The Queen’s Wharf development was proposed by the Queensland Government to transform an under-utilised part of the Brisbane CBD and turn it into an exciting multi-purpose leisure, tourism, entertainment and residential precinct.
The project was awarded to our client, Destination Brisbane Consortium, in 2015 and the development includes the construction of four high-rise buildings, and the delivery of the Neville Bonner Bridge, connecting the CBD to Southbank for pedestrians. In addition, the project includes the redevelopment of the northern river foreshore, delivering up to 2,000 apartments, around 1,000 hotel rooms, a replacement casino and the Sky Deck observation platform.
After demolition and excavation, construction began in mid-2019 posing operational and technical challenges for the Boral Concrete team in Brisbane due to the:
- Project construction timelines and concrete volumes needed to meet it
- Complex engineering specifications required for the high-rise structures
- Durability requirements for the Neville Bonner Bridge and river foreshore works
- Constructability requirements such as long pumping runs, placeability and peak temperature requirements
- Sustainability requirements needed for the structures.
Boral Concrete’s sales, technical, operations and delivery teams came together to work through the product design to meet the required specifications and how to set up our operations to deliver them.
This work led to:
- The first large-scale use of our Envirocrete Plus® products in high-rise building floors, meeting the constructability and sustainability requirements for the job
- Use of ENVISIA® products in the Neville Bonner Bridge construction to meet durability and engineering performance requirements while delivering sustainability goals
- Our ASPIRE® products being used extensively in the high-rise building columns due to their performance and sustainability
The use of Envirocrete Plus® on this project has been so successful that this lower carbon concrete product has now been adopted as Boral’s standard offer for high-rise building floors in Brisbane.
Boral’s success over the five years we have been supplying the project, which is the largest development undertaken in Queensland, has been underpinned by the teams of people involved. They have taken this project from a new challenge to being part of our business as usual, including our Customer Service Agents, Batchers, Drivers, Testers, Technical staff, Site Coordinators and Sales team.
Some of the members of these teams have been involved in various roles from start to finish, providing the continuity needed to deliver such a long-term project and develop strong relationships with our customer. Without this, Boral would not have delivered it to such a high standard. Thanks to all involved over the years.
