Queen of the north Set to open in 2023, the new Queen’s Wharf Brisbane development promises to transform the city’s CBD and riverfront, positioning it as one of Australia’s leading tourism, leisure and entertainment destinations.
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he $3.6 billion development is being delivered by the Destination Brisbane Consortium – a joint venture between The Star Entertainment Group, Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) and Far East Consortium.
Queen’s Wharf Brisbane represents the largest private sector development ever undertaken in Queensland. The development will span across 12 hectares of CBD land, and feature over 1,000 hotel rooms, up to 2,000 residential apartments, a worldclass casino, ballroom and more than 50 restaurants and bars as well as significant public spaces. A.G. Coombs is playing a key role in the project, having been awarded the mechanical services contracts for several stages.
To this end, A.G. Coombs has taken the services coordination lead
These include the two 10-level Star Grand Hotel towers and the
building information modelling (BIM). Demonstrating the Group’s
65-level luxury residential tower being built by Multiplex – as well as
industry leadership and capabilities, this project will represent some of
the casino gaming floor fitout under construction by Built.
the highest standard of BIM ever delivered by A.G. Coombs.
In value-managing the mechanical services design by consultant WSP,
The important role that BIM will play in the construction and
A.G. Coombs has progressed the design of the residential tower to
ongoing maintenance of the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane development
include a dedicated chilled water plant. The selection of fan coil units
is obvious when one considers that over 12,000 pieces of mechanical
(FCUs) has also ensured ceiling heights and net lettable area (NLA)
services plant and equipment will be installed across the totality of
across the apartment floors are maximised.
the precinct.
The mechanical services associated with the two hotel towers
In order to meet the construction programme, reduce onsite hours
and gaming floors will – once completed – connect to the site’s
and safety risks, and achieve the highest quality build, A.G. Coombs
central energy plant. This will require close collaboration with other
is applying its well-established prefabrication strategy to the offsite
contractors to ensure quality of build and successful commissioning.
construction of items including risers and large horizontal modules.
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on the awarded stages of the project, as well as the management of