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With all the recent attention on housing affordability and residential land availability, there has been little emphasis placed on the need to ensure there is sufficient land available for industrial use.With all the constraints on industrial projects (close to transport, sufficient distance away from sensitive areas, environmental considerations) we also need to address the shortfalls in industrial land, particularly with the rate of growth Queensland in particular is experiencing.
The main influencers on industrial projects are not dissimilar from what is driving other development projects throughout Queensland and the world.Fuel prices, available land, affordability and planning constraints are just some of the factors that will shape our industrial landscape in the next few years.
The next 18 months will see reports and investigations undertaken by the Government to determine which areas are most suitable for industrial land and where more land could be released for this purpose.
THG’s Head of Landscape Architecture, David Scassola (AILA), was part of the project team that undertook the urban design, planning and landscape architecture for the Inner Northern Busway. The 1.2-kilometre busway, 500 metres of which is underground tunnel, is embedded in an area of Brisbane’s City centre rich with significant cultural heritage values and a history of urban built form.
David Scassola (AILA), Head of THG’s Landscape Architecture team was part of the appointed development team to undertake all urban planning, landscape architecture, urban design and architecture for both the bid phase and the delivery phase of the CLEM 7.
Southlink is a unique master planned business industry estate designed for access for B Double Trucks. This 55 Lot Industrial Development encompasses over 55 hectares and features 3 precincts - light industrial, business and local support. Retail giant Coles have already established their Major Distribution Centre at the site.
Constructing a teak plantation in Tully is not just a matter of planting the trees. There are a number of environmental implications which resulted in the client approaching THG to confirm buffer areas surrounding wetland areas on their site.
Motorway Business Park is a unique master planned business industry estate designed to provide direct heavy vehicle access via the Logan Motorway Interchange. THG’s planning expertise and tenacity paved the way for Motorway Business Park, whose versatility, shown through design efficiency, access and proximity to key logistics hubs sets a new benchmark in industry master-planned estates.
THG were charged with creating a landscape where pedestrians and vehicles could safely coexist.
The protected salt marsh environment on this site represented a highly sensitive ecological challenge for THG. Representing the interface between tidal and terrestrial environments, this inter-tidal fish nursery area required a comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan to mitigate against environmental damage.
THG project managed the planning, surveying and landscape architecture components of the Prana Centre, another step forward in the increasing commercial resurgence in Nerang.
THG’s Landscape Architecture team and Nettleton Tribe Architects collaborated to lodge an innovative application to build a 22 level office tower on a parcel of land in Bowen Hills. The project is the latest urban renewal transit-oriented development project in the area.
To assist in the urban renewal and revitalisation of Margate, a seaside suburb located north of Brisbane, Redcliffe City Council undertook a project to redevelop the Margate Urban Village.
