Client Objectives

Nine’s objective was to install a motorised 7.3m ku-band satellite uplink dish on the roof of the Nine National Playout Centre to support its playout business.  

The Ku band (Kurtz-under band) is primarily used for satellite communications, particularly for editing and broadcasting satellite television.
 

Results

• Council Development Consent
• Having secured this consent, we costed a number of alternative solutions including the procurement of a new satellite dish.
• The most cost effective solution - which saved $300K - was to disassemble an existing dish at Nine’s (Territory Television) Darwin site and to reassemble and lift this onto a new platform on the roof of NPC.
• The construction of an air-conditioned Rack Room to house the switching equipment, UPS and batteries for the dish.
• The project was delivered in a 24x7, 365 day live operating environment on time and below budget.

Additional Assignments

• NBN Newcastle Office Fitout & Studios
• Northern Territory Television, 82 Mitchell Street Darwin, Base Building Upgrade, Office Fitout & Studio
• NPC fitout and base building refurbishment