john dietz - defence housing australia - building better communities
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John Dietz delivered the presentation at the 2014 ADM Defence Housing Australia Summit. The 2014 ADM Defence Housing Australia Summit had a theme and focus on ‘Supporting the defence community with an accommodating housing model’ and examined: the current management of the defence property portfolio, Australian housing economics, effective procurement modelling, community and family engagement with defence, efficient logistics co-ordination and the future of defence housing in Australia. For more information about the event, please visit: http://bit.ly/defence14TRANSCRIPT
Building better communities John Dietz, General Manager, Provisioning Group
DHA Building Better Communities
• Meeting the Defence Need – What, how, when and where
• An Evolution of the Defence Housing Product – Construction / Built Form – Development / Urban Design
• Opportunities – Working with DHA
DHA Meeting the Defence Need
• DHA managers ~18,000 dwellings – Located throughout all states of Australia
• We provide ~ 2,000 dwellings a year – Houses, Townhouses, Integrated dwellings – Apartments
• Add new stock – Development, Construct, Acquire, Direct Lease
• Extend the life of existing stock – Upgrade, Leases - option, renew and extend
DHA Meeting the Defence Need
• Acquisition – Relatively fast, flexible, lower risk/
low margin – Failure in some markets to provide
what we need – ~3 month time frame
• Leasing – Direct leasing similar to Acquisitions – Little/ no capital outlay – Low risk, little/ no margin
DHA Meeting the Defence Need
• Construction – Dependent on market for retail land – Build what we need – Less capital commitment, less risk,
lower return – 6 – 12 month time frame
• Development – Surety of supply – Build a ‘community’ suitable for our
members – Build what we need when we need it – Big projects, big capital commitment,
higher risk, higher return – Land sales ~70% – 3 – 10 year time frame
The DHA Product – Some Examples
An evolution of the DHA product – Built Form
An evolution of the DHA product – Built Form Concept House
An evolution of the DHA product – Built Form Tropical Design Guidelines
An evolution of the DHA product – Built Form Muirhead Designs
DHA - A unique opportunity to build better communities
Muirhead – Not just a better house, a better community
Muirhead – An award winning community Award winning homes in an award winning urban design
An evolution of the DHA product – Urban Design
• Precincts – Large, sometimes gated, housing divisions. On or off base – Lacked integration beyond Defence community
• Salt & Pepper – Spread DHA product throughout the
community – Usually between 30% - 50% takeout – Civilian neighbours can be
disheartened by the transient nature of Defence personnel
– Reduced support to Defence members from neighbours who understand the Defence community
An evolution of the DHA product – Urban Design
• Clusters/ Pockets – Groupings of 6-10 Defence
houses within larger urban areas
– Shared amenity for Defence members
– Better for those who appreciate the support of living within a Defence community but also like to be part of non Defence society
A selec'on of differing designs is required for members with differing wants and needs
An evolution of the DHA product – Urban Design
The Great Good Place “most needed are those ‘third places’ which lend a public balance to the increased privatisation of home life. Third places are nothing more than informal public gathering places. The phrase ‘third places’ derives from considering our homes to be the ‘first’ places in our lives and our work places the ‘second’” Ray Oldenbaug
Nothing beats good amenity able to provide informal social centres to foster community
Through long-‐term benefit to its members, DHA reaps the reward for good amenity more than most other developers
DHA - A unique opportunity to build better communities
DHA - A unique opportunity to build better communities Crimson Hill
DHA - A unique opportunity to build better communities Bluewattle
DHA – Future innovation for better communities
• Innovation in energy usage benefits community and saves Defence members money – DHA have started discussions on Total Energy Planning
initiatives with EDQ (Economic Development Queensland) – A holistic set of strategies to deliver:
1. Energy costs reductions of 30% to 40% 2. Sustained lower peak demand of 50% 3. Lower infrastructure requirements for developers
and utilities – Existing trials endorsed by the QLD Govt for EDQ
residential developments
DHA – Future innovation for better communities
• Smart Dwellings – House Design – Materials: PCM – Technology: Solar, Geothermal – Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS)
• Smart neighbourhoods/ centres – Micro-grids
Opportunities – Working with DHA
• Our Panels – Consultancy Panel – Builder Panel – No panels for Civil Works or Major/Commercial Construction
• Our Process – Tendering – Procurement Cycle
Opportunities – Working with DHA What’s on the horizon?
• Civil Works tenders – TODO Add upcoming Civil Works tenders
• Construction tenders, – TO DO: Add upcoming construction tenders
http://www.dha.gov.au/development/contractors/partner-with-us
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