Education and research facility design by Jacobs Australia: Architecture and Design

Education and Research Innovative solutions for multi-faceted campuses and their facilities

Global locations

Headquarters, Pasadena

Our company at a glance

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1947 Founded by Joseph J. Jacobs

Headquartered in Pasadena, California

About Jacobs.................................... ii

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Our services..................................... 3 Education delivery............................ 4 Research delivery............................. 6 Our key experience........................... 7

About Jacobs

Tertiary experience matrix............... 41 Laboratory and medical research experience matrix........................... 43 Contact us...................................... 46

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services, including all aspects of engineering, architecture, and construction, operations and maintenance, as well as scientific and specialty consulting. We serve a broad range of companies and organizations, including industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple markets and geographies.

Central to the Jacobs culture of building relationships and developing trust is a global network of offices and specialists who work together to solve the toughest design and building problems in the world. Jacobs is literally a company that never sleeps. The sun shines on project teams hard at work every hour of every day. This provides constant potential not only for sharing (and accelerating) work, but also the opportunity to tap into a deep repository of expertise.

Our global network includes more than 200 offices in more than 25 countries, with operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Australia, Africa, and Asia. Jacobs was founded in 1947 and our headquarters is in Pasadena, California.

The Jacobs network encourages team members to reach out to other offices around the world to collaborate on problem solving and best practices at every level. The result is world-class client solutions based on long-term relationships and the fundamental drivers of trust.

Our team Jacobs’ experience ranges from research facilities, learning spaces and workplaces across the whole project cycle, from strategic business case, master planning, design and delivery through to operational analysis and asset management. Our team understands that successful quality design outcomes are based on a shared and achieved overarching vision for the each project.

“ Jacobs manages and designs all aspects of educational and research projects and we appreciate the multi-faceted nature of campuses and their facilities.”

Education and Research Innovative solutions for multi-faceted campuses and their facilities

Our services

Architecture

Strategic asset management

Project management

•• Functional design briefs

•• Economic / feasibility analysis

•• Program management

•• Building envelope

•• Condition and compliance auditing

•• Integration management

•• Interior design

•• Facility management advice

•• Scope management

•• Specialist laboratory design (PC/QC2/3/4)

•• PPP (PFI) services

•• Change management

•• Animal facility design / vivariums

•• Cost planning

•• Cost management

•• Furniture, fittings and equipment

•• Technical advisory services

•• Quality management

•• Master planning

•• Team management

•• Strategic portfolio reviews

Building services engineering

Structural and civil engineering

•• Mechanical / HVAC

•• Building structures

•• Electrical / dry fire / security

•• Geotechnical

•• IT / communications

•• Foundations

•• Hydraulics / wet fire

•• Stormwater / sewer

•• Building automation control systems

•• Traffic engineering and ITS

•• Cogeneration / tri-generation

•• Bridges and roads

•• Materials handling

•• Car parks

•• Vertical transportation •• Gas piping systems

Ecologically sustainable development •• Planning approvals and development applications •• Natural resource and energy management •• Environmental management systems •• Due diligence and compliance •• Sustainable buildings •• Design / performance briefs •• Green Star certification

Environmental •• Acoustics and vibration •• Air quality

•• Technical standards drafting and modifications •• CFD thermal modelling

•• Contaminated land •• Environmental impact assessment •• Flood management •• Survey / 3D laser scanning •• Town planning •• Waste management

Education delivery PEDAGOGICAL SPACES Jacobs understands the pedagogies of “next generation learning spaces” that focus on collaborative learning environments, with less focus on lecture theatre based teaching and more focus on a range of flexible learning spaces for teacher facilitated group work. Technology is an important learning tool for students to help develop their analytical, innovation, simulation and testing skills, and must be considered in the design of these spaces. Learning spaces such as these have been successfully implemented in our recent educational commissions including the Southern Cross University, The University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, the University of Ballarat and Sheepstation Gully Environmental Learning Centre among others.

“ Our team understands learning is just as likely to happen in the virtual space as in the physical space.”

Education delivery SCIENTIFIC BUILDINGS Jacobs has significant experience in the design and construction of scientific buildings for the teaching of undergraduate science and the transition between secondary school science and tertiary science. The practical teaching undertaken in laboratories has undergone a significant change over time. Many of these changes have been made possible by the availability of sophisticated technology and the necessity to provide more flexible teaching arrangements to cope with the variety of demands and multiplicity of uses that teaching spaces must now accommodate as an everyday part of their academic program.

“ Our team works closely with key project stakeholders to deliver a range of innovative and collaborative environments that support student learning and development.”

Research delivery LABORATORIES AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES Jacobs is a leader in the delivery of research laboratories and brings recent experience in medical, biological, chemistry, pathology and marine sciences. Modern research laboratories need to be flexible and adaptable to cater for rapid advances in technology, to enable evolving research foci, yet also cater for stringent safety and code compliance requirements. Adjacent to open laboratories are laboratory support spaces to serve specific functions, which need separation from open plan areas to meet performance criteria such as function, acoustic, vibration, hazard control or heat output.

“ Our team has extensive experience in the design of laboratories to meet physical containment (PC2/PC3/PC4) and quarantine containment (QC2/QC3/QC4) for DAFF Biosecurity regulatory requirements.”

Our key experience

Spectroscopy Innovation and Technology Centre (SITC)

Fast Facts Client:

Agilent Technologies

Location:

Mulgrave, VIC

Value:

AUD $25 million

Completed: December 2013 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical

Agilent Technologies’ SITC is a 4,200m2 private industry research facility that combines complex laboratory and testing environments and office accommodation with best-practice collaborative research spaces designed to foster creativity and innovation. The office design reflects Agilent Technologies’ team sizes, disciplinary mix and organisational culture. The space is gently divided into small ‘neighbourhoods’ by the careful placement of pods which are technologically rich environments for virtual teaming, stand up meetings, small group work or focused individual production. The ‘Town Square’ is the social heart of the SITC and contains the museum stair, cafe, sunken courtyard, Gen-Y space and clustered bootable and informal meeting spaces. Employing a more richly textured palette and geometry, this space is also for meeting, mentoring, collaboration, relaxation and communicating to customers and staff about the organisation’s past and future successes.

Science and Engineering Precinct

Fast Facts Client:

Federation University (University of Ballarat)

Location:

Mt Helen Campus, Ballarat, VIC

Value:

AUD $43.5 million

Completed: June 2013 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security)

The new purpose-built facility provides a bold face for the Mt Helen Campus of Federation University. Consisting of research and teaching facilities and including laboratories and engineering workshops, the School of Science and Engineering is responsive to changes in student experience, workflows and technologies. The facility spans approximately 8,000m² and includes academic teaching and meeting spaces, PC2 laboratories, offices/workstations, 100-person theatre and central media preparation area. The real driver behind the success of the facility is delivering collaborative workspaces for various user groups across the faculty. The innovative profile zincalume ‘fly wall’ along the northern façade provides sun screening for walls and windows and strongly emphasises the horizontality of the building. To enhance the user experience, narrow floor plates allow for greater daylight penetration.

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials Processing and Devices Building (AIIM P&D)

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Wollongong

Location:

Wollongong, NSW

Value:

AUD $28 million

Completed: April 2011 Services:

Architecture Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security) ESD consultancy

The AIIM P&D building is a new three-storey laboratory building designed to bring key University of Wollongong research projects to pilot plan scale. It is connected to the existing AIIM building with a glazed, naturally ventilated two-storey link. Between AIIM and AIIM P&D lies a state-of-the-art microscopy facility designed to meet stringent vibration and acoustic criteria. It is visually striking, with its hardwood timber cladding visible through the glazed link. The AIIM P&D laboratories include a PC2 area, cleanroom suite and organics laboratories.

The project won the ‘People’s Choice Award’ at the 2011 Australian Timber Design Awards.

Chemistry Building Refurbishment

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Melbourne

Location:

Parkville, VIC

Value:

AUD $27 million

Completed: 2012 Services:

Architecture Mechanical Electrical

The project involved the staged redevelopment and extension of the 5-storey heritage-listed chemistry building at the University of Melbourne. It is a consolidation of a mix of teaching laboratories and collaborative spaces and follows Jacobs’ preparation of a Chemistry Building Redevelopment Report for the University in 2006. The design concept for the chemistry school redevelopment was rooted in the idea that teaching laboratory spaces should be contemporary, intellectually and visually stimulating and appealing to students. In our design, the strict discipline of laboratory planning required by regulation and ergonomics, becomes a visual rhythm within the space.

Library and Learning Centre

Fast Facts Client:

Southern Cross University

Location:

Lismore, NSW

Value:

AUD $4.5 million

Completed: Expected 2014 Services:

Principal consultant Master planning Architecture Interior design

The Library and Learning Centre will become the “heart of the university” with strong connections to the rest of the campus. Designed with a strong ESD focus, the building enables a connection to the unique subtropical climate of the area through skylights and deep overhanging floor plates to create natural shade to glazing. The new facility has three distinct levels of activity – ground level 1 for social and collaborative activities; level 2 for group and individual learning and level 3 as the quiet contemplation focus level. This discrete planning allows for 24/7 access to be restricted to level 1. The linking staircase between the three levels creates the opportunity for the casual chat. A tiered seating space as a ‘gathering area’ is located adjacent the staircase and this forms a backdrop to the exhibition space, while providing an opportunity for impromptu presentations and discussions. To cater for the future technological changes, IT services have been considered in planning layouts and incorporated into all new spaces. The communications and collaborative technologies within rooms, pods and booths and lounges promote eLearning and links to other universities. The size and height of work surfaces allow for the use of these technologies and for user accessibility.

Institute of Molecular Science Bioresources Facility

Fast Facts Client:

La Trobe University

Location:

Bundoora, VIC

Value:

AUD $10 million

Completed: September 2012 Services:

Master planning Architecture Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security)

The La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences (LIMS) Bioresources Centre is a small, highly specialised addition to the university’s research facilities. The LIMS Bioresources Centre was funded and briefed as a piece of infrastructure – a finely controlled environment for bioresources that are fundamental to scientific breakthroughs to help treat human disease. Jacobs has worked closely with La Trobe University over a number of years to audit and evaluate existing teaching and research facilities for the Faculty of Science, with a particular focus on the animal facilities.

Grasslands Animal Holding Facility

Fast Facts Client:

AgResearch/Massey University

Location:

Palmerston North, NZ

Value:

NZD $13.5 million

Completed: 2007 Services:

Architecture Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security)

The new facility consolidates AgResearch’s existing animal holding facilities and animal health research. This 3,100m² facility includes PC1, PC2 and PC3 laboratories and multi-species animal holding areas. The Jacobs team undertook a very clear analysis of the research function followed by a defined approach to manage cross-contamination risks. Construction methods and detailing, coupled with room penetration sealing systems, were specifically designed for airtight rooms for fumigation control, resulting in minimal remedial work prior to commissioning of services systems.

Penguin Research Facility Master Plan

Fast Facts Client:

Flinders University

Location:

Bedford Park Campus, Adelaide, SA

Value:

AUD $2 million

Completed: March 2013 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical Hydraulics ESD consultancy Quantity surveying

Jacobs was engaged by Flinders University to prepare a Feasibility Study/Master Plan Report for the development of a Sustainability Teaching and Research Facility for the Faculty of Biology within the School of Biological Sciences at the Bedford Park Campus. The Feasibility Study/Master Plan included the development and costing of the following key components: •• New penguin enclosure with outdoor classroom and laboratory facilities •• Bird aviary redevelopment •• Animal enclosure redevelopment •• Green and glasshouse botany redevelopment •• Interpretative gardens •• Outdoor laboratory and observation vantage points •• Integration with other existing facilities including the PC2 laboratories, biology building and discovery centre The project is unique to Adelaide and involved significant stakeholder consultation and research into the facility’s design requirements. As an innovative initiative, the design team utilised the existing relationship Jacobs has with Seaworld in Queensland in order to inform the facility’s design process.

New Laboratory Building (B27)

Fast Facts Client:

University of Canberra Cockram Construction

Location:

Canberra, ACT

Value:

AUD $14 million

Completed: 2012 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical Hydraulics Structural Civil Fire services Laboratory gases

The University of Canberra’s new laboratory teaching facility replaces the aged and dispersed laboratories on campus, which were mostly housed in the adjacent building. The project supports the university’s growing postgraduate research training in health, bio-medical science and environmental science. The new building provides teaching laboratories, including a “mega lab” (a teaching laboratory for 100 students with support facilities and offices), state-of-the-art pharmaceutical and medical sciences facility as well as the glazed link to the existing building. This link provides both an entrance foyer and informal interactive hub, informal study space and interaction space for students. This space was one of the winning elements of Jacobs’ design in the competition held for the design of the building.

Biosecurity Upgrade

Fast Facts Client:

Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute

Location:

Camden Park, NSW

Value:

AUD $47 million

Completed: December 2012 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security) Waste treatment services

The Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI) is the NSW Department of Primary Industries’ (NSW DPI) Centre of Excellence for Animal and Plant Health. Key biosecurity responsibilities for the site include the diagnosis, control and prevention of animal and plant diseases, minimisation of waste of natural resources and improvement of Australia’s and New South Wales’ agricultural competitiveness. The Camden Park site required the biosecurity upgrade due to the age and condition of existing infrastructure and the increasing lack of ability of the site to meet the demand for biosecurity services. Key elements of the project include a new high security animal and plant containment facility, refurbishment of the existing laboratory facilities (including PC2) and new 800m² plant protection facility.

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Fast Facts Client:

Charles Sturt University

Location:

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Value:

AUD $8 million

Completed: 2009 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical

Charles Sturt University (CSU) is the largest tertiary education institution in regional Australia and the only provider of veterinary science graduates outside the metropolitan centres. The 1,700m² Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory project is part of a number of facilities built to support the ongoing teaching and learning needs of the Veterinary Science Program. The new $8M laboratory building accommodates both diagnostic and teaching facilities to support pathology, histology, parasitology, microbiology and molecular sciences. There is also a necropsy facility with associated integrated support areas and shared support facilities including administrative support, sample reception, chemical and media preparation, equipment wash up areas, dry and chemical storage facilities, refrigerator and freezer room, and a walk-in cold room.

WEHI Redevelopment Project

Fast Facts Client:

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Location:

Parkville, VIC

Value:

AUD $190 million

Completed: Expansion 2010 Redevelopment 2012 Services:

Principal consultant and Architecture (in association with Denton Corker Marshall) Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security) Hydraulics Laboratory gases

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) is the largest medical research centre in Australia and, with a 90-year research history in areas such as cancer, infection, immunology, autoimmune diseases and haematology, is one of the world’s leading medical research centres. Jacobs, in association with Denton Corker Marshall, was the project principal consultant/ architect for the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s Redevelopment Project. Jacobs also provided all building services engineering for this project. The new facility doubled the old site in size to house approximately 26,000m² of flexible laboratory areas, including wet and dry laboratories. In addition, specific animal holding facilities complement and expand the original WEHI facility. Another 16,000m² of existing space has also being refurbished as part of the project.

Queensland Biosciences Precinct

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Queensland and CSIRO

Location:

St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $100 million

Completed: 2002 Services:

Specialist laboratory architecture Mechanical Laboratory gases

The design consists of two towers of laboratories linked by a central administration facility and has a total floor area of 36,000m2. This is broken down into 10 generic laboratory and support areas, 5,000m2 of specialist laboratories, administration and computing areas, support services, a car park, and associated campus enhancements. Jacobs was specialist laboratory architect to Daryl Jackson Architects, providing laboratory planning and design services in addition to carrying out the role of principal mechanical engineering consultant for the project.

Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)

Fast Facts Client:

HMRI/Hunter New England Local Health District/University of Newcastle

Location:

Newcastle, NSW

Value:

AUD $90 million

Completed: 2012 Services:

Principal consultant and architecture (in association with Denton Corker Marshall) Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security) Vertical transportation

The Hunter Medical Research Institute’s (HMRI) goal was to construct a new world class medical research building that would enable continuing research benefits, rationalisation of its current sites and enticement of new research teams from interstate or overseas. The new facility co-locates biomedical researchers and clinical researchers and will better facilitate the effective translation of research into improved health outcomes. The facility includes PC2 containment laboratories, and the design of these on a site that is prone to mining subsidence required specialised design solutions in the project’s structural, services and cladding design.

This project received the Australian Institute of Architects Newcastle Chapter, 2013 Public Architecture Award and the 2013 Jury Prize – Best Overall Contribution to Newcastle Architecture. 21

Advanced Manufacturing and Design Centre

Fast Facts Client:

Swinburne University of Technology

Location:

Hawthorn, VIC

Value:

AUD $90 million

Completed: May 2014 Services:

Architecture (with Wilkinson Eyre Architects) Structural Civil ESD consultancy

Swinburne University of Technology, in conjunction with The Boeing Company, is developing a centre of excellence in manufacturing, focused on developing new materials and manufacturing technologies for the aerospace industry. During the design, with changes in funding to the tertiary sector implemented by the government, Swinburne University of Technology decided to consolidate facilities and relocate the Faculty of Design to its Hawthorn campus. To accommodate this faculty the design team rapidly reconfigured a number of the floors to suit the space requirements of the Faculty of Design as well as the engineering and manufacturing students. The 6-storey facility includes a pilot manufacturing plant for solar panels and an optic laboratory which were developed and designed as ISO7 Clean Rooms with the supporting facilities designed to ISO8. The new building, located on the university’s Hawthorn campus, will be a centre of excellence in manufacturing innovation and collaborative learning that reflects Swinburne University’s reputation as a leading research institute with strong technology and business connections.

Black Mountain Master Plan and Concept Design

Fast Facts Client:

CSIRO

Location:

Canberra, ACT

Value:

AUD $190 million

Completed: 2013 Services:

Architecture Mechancical Electrical Hydraulics

CSIRO engaged Jacobs and Denton Corker Marshall (DCM) in February 2013 to design the future vision of the Black Mountain Precinct with a 20-year master plan including a 7-year development plan and concept design. The vision provides a model framework for CSIRO to consolidate and support the critical priorities of its ACT business and science capability platforms. Jacobs also assisted CSIRO with the preparation of a Public Works Committee (PWC) Statement of Evidence and Confidential Cost Submission detailed at 80 per cent accuracy at the concept design stage.

Centre for Advanced Animal Science (CAAS)

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Queensland

Location:

Gatton Campus, QLD

Value:

AUD $29 million

Completed: June 2008 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Waste treatment services

The University of Queensland and the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (now DAFF) approached Jacobs to provide principal consultant and architectural services for the Centre for Advanced Animal Science (CAAS). Situated at The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus, CAAS is a centre for scientific research for the animal production industries. The project has facilities of varying levels of containment, including PC1, PC2/QC2 and PC3 laboratory and animal facilities. The existing thirty-hectare brown field site within the bounds of the University campus contained many constraints to the planning and design of CAAS such as existing waste water dams, a contaminated landfill, existing piggery and ageing agricultural buildings and infrastructure. These challenges were navigated to the ultimate success of the project.

School of Veterinary Science

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Queensland

Location:

Gatton Campus, QLD

Value:

AUD $88 million

Completed: August 2010 Services:

Specialist laboratory architecture Hydraulics

This project received a regional architectural merit award from the Australian Institute of Architects Awards 2010. The relocation of the School of Veterinary Science to The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus provides students and staff with one refurbished and three new educational buildings. Jacobs provided Architectus with specialist laboratory architecture for all PC2 microbiological research laboratories, research animal holding, surgical, diagnostic, pathological and teaching facilities for the project. Additionally, Jacobs provided hydraulic and wet fire services for all four buildings. The ESD initiatives incorporated by Jacobs focus on the planning and layout of the laboratory spaces to provide natural daylight and views, whilst retaining the principles of the PC2 environment. Jacobs also evaluated the hot water system requirements to avoid hot water circulating beyond the contained zones and proposed the use of programmable heat trace systems as the safest and most efficient method. This has since been adopted at PC3 laboratories installations at other facilities.

Queensland Tropical Health Alliance Research Facility

Fast Facts Client:

James Cook University/ Hutchison Builders

Location:

Cairns, QLD

Value:

AUD $6 million

Completed: June 2011 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical Vertical transportation Laboratory gases

This specialised laboratory building at JCU Smithfield campus is designed for tropical disease research within the QTHA. The new two-level facility, with a gross floor area of 1,200m2, comprises generic PC2 laboratory benches, support spaces and associated office accommodation for more than 35 researchers. Specialised fit-out includes quarantine containment and waste management systems, autoclave/steriliser and constant temperature rooms for insect breeding.

This project received a regional architectural merit award from the Australian Institute of Architects Awards 2012.

Wet Laboratories Refurbishment

Fast Facts Client:

Queensland University of Technology

Location:

Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $13 million

Completed: August 2011 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical

The $13M project saw the refurbishment and upgrade of the part heritage-listed wet laboratories in E, M and R Blocks at the Gardens Point Campus of QUT. Complete floors have been reconfigured to provide modern open and transparent research and analytical laboratories for chemistry and microbiology (to PC2 level). The design focus for the laboratories and associated write-up and meeting spaces creates environments that foster a collaborative research ethos through open planning, transparency and maximising of natural daylight and outlook.

Medical Engineering Research Facility

Fast Facts Client:

Queensland University of Technology

Location:

Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $10 million

Completed: 2008 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security) Hydraulic services Vertical transportation

The Medical Engineering Research Facility (MERF) for the Queensland University of Technology at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane has been established to meet Australia’s emerging needs in orthopaedic and artificial organs research. MERF accommodates a comprehensive suite of facilities for medical device research, commercialisation and clinical implementation including operating theatres, cell culture laboratories, materials testing laboratories and mechanical and electrical workshops supporting the full cycle of research, validation, commercialisation and training activities necessary to ensure widespread adoption of new medical devices and techniques throughout Queensland and around the world.

The form of the building and location of the entry responds to the desire of QUT and MERF to establish an iconic corporate image through the built form and through the experience of the building.

Block B + C Redevelopment

Fast Facts Client:

Bremer TAFE/ADCO Constructions

Location:

Bundamba, Ipswich, QLD

Value:

AUD $6 million

Completed: March 2012 Services:

Architecture Interior design Mechanical (predesign and schematic design) Electrical Vertical transportation

The $6M project involved scoping, briefing, design and delivery of diverse teaching and support spaces for the arts, nursing, general learning, customer service, library, dining and staff accommodation. Jacobs worked closely with the D&C contractor and Queensland Government Project Services to deliver the project to a challenging program and budget through value management and by prioritising trade packages on the critical path. The project was delivered on time and on budget to a quality which exceeded end users’ expectations.

Sheepstation Gully Environmental Learning Centre

Fast Facts Client:

Catholic Education Corporation

Location:

Algester, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $1.5 million

Completed: August 2011 Services:

Principal consultant Architecture Mechanical Electrical ESD consultancy

Conceived under the national ‘Local Schools Working Together’ initiative, the Sheepstation Gully Environmental Learning Centre is a new learning facility serving both St Stephen’s Catholic Primary School and Algester State School. Jacobs worked with Dr Marci Webster-Mannison from The University of Queensland to develop and implement the centre’s sustainability by design initiatives. An embedded aspect of the centre’s design is to demonstrate to school students how buildings interact with climate. A wide variety of external wall types are incorporated into the building skin, including a straw bale wall and trombe wall.

This project received a state award for ‘sustainability architecture’ from the Australian Institute of Architects Awards 2012 and high commendation for ‘sustainability in design’ from Consult Australia Awards 2012.

Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Queensland

Location:

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $95 million

Completed: November 2009 Services:

Specialist laboratory architecture Construction services (Architecture) Hydraulics

In association with principal consultant Woodhead, Jacobs provided specialist laboratory architecture design and construction services, and hydraulic services throughout the design process from project commissioning, schematic design, design development, packaged contract documentation and services during construction. Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) is the ambitious relocation of the existing UQ School of Pharmacy from its original St Lucia location to the new site forming part of the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) at Dutton Park.

This project received a regional architectural merit award from the Australian Institute of Architects Awards 2010.

Centre for Clinical Research

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Queensland

Location:

Royal Brisbane Hospital Campus, Herston, QLD

Value:

AUD $54 million

Completed: January 2008 Services:

Architecture (joint venture with Jackson Architecture) Interior design Mechanical Laboratory gases

The Centre for Clinical Research for The University of Queensland is located at the Herston campus of the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital. Jacobs, in joint venture with Jackson Architecture, was responsible for the architecture, planning and interior design of the facility. Considerable site planning issues were addressed in the design process and due to challenging time constraints, efficiency and innovation were required in the design, documentation and construction processes. The 12,000m2 facility houses a variety of consulting and laboratory areas including generic biology and chemistry laboratories.

The project received a regional award for ‘interior architecture’ from the Australian Institute of Architects Awards 2009.

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology

Fast Facts Client:

The University of Queensland

Location:

St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $63 million

Completed: 2006 Services:

Architecture (joint venture with Daryl Jackson Architects) Mechanical Electrical (inc. Communications & Security) Vertical transportation Laboratory gases

The Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) required a new building dedicated to its research programs, incorporating a unique mix of biology, chemistry and engineering laboratories. The 15,000m² facility houses a variety of generic and specialist laboratory areas to support the research fields of biomaterials and nano scaffolds, tissue regeneration, nano bioengineering, biomedical devices, biosensors and logistics, computational molecular science, biological engineering and biological chemistry. Key innovations implemented include, adoption and development of the tri-partite office/ laboratory/support modules, collaborative spaces of lounge and non-PC2 areas and laboratories on the upper floors to limit the extent of risers required by the exhaust stacks.

The Hopkirk Research Institute

Fast Facts Client:

AgResearch/Massey University

Location:

Palmerston North, NZ

Value:

NZD $17.5 million

Completed: 2007 Services:

Architecture Mechanical Electrical

The Hopkirk Research Institute brings AgResearch’s impressive bench-research capability into close proximity to the veterinary school’s clinicians, epidemiologists and pathologists – helping to ensure the Hopkirk’s research is informed by the practical priorities of New Zealand’s farming systems. AgResearch relocated its Wallaceville research laboratories and animal holding facilities to Palmerston North, with the Animal Holding areas located on its Grasslands Campus, and the high containment laboratories on the adjacent adjacent Institute for Veterinary and Biological Sciences (IVABS) precinct of the Massey University campus as part of the joint venture Hopkirk Research Institute.

Australian Red Cross Operations Centre

Fast Facts Client:

Australian Red Cross Blood Services

Location:

Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $22 million

Completed: May 2008 Services:

Specialist laboratory architecture Hydraulics

Following the successful completion of the design brief for the new Operations Centre for Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) in Brisbane, Jacobs was appointed to undertake the design and documentation of the specialist laboratory fitout of this new facility which accommodates 270 staff. The facility is located within QUT’s Kelvin Grove Urban Village precinct adjacent to the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. The project comprised the specialist fitout of approximately 7,000m² across three levels of a new building: two levels of testing and analytical and research laboratories and an entire upper floor of ARCBS administration.

Knowledge Based Research Business, Ecosciences Precinct

Fast Facts Client:

Department of Housing and Public Works/Watpac Construction

Location:

Dutton Park, Brisbane, QLD

Value:

AUD $270 million

Completed: April 2011 Services:

Mechanical Electrical (with AECOM) Hydraulics Laboratory gases

Designed to bring some of Queensland’s leading researchers under one roof to deliver and share best practice in science, the $270 million Ecosciences Precinct (ESP) is an innovative analytical, research and education facility. It caters for over 1,000 scientists and researchers from three government agencies – the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) and CSIRO – and several different scientific disciplines, in a single, collaborative research environment. In consideration of the facility’s multiple analytical and research requirements, the project also required specialist design for various controlled environments, bio-containment and laboratory spaces. This included designing for insectaries, quarantine containment level 3 (QC3) areas, controlled environment rooms (CERs), inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and auto analyser, ultra-trace clean rooms and a transmission electron microscopy suite. The project also had to meet stringent criteria to achieve Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (now DAFF Biosecurity) certification. Delivered within budget and ahead of schedule, the ESP not only exceeded the clients’ expectations, but delivers benefits to other stakeholders, including the community in general.

The project received a high commendation at the Engineers Australia Awards 2011 and silver commendation at the Consult Australia Awards 2011.

QIMR Central Building

Fast Facts Client:

Queensland Institute of Medical Research

Location:

Royal Brisbane Hospital Campus, Herston, QLD

Value:

AUD $115 million

Completed: December 2012 Services:

Mechanical Laboratory gases ESD consultancy

The Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) opened its new flagship building QIMR Central on the Royal Brisbane Hospital campus in December 2012. The 15-level building accommodates 400 scientists and students with a dramatic entry atrium and features 20 new advanced laboratories and support spaces. The new facility consolidates and broadens QIMR’s ground-breaking work in cancer, infectious diseases and mental health/complex disorders, further advancing its worldwide reputation for quality research. The mechanical design focused on services that meet stringent contamination control requirements, provide operational efficiency and a safe environment, and promote ecological sustainable development (ESD). The design and specification of appropriate plant and equipment, and above-and-beyond delivery of services during construction represented world’s best practice for mechanical engineering of similar facilities.

The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunology

Fast Facts Client:

University of Melbourne

Location:

Melbourne, VIC

Value:

AUD $160 million

Completed: January 2014 Services:

Mechanical Electrical PC3 and PC4 Biological Waste Treatment system design Sustainable Design strategies and submissions to achieve 5 star GBCA design status

The Peter Doherty Institute is a highly focused, biomedical facility specialising in human infectious diseases and immunity. The institute houses research laboratories including animal holding facilities and PC2, PC3 and PC4 laboratories. Integrating complex servicing requirements, future flexibility, and a 5-star Green Star design, the prominent 25,000m2 building will also serve to inspire and instruct the next generation of researchers from the University of Melbourne. The building is designed to accommodate translational research, and interaction between these highly specific groups, without compromising the integrity or operations of any individual tenant. The design has been completed on-program and within budget.

Melbourne Brain Centre

Fast Facts Client:

University of Melbourne and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Location:

Melbourne, VIC

Value:

AUD $185 million

Completed: 2011 Services:

Mechanical Electrical (inc. Specialist lighting) Vertical transportation Security Specialist lighting

Architecture by Lyons, Photography by Diana Snape

The Florey Neuroscience Melbourne Brain Centre facility is the result of a large and complex project involving the amalgamation and co-location of four independent medical research institutes to create two world-class neuroscience and mental health research facilities – one at Melbourne University’s Parkville campus and the second Austin Health hospital campus in Heidelberg. The building at Parkville is is designed to accommodate scientific medical research into brain and mind disorders. The facility contains imaging clinical facility with MRI scanner suite, PET scanner suite and associated areas. The facility was awarded a 5-star Green Star rating and required a range of facilities to support the institute’s research including complex PC2 wet and dry laboratories, PC3 facility, animal house facility with specific pathogen-free spaces, general holding rooms and behavioural suite. All laboratories and animal house areas are designed for the OGTR certification; some areas are designed for AQIS certification. In addition to complex research facilities, office accommodation, educational centre, DAX gallery, auditorium, and a bookstore are included in the footprint.

Architecture by Lyons, Photography by Diana Snape

Some of the specific ESD initiatives include provision of cogeneration plant to run air-handling equipment for animal house, refrigerant detection and recovery system, extensive energy and water metering, mixed mode ventilation via automatic openable windows, reduction of the car park ventilation rates based on CFD modelling.

Gold Coast University Hospital

Fast Facts Client:

Queensland Health

Location:

Gold Coast, QLD

Value:

AUD $1.76 billion

Completed: July 2012 Services:

Master planning All engineering (Jacobs/Aurecon joint venture) - Civil, structural - Mechanical, cogeneration, medical gases - Electrical, ICT - Hydraulics Ecological Sustainable Development (ESD) consultant

Jacobs and Aurecon were partners in a joint venture known as the GCUH Engineering JV, established to deliver all consulting engineering services for the Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) project. The commission includes all building services, structural, civil and traffic engineering. In addition, Jacobs was the appointed ESD consultant and provided site-wide medical gases to the project. The $1.76 billion GCUH will be a 750-bed hospital, providing acute services to the Gold Coast community. The specialist teaching hospital will be equipped with the latest technology to assist staff and students to provide the highest level of care for patients. GCUH will have a number of new and expanded health services and will be part of the new, integrated Health and Knowledge Precinct planned for Southport.

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Australian National University, ACT Australian Phenomics Facility Linear Accelerator Facility Bremer TAFE, QLD Blocks B & C Redevelopment Charles Sturt University, NSW Vetinary Diagnostics Laboratory Curtin University, WA Minerals and Chemistry Precinct * Flinders University, SA Penguin Research Facility Griffith University, QLD BBS Laboratories James Cook University, QLD QLD Tropical Health Alliance Research Laboratory La Trobe University, VIC Victorian AgriBiosciences Centre (VABC), Department of Primary Industries, Amersham, Florigene Fitout Physical Sciences 3 and 4 Refurbishments BioChemistry Lab Refurbishment Institute of Molecular Science Bioresources Centre Massey University/AgResearch, New Zealand Hopkirk Research Institute (Palmerston North) Monash University, VIC Science, Technology, Research & Innovation Precinct (STRIP) Building 1 # Green Chemical Futures # College of Pharmacy – Animal Research Facility

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Queensland University of Technology, QLD Medical Engineering Research Facility Wet Laboratories Refurbishment Southern Cross University, NSW Lismore Master Plan Library and Learning Centre School of Engineering Redevelopment Swinburne University of Technology, VIC Advanced Manufacturing and Design Centre Sydney University, NSW Bosch Rodent Facility School of Chemistry Laboratory Upgrades The University of Queensland, QLD Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) * Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) # Centre for Advanced Animal Science (CAAS) Pharmacy Australia Centre for Excellence (PACE) * Centre for Clinical Research (CCR) * School of Veterinary Science * Numerous Departmental Projects The University of Queensland & CSIRO, QLD Queensland Bioscience Precinct (QBP) * Federation University, VIC Science and Engineering Precinct University of Melbourne, VIC Chemistry Building Redevelopment University of Wollongong, NSW Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), Stage 1 AIIM Processing and Devices, Stage 2

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AgResearch, New Zealand Grasslands Animal Research Facility (Palmerston North) Centre for Reproduction in Genomics (Invermay) Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, VIC New Laboratory Facility Australian Red Cross Blood Service, QLD New Brisbane Operations Centre, QLD * Sydney Operations Centre, NSW Rockhampton Donor Centre, QLD Biopolis, Singapore Waste Treatment Biota, VIC Research & Development Facility The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW Kerry Packer Institute for Child Health Research * Biosecurity PC4 Facility CSIRO, Australia Division of Minerals Clayton (VIC)* and Waterford (WA) Division of Molecular Science Clayton (VIC) Division of Entomology Black Mountain (ACT) * Mathematical and Information Sciences (VIC) Clayton B201 Refurbishment (VIC) Floreat Park PC2 Refurbishment (WA) Waterford Master Plan (WA) Plant Expansion, Darwin (NT) * High Resolution Centre, Canberra

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