Expansion Joints for QLD Hospitals

Satellite Hospitals QLD

Year:	2023
Construction Value:	$265 Million
Owner:	QLD Federal Government
Architect / Designer:	Conrad Gargett
Builder:	Hutchinson Builders
Project:	Construction of six new medical facilities to support public healthcare across South East Queensland.
Scope:	Supplied 210 metres of thermoplastic gasket floor Expansion Joint cover. The seals are purposely designed with smooth ripples to allow the seal to open rather than stretch & break. Floor seal system designed for hospitals, food prep areas, laboratories
Products:	Mo L

New Construction

Kallangur Hospital, Ripley Hospital, Caboolture Hospital, Redland Hospital, Eight Mile Plains and Bribie Island

 

Greenslopes Private Hospital Brisbane

Year:	2021
Construction Value:	$72 Million redevelopment
Architect / Designer:	Phillips Smith Conwell
Builder:	John Holland Group
Products:	Py I; Vt P; By NS Aq P; Si D

Expansion Joints Installed:

198 metres Vertos wall expansion system
347 metres Pyrotx fire retardant expansion seal

40 metres Brawny ByNS Car park expansion cover plate and water proof seal

42 metres  Seismic Dual Gasket floor Expansion Joint system

 

Bernie Scott is a licensed commercial builder and is able to certify our fire expansion products.

Mackay Base Hospital QLD

Year:	2017
Construction Value:	$405 million
Architect / Designer:	Woods Bagot, Sanders Turner Ellick
Scope:	Manufacture and install 1531 metres of Expansion Joint cover plates, fire seals, watertight seals and thermoplastic hospital grade seals.
Products:	Fx CS; Py I; Py B; Aquo P; Vt P; Si DX; Vt S

Redevelopment

Expansion Joint Systems Supplied:

• Medium & Heavy-Duty stainless-steel expansion cover plates
• Wall & ceiling aluminium cover plates powder coated to match the finish
• Seismic concealed cover dual gasket seismic floor movement joints
• Fire resistant joint seal & Fire blanket AS1530.4 tested and certified for
• Expansion joint 100% watertight seals
• Thermoplastic Hospital grade seals

Sunshine Coast University Hospital

Year:	2016
Construction Value:	$1.8 billion
Developer:	Queensland Health
Architect / Designer:	Architectus Pty Ltd Brisbane
Builder:	Lendlease
Products:	Fx CH /Fx CHT; Si DX

After meeting with the client who found the specified expansion joint system would not work, Unisons engineers solved the problem. A bespoke Heavy Duty aluminium floor expansion joint was designed and manufactured.  As Unisons factory is in Brisbane, speedy manufacturing enabled construction to continue.  The Flexo floor expansion joint system is Designed for substantial pedestrian and service equipment traffic.

Gold Coast Uni Hospital

Year:	2013
Construction Value:	$1.5 Billion
Developer:	SurePark Consortia
Architect / Designer:	Hassell Studio Brisbane
Products:	Py I; By C /By CT; Si TL

Gold Coast University Hospital is a major teaching hospital is offering tertiary level district general hospital in the Gold Coast, Australia, completed in September 2013.

Joint Systems installed internally within the Hospital

• Pyrotx Expansion Joint fire barrier tested and certified to AS 1530.4 AS 4072.1 & BS 476.2
• Aquo-P Expansion Joint waterproof seal
• Brawny Heavy Duty floor Aluminium Expansion Joint system
  
• Seimax  thermal and seismic floor movement joint with floor tile inlay