Brisbane Square

Brisbane Square is a new high-rise building in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Brisbane Square is situated on the block bounded by William Street, George Street, Queen Street and Adelaide Street. The building faces the Conrad Treasury Casino (on Queen Street) and the Law Courts Complex (Adelaide Street).

After long delays construction of the skyscraper was completed in late 2006. The building has 38 floors and rises to 151 metres.

The building's main use is for office space, the lower floors leased to retailers, with a 350-space car park below the building. The architect for the project was Denton Corker Marshall. The Civil and Structural engineers for the project were Qantec McWilliam consulting engineers. Significant tenants include the Brisbane City Council and Suncorp.

Two of the four distinctive, rectangular, coloured spaces near the base of the building contain the new Brisbane City Council central library.

Brisbane Square is the largest commercial office building in Australia to have been awarded a 5 star Green Star rating.

Construction Phase:

The Project was constructed by Baulderstone Hornibrook QLD Pty. Ltd. and was completed in 2006. Key personel during the construction phase were Chris MacDonald (Project Manager), Brian Weigal (Site Manager) and Phil Reed (Project Engineer). The complex steelfixing component of the contract was undertaken by father-and-son team Stanley and Jason Harper of Ward Fixing.

External links

* [http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:623774610:pc=PC_1835 Brisbane Square website, with information about the building]
* [http://www.dentoncorkermarshall.com/projects.aspx?p=0&projectID=845&catID=undefined&f1=all Denton Corker Marshall website, with pictures of the building]
* [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=850 World Architecture News]