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The Cairns Institute, Cairns

Project Scope

The Cairns institute is a marquee $21.5M research facility which is planned to be located at James Cook University's Smithfield Campus in Cairns.  

The project supports the new School of Environment teaching and research and is designed to bring with it the possibility of a new level of visibility for the new centre for Tropical Research and the university on an international stage.  Attracting post graduate students from the international marketplace, drawing the finest researchers in the world in new state of the art facilities.  The Cairns Institute will simultaneously raise the profile of James Cook University and also its industry partners.

Budget and Program

The budget for the project was A$21.5M. Construction has commenced with completion scheduled for late 2012.

Consultant team members and their role

Greg McDonald is engaged by the Managing Contractor, Hansen Yuncken to provide external cost planning services throughout the design phase for their Guaranteed Construction Sum submissions as well as leading the Bill of Quantities preparation team during the procurement phase of the project.

Scope of consultancy services provided

Beacon Consulting have been engaged to provide cost planning and estimating services on this project direct to Hansen Yuncken and will also provide full Bills of Quantities to ASMM 5 during the procurement phase.

Clients name

• Our client on this project is Hansen Yuncken