Author Archives: Wayne Prangnell

Civil Construction Update – April 2021

Civil construction of Stages 1-3 has mostly been completed including roads, carparks, drainage, paths, services, stone walls and the dam crossing. Works to finalise the microgrid in Stage 3 should be completed at the end of April when switchboards have been delivered. The dam crossing across the central dam was ...

Civil construction nears completion

As we get closer to the completion of civil construction for clusters 1A, 1B, 1C and 2B, action on site has been intense. With a lot of kerbing and paths now being laid, we are seeing the fruits of many years of planning and design work rapidly taking shape. Margaret ...

Roads, tanks, walls and more!

CIVIL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – DECEMBER 2020 The civil works program has completed a large amount of work including earthworks and installing services including drainage, sewers, power, NBN pits and pipes. However, up until now, most of it has been buried, so despite the large amount of plant that has been ...

Stages 1-3 civil works resume

Construction Update – October 2020 Construction work on the Witchcliffe Ecovillage paused over the winter months and we are now looking forward to work getting underway again on 19 October. While site conditions over winter don’t suit civil works, the stonemasons have steadily continued in the Village Square and the ...

Stage 1 civil works near completion

  Construction Update – June 2020 After commencing civil construction of Stage 1 in February 2020, just as details of a global pandemic were emerging, we saw intense activity on site, which continued right through the lockdown. During this time, we have put about 7km of sewer pipe in the ...

Civil construction: a mammoth coordination effort

The design of a new village requires a huge amount of design information. The Ecovillage design team includes engineers and designers across a range of disciplines including electrical, road, irrigation, stormwater, sewerage systems, communications and geotechnical, as well as wastewater treatment chemists, landscape architects and planners. This team of staff ...

Construction update – Oct 2019

We are now well into preparations for commencing our first stage of civil construction work. We are finalising engineering drawings now in readiness for construction tenders and final Shire and Main Roads construction approvals. We are planning to invite tenders for civil works including roads, paths, sewers, electrical and communications services and irrigation mains this ...

Construction update: dam building

Construction has commenced on two new dams at the Ecovillage. The dams are a key part of our strategy to capture stormwater runoff from the village and to recycle it for use in growing food in the community gardens and agricultural lots. They will also enable us to maintain high ...