The Grove

The

Grove

The Grove’s naturally stunning landscape draws inspiration from the expansive views and the site’s natural assets to create a scenic waterfront lifestyle. SMEC’s Landscape Architecture team together with our Civil Engineering team are responsible for the concept design through to the delivery of a range of community spaces, swiftly integrated into the 167-hectare community, located 50km from Melbourne’s CBD.

Already an established community, The Grove will be home to around 2,600 families with access to a town centre retail precinct, primary and secondary schools, community facilities and a sporting oval, all connected to parklands and waterways and the wider neighbourhood by walking and cycle paths. The Grove’s naturally stunning landscape is bordered by two waterways, Davis Creek in the east and the Werribee River in the south, with planned wetlands and connected waterways in between. As we continually face a rapid increase in population growth, urban developers are working to manage fast-growing western growth corridors, outside of Melbourne’s CBD.

Client

Frasers Property Australia

Location

Tarneit, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Expertise

Urban Design Urban Renewal Civil & Structural Engineering Landscape Architecture

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The Grove will home around 2,600 families

of amenity area

Effective concept design through to project delivery

SMEC’s Landscape Architecture team together with our Civil Engineering team are responsible for the concept design through to the delivery of 10+ hectares of amenity area, including the wetlands park and associated built waterways. SMEC is supporting Frasers with the master programming of the project to ensure all phases are delivered in a timely manner, mitigating the risk of delay and ensuring the program can be accelerated to meet market requirements.

A scenic waterfront lifestyle enriched through the landscape environment

To date our impact can be seen through our civil engineering scope of work including the delivery of 1,700 lots, dual carriageway collector roads, signalised intersections, 11 hectares of wetlands, 2 km of waterways, 3 km of branch sewers as well as the local roads, drainage, water, and sewer reticulation and the coordination of gas, electrical and communications services. Our landscape architecture team assisted in the design and delivery of the wetlands park, bridges, playgrounds, pavilions, and shelters to provide further opportunities for the community to enjoy the outdoors.