Berrinba Wetlands

Client: Logan City Council
Project Manager: GHD
Location: Browns Plains, Queensland

• 120ha precinct in Browns Plains showcasing environmental and industrial best practice
• 80ha of open space and wetlands which has been protected and enhanced for community enjoyment
• Interpretive Centre, boardwalks and walking trails as well as a kiosk, BBQs, covered picnic areas and public toilets

Blessed John XXIII Parish Catholic Church

Client: Catholic Diocese and Catholic Education
Project Architect: Fulton Trotter & Partners
Location: Western Sydney, New South Wales

• Innovative structural engineering design
• Steel frame anchored by massive concrete pre-cast portal frames
• Expressed concrete frames support significant glazing and allow for a light-filled interior clear of internal support
• Modern interpretation of traditional ecclesiastical architecture

Boyne Island Crematorium

Client: Calliope Shire Council
Architect: Studio 39 Architecture Location: Boyne Island, Queensland

• Winner – Central Queensland Building of the Year Royal Australian, Institute of Architects Queensland Regional Awards 2008
• Community facility located on the Boyne River near Gladstone with buildings positioned to maintain a tranquil setting
• Includes a chapel, tea house, cremator and administration rooms
• Soaring chapel roof achieved with large steel spans

Fairways Senior Living Hostel

Client: Retirement Plus
Project Architect: Design Inc
Location: Tweed Heads South, Gold Coast

• Retirement development of 70 purpose-built one and two bedroom luxury units
• Unique design of the rooftops, balconies, covered walkways and awnings
• Concrete framed building including an economical screw pile foundation system

Greenslopes Private Hospital Expansion

Client: Ramsay Health Care
Project Architect: Phillips Smith Conwell Architects Pty Ltd
Project Manager: John Holland Group
Location: Greenslopes, Brisbane
Value: $28M

• Structural and civil planning, design and documentation and site phase monitoring for the extension of this existing major hospital.
• Three linked main buildings include a multi-level 70m long medical centre, a 7-storey wards block and a 3-level theatre complex.
• The buildings are a variety of construction types including post-tensioned floors, and a flat plate concrete construction.
• Design incorporates large (up to 1800mm) shallow bored piers that achieve required capacities without expensive and time-consuming excavation support.
• Scope of works incudes carparking and water supply upgrades.

Mount St Patricks Regional High and Primary Schools

Client: Catholic Parish of Murwillumbah
Project Architect: Fulton Trotter & Partners
Location: Murwillumbah, NSW

South-East Transit Busway Stations

Client: Queensland Transport
Project Architect: Derek Trusler, Woods Bagot, Cottee Parker, Peddle Thorp, Planet Design
Location: South East Freeway, Brisbane
Value: $35M

• Bligh Tanner’s role ranged from concept design to component manual development to individual station design and construction.
• Use of structural elements of scale to fit within freeway and suburban settings
• Pedestrian bridge spans of up to 40m were achieved with an arched 200mm standard hot rolled beam.
• High overall transparency to promote passenger security

Southern Cross University

Client: Southern Cross University
Project Architect: Fulton Trotter & Partners
Location: Tweed Heads, Gold Coast

• Development of an economical high level foundation solution in the loose sands to avoid piling
• Precasting of exposed concrete walls that combine with in-situ columns to stabilise the 3-storeys
• Post-tensioned long span floors for future flexible space