Flow State

Sport and Recreation

We deliver inspiring designs to help bring out the best performances and memorable experiences.

Bligh Tanner has practical experience designing a wide range of sport and recreation facilities that are both functional and inspirational.

Our experience includes large integrated precincts, stadiums, sports halls, cycle facilities, swimming pools, throws (javelin) facilities, netball and tennis courts, kayak facilities and mountain bike trails.

Many of our team live active lifestyles and bring passion and practical knowledge to help deliver great project outcomes for our clients.

Service Brochures

A new Brisbane icon housed in the city’s cultural hub of Southbank, Flow State features a 12m diameter dome comprising of 36 slender, doubly curved steel arcs converging at a central oculus apex.

Slender and curved tube profiles meet at elegantly designed connections to allow the steel frame to meld into the organic surrounds.

At night, pulsating strips of LED lighting adhered to the steel arcs make it appear as if light itself forms the organic structure.

Completed	2017
Client	Southbank Corporation
Image Credit	Tom Blachford Photography

Projects

Cunnamulla Hot Springs and Riverwalk
Bradbury Park
Testimonials
- "This was a really important project for Lat27 and Bligh Tanner’s collaborative approach to working with us to deliver an outstanding new educational spine for UQ Gatton’s campus was invaluable. The civil and structural team at Bligh Tanner helped us create a new piece of public realm where a sensitive, minimal and seamless outcome was fundamental to the success of the project. The unseen elements of their designs are testament to how smart engineers can provide expertise that complements the presentation and functionality of these projects."
  
  John Ilett
  Director, Lat27
- "You have normal engineers, and then you have Bligh Tanner. They enjoy being challenged. They are the “architect’s engineer”."
  
  Shane Thompson
  Principal, Shane Thompson Architects
- "The benefit of working with Bligh Tanner is the attention you receive from their senior people and their continuity through the project. Their attitude, responsiveness and rigour of documentation, distinguishes them."
  
  Mark Roehrs
  Principal, HASSELL
- "Bligh Tanner's structural design processes ensured project cost and operational requirements were achieved while maintaining the Architect's aesthetic parameters for the buildings structural elements. The department have found Bligh Tanner's project engineers to be professional and proactive at all stages of the procurement of the Gold Coast Sport and Leisure Centre and the Gold Coast Suns Administration and Training Facility."
  
  Don Hewitt
  Director Major Projects & Property
- "I have been thoroughly impressed by Bligh Tanner's commitment to collaborating with multiple stakeholders during the delivery of the Advancing Queensland Schools programme of works. Bligh Tanner’s expertise in education work has proven to add value toward successfully addressing DET Standards and quickly resolving technical issues in a coordinated manner. Bligh Tanner’s easy to read 2D and 3D documentation allowed for high levels of collaboration among stakeholder’s, quick identification of value-for-money solutions and achievement of the project objectives on time."
  
  Dan Everett
  Director, EVERETT Property Development Management
- "Since 2013 we have been working with Bligh Tanner on a variety of projects. They are our now our first point of call for all Structural matters. The Bligh Tanner team have always demonstrated an understanding of the challenges associated with retail projects. They have been flexible, and have proved a willingness to work with the whole project team to find the best outcome for the project."
  
  Callan Sipthorp
  Director, TLPC Pty Ltd
- "Bligh Tanner’s research, testing guidance, analysis, and can-do attitude, has enabled Ozone Panel to develop appropriate technical information and guidance to confidently share with our clients, be it builders, building surveyors or structural engineers. The team at Bligh Tanner are passionate about what they do, great to work with and I have no hesitation in recommending Bligh Tanner for your next project. "
  
  Peter Horigan
  General Manager, Ozone Panel Aust Pty Ltd
- "Our site project staff and myself have worked with Paul and his team, and have found they are flexible and adaptable in their approach to engineering issues and solutions. We find them to be easy to work with, very approachable and proactive in assisting with any site issues encountered."
  
  Tim Pesonen
  Project Manager, Kane Constructions Pty Ltd
Maryborough Pump Track
Maryborough Pump Track
Logan Village Green Revitalisation
Redlands Coast Regional Sport and Recreation Precinct
Sarina State High School, New Multi-Purpose Sports Centre
QUT, Sports Field and Car Park
National Throws Centre of Excellence
Murarrie Cycle Centre
Mackay Waterfront Masterplan
Master Plan Review Maroochy Botanic Gardens
Logan and Albert River Canoe Trail
Archerfield Wetlands Precinct Plan
Wangetti Trail Business Case and Reference Design
Great Ocean Road Coastal Trail
University of Queensland, Gatton Campus ‘Heart’
South Bank Parklands, Riverside Open Space project
Bunya Mountains Russell Park Mountain Bike Trails
Lismore Regional Sports Precinct
Hanlon Park (Bur’uda) Waterway Rejuvenation
Warrill Parkland, Oxley Creek Transformation
Darra BMX
Flow State
Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Kangaroo Point Park
Australian Age of Dinosaurs Reception Centre
Ken Fletcher Park
Lake Apex Park
Ipswich Riverheart

Sport and Recreation

Service Brochures

Flow State

Projects

Cunnamulla Hot Springs and Riverwalk

Bradbury Park

Testimonials

Maryborough Pump Track

Maryborough Pump Track

Logan Village Green Revitalisation

Redlands Coast Regional Sport and Recreation Precinct

Sarina State High School, New Multi-Purpose Sports Centre

QUT, Sports Field and Car Park

National Throws Centre of Excellence

Murarrie Cycle Centre

Mackay Waterfront Masterplan

Master Plan Review Maroochy Botanic Gardens

Logan and Albert River Canoe Trail

Archerfield Wetlands Precinct Plan

Wangetti Trail Business Case and Reference Design

Great Ocean Road Coastal Trail

University of Queensland, Gatton Campus ‘Heart’

South Bank Parklands, Riverside Open Space project

Bunya Mountains Russell Park Mountain Bike Trails

Lismore Regional Sports Precinct

Hanlon Park (Bur’uda) Waterway Rejuvenation

Warrill Parkland, Oxley Creek Transformation

Darra BMX

Flow State

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre

Kangaroo Point Park

Australian Age of Dinosaurs Reception Centre

Ken Fletcher Park

Lake Apex Park

Ipswich Riverheart