SHEA Residences presents a unique housing option to the Brisbane market luxury features including:

• All villas are constructed above a secure basement carpark, enabling space that would normally be consumed by traditional garages to be transformed into landscaped gardens and communal areas.
• Each villa in the development includes private lift access to the residential levels of the home.
• The development consists of an amenity building with a cinema, lounge and entertaining kitchen overlooking the resort-style pool.

DMA Engineers was engaged by Sunland Group to undertake the mechanical and electrical design services for the project. Our design work included:

• Energy efficient ducted air conditioning systems with appropriate zone control devices incorporated.
• Car park and amenities ventilation systems.
• Energy efficient LED lighting throughout.
• Security and access control systems.
• nbnTM network ready, providing residents with access to fast internet services.

Our team worked closely with Sunland Group to integrate the building services within each unique architectural space, ensuring that the aesthetic appeal was always maintained. We also provided recommendations on various types of air conditioning, lights, security and control systems that were a suitable fit for the development. Through this process we were able to ensure the design was fit for purpose.

Unlike open basement car parks that are typically seen in apartment buildings, at Shea Residences each villa has an enclosed garage within the secure basement car park. This presented the unique challenge of providing a code compliant car park ventilation system that could ventilate many enclosed spaces instead of one large open space.

Through innovative design and working closely with the architect, we have overcome this challenge by providing a practical solution. This included:

• Specified low noise exhaust fans.
• Careful placement of exhaust fans and discharge locations to minimize noise nuisance.
• Putting an appropriate control strategy in place, including the placement of Carbon monoxide (CO) sensors at strategic locations to ensure the fans are activated when unsafe CO levels being detected.