Cairns Convention and Exhibition Centre Expansion

Location

Cairns, QLD

Client

Lendlease

Year

2022

Value

$7.3M

VAE Group were engaged by Lendlease to undertake the mechanical services on the Cairns Convention Centre refurbishment and expansion project.

VAE Group were engaged by Lendlease to undertake the mechanical services on the Cairns Convention Centre refurbishment and expansion project.

Separable portion one involved significant works to the existing centre where VAE carried out major upgrades to the building services including the replacement and upgrade of major mechanical plant.

Separable portion two consists of a major expansion to the existing center scheduled for completion in Q4 2022.

The new construction work includes the provision of 10,500m2 of new facilities at the Wharf Street end of the centre including a 450-seat flat floor plenary space, three meeting rooms, exhibition space, banquet facility and associated patron facilities and operational spaces that will enable concurrent conventions to occur with-in the centre.

Controls Integration

As part of the centre upgrade our VAE technology team will deliver a Tridium based open control system which integrates the Building Management System (BMS) to an open protocol KNX Lighting, as well as a new Security and Access control system.

The Convention Centre user interface will be based on HTML5 Web graphics allowing the user to access the system via PC, Tablet or Smartphone. The VAE Bureau will carry out ongoing analytics of site operation and energy usage once the installation project is complete.