The College is excited to announce the impending development of a new covered sporting facility located on Great Ryrie Street in 2023.
The working name for this initiative during the planning and construction stages will be ‘Aquinas Sports and Multifunctional Project’, which we’ve abbreviated to the Aquinas SAM Project. A consultation process will be launched closer to the project’s completion to select an official name for the new multi-functional space.
The Aquinas SAM Project aims to transform the existing tennis courts into an all-weather sporting facility and whole school community gathering point to be enjoyed by all. The fees and contributions of the Aquinas community have enabled the College to pursue this exciting project.
The process of concept development, consultation and design involved engaging a select body of interested students that workshopped design elements with the architects. The results of this process, along with input from other key stakeholders in the Aquinas community, were utilised by the architects to guide the final designs.
With the design now finalised, we have successfully navigated the process of approval with Maroondah Council and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning as well as Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS).
The College is now entering the tender application process and anticipates that a contractor will be engaged by the end of the school term.
Once a contractor has been appointed, we will rapidly move towards a start date for the construction as we await the exciting process of seeing the new facility to take form.
We will keep you updated via the Lighthouse and the College website as further updates emerge throughout the project.