Welcome to the new Robert Bird Group (RBG) headquarters on Level 8 of Jubilee Place in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane! RBG is very excited to have established our home in this remarkable new building which our engineers designed and consulted on right through construction. Thanks to a massive team effort we are now unpacked and settled into the thoughtfully designed and furnished space.
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December saw the final pour of the Hydrostatic Basement floor at The Oxlade (80 Oxlade Drive, New Farm). This is a significant milestone for the team on-site and marks the end of a challenging excavation process through very difficult soil conditions. The Basement 3 Hydrostatic slab is typically 800mm thick with 1200mm thickenings and a section of a 2000 deep raft which enables the structures to span over a heritage sewer.
The Oxlade is a high-end luxury apartment building, architecturally designed by Bureau Proberts for developer Seymour Group. The site sits on top of a heritage sewer that can’t be disturbed or surcharged, so as a result the hydrostatic slab not only retains the hydrostatic pressure but transfers two cores, a shear wall, and 8 columns across a two-meter deep raft. The deep raft spans to a series of sleeved piles which run to a depth of circa 30m below raft level to transfer the loads to the underside of the heritage sewer. Congratulations to the team on this milestone! It will be a great project to follow.
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Kicking 2021 off to a great start! Three Robert Bird Group projects have been recognised as an ‘Award of Excellence’ winner in multiple categories at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat – CTBUH Awards Program 2021.
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Two Robert Bird Group projects named in the global top-ten – including the number one ranking – at the prestigious International Skyscraper Awards hosted by Emporis.
Robert Bird Group (RBG) is thrilled to report that two of its iconic projects have been nominated in the global top-ten best new skyscrapers in the world, in the 2021 Emporis International Skyscraper Awards.
One Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia has been named at number one in the top-ten list of best new skyscrapers completed across the globe in the past year, winning the overall annual award. At 890 feet (272 metres) and 71 storeys in height, One Barangaroo is the tallest building in Sydney and fourth tallest in Australia, offering expansive views of Sydney Harbor and the Opera House. One Barangaroo was developed by Crown Resorts and built by Lendlease, with architecture by Wilkinson Eyre.
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Rounding 2021 off on a positive note, two RBG projects have won awards in multiple categories at the Urban Taskforce Australia Design Development Excellence Awards 2021.
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