Estate Campus Planning JCU Bebegu Yumba Campus Renewal, Townsville (TCR)

JCU Bebegu Yumba Campus Renewal, Townsville (TCR)

Project Brief

Value of Project: $73M
Significant refurbishment of built portfolio and demolition of outdated and obsolescent buildings.
Being delivered over a 7year horizon

James Cook University

Total Area to be Refurbished	18,964m²
Total Area Being Demolished	57,495m²
Active Floor Area Reduction	25,400m²
Program Duration	10 years
Staff Moving Into New or Refurbished Space	712+
New and Refurbished Learning and Teaching Spaces	1,400 m² +
Staff Growth Capacity	200+
Density	Halved campus core area

Building	Estimated Commencement	Contractor/Status	Scale
B300, 301, 303 & 303	Jul-17	Completed	$ 4,473,657
B028	Jan 19	Completed	$ 5,309,855
B005	Feb-21	Pending	708m²
B027	Dec-20 Mar-21	Pending	3773m²
B004	Jun-22	Pending	4673m²
B025	May-24	Pending	5329m²
B043	May-24	Pending	2631m²
B041	May-24	Pending	2150m²
B001	Jan-25	Pending	3582m²

Building	Estimated Commencement	Contractor/Status	Scale
B030 & 033	Dec-22	Pending	1677m²
B008	Apr-21	Pending	240m²
B002	Jan-22	Pending	1560m²
B003	Jun-21	Pending	3303m²
B009	Jan-21	Pending	229m²
B012	Jan-23	Pending	1919m²
B017	Jan-25	Pending	5237m²
B014	Jan-24	Pending	3363m²
B015	Jan-24	Pending	6228m²
B016	Jan-24	Pending	188m²
B034	Jan-26	Pending	6366m²
B019	Jan-27	Pending	1754m²

2020 – Current Building 027 Refurbishment

Building 027 will reconfigure and refurbish the interior of the building, with potential for some modest exterior refurbishment
Principal Design Consultant Counterpoint and Cox Architects
Project budget $11M

2019 – 2020 Building 028 Refurbishment

Building 028 will become the main decant building for staff and students for subsequent stages of TCR
Principal Design Consultant Wilson Architects and Tippett Schrock Architects
Completed by Hutchinson Builders $3.9M

2017 – 2018 Buildings 300-303 Refurbishment

Was the first refurbishment within the TCR project
Principal Design Consultant Richard Kirk Architects and Counterpoint Architecture
Completed by RCQ Constructions $3.8M
2018 Master Builders Award – Refurbishment project