This is underway... hole down to three levels... a big job in Woden. Corner of Worgan and Furzer streets.

The proposed new building will comprise: Property Council of Australia A-grade quality office accommodation of approximately 44,500 square metres Net Lettable Area (NLA), plus 800 square metres of associated facilities, including storage and mail rooms; a generalised “L” shaped building with two contiguous 10 storey office towers – North Building 24,000 square metres NLA and the South Building 20,500 square metres NLA; energy efficiency ratings of 4.5 star ABGR and 5 Green Star; disabled access and facilities; men’s and women’s change facilities, each with 15 showers and 100 lockers; a minimum of 350 car-parking spaces including; four disabled car parking spaces, 20 motorcycle bays, and 120 bicycle parking spaces, located on two basement levels; a dedicated loading dock with an additional 10 parking spaces; and additional space for a childcare facility to service 100 placements.

More....
http://www.aph.gov.au/House/committee/pwc/deptha/report/fullreport.pdf

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Nice to see more infill in Woden.

Geez, how un-inspiring do they want to make the buildings look.

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Foundations are starting

Another titan hammerhead... today from camera phone.

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Hi guys, as per my first post (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=288455&page=8), I'd like to start off by sharing a couple of my own photos I took of this development yesterday.

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/100_1505.jpg

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/100_1515.jpg

Cheers! Euphoria (JM)

thanks Euphoria. woden has got a decent skyline for somewhere that is only a town center. Do you have any pictures or information from civic or the kingston foreshore? i saw ur post in the projects canberra thread, i would also like to hear more about them easing on height restrictions. i reckon anything up to 120-130 meters in Civic should be allowed.

thanks for the photos Euphoria.... they'd want to be locking that crane off at night... that boom could do a bit of damage.

YR Welcome, I do actually have a panorama of the foreshore development from a few days ago- I've posted it up in a separate thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=23632794#post23632794). As for the boom on the crane, well I saw it in action the other day, and the tip was actually swinging with about 6-10m clearance above the top of the Aviation Australia building. It looked dangerous!

the crane for this job is now up above Scarbrough House next door.. sits at about 17 levels..

Beat me to it abc! Here is a photo of this as of yesterday, it looks like some parts have reached 2st:

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Woden-Crane2.jpg

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Woden-Crane1.jpg

The crane is definitely one of the tallest I have seen in Canberra that is freestanding. It must reach 80-90m! Can anyone explain why they would need this for a 10st building? Also, is that a climbing frame attached to it? Cheers!

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Woden-Crane-Panorama.jpg

Give it a few years and Woden will have a much better skyline than Civic. It already has the three tallest buildings in Canberra

yeah thats a climbing frame... it won't be climbing anymore though... It's that high because it's a hammerhead crane.... All cranes when not in use just blow in the wind.. If it was to blow in the wind, it would take out Scarbrough House, so that's why it's topped out already.

I wish the Canberra towncentres (including civic) didn't revolve around nucleus shopping centres. I wonder if the urban fabric of our town centres will ever evolve?

Gunghalin is going to be different. But its tiny atm so its hard to know what they're going to do with it.

Apologies for the rather large update, I have been in a "sweep and clear" photography mood. So things seem to be progressing nicely. Here are some shots:

85(am I close?) metre crane, towering above the development.

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2493.jpg

What a job...

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2494.jpg

Looking down the street towards the Lovett tower

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2499.jpg

The construction site from the street corner - wonky panorama (tm)

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2500.jpg

Down to the left (of the panorama), looking towards scarborough house

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2501.jpg

And finally, creeping into the Woden skyline:

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2510.jpg

Cheers and enjoy

cheers for snaps... thats gone up quickly

From today - this is progressing very fast. Seems to be up to the 9th storey.

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2872.jpg

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/Health%20Dept%20Woden/100_2867.jpg

Seems to be nearly topped out - from yesterday:

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/16-03-1.jpg

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/Woden/16-03-2.jpg

They actually look a bit taller than I was expecting. Wouldn't be much short of 50 meters?

More....
http://www.aph.gov.au/House/committee/pwc/deptha/report/fullreport.pdf

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/Picture1-1.png

why does the federal health department (I didn't know there was such a thing) need a building this big for?

Does anyone have updates/pics of this?

They look practically finished to me. Drive past all the time but don't have any pics.

They look practically finished to me. Drive past all the time but don't have any pics.I take it they're not that spectacular then lol

Lol no not at all.

COMPLETED...

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It would be nice to see Woden eventually transformed into a second CBD.

why does the federal health department (I didn't know there was such a thing) need a building this big for?

because they're not allowed skyscrapers.

Well, really they are, but people will complain about it.