tHE gREEN BUILDING TREND Designed to cooperate with the natural environment, significantly reduce energy consumption and create an interactive learning space, the eight-storey, 20,000m2 Advanced Engineering Building (AEB) will establish a new standard for sustainable construction. Main Construction Company : Watpac Project end Value : $135 million Completion : May 2013 ARCHITECTS : Richard Kirk Architect / Hassell Structural Engineer : Aurecon Surveyor : QSS Surveys
Hailed as a living laboratory, the University of Queensland’s Advanced Engineering Building (AEB) reflects the future of the engineering industry. The green building trend, promoting environmentally conscious living and interaction has been a dominant theme within the construction industry in recent years. As a training ground for the next generation of engineers, the AEB epitomises this approach. Designed to cooperate with the natural environment, significantly reduce energy consumption and create an interactive learning space, the eightstorey, 20,000m2 building will establish a new standard for sustainable construction. Transforming and optimising engineering education by
integrating all aspects of research, postgraduate training and undergraduate education, the facility is set to align the university’s engineering program with leading international authorities. The centre-piece of the new engineering precinct at UQ’s St Lucia campus, Brisbane, the AEB comprises a state-of-the-art GHD auditorium, active learning spaces where lectures are incorporated with laboratories that will be used for design, build and test purposes, along with support facilities and administration offices. The multi-purpose building will accommodate 3,600 engineering students of all disciplines: structural, civil, materials and hydraulics.
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