioning of slab penetrations.