Client: 

Deakin University 

Deakin University required a major upgrade to its fire services across multiple Geelong campuses. 

The four-storey, 1930s-era T&G Building and clock tower was purchased by Deakin in 2014 and 

converted to house 33 self-contained student accommodation units. To continue to meet fire safety 

regulations, a pair of new pumps were required, to circulate water to the building’s sprinkler system at the 

prescribed water pressure in case of fire. Rendine also installed a large water storage tank to serve the pumps. 

Deakin’s main Waterfront campus is located in renovated wool store 

warehouses, some constructed as early as 1872. Once again, upgrades to fire services for the university’s

C and AD buildings called for sensitive management of both Deakin’s assets and its people.