To help meet the demand for quality child care in the inner city, the City of Sydney engaged Belmadar to transform 277–279 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, into a state-of-the-art childcare and community centre. As part of the childcare centre's facilities, the works also included upgrading the John Birt Memorial playground opposite the building. Works included: a 3-level childcare centre for 60 children with light wells, sandpits and garden planters on the first and upper floors creating outdoor play spaces with natural light for children's activities multipurpose community hire space with a kitchen a new lift, a new roof and drainage removing the paint to feature the original brickwork a bridge linking the centre to the John Birt Memorial playground to ensure children can safely cross to the park and pedestrian access along Berwick Lane is maintained Renewing John Birt Memorial playground, including an elevated platform with shade structures linked to the bridge, new bathroom and storage facilities, landscaping and fencing. Works also featured upgrades to surrounding streets, including: new paving in sections of Bourke and Liverpool streets and Berwick Lane (next to the centre and the playground) new sandstone to replace the existing stairs in Berwick Lane Two new LED street lights at Berwick Lane stairs Belmadar navigated around several challenges, which included: The removal of hardwood timber floors and lift shaft, temporary lateral façade bracing of a four-storey building Repair of the western parapet wall from a suspended scaffold over occupied neighbouring properties. Operation of Crane for the duration of the project off of B Class Hoarding on Berwick Maintaining access and egress on-site with minimal storage space. Renovation of the existing playground is in stages to accommodate the operating childcare facility. Belmadar was proud to have handed over a unique, high-quality finish project with minimal access and egress within a tight footprint.