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Case study · Education infrastructure

900+ items. One single point of contact. A new NSW public high school.

Cecil Hills High School received a major upgrade under the NSW Government's Rebuilding Public Education programme — a new multi-storey teaching building, STEM spaces, and a learning commons designed around the EFSG flexible-learning model. Office Line was engaged at design development and stayed on through delivery, more than two years later.

Client
School Infrastructure NSW
Location
Cecil Hills, Western Sydney
Architect & Builder
Fulton Trotter Architects
Hindmarsh Construction
Delivery
13 March 2025
Docket 79995

900+
Items supplied across classrooms, learning commons & staff zones
2yrs
Engagement from design development through to installation
T1
NSW Government Contract 771, Tier 1 supplier
01 — The project

A State Significant Development for Western Sydney's growing public-school catchment.

The upgrade delivered a new multi-storey classroom building (Building R) along Frederick Road, with 50 classrooms including four STEM-focused spaces, new staff facilities, an outdoor workshop (Building S), a canteen extension, covered walkways and accessibility improvements throughout the campus.

The build was managed by Hindmarsh Construction, with Fulton Trotter Architects as project architect. Office Line was engaged by School Infrastructure NSW to supply loose furniture across the project. The engagement began at the design-development stage in May 2023, with John Sharpe working directly with the School Infrastructure NSW project team and the Fulton Trotter furniture schedule.

02 — Design intent

Furniture specified to the EFSG flexible-learning model.

School Infrastructure NSW's Educational Facilities Standards and Guidelines (EFSG) frame all new school builds around a flexible learning model: spaces that support a range of activities, furniture that allows student choice and movement, and environments where students can work as a class, in small groups, or individually.

Height-adjustable desks, mobile teacher pods, and zoned lounge settings — the furniture is the pedagogy.

Office Line's specification followed that framework directly. Height-adjustable Eduflex student desks give students and teachers control over how the space is configured. Spectator High Back Lounge settings with integrated writable bench tables create the informal, zone-based learning commons the EFSG calls for. Eduflex Teacher Pod Mobile units give teachers a self-contained, repositionable workstation that supports movement around the room rather than a fixed front-of-class position.

03 — Wayfinding by colour

Five fabric colourways, one building-wide wayfinding system.

The five distinct fabric colourways across the lounge settings are not decorative — they correspond to floor levels and room types, giving the building a visual wayfinding logic built into the furniture itself.


Colourway A
Charisma Coral · Beachcomber Terracotta
4 settings

Colourway B
Charisma Amethyst · Beachcomber Aubergine
12 settings

Colourway C
Lustrell Charisma Teal · Beachcomber Teal
12 settings

Colourway D
Lustrell Charisma Jungle · Beachcomber Forest
12 settings

Colourway E
Lustrell Charisma Mouse · Beachcomber Smoke
40 settings
04 — Schedule

Headline items, by zone.

The confirmed order spans seating, teacher furniture, student desks, storage and lounge settings across the learning commons, staff rooms, classrooms and specialist spaces.

Staff seating
Volt Task Chair

Beta Drafting Medium Back, Lever Matic Deluxe 

122Chairs
Teacher furniture
Eduflex Teacher Pod Mobile 
30Pods
Learning commons
S19 · S20 · S21
Spectator High Back Lounge 

Spectator High Back Lounge, Straight  

Spectator Curved HB Ottoman

122Settings
Stools
Asti Stool, 4-leg powder-coated.
Four shell colourways mapped to floors 
Industrial Stool, Natural Steel, stackable
378Stools
Upholstered chairs
Asti Chair

Unica Swivel, 5-star black base, height adjustable 

66Chairs
Storage & pedestals
Fortress Mobile Drawer Pedestal
Fortress Tambour Door Cupboard
80Units
05 — Delivery & logistics

Built for the complexity of institutional projects.

01

Multi-stakeholder coordination

Four parties on one project — School Infrastructure NSW, Hindmarsh Construction, Fulton Trotter, and the school. We work with whoever needs to be contacted: principal, architect, builder, or government project manager.

02

WMS-backed installation

Formal Safe Work Method Statement covering site assessment, manual handling, electrical safety and assembly. Leading Hand Declon Dillon was the responsible person on site — standard practice on government school projects.

03

Assembled on site, placed in situ

All furniture was assembled on site by the Office Line installation team and placed against the room layouts. The $16,000 delivery line item explicitly covers placement and rubbish removal.

04

Sydney office & warehouse

Office Line operates offices and warehousing in Sydney. NSW-sourced items were coordinated through our Sydney operation, staged and checked before dispatch to site.

05

24-hour notice protocol

The delivery docket records a specific site requirement: 24 hours' notice before delivery. We documented and followed Hindmarsh's access protocols so delivery was staged correctly.

06

Single point of accountability

From the May 2023 schedule through to September 2025 install — one salesperson, one quote reference, one delivery docket, one SWMS. Continuity that reduces administrative burden and risk for the client.

"
The flexible learning spaces, specialist rooms, and contemporary design have already made a noticeable impact, creating vibrant, collaborative classrooms where students feel energised and staff feel supported to deliver their best teaching.
AK
Andrew King
School Principal, Cecil Hills High School
06 — Project facts

The details, on the record.

Programme
Rebuilding Public EducationNSW Government · State Significant Development
Engagement window
May 2023 → September 2025Design development through to install
Contract
NSW Contract 771, Tier 1Approved supplier — government schools
Office Line lead
John SharpeSales lead · single point of contact

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