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USC’s New Campus Wins

Construction Award

USC’s new state-of-the-art campus at Moreton Bay, “The attention to detail, workmanship and level of quality on
which has attracted 1,800 students since opening this project speak for themselves and these awards are a terrific
in February, has just been recognised with a top recognition of the team’s hard work and effort,” Mr Baumann
said.
construction award.

The foundation building is the first stage in a planned
The project team, led by Hansen Yuncken, won the Master 10.5-hectare university precinct that will form the heart of The
Builders Association Award (Brisbane) for an education facility Mill at Moreton Bay, a vibrant civic, cultural and educational
over $10 million at the 2020 Housing and Construction Awards precinct planned by Moreton Bay Regional Council.
and is now in the running for the Queensland state finals in
October. It was designed by award-winning architects Hassell Studios.

The three-story, 16,000 square-metre USC Moreton Bay building
at Petrie features modern labs, teaching spaces and technology
and is Australia’s newest university campus.

USC Chief Operating Officer Dr Scott Snyder said the win “
recognised the achievement of an exceptional project team,
and the completion of a world-class facility that would become
a long-standing knowledge and innovation hub for the Moreton The attention to detail,
workmanship and level
Bay region.
“USC Moreton Bay has 1,800 enrolled students and growing, of quality on this project
and by 2030 it is expected to cater for 10,000 students across
more than 100 study programs,” Dr Snyder said. speak for themselves and
these awards are a terrific
“It has everything you’d expect from a modern university,
including a 460-seat capacity auditorium, $15 million worth recognition of the team’s
of state-of-the-art technology, nursing simulation and science
labs, engineering labs as well as a library, student support hard work and effort.
facilities, a café and shops.”

Hansen Yuncken Queensland State Manager Greg Baumann
said the award was a tribute to how the team worked with USC
to deliver such an ambitious project.