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Business View Australia - September 2015 97

based flooring, recycled timber and

recycled content carpets. The entire

construction activity has been done

using sustainable materials.

The

award-winning

building

provides facilities for 1,000

undergraduate students and office

and laboratory facilities for 450 staff

and postgraduate students. The

company has succeeded in erecting

a building which not only provides

excellent facilities for students

and staff, but also minimises the

environmental impact.

John

Holland’s

and

UTAS’s

commitment

to

sustainable

practices have also resulted in UTAS

being conferred the Australasian

Campuses Towards Sustainability

Award of Excellence and the MBA

National

Commercial/Industrial

Construction Award ($50 million to

$100 million category).

University of Tasmania,

Institute of Marine and

Antarctic Sciences

John

Holland

executed

the

University of Tasmania’s Institute

of Marine and Antarctic Studies

(IMAS)

project where it successfully

achieved a 5-Star Green Star rating.

The $40 million facility is situated

on Hobart’s Princes Wharf No 2 site

in Sullivan’s Cove.

The project has been jointly

promoted by the University of

Tasmania,

the

Commonwealth

Scientific and Industrial Research

Organisation and the Tasmanian

government to explore and conserve

Australia’s Southern Ocean and

Antarctic Territories.

The IMAS building project is

an initiative of the Australian

Government which falls under its

Education Investment Fund. The

facility has a gross floor area of over

7,500 square metres and provides

a suite of managed learning spaces.

Lecture theatres and research hubs

complement general and specific

laboratories, some requiring physical

and quarantine containment.

The construction involved the

creation of controlled temperature

and centralised culture facilities.

All aspects of the building including

its layout, orientation, façade

treatment, material selection and

building servicing were executed

keeping in mind the UTAS brief to

achieve a 5-Star Green Star design

rating.

A number of specific features

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