Building Australian landmarks for a century - Hansen Yuncken celebrates 100 years of building
04 September 2018
Hansen Yuncken:
Since 1918 Hansen Yuncken has been one of
Australia’s premier construction companies delivering major commercial
and institutional projects across the nation.
Throughout its history Hansen Yuncken has been recognised and renowned
for its pioneering role in the application of innovative techniques and
the development of new construction technologies and project delivery
methods.
From the spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in
Melbourne to
Hobart’s MONA Museum of Old and New Art, the company earned and
retains a reputation for outstanding quality, hard work, loyalty and
pride.
This construction dynasty has brought the nation an outstanding array of
epitaphs that reflect a burgeoning Australia and cities growing to
satisfy their ever changing communities.
In 1918 it was the Port Authority, Harbour Trust Building in Melbourne’s
Market Street which demanded unique high capacity stiff legged cranes to
lift the steel to form the frame. Then in 1925 the National Bank
headquarters required construction unprecedented in Australia. The
building had a steel frame with in fill concrete walls and floors. Faces
were finished in Harcourt granite and Hawkesbury River sandstone.
Internal chambers were finished with local Victorian marble and
Tasmanian Blackwood panelling.
Renovations to the famous Myer store in Bourke St followed as did the
Bank of
New South Wales with its 8.3 metre high bronze doors weighing
nearly eight tonnes and surrounded by polished granite.
The company has rebuilt the historic landmark, the Regent Theatre in
Collins St twice. The first time in the 1940’s after a fire and then
again after it was saved from demolition in the 1990’s.
In Hobart it was the T&G Insurance Office in Collins St and then the
Bank of
New South Wales which saw us move to
Adelaide to build the resplendent Bank of New South Wales
headquarters there in North Terrace. Now known as number 2 King William
St it was Hansen Yuncken’s first project in
South Australia.
In the 1950’s and 60’s Hansen Yuncken constructed the David Jones
department store and the Queen Elizabeth hospital which was the largest
project of that time in South Australia.
Then it was the imposing Adelaide Airport terminal which was a $242m
design and build contract featuring Adelaide’s first aerobridge.
More recently it has been the awe inspiring $2 billion
Royal Adelaide
Hospital.
In
Queensland the $160 million Cairns airport and the Cairns institute
at
James Cook University have been memorable projects along with the
$125 million Rockhampton hospital expansion.
In Sydney the Ansett Terminal at the airport was a milestone in the
1980’s while more recently the $490 million Building the Education
Revolution schools contract which demanded the delivery of 309 projects
across 200 schools set new standards in construction management systems.
In regional NSW the Orange hospital was the state’s second largest
contract with Public Private Partnership delivery and the recent
completion of the NewSpace project for the
University of Newcastle is a
remarkably complex building. Whilst our long-standing presence in
regional Victoria has delivered many cannery projects over the years as
well as health education and more recently justice facilities.
And of course, more recently in
Tasmania we built the internationally famous MONA Museum of Old and
New. What more can you say.
The wonderful ability to innovate remains at the core of Hansen Yuncken
today, as does its commitment to attracting and retaining the best and
brightest people. The company retains the tradition of quality and
business integrity established by the founding partners and diligently
builds on their legacy 100 years later.
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