Ingenia Lifestyle communities was formed in 2013 by Ingenia, Australia’s leading owner, operator, and developer of quality affordable seniors’ housing communities. More than 3,500 downsizers currently call an Ingenia Lifestyle community home, across more than 20 locations in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
Ingenia’s ambition is to maintain its affordable, sustainable housing solution enabling asset-rich, cash-poor downsizers to free up more equity and help fund a more comfortable lifestyle to enjoy in their golden years.
Ingenia partnered with Stoddart Group in 2018 and have worked together on two successful ongoing projects: Latitude One by Ingenia Lifestyle in Anna Bay NSW, and Plantations by Ingenia Lifestyle in Woolgoolga NSW.
As the new master plan rolled out, the safety of the community environment was a number one priority for Ingenia’s operations, construction staff, residents and visitors.
The development’s challenge was to minimise any risk and inconvenience to both existing and incoming residents within a staged project. Therein, it was important for Ingenia that construction occurred in minimal time, and that they partner with reputable, quality suppliers that could coordinate and communicate well for their projects to occur seamlessly.
Ingenia provides an innovative solution to seniors’ living, so it required an innovative company with a diverse range of products to partner with that would be able to support the ever-growing Ingenia business nationwide. Ingenia required not only a steel framing supplier, Ingenia required an innovative solution.
Obstacles that Ingenia was facing was finding a framing supplier that was not restricted by location or capability, and also a supplier that could offer a relocatable home solution. In addition, Ingenia wanted quality products that would not deteriorate over time.
Stoddart Group supplied and installed its 100% termite-proof, pesticide-free steel framing solutions backed by a 50-year warranty*. The Stoddart Group steel framing solution allowed for design freedom and flexibility, with a quick turnaround for supply and install. With over 60 years of experience, Stoddart Group was able to provide Ingenia with support in design, engineering, research, and development for a relocatable home solution.
Stoddart Group was able to provide significant construction cost reductions on design and onsite construction time, with the ability to provide a relocatable solution that allowed Ingenia to provide a premium product like none other on the market at a highly competitive price.
The result has seen the success of two large projects for Ingenia, and growth in its partnership with Stoddart Group. Stoddart Group worked with Ingenia Communities on the designs and have supplied and installed over 200 steel frames in the past 18 months across both projects in a safe and timely manner with minimal disruption to existing Ingenia Lifestyle residents.
There were a total of 260 days saved in construction time for the Latitude One development and 140 days construction time saved on the Plantations development. Ingenia and Stoddart Group look forward to working together on the next stage of the project, providing a quality lifestyle to downsizers that is proving to be Australia’s most innovative and popular over 55s lifestyle living solution.
To find out more about Ingenia Lifestyle’s affordable and sustainable housing solutions, visit www.ingenialifestyle.com.au
*50-year steel frame warranty by BlueScope Steel