Essendon Football Club

"Hanger" Training Facility


Essendon Football Club

2013

32 Watson Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Traditional Custodians: Wurundjeri

Essendon Football Club, (EFC) was delivered by a consortium under a D&C Contract arrangement. The partnership included EFC, Australian Paralympic Committee, Melbourne Airport Authority, Pure Projects (project mgr.) and FPPV Architecture/Jackson Architecture in association. The Essendon Football Club High Performance Training Centre includes a state of the art gym, large indoor training area, basketball court, altitude training centre, simulation training area and 25m training pool with aquatic recovery areas. Medical and sports science facilities are also part of the office spaces within the complex as are sports administration for the football club and Australian Paralympic Committee. The club sees Essendon football players and paralympians training together at the facility.

Project Team: Tim Neill | Stuart Peele | Doug Maunder | Ashleigh Taunt | Veronica Kurniawan | Eileen Yong | Kevin Fish

Contractor: Contract Control

Tags: Community & Recreation