Forrest Green – The Precinct

Project Overview

Forrest Green – The Precinct is a 129-lot residential development located in Armstrong Creek, designed to create a sustainable, connected, and community-focused neighbourhood. The client’s vision was to deliver a high-quality residential community that balances environmental sensitivity with modern urban living.

From the feasibility stage through to construction supervision, Beveridge Williams has been actively involved across multiple disciplines, including urban design, planning approvals, surveying, civil engineering, wetland design (by WRE), and project management. Our integrated approach ensured consistency, efficiency, and alignment with both client and council expectations.

A key component of the project involved negotiating wetland works and DCP-related conditions with the City of Greater Geelong, ensuring that the development remained both commercially feasible and environmentally responsible. The wetland design was strategically significant, not only meeting regulatory and sustainability requirements but also providing long-term community benefits through improved local amenity and stormwater management outcomes.

Through proactive coordination, cost control, and stakeholder engagement, the project achieved early completion while maintaining strict compliance with planning, design, and environmental standards. The result is a development that demonstrates strong community value, commercial success, and sustainable design excellence.

One of the key challenges on this project was managing multiple stakeholders and negotiating with the adjacent landowner to enable the delivery of the ultimate wetland. This required careful coordination, clear communication, and a collaborative approach to ensure all parties’ objectives were understood and met.

Through regular meetings, consultation with the client, and proactive engagement with all stakeholders, we successfully achieved the desired outcomes. This collaborative approach not only resolved potential delays but also ensured the project progressed efficiently and in alignment with both environmental and commercial goals.

Work Undertaken

Beveridge Williams provided a comprehensive suite of services for Forrest Green – The Precinct, supporting the project from its inception through to delivery. Our involvement spanned:

• Feasibility and Urban Design: Early-stage design and feasibility assessments to establish an efficient and commercially viable subdivision layout.
• Town Planning and Permitting: Coordination and management of the planning permit process, ensuring alignment with the Armstrong Creek PSP and council requirements.
• Surveying and Title Services: Preparation of feature, re-establishment, and subdivision surveys to support design, approvals, and certification.
• Civil Engineering and Design: Delivery of detailed design packages for water and sewer ensuring compliance with City of Greater Geelong and Barwon Water standards.
• Water Resource Engineering: Our Water Resources team was responsible for preparing the Stormwater Management Strategy (SWMS) and assisting in undertaking the detailed design of the ultimate wetland system. The team worked closely with Council to address all technical queries and ensure the design met both performance and environmental objectives.
• Construction Supervision: Provided comprehensive oversight of construction activities to maintain design intent, manage contractors, ensure quality compliance, and achieve key project milestones ahead of schedule.
• Project Management: Coordinated and managed all key stakeholders from the planning permit phase through to project completion, ensuring works were delivered on time, within scope, and in alignment with all regulatory and client requirements. Actively addressed stakeholder matters to maintain progress and transparency throughout the project lifecycle.

Benefits to the Client and Project Impact: Our integrated service offering and proactive coordination resulted in significant value for the client.

• Commercial Efficiency: Early engagement and value engineering reduced project risks, optimised lot yields, and maintained profitability.
• Timely Delivery: Through disciplined project management and coordination, construction was completed ahead of program, allowing earlier lot settlements.
• Cost Control: Negotiations with the council on DCP and wetland conditions ensured the project remained financially feasible.
• Collaboration and Integration:The project’s success was underpinned by close collaboration.
• Internal Coordination: Seamless communication between BW’s urban design, planning, surveying, and engineering teams ensured consistent project delivery.
• External Stakeholder Engagement: Worked collaboratively with the City of Greater Geelong, Barwon Water, electrical consultant, contractors and others, resolving technical and compliance challenges efficiently.

  Through our multidisciplinary expertise and proactive stakeholder engagement, Beveridge Williams played a pivotal role in transforming the Forrest Green – The Precinct vision into a thriving, sustainable community.