Hitachi Remanufacturing Facility

ADCO proudly delivered Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia’s re-manufacturing facility and Stage 3 mining equipment assembly after 12 months of construction.

Undertaken at Hitachi’s existing Forrestdale facility, the first stages of the works saw the establishment of a steel structure building with concrete tilt panel façade and external post tension slabs. The warehouse, which is used for the refurbishment of large-scale Hitachi mining equipment, was extensively fitted out with gantry cranes, hydraulic and oil reticulated lines, spray booths and wheel testing facilities. All essential services were integrated with the existing facility, with all rainwater and stormwater to be captured and reused as part of the overall facility operations.

The Stage 3 addition provides a 5,300 m2 warehouse and 200 m2 office area for Hitachi, and is equipped with multiple gantry cranes, the largest 2 being 200 tonnes each, for assembly activities.

The building was constructed with a combined solution of pre-fabricated concrete panels and structural steel frame. The operational areas of the workshop is a hard-wearing fibre concrete slab to support the heavy machinery loads and heavy-duty functional requirements. It is estimated that the workshop structural frame weighs approximately 750 tonnes in structural steel alone.
The first stages of the project were awarded the 2020 Master Builder’s Best Industrial Building ($10m-$20m) award. Stage 3 of the project also recently won the 2023 Master Builder’s Best Industrial Building ($20m-$50m) award.
As part of the project ADCO worked in collaboration with an external client appointed contractor for the installation of the cranes.