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Zoned: General Industry
Total Land Area: 121,715 sq metres (12.2 hectares)
Total Building: 23,455 sq metres (19.3% site cover)
Approximate valuation: $42.5m |
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| CTC currently has a building stock of twelve where a range of training activities take place. |
| Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Large segregated but inter-connected re-furbished open plan workshop. 9 - 14 metre high structure with 7 high roll steel shutters. Attached single story office area with classrooms and amenities. |
| Buildings 6 |
High bay (10 metre) web steel portal frame workshop area with attached single storey office accommodation. |
| Building 7, 8 |
High bay, timber frame and truss workshop with high roll steel shutter. Two level office accommodation and connected amenities. |
| Building 9 |
Pre-fabricated single level office accommodation. |
| Building 10 |
Single level workshop with associated office / teaching area. |
| Ian Barclay Building |
Architecturally designed 3 level office block with conference facility and cafe built in 2001. |
Engineering Workshop
Rocky Water Holes Creek |
Tin covered steel framed engineering workshop. |
| There are a number of smaller training buildings and demountables across the site. The precinct is bounded by Orrcon Steel workshops to the rear of the property by Rocky Water Holes Creek to the North and Nyanda State High School to the South. |
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Our CTC precinct at Salisbury has a long and distinguished past. Purchased in 1994 for the sum of $4 million its sole purpose is to provide industry with the opportunity to provide training in a real work environment. Some $19 million was spent in the subsequent two years to bring the buildings up to a condition fit for their new purpose.
The site was previously occupied by Evans Deakin, a large engineering company now part of the Downer Group.
For Queenslanders the Evans Deakin name is synonymous with the Story Bridge which spans the Brisbane River. Evans Deakin, in collaboration with another famous Queensland constructor, Hornibrook Contractors, built the bridge at a cost of £1.15 million. Construction of the bridge took five years to complete, commencing in May 1935 and was officially opened in July 1940, watched by a crowd of 37,000.
At the time the bridge was the seventh largest of its type in the world and the second largest in Australia behind the Sydney Harbour Bridge. What distinguishes the two is that unlike its Sydneyside sister which was largely designed in Britain built of British steel, the Story Bridge is almost entirely made from Queensland materials and the major engineering and steel fabrication work undertaken on the very same grounds that we now refer to as the Construction Training Centre. To top it all the chief consulting engineer was born in Brisbane!
At the time the Evans Deakin plant (seen below) was referred to as being in Rocklea, an area now known as Salisbury. Rocklea is a referral to Rocky Water Holes Creek which dissects the precinct. The manager of the plant was Joe McKew and he worked closely with Dr John Bradfield who was the consulting engineer to the Bureau of Industry, the construction authority for the Bridge. Bradfield took up the position aged 66 which is very prescient given today's labour market where retaining older more experienced employees is regarded as a key employment strategy! |
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| Erection of the centre spars from the north cantilever arm - 1939. |
Fabrication workers in light attire and even lighter personal protective equipment in 1940. |
The photos show the equipment within the Rocklea plant and the Bridge. While the nature of the plant is little changed today what has changed significantly is the concentration on safety and the working hours and conditions.
48 hours was the standard at Rocklea over a 6 day working week. During the height of the Bridge construction some 400 workers were employed at the Bridge and Rocklea Plant. Three workers lost their lives on the Bridge construction whereas there were no recorded fatalities at the Rocklea Plant during this time. There were regrettably quite a few industrial accidents with injured limbs and eyes in an era before personal protective equipment. |
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Management visit to the Rocklea Workshop.
L-R Mr Jenkins, Mr McKew (Plant Manager), Mr Clark,
Mr Holt, Mr Baldwin, Mr Evans (Company Manager),
Mr Hornibrook (Company Manager) and Dr Bradfield (Consulting Engineer). |
Inside Bay 3 of the plant. The floor was dirt and the open
sides exposed workers to the elements. |
Work commenced on the bridge on 24th May 1935. This was deliberately chosen as it was the Silver Jubilee of King George V's reign. The Premier of the day, Forgan Smith, turned the first sod for the project which would take Brisbane from the immediate post-depression years and into World War II.
On Saturday 6th July 1940 a crowd of 37,000 watched Sir Leslie Wilson, the Queensland Governor officially open the Bridge, indelibly marking our Salisbury precinct in the annals of Queensland construction and municipal history.
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Frontage of the Rocklea plant. It is possible to identify
the very same edifice in the Salisbury precinct of CTC
some 70 years later. |
Site visit inspecting beam and plate drilling. From Left Mrs Bradfield (looking particularly pleased to be there!), Dr Bradfield and Mr McKew. |
No history of the Story Bridge is complete without paying homage to the man after whom it was named. From the outset the Bridge was referred to as the Jubilee Bridge and upon the King's death in 1936 was called the King George V Memorial Bridge, however in 1937 the Cabinet decided to name it after the long-serving public servant John Douglas Story.
Born in Scotland in 1869, Story arrived in Brisbane at the age of nine. He joined the Queensland Public Service at age 16 and was appointed Public Service Commissioner from 1920 until 1939. He established the Bureau of Industry, the agency responsible for the bridge and retired at the age of 69 just prior to its opening. Upon retiring he became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland, a position he held for 22 years without drawing a salary.
The Premier Forgan Smith remarked of Story 'No man has ever served the State better, and few have served it so well'.
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Hydraulic riveter which hammered close at a force of 80
tonne. |
Built to Last! The very same workshop today. |
| Photos provided courtesy of the Queensland State Library. History courtesy of Michael Moy. |
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The CTC Cafe, run by Neil and Gareth Lai, is available for hot and cold breakfast and lunch snacks and drinks. Neil and Gareth are able to cater for any functions on site (and offsite too!) including supporting conferences and training sessions within our designated facilities.
The CTC Cafe is open Monday to Friday 7am to 2pm.
For further details, an up to date menu and quote contact Neil or Gareth on 0404 681 184.
The Cafe features an indoor eating area as well as an al fresco eating area outside under a large canopy.
Phone the CTC Cafe on 3274 6242 or fax on 3274 6242.
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