Western Bulldogs Football Club Womens Hub

Western Bulldogs Football Club Womens Hub

Western Bulldogs Football Club Womens Hub

Client

Duo Projects (VIC)

Project Purpose

To assist with the needs assessment for the Women’s Health and Leadership Centre at Whitten Oval. The Centre will incorporate dedicated meeting rooms and functional spaces to deliver various programs and services promoting girl’s and women’s health and leadership.

Otium’s Role

  • Meeting with key stakeholders to determine the facility’s functional and operational requirements.
  • Providing input into other opportunities for the Centre
    based on industry best practice.
  • Developing a detailed facility component schedule to guide
    the architectural design.
  • Development of a financial, operational model to understand the ongoing cost of the facility.

Project Outcomes

  • As part of the redevelopment of the Western Bulldogs facility, a purpose-built Women’s Health and Leadership Hub has been established.
  • The Centre will provide a range of services and programs that aim to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of women living, working and recreating in the City of Maribyrnong.

Project Challenges/Key Learnings

  • To define the scope of works to support the objectives of a Women’s Health and Leadership Centre.
  • To integrate the Centre as part of an elite training
    facility.

Community Benefits

The Games venues will provide a lasting legacy to their communities by providing new opportunities for people to participate in sport and be physically healthy and active.
Port Macquarie Coastal Recreation Needs Study

Port Macquarie Coastal Recreation Needs Study

Port Macquarie Coastal Recreation Needs Study

Client

Port Macquarie Hastings Council (NSW)

Project Purpose

Otium was appointed by Port Macquarie Hastings Council to undertake the Coastal Recreational User Needs Analysis to identify key recreational activities undertaken in the coastal zone, patterns in usage and the suitability of existing infrastructure to support current and future recreation needs.

Otium’s Role

  • Analysis of recreational user groups and activities undertaken in the coastal zone.
  • Map, identify and review the assets that support both foreshore-based and water-based recreational activities.
  • Identify, assess and engage with key stakeholders responsible for the provision of recreational infrastructure and land/water in the Coastal zone.
  • Identify, prioritise, assess and map potential recreational opportunities within the coastal zone that may address emerging and future recreational usage pressure.

Project Outcomes

The recommendations of the Coastal Recreational Needs Study informed the future management actions and will be incorporated into the Port Macquarie Hastings Coastal Management Plan.

Project Challenges/Key Learnings

  • Continuing growth in urban population and tourism contributes to additional demand on coastal zones creating challenges for balancing coastal ecosystems.
  • Environmental concerns such as increased frequency of flooding, coastal erosion and shoreline recession require strategic and collaborative approach.

Community Benefits

  • Enhanced Access and Inclusion with universal accessibility at the core, and development of shared pathways and cycleways to connect coastal areas with town centres and open spaces.
  • Strengthened collaboration between government agencies and local groups for shared management and funding.
  • Future-proofing infrastructure by strategic planning for population growth and evolving recreation trends.
Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre

Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre

Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre

Client

Rau Paenga (formerly Ōtākaro) and Christchurch City Council (New Zealand)

Status

Under construction, due to open late 2025

Otium’s Role

  • Business Case, including detailed financial operating model and management structure.
  • Development of facility component schedules to guide the development of the architectural brief.
  • Ongoing Stakeholder engagement to guide facility component schedules.
  • Engagement with Sport New Zealand through the development of the key facility components to support high performance and national sporting bodies.
  • Ongoing advisor to the Design Team.
  • Functional and operational imperatives.
  • Community sport requirements.
  • High performance sport training requirements.
  • Event overlays at a regional, national and international level.

Estimated Capital Cost

$365 million

Project Challenges/Key Learnings

  • Addressing multiple stakeholder needs
  • Balance between community and elite sport training needs.
  • Design implications to support the facility as an event centre.

Community Benefits

Contemporary sport and recreation facility that supports community participation, elite training and national and international competition.
Para Sports South East Queensland IndoorInfrastructure Legacy Strategy

Para Sports South East Queensland IndoorInfrastructure Legacy Strategy

Para Sports South East Queensland Indoor Infrastructure Legacy Strategy

Client

Paralympics Australia

Project Purpose

The Strategy incorporates a Hierarchy Framework for indoor para sport facilities that provides guidance on the purpose, location accessibility and facilities needs of indoor para sports.

Otium’s Role

  • Principal consultant
  • Research
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Demand analysis
  • Indoor para sport infrastructure hierarchy framework
  • Future network development
  • Benefits assessment.

Project Outcomes

Used as a tool by Paralympics Australia to facilitate optimised legacy outcomes with 2032 Paralympic Games organisers.

Project Challenges/Key Learnings

  • Planning within Australia for disability sports is limited compared to the framework for able bodied athletes.
  • Otium was able to leverage its engagement techniques to acquire the knowledge necessary to develop a strategy that gained the support of the para sports community.

Community Benefits

Once implemented, para sports in South East Queensland will, for the first time, better address demand and accessibility, optimise high performance partnerships, including shared resources and learnings, have an environment for ongoing research, rehabilitation and recovery.
Northern Beaches Indoor Sport and Recreation Needs Study

Northern Beaches Indoor Sport and Recreation Needs Study

Northern Beaches Indoor Sport and Recreation Needs Study

Client

Northern Beaches Council (NSW)

Project Purpose

Otium was appointed by Northern Beaches Council to develop their Indoor Sport and Recreation Needs Study to guide Council’s provision, management and future planning of their indoor facilities for the long-term (15 years).

Otium’s Role

  • Analysis of the Northern Beaches indoor sport and recreation facilities.
  • Demand model analysis to outline current and future spatial requirements.
  • Engagement with local sporting associations, Government Agencies, and local venue operator site visits.
  • Development of evidence-based future directions and site-specific recommendations to guide Council’s planning.

Project Outcomes

The Indoor Sport and Recreation Needs Study provides Council with preliminary directions of future planning that considers its impact on demand deficit, financial resourcing, and timing.

Project Challenges/Key Learnings

  • Analysis of the Northern Beaches indoor sport and recreation facilities.
  • Demand model analysis to outline current and future spatial requirements.
  • Engagement with local sporting associations, Government Agencies, and local venue operator site visits.
  • Development of evidence-based future directions and site-specific recommendations to guide Council’s planning.

Community Benefits

  • Indoor sport and court facilities provide all-weather opportunities, can absorb greater capacity, and host a range of events.
  • The Indoor Sport and Recreation Needs Study will seek to optimise the shared use of indoor facilities which will provide greater access across a variety of user groups.