Southern Cross Steel
Located in the Wacol industrial precinct, Southern Steel's facility comprises 18,000m2 of warehouse and accommodates approximately 5000+ tonnes of raw steel, such as steel plate and rolles steel product.
To facilitate loading and unloading, nine overhead gantry cranes with lifting capacities of 10 tonne each, travel the full length of the building.
Attached to the warehouse, the two storey administrative offices occupy 780m2.
Stage 1— 10,000m2 warehouse and office
Stage 2— 10,000m2 warehouse extension
Stage 3— 2 storey office extension
Scale—
20,000m2 Warehouse + 780m2 Office
Architect—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Engineer—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Builder—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Completion—
2008
Agora Timbers
Situated in the Port of Brisbane precinct, Agora Timbers 600m2 office and 6,500m2 warehouse is designed primarily for the storage and distribution of local and imported tropical timbers.
The storage involves covered and air seasoning areas for timbers combined with an ecological bioretention landscaping to contain and treat the tannins and natural by products from the timbers.
The office facade is a simple expressive mix of timber and steel aimed to showcase aesthetic compositions of natural timber.
Scale—
6,500m2 Warehouse + 600m2 Office
Architect—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Engineer—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Builder—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Completion—
2006
Millenium Place
Situated in the Wondall Business Park the warehouse and office was designed as a dual tenancy building. It functions as a medium scale goods and storage warehouse with a connecting ground and first floor office component.
The office exterior is a mix of metal clad awning fins that frame and break the facade, combined with extruded aluminium blades that act as sun and privacy screens over the glazing.
Scale—
1,200m2 Warehouse + 150m2 Office
Architect—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Engineer—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Builder—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Completion—
2005
CSR Brendale
Located in the Brendale industrial area this warehouse and ancillary office was constructed for the Moreton Bay Regional Council. The large warehouse is to cater for the bulk storage and distribution of building materials.
The warehouse is a structural steel portal frame system with sheet metal cladding, and has an ESFR sprinkler fire engineered solution for a large isolated building. The ancillary office building is a concrete tilt panel and structural steel design, housing a purposed built internal fitout for CSR Bradford Insulation.
Scale—
5000m2 warehouse + Office
Architect—
Anthony White + Project Services
Engineer—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Builder—
Multi Span Australia Pty Ltd
Completion—
2010