Boral has helped lift Melbourne's famed Stokehouse restaurant out of the ashes of a devastating fire in 2014 to become Australia's first 5 Star Green Star building of its kind. The new two-level building is now home to a refreshed and larger Stokehouse restaurant, casual dining space Pontoon and beachside fish and chip kiosk, Paper Fish in St Kilda.
The contemporary rebuild is at the forefront of low-carbon emission construction as the first Victorian venue to showcase Boral's ENVISIA® lower carbon concrete.
In addition to reduced carbon and strength benefits, ENVISIA's® light colour, and excellent off form finish were well-suited to the exposed columns and slabs used in the design and expected to extend durability of the building to more than 100 years.
ENVISIA® can enable the design of large slabs with fewer or no joints as a lower carbon concrete. At the Stokehouse, using ENVISIA® resulted in a reduction in the volume of steel reinforcement and concrete required for the construction of inverted suspended slabs. ENVISIA® was also used in the building's columns. ENVISIA® is also ideal for marine environments.
Use of ENVISIA® also assisted our client meet Government environmental and sustainability requirements for developing Crown land.
In addition to using ENVISIA® concrete to reduce the structure's carbon impact, the Stokehouse's innovations in sustainability include using copper pipes to heat and cool the restaurant, a detergent-free washing system and composting food scraps for donation to community gardens.
"The most exciting thing about the Stokehouse is the fact that we’ve managed to make it as environmentally friendly as we possibly can"
Frank Van Haandel
Owner
Stokehouse
"Boral has contributed a huge amount to the credibility of the building. What Boral has been able to do with the reduction of portland cement is actually staggering."
Trent Alexander
Project Manager
Van Haandel Group
"With ENVISIA®, only having half the shrinkage of regular concrete, it was really well-suited to a cantilevered slab design like this."
Greg Johnston
Site Foreman
Lanskey Constructions
"The cantilevered structure was monitored and showed ENVISIA® provided minimal deflection."
Sam Caruso
Structural Engineer
Bonacci Group
