Fairbrother have been appointed by Enmore Enterprises to construct an iconic $10 million five storey office block in Cimitiere Street in central Launceston.

The development, known as Cimitiere House will provide four levels or around 4600m2 of lettable office space, with the ground floor to house a café, retail tenancies and a car park.

The building is likely to attract a Green Star Rating, having been specifically designed by project architects Glenn Smith Associates and project engineers Pitt & Sherry to incorporate numerous passive and low energy mechanical systems to produce a green building.

The project is additionally unique because of the full one metre thick base slab required, which as a result of the nature of the soil on site and proximity of the underlying water table is more than double the standard slab thickness.  To achieve a slab of this thickness, the project required a continuous 18 hour concrete pour delivering some 1400 cubic metres of concrete.  The pour occurred on a weekend to minimise disruption to city traffic, and involved a major team effort from over 30 Fairbrother employees who worked under lights all through a Saturday night to finish the pour.

Progress on Site

Despite being largely hidden by external scaffolding, much the site continues to be a hive of activity. With all floors well and truly up, roofing is now almost completed with just some flashings to be installed. The atrium roof is also installed, and plywood lining has commenced.

The majority of windows are also now installed, and external aluminium composite panelling has commenced. Cladding is planned to be completed by the end of the year, which will permit the scaffolding to be removed early in the New Year.

Internally, stairs to all floors have been installed, with the lift also soon to also be installed and operational.

Tenancy fit-outs are under negotiation, with the first tenants likely to be moving into their stunning new office facility in March ’09.

Cimitiere House Update: Concrete Pour and Tower Crane Construction
(14 March, 2008)

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Cimitiere House Update: First and Second Storey Construction
(4 June, 2008)

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Cimitiere House Progress Report No.3
(29 February, 2008)

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