The Goolwa Oval Sporting Complex is a community sporting facility that serves local sporting clubs and the broader Goolwa community. Alexandrina Council’s investment in the complex reflects the council’s commitment to providing quality community infrastructure that supports active, healthy lifestyles across the Alexandrina region. The new complex provides the local community with new netball and tennis courts and cricket training facilities, in addition to improved car parking, road and pedestrian links and communal space for barbecues and seating. The complex also incorporates a new multi-purpose community sporting facility for outside hire.
Dewick & Associates was engaged by Integrated Air Services to provide Mechanical Engineering services for the Goolwa Oval Sporting Complex development, supporting the project team with compliant mechanical services design for a community sporting facility
By Richard Gardner
Credit: The image has been generated by AI and depicts a conceptual stadium in Goolwa. It is not the actual site.
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Alexandrina Council developed the Goolwa Oval Sporting Complex as part of its long-term investment in community sporting infrastructure, creating a modern facility with change rooms, function spaces and community areas designed to support a wide range of sporting clubs and local events. To deliver comfortable, energy-efficient indoor environments, the project required a comprehensive mechanical engineering design tailored to the operational demands of a busy regional sporting precinct.
Dewick & Associates was engaged to provide the Mechanical Engineering design, working alongside Mechanical Services Contractor Integrated Air Services to develop a practical, compliant HVAC solution that would support long-term performance while remaining efficient and straightforward for council facilities staff to maintain.
Designing mechanical services for a community sporting complex presents very different challenges to a typical commercial building. Change rooms generate significant heat, moisture and odours following sporting events, requiring effective exhaust ventilation and air movement. Function rooms and social spaces experience highly variable occupancy, meaning HVAC systems must perform efficiently whether accommodating small meetings or large community gatherings.
The regional South Australian climate also required a design that could deliver reliable cooling and ventilation during hot summers while remaining energy efficient throughout the year. As a council-owned asset, the systems also needed to minimise long-term operating costs and maintenance requirements without compromising occupant comfort or compliance.
Dewick & Associates delivered a complete Mechanical Engineering design for the project, providing detailed heat load analysis using dynamic thermal simulation software to accurately assess the building’s cooling requirements. The team designed the HVAC, outside air and exhaust ventilation systems in accordance with Australian Standard AS 1668, ensuring healthy indoor air quality and effective ventilation throughout the facility.
Our scope also included equipment performance schedules, mechanical equipment selection, National Construction Code (NCC) Section J Mechanical compliance assessments, and marked-up design drawings for drafting coordination with the wider project team. Working closely with Integrated Air Services and the broader design team ensured the mechanical systems were fully integrated into the overall building design while meeting council performance and energy efficiency objectives.
The completed Mechanical Engineering design provided Alexandrina Council with an efficient, compliant and practical HVAC solution that supports comfortable indoor conditions across the sporting complex while reducing long-term operational demands. The ventilation and air conditioning systems were specifically designed to meet the varying needs of change rooms, function spaces and community areas, creating a facility that will continue to serve local sporting clubs and the wider Goolwa community for many years.
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The image has been generated by AI and depicts a conceptual stadium in Goolwa. It is not the actual site.
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