Sunday, February 20, 2011

Glenzeil's clients include Southern Cross University

In 2009, Glenzeil completed the $14 million development of Building A.

Building ‘A’ is the first of twelve buildings which will form the new Southern Cross University Campus at Gold Coast Airport. The site is situated at the southern end of the airport land and to the east of the main runway.
Building ‘A’ is a four storey multi purpose building which will house the University’s reception and administration offices, student services facilities, library, teaching and lecture rooms as well as an IT Lab. The structure has been changed recently, through discussions with the consultants and Glenzeil, to be predominately precast vertical elements with conventional suspended slabs. The precast was seen to be an advantage in time, cost and guaranteed finish. Woodhead Architects have selected a myriad of external finishes to give the building an eye catching appearance including off form concrete panels, alpolic, curtain walling, louvres and sunshades.
Although this building is not seeking a green star rating certain green start properties have been explored including glazing and sun shading, AC zoning, rainwater harvesting, low flush urinals, automatic light switching to occupied zones and provision of bike storage and changing facilities. There have also been a number of initiatives that were deemed unviable at this time including wind turbines, siphonic drainage, photovoltaic cells and solar hot water.

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