Beautiful dam design cools more than warm water

These are the design of dam concepts for a new project in Bellingen NSW.

The sub-editor of the Australian Financial Review and his film industry partner are planning a calming water feature to allow them to de-stress from their high pressure day jobs.

The large dam at the rear provides the water to flush the natural swimming pool daily, as well as providing zero-electricity gravity feed irrigation of the down-dam food forest.

The Shadlow Project is located at Razorback NSW. Razorback is a very wealthy little village in the hills 45 mins south of Sydney – between the towns of Picton and Camden. The village itself has sweeping views of Sydney and the south coast beaches.

This dam has never held water since it was constructed – and the fault was horizontal linear compaction.

We will be fixing the problem with a Bentonite infused trapazoidal wedge and the whole wall will be anchored with an advanced keying technique using a 22.5 degree inverted sub-stratum bypass lock wedge.

You can read more about this technique here.

These are new dam design concepts for Australian Unity – a major Australian company that operates premium aged care facilities around Australia.

These concepts are for their architecturally designed ‘Sienna Grange’ facility – located in the beautiful coastal town of Port Macquarie.

This high priority project, which is at the heart of the facility, involves converting a landscape void into a spectacular water feature for residents who love open space, fresh air and the serenity of beautiful water.

The design concepts go to great lengths to create an atmosphere of friendship and wellbeing – while strongly incorporating the Australian Unity brand value of being ‘Better Together’

Design concepts for the dam refurbishment & rehabilitation at Robert Oatley Olives.

Robert Oatley was one of Australia’s greatest yachtsmen – known for owning the nine-time Sydney-Hobart-winning yacht Wild Oats XI.

He owned Hamilton Island & Rosemount Wines – which was the second largest wine brand in the US. Forbes ranked Mr Oatley as the 34th richest person in Australia, with an estimated net worth of $910 million. Robert Oatley died in 2016 – aged 87.

Features include a 16 megalitre main dam using permaculture and aquaculture design principles, advanced island design, 3 food forests that surround the dam and art installations