Multiplex appointed to deliver new $81m Biomedical Facility at Monash University
27 September 2017
Multiplex, a leading global
contractor, has been appointed to deliver the $81 million world-leading
Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building for
Monash University at its
Clayton campus in
Victoria.
Designed by high-profile architects
Denton Corker Marshall, the new
building spans four levels, plus a lower ground floor and roof
plantroom, and will provide a total of 11,400 square metres of
state-of-the-art learning space for Biomedical Science students.
“We are delighted to continue our ongoing collaboration with Monash
University and play a pivotal role in its vision for higher education
through delivering revolutionary learning spaces,” said Graham Cottam,
Regional Managing Director Multiplex Victoria.
An innovative pedagogical solution will be presented in four ‘flexi
labs’ within the Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building. Configured
in an ‘L shape’, these laboratories will wrap around a central glazed
satellite preparation area providing smaller-scale more intimate
laboratory environments for 60 to 120 students. Alternatively, the four
laboratories can be combined to provide a space for up to 240 students.
The innovative new Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building also
features a 1,200 square metre informal learning hub that can accommodate
400 students, averaging 90 informal learning seats per floor.
Highly specified, some of these new laboratories will be built to
Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2) and the
façade will be pressure
tested to ensure it has a high level of air tightness.
A striking element of the Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building’s
design is a hanging steel staircase that will be suspended from a
skylight truss and connect the various levels of the facility.
Construction of the Biomedical Learning and Teaching Building is set to
commence immediately. The project is scheduled for completion in
November, 2018.
Multiplex is currently constructing the new $206 million Learning and
Teaching Building at Monash University encompassing a large underground
carpark and regional transport interchange, with completion slated for
February, 2018.
The multi-storey 30,000 square metre facility is a cornerstone project
at Monash University featuring a new front door experience for all
visitors arriving at the University through a new transport interchange.
Awning structures will provide pedestrians and bus patrons with generous
shelter while complimenting the varying context of the Learning and
Teaching Building façade screens and landscape features.
Multiplex also delivered Monash University’s $145 million student
accommodation precinct in April, 2016. The new precinct comprises four
new residential buildings providing a combined total of more than 1,000
studio apartments, with associated retail and student informal learning
spaces.
The contractor has also been responsible for delivering some of the most
high-profile and technically advanced education facilities in Victoria
including the $200 million Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
(RMIT), Swanston Academic Building in Melbourne’s CBD and the $100
million Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning Building (FABP)
in Parkville.
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