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Thinking on our feet at Sydney Children’s Hospital
The Sydney Children’s Hospital and cancer centre façade is taking shape, with more than 2000 curtain wall panels soon to be installed on the new building.
Members of the Sydney Children's Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre (SCH1/MCCCC) project team inspected a full-size visual mock-up of glass and aluminium panels that will be a distinctive feature of the future building's façade.
The inspection was an opportunity for the team to review and discuss the future feature while the SCH1/MCCCC is still under construction.
Building fun facts:
- More than 2000 individual ‘curtain wall' panels will make up the building's facade.
- The facade materials are being sourced from across China and produced in two factories - one for glass components and another for aluminium.
- The glass factory has a floor area of 250,000 square metres that's more than 46.3 million Post-It notes.
- Earlier in the year, representatives from principal builder John Holland Group (JHG) visited China to secure supply and manufacture of the facade components, which will be shipped to Sydney for final assembly and installation on site.