HUTCHIES’ A QUARTERLY NEWSLET TER FOR HUTCHINSON BUILDERS
FEBRUARY 2022
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Regional quarantine centre on track to deliver 1000 beds
Wellcamp’s first accommodation modules arrive on site. CONSTRUCTION of Australia’s first purpose-built regional quarantine facility at Wellcamp Airport, near Toowoomba, reached a new milestone in December, with installation by Hutchies of the project’s first accommodation modules. The Wellcamp site, to be known as the Queensland Regional Accommodation Centre, will see the Queensland government lease more than 1000 beds
from the Wagner Corporation (500 by late December and the remaining 500 in the first quarter of this year). Queensland Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries, Mark Furner, said construction had moved quickly.
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110th celebrations postponed to 2023 HUTCHIES has postponed its planned national 110-year anniversary celebrations until next year when, hopefully, there will be more certainty around COVID. Chairman Scott Hutchinson said it was unfortunate to cancel celebrating a happy 110th birthday milestone, but it was important to focus on the work in hand and the times ahead. “Hutchies’ people put a lot of effort into organising our celebrations and the risk of them getting cancelled is too high,” he said. “Hopefully 2023 will be a better year.” Scott said the past two years had been unchartered territory for builders due to COVID-19 restrictions and 2022 remained unknown. “The past couple of years have been difficult and we expect more of the same this year,” he said. “Construction in New South Wales and Victoria has battled through the impact of the pandemic reasonably well but, meanwhile, Queensland has boomed with closed borders and limited lockdowns. “All this will change with the borders now open. “The increasing uncertainty of supply of materials and rising costs remain major problems for builders in the foreseeable future. “We look forward to celebrating in 2023 which will be our 111th year.”