Event Summary
Our Project Review seminar provides attendees an overview of design and construction of The Glasshouse Theatre and the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital Expansion. The presentation will also review challenges and solutions in these complex projects. There will also be a presentation from Transport and Main Roads providing an outline of the pipeline of projects in Queensland leading up to and beyond the Olympics to meet the growth demands.
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Program
| 5.00pm | Welcome & Introduction |
| 5.10pm | Presentations |
| 7.00pm | Drinks and food |
| 8.00pm | Evening concludes |
Registration
| $88.00 | CIA Member |
| $44.00 | CIA Retired, Life and Honorary Members |
| $22.00 | Student Member |
| $110.00 | Non Member |
Parking available onsite or in surrounding streets.
PRESENTERS
Paul Schmidt, Queensland Transport and Main Roads
Qld Pipeline for Work Looking Toward 2032 and beyond
More details coming soon.
Harrison McColl, BG&E Engineering
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital Expansion
The BG&E Brisbane team were engaged by Built to provide structural engineering services for the QEII Expansion project including the new Clinical Services Building, Multi-Storey Car Park and refurbishment of the existing hospital building.
In this presentation, Harrison will provide an overview of the project context and technical developments including:
- Design and construction aspects of precast concrete box cores, shear walls and columns.
- Design innovations implemented to respond to market forces and competition.
- Use of KingFlor within Hospital buildings.
Bob Shallcross, LendLease and Nick Docherty, Arup
The Glasshouse Theatre
The 1500 seat Glasshouse Theatre joins the Playhouse, Lyric Theatre, Concert Hall and Cremorne Theatre to make QPAC the largest performing arts centre in Australia under one roof.
The presentation will provide an overview of the design and construction challanges and implemented solutions to achieving the award winning outcome. Key areas of the presentation include review of the structure complexity, overall construction process and specifics on the tapered post tensioned transfer slab design and construct, Bondek modules, precast rings, architectural precast specification and supply and unique site logistics.
We would like to thank our Annual Sponsors for their ongoing support.


