Office building in Perth (Brookfield Place building)

UNSW, Sydney – Australia

Office building in Perth (Brookfield Place building)

Building use

Office building

Country/Region

Australia

Overview

The Brookfield Place building is the second tallest tower in Perth and a concrete filled steel column solution was adopted.

Basic information (construction date, number of stories, gross floor area, adopted design code, engineer(s), Contractor(s), etc.)

Construction date: 2012
Number of stories: 45
Gross floor area: 71,000m2
Adopted design code: AS1250/AS2327.1 (Standards Australia, 1998 and 2003)
Engineer(s): Aurecon
Contractor(s): Brookfield Multiplex

Issue and/or innovation

Use of concrete filled steel columns, composite beams and slabs and largest side core composite building in the southern hemisphere.

Specific solution/technical details

The builders of the Perth Tower, the second tallest tower in Perth chose to adopt a concrete filled steel column solution. In order to secure this type of solution the builder pre-ordered and stored all spirally welded steel tubes for the columns to ensure steel cost fluctuations were minimized and construction costs were able to be controlled.

Impact or effectiveness

This building houses the headquarters of the World’s largest mining company BHP.

References / Technical Papers Content

https://www.brookfieldproperties.com/en/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookfield_Place_(Perth) https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/brookfield-place/686