Hummingbird House

Disciplines
Electrical, Fire Engineering, Fire Protection, Hydraulics, Mechanical, Sustainability

Markets
Health & Aged Care

Offices
Brisbane

Key People

Michael Ossipow

Hydraulic and Fire Project Engineer

Gus Merten

Mechanical, Sustainability Engineering and Property Asset Management Project Engineer

Ashley Holm

Electrical Section Manager, Principal

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Hummingbird House is the first children’s hospice in Queensland and the third in Australia. The WGE team provided a building design that serves a dual purpose in offering a welcoming child-friendly home environment as well as a high level of paediatric care and safety.

Design features:

• The design included sustainable and cost effective features such as energy-saving air conditioning system to accommodate 100% natural ventilation.
• Fire design needed to take into account the mixed building classification as considered by the BCA and the Performance Based Design achieved a high standard of fire safety for occupants across the various building uses