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Derby Street Children's Centre Upgrade

31 July 2023

A computer generated illustration of the front of Derby Street children's centre.

Computer generated 3D perspective of the upgraded Centre.

Progress photos

The front of the centre. There is a wooden facade with a sign that says Derby Street Childcare Centre in white lettering with an illustrated tree beside the lettering. There is a car space with a disabled symbool in the foreground
A view of the main room from the back, facing the front door. The floors have fresh floor boards. At the front right there is a kitchenette and on the left some cupboards.
A freshly renovated corridor with wood floorboards and white walls.
A wall on a building site. the wall is the corner of a 1 storey building and the inside of it is exposed.
A longer view of the side of the building with the exposed wall.
The interor of a building under construction. The floor is installed and 2 people are inspecting it.
An empty room with newly installed floor, cupboards and benches
The finished kitchen with sink, newly built cupboards and industrial dishwasher.
An empty room with two large cupboards at the back and two L shaped desks running down either side of the room, on the left and right.
The newly renovated kitchen with large range hood overhead. A chrome bench sits on the left and the split system air conditioner on the right. A small step ladder has been left in the space.
Newly installed wooden floors and wall leading to a corridor. Windows have been installed in the walls, and we can see the photographer's reflection in one of them. Full length windows are partially obscured on the left-hand side.
A door opens reveal a toilet. The sign on the door says "Unisex Ambulant Toilet" with two figures using crutches.
The newly renovated kitchen showing stainless steel benches.
The newly installed kitchen displaying industrial oven, hot plates and stainless-steel benches. A large chrome range hood sits above them.
A freshly paved path leading to the door of the building; work boots sit around the entrance to the door. On the left, a garden of tan bark with the trunk of a large tree.
The freshly renovated kitchen with large range hood overhead. Sink, cupboards and industrial dishwasher sit towards the back of the room. The side of a large chrome appliance sits on the left.
One of the new kindergarten rooms: a large room with a newly installed wooden floor. Full length windows and bench with cupboards sit towards the back of the room. A long orange extension cord runs down the middle of the room before wrapping around the legs of a trestle table and chairs.
One of the new kindergarten rooms: a large room empty room with a newly installed wooden floor. At the back of the room are a set of large cupboards
One of the new kindergarten rooms: a room with newly installed wooden floor leading to full length glass doors at the back of the room.
One of the new kindergarten rooms: An empty room with a newly installed wooden floor. At the back of the room are inbuilt cupboards and glass doors leading outside. A orange extension cord forms a V shape across the floor.

What we built

The refurbishment and expansion of the Derby Street Children’s Centre has rebuilt the existing 4-year-old kindergarten room and provided an additional kindergarten room with 27 places. The expansion will meet the service’s increasing enrolments and help cater for the recent introduction of funded 3-year-old kindergarten by the Victorian Government.

The project joins the new kindergarten building with the existing building and also provides a new office, therapy room, staff room, planning room, accessible toilet and kitchen.

Existing Facilities

  • 0-2 year old room
  • 2-3 year old room
  • 3-4 year old room
  • 4-5 year old room
  • 2x car parking spaces (includes 1 accessible car space)

What changed?

  • Replacement of existing kindergarten room plus an additional 27 place kindergarten room.
  • By joining up the existing building with the new kindergarten rooms, a more cohesive and modern facility is achieved.
  • New and improved administrative and staff amenities, therapy room and new kitchen.
  • Improved accessible access throughout.
  • An additional 2 car parking spaces.

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    December 2022-March 2023

    Design

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    August 2023

    Planning permit application

  • Timeline item 3 - complete

    October 2023

    Construction starts

  • Timeline item 4 - complete

    January 2025

    Construction complete

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