The School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences at James Cook University in Townsville has recently completed their new Veterinary Clinic Building. Ashburner Francis is proud to be apart of the Design and Construct team under the builder, Total Construction Services.
Ashburner Francis successfully designed and supervised the electrical, mechanical, standby power and medical gas services for the building under a tight fast track design and build program. The successful building comprises specialist care facilities for large and small animals, with a diverse range of facilities from operating rooms, animal ward areas, consultation rooms, learning and administration areas. The services were required to provide ecologically sustainable designs, which resulted in specialist energy recovery systems for the air conditioning, and energy efficient lighting designs.
This month brings exciting news, as we officially open our new Perth Office to take advantage of increasing opportunities in Western Australia. Ashburner Francis have been delivering projects in Western Australia for a number of year now, and this move cements our commitment to this growing market.
Our office is based in Osborne Park, just south of the CBD. We have a mechanical and electrical engineer on the ground, and of course back-up resources from our other offices in South East Queensland, Northern Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Meanwhile, we have restructured our resources in the South East Queensland market. Sunshine Coast projects will be managed from our Brisbane office, and our Nambour office will officially close from Friday 24th June. Staff have either been reallocated to other offices or assisted into new roles. We will continue to deliver projects across the Sunshine Coast and South East Queensland for new and existing clients, and continue to be committed to this important market.
We look forward to better serving our clients throughout Australia with this new office configuration.
Our Autumn 2010 newsletter is out now!
Articles include:
Tribute to Alan Kaptizke
Graham cements his nice guy image
High maintenance? No problem!
True Perserverance
Sweet Suites in Townsville
Waterfront Eating in NT
A Gem of a Project
Staff Matters
Ashburner Francis was pleased to see some of the project we worked on last year have been recognised in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2010 Darling Downs Regional Architecture Awards.
We would like to congratulate Push architects for their Regional Commendation for the new Fernvale Village Shopping Centre. Paul Curran, Michael Chen, and Jonathan Tiong from Push did a great job on this regional shopping centre. Ashburner Francis provided mechanical, electrical and fire services to Push during the design of this project. For images, see the AIA Awards Web Site.
We would also like to congratulate Fulton Trotter Architects for their Regional Commendation for the Miles Health Services Redevelopment. The design team was headed up by Paul Trotter and John Hay of Fulton Trotter. Ashburner Francis provided mechanical, electrical, reticulation and fire services design for this project.
For images, see the AIA Awards Web Site.
Ashburner Francis are proud to announce the launch of the “energymenu” a comprehensive service to industry for Ecological Sustainable Development services. “energymenu” is designed to take the confusion out of Section J of the BCA, Greenstar, NABERS, Energy Audits and other ESD initiative and tools available on the Australian market place.
“Energymenu” forms a new drive for Ashburner Francis to lead the way in Sustainability, whilst adapting to the change industry desires. “Energymenu” is offered by a small, fully trained and dedicated team of Mechanical Engineers with experience, passion and understanding of the built environment, whilst advocating ecological sustainability
Information on the “Energymenu” can be found at www.energymenu.com.au or through our corporate internet site.
