ACU Health Clinic

Medical & Healthcare
ClientAustralian Catholic University
LocationBanyo, QLD
Delivery Method Design and Construct
COMPLETION DATE2013
Awards2013 Queensland Master Builders Awards (regional winner)

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Tomkins delivered the ACU Health Clinic at Australian Catholic University’s Banyo campus, an award winning addition built to meet growing demand for teaching space within the Health Sciences Faculty. Delivered under a Design and Construct contract, the building established new consulting rooms for neurological medicine, spinal rehabilitation and musculo-skeletal therapies, giving specific health worker disciplines a purpose built, state of the art teaching environment with a direct, hand in glove link between classroom and clinical technician.

Delivered within a live and operational university campus, the ACU Health Clinic required construction staging and services works to be carefully sequenced around Australian Catholic University’s ongoing curriculum timetable, minimising disruption to teaching and campus operations throughout the build.

The programme also had to accommodate wet weather delays without compromising agreed project milestones, calling for strict site coordination and proactive programme management from the Tomkins team.

Behind the walls, the project involved detailed and complex services supply, upgrades and cross-overs, each following a pre-arranged process to meet Australian Catholic University’s Principal Project Requirements.

Internally, finishes were selected to suit a working teaching and clinical environment. Pre-finished compressed fibre cement sheeting, a high level of acoustic treatment and one-way mirrors within observation spaces demanded a high standard of workmanship, supporting the building’s role in linking classroom learning directly to clinical practice.

Externally, the building is distinguished by a cantilevered feature clad in translucent orange panelling, contrasted against a predominantly white facade, giving the ACU Health Clinic a distinct visual identity on the Banyo campus.

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The successful completion and delivery of the ACU Health Clinic, Brisbane has seen our seamless operational occupation into the facility just as we had planned.
Professor Jim Nyland
Associate Vice Chancellor (Brisbane), ACU
ACU Health Clinic night exterior with lit entry canopy, signage and orange feature cladding built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic night exterior with lit entry canopy, signage and orange feature cladding built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic exterior facade with white cladding, vertical fins and orange feature box built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic orange feature cladding detail with window, driveway clearance and white facade built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic close-up entry signage with orange feature glazing and automatic doors built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic reception and waiting area with orange screening, built-in seating and workstation built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic reception front desk with orange glazing, built-in waiting seating and entry doors built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic treatment room with twin examination tables, clinical sink and green feature wall built by tomkins
ACU Health Clinic consult room with treatment bed, desk, sink and green feature wall built by tomkins

The completed ACU Health Clinic gives the Australian Catholic University's Health Sciences Faculty a dedicated, purpose built base for clinical teaching, linking classroom learning directly to hands on patient care. The project also marked the start of a longer term relationship between Tomkins and the University, which has since continued into further campus works at Banyo.

  • Purpose built teaching facility for ACU's Health Sciences Faculty.
  • Consulting rooms for neurological medicine, spinal rehabilitation and musculo-skeletal therapies.
  • Design and construct delivery on the Banyo campus.
  • Pre-finished compressed fibre cement facade with a high level of acoustic treatment.
  • One-way mirrors within observation and teaching spaces.
  • Distinctive cantilevered feature facade in translucent orange cladding.
  • Construction staged around live university curriculum timetables.
  • Wet weather delays mitigated through strict site coordination.
  • Complex services supply, upgrades and cross-overs coordinated to meet ACU's Principal Project Requirements.

“State-of-the-art consulting rooms for neurological medicine, spinal rehabilitation and musculo-skeletal therapies, delivered for Australian Catholic University.”

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