ACT/Parl Triangle - New Asio HQ

[ross_the_man]

Well all the major government offices are in the Parl Triangle, ASIO is a major government business, so why not? Its not as if there is any life anywhere in the Parliamnetary Triangle. All the locals or tourists who are going through the area speak at a whispering level, it feels like a place where you have to be on your very best behaviour or things get crazy.

[Scrawny]

Originally Posted by shaggers_jr

Um, that's just the point. Things like ASIO mega-offices were never siupposed to go here. This has been pushed through for no good reason. They should have just built some mega-office in Gungahlin or Tuggers. There's no reason ASIO needs to be in the triangle other than some imagined sense of prestige.

Yep totally agree. Gungahlin are crying out for a gov department. I think the parl triangle has been badly developed, it should be higher density.

[abc]

Crane going up today.... bloody big hole this one

[ex0dus1985]

Bloody big eyesore i think - i miss the bushy feel Parkes way used to have past Russell. Now they've cleared so many trees for the new Kings Way / Parkes Way overpass - which is a good thing i guess, and this monstrosity, which must sprawl at least 200m east - west. Why not just build up?

[abc]

2nd crane up

[Stonedwookie]

has anyone seen the huge cement walls n pillars they uncovered.
while digging i think this its gonna be connected to the russell building via underground

[ross_the_man]

I wouldn't be surprised if its going to be connected to a lot of places.

[abc]

Originally Posted by Stonedwookie

has anyone seen the huge cement walls n pillars they uncovered.
while digging i think this its gonna be connected to the russell building via underground

they're just part of the piling process for underground area.. area was dug out, and then sprayed with concrete... nothing sinister

[abc]

one of five 110,000 litre water tanks for the fire system which are going underground at northern end.

[ross_the_man]

What drought?

[abc]

3rd crane is up

[abc]

An update from nearmap... click on the dot on the time line to see how much they've done.. you can see some core boxes have gone

http://www.nearmap.com/

[Chuq]

Originally Posted by abc

An update from nearmap... click on the dot on the time line to see how much they've done.. you can see some core boxes have gone

http://www.nearmap.com/

I'm guessing this is it?
http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-35.29270...h&nmd=20100119

I can see them being thrilled about the internal layout of the building being publicly available!

[abc]

[abc]

Near Map has updated it's CBR page.

http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-35.29252...k&nmd=20101124

[thesmallprint]

This looks like a pretty cool building. Is this for ASIS as well or just ASIO?

[Urbania]

I'm curious about this building. It's looking huge on Nearmap. How's it looking in real life?

[nsn]

Originally Posted by Urbania

I'm curious about this building. It's looking huge on Nearmap. How's it looking in real life?

It's looking completely inappropriate for the site.

[OptomistOne]

Originally Posted by nsn

It's looking completely inappropriate for the site.

Any chance of a photo or two - or is that likely to lead to an SSC member getting arrested by the AFP???

[Canberra Raiders]

Photos by Graham Tidy on http://www.canberratimes.com.au/mult...Start=0&page=1