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World’s Tallest Hybrid Timber Tower to be Built in Sydney, Australia

The world's highest timber building, a 182-meter sustainable skyscraper made of wood and other materials, will be constructed in Sydney, Australia, by Obayashi, a Japanese general contractor, to house Atlassian's Sydney offices. The building and operation of Atlassian Central received approval under the stringent terms of State Significant Development Application #10405.

Dexus and Built Obayashi Joint Venture are getting ready for the start of construction. Obayashi plans to use renewable energy to build the 39-story Atlassian Central.

Project Details

Project Name – Atlassian Central

Project Owner – RailCorp, TOGA Group, YHA Australia

Project Occupant – Atlassian, Canva, ROKT, Safety Culture, Afterpay

Project Manager – Avenor

Architect (Design) – BVN, SHoP Architects

Structural (Design) – Eckersley O’Callaghan, Taylor Thomson Whitting

MEP (Design) – LCI Australia Pty Ltd.

Planning (Consultant) – Urbis Pty Ltd

Landscape (Consultant) – Aspect Studios

Environmental (Consultant) – Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH

Fire (Consultant) – Norman Disney & Young

Lighting (Consultant) – ISP Design

Acoustics (Consultant) – Stantec Ltd.

World’s Tallest Timber Tower – Powered by Renewable Energy

The world's highest timber tower is being built in Sydney as a cooperative venture between Australian and Japanese construction companies.

The 39-story Atlassian Central skyscraper will be situated next to the Central rail station in Sydney's Tech Central innovation and technology zone. The mixed-use building, with a floor area of 75,000 square metres, will also accommodate a hotel and retail establishments.

The companies aim to cut carbon dioxide emissions during construction by at least 50% compared to a conventional building project. They also want to use only renewable energy to power the skyscraper.

On the seventh level and upwards, one will find a hybrid timber structure with steel frames and cross-laminated wood, or a wood panel product made from glued layers of sawn lumber.

The product can be recycled, is lighter, and produces less CO2 during production than concrete, claims the Japanese construction giant. It can also be used for many things.

The basement and the floors below the seventh story will be composed of reinforced concrete, according to the two builders.

Obayashi's joint venture with local building business Built is being worked on by Australian real estate firm Dexus, and the tower is anticipated to be completed in 2026.

By creating and promoting the use of recyclable resources like lumber and wooden materials, Obayashi said that his company strives to create a sustainable society and that doing so will help with concerns like achieving carbon neutrality and other social issues.

#Timber Tower #skyscraper #Sydney #Indovance

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airmanisr · 3 years

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Interesting Consist with a Surprise by Jeff Terry Via Flickr: The BN-CP Transfer on August 9, 2021, included two F units formerly used by Keokuk Junction in Illinois. The three F units that were owned by Pioneer RailCorp and used on the KJRY were recently sold after being out of service since June 2019. No. 1752 is now being used on the Ohio River Scenic Railway in Indiana, while sister units 1750 and 1761 are headed to Saskatchewan. They were purchased by Gary Southgate who intends to return them to their original CN colors as part of a static recreation of the CN's Super Continental passenger train. There are no plans for operation. The units were photographed at Newport, Minnesota, in the consist of the CP-BN Transfer as it delivered the units (and train) to the Canadian Pacific.

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Andrew Cuomo's naked hostility drives out MTA president Andy Byford, the "Train Daddy" who has transformed the world's rail systems

Andy Byford comes from generations of public transportation workers and worked his way from a London Underground platform supervisor to running multiple British rail lines; then went to Australia where he oversaw Railcorp in NSW; then to Toronto, where he ran a successful five-year initiative that turned the TTC into the American Public Transportation Association's Outstanding Transit System of the Year -- and then he moved to New York City, to turn around the ailing MTA.

Byford is a legend among transit workers; last week in Toronto I had dinner with a friend whose partner drives a TTC subway who spontaneously started singing Byford's praises -- he spent his time out in the system, talking to drivers and passengers, and understood it from top to bottom, which allowed him to intervene in the system in compassionate and effective ways.

But since Byford's arrival in NYC, he's been at loggerheads with Governor Andrew Cuomo, who fancies himself a latter-day Robert Moses, and who did everything in his power to thwart Byford's work. The final straw was redefining Byford's job so that he would only do day-to-day management, with no responsibility for improvements. Cuomo accomplished this by paying the consultancy Alixpartners $4m to produce a report that recommended a sharply constrained role for Byford.

Byford has resigned, as has Pete Tomlin, a trusted and much-sought-after lieutenant whom Byford brought with him from the TTC.

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Town Hall stations platform 6 Circular Quay end #sydney #sydneytrains #nswtrainlink #transportfornsw #railway #railwaylines #railwaystation #station #underground #undergroundstation #station #train #trainstation #railline #raillines #rail #steel #sleepers #catenary #sydneycbd #sydneylife #citycircle #cityrail #railcorp #staterail #metro #sydneymetro #citylife #doubledecker #emu #city #publicrailway #publictransport #transport #public #architecture #publicspace (at Town Hall railway station)

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Leon Oberg's Goulburn Post profession covers big slice of history|Goulburn Post|Goulburn, NSW

Leon Oberg's association with The Goulburn Post and its predecessor, The Goulburn Night Post, spans about one-third of the paper's 150-year life. As far back as 1957 he packed up the regional paper on his bike and provided them around the city. It whet his hunger for a 45-year career that started in 1962 and saw him cover a huge and varied chapter of the city's history The eager professional photographer with an eye for information had already contributed numerous rail images to the paper, including among a Robertson train crash, when editor Ray Leeson came calling. Mr Oberg was working as a wool classer for Farmers and Graziers when Mr Leeson handled to wrest him away, guaranteeing to train him up, like he made with many. He began in the photographic department inscription blocks from which images might be transferred on to plates and newsprint. In August, 1962 Mr Oberg was selected photographer and the experiences and challenges began. LEARNT MORE: End of a period at Post: Leon Oberg retires after 44 years in journalism The decade was full of raging fires, consisting of the 1965 blaze that began at Chatsbury and finished at Nowra. Mr Oberg's picture of Country Party candidate for Goulburn, Ron Maker, cleaning his brow throughout a break in firefighting struck a chord with voters. He was elected to NSW Parliament that year. "I always felt it was useful to have great relations with fire chiefs since you were dealing with them a lot," he stated. "In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the police scientific squad also often needed images taken if someone was off sick. The paper would launch me and I covered court-related matters, consisting of suicides. It was distressing but the police were excellent to me my entire career." Fires assisted hone tricks of the trade, like photographing through a vehicle's rear-vision mirror in dicey circumstances and then reversing the image in the darkroom. Local knowledge and a dose of bold often put Mr Oberg in the best area at the best time. He captured a few of the Allens department store fire in the 1960s from the Post Office tower reverse, and guys rolling oil drums out of the Southern Motors blaze in the 1970s. When the former renowned Knowlmans store, real estate Clints, increased in flames in Auburn Street June, 1999, Mr Oberg was the first Post professional photographer on the scene. "It was by far the biggest fire," he said. "It was a Saturday night and when we came into work to process images and write stories on Sunday, there was no power in the structure due to the fact that the fire brigade had actually asked that it be cut to the block. READ: Heart, soul and mind unite in Lyn's photojournalism days "We had everyone on deck to do a wrap-around for the Monday edition. We composed our stories from house and after that returned in and utilized light from the window to create pages." Production manager Kevin Tozer had the "wise concept" to run a lead through to Hypercet Printing at the back of the structure. The Post produced a sell-out edition the following Monday. In 1997, Rural Press sent him as a professional photographer to cover the Thredbo catastrophe. "I saw some of the bravest individuals I have actually ever seen in my life," Mr Oberg said. "Emergency service employees were down in crevices sobbing out for indications of life amidst an eerie silence. The entire thing could have slipped." There were airplane crashes, the Turkish restaurant battle in Auburn Street and a lot of other emergencies for many years, however likewise the huge problems. Authorities typically challenged him, like in the 2000s when he photographed broken asbestos on the Supertex website, however he stood his ground. "Something that drove me was the readers; I wished to give them a great offer," Mr Oberg said. After being selected Town and Nation Publication editor in 1995 he fought hard for a district landowner who had actually been notified by Railcorp that the level crossing running through his property would require to be insured. The farmer was facing a multi-million dollar insurance coverage cover however sustained protection, which involved State MP Katrina Hodgkinson, minimized it to the cost of an automobile registration. ALSO READ: Editor and 'intense defender of rights' mentored Miles Franklin He has also photographed every Governor General given that the Menzies period, every NSW Governor because Sir Roden Cutler and every Prime Minister who visited town. The experienced photojournalist noted Ray Leeson as a coach and a manager who backed his personnel. Likewise he discovered much about page design and style from John Avery. Over the years he won various photography awards, consisting of for the Allens fire. Mr Oberg also shared in the paper's EC Sommerlad awards from the Country Press Association. READ: Old newspapers offer abundant pickings for history buffs He retired in January, 2009 after contributing a large body of work to the city's history. Ever since he has been associate editor for Track and Signal Magazine, produced more rail books, train calendars and written content for UK based e-magazine Train Herald. Requested for his recommendations to young journalists, Mr Oberg said: "Deal with contacts, network and do not take the view you know whatever. Be modest and feel totally free to question officialdom who might not be telling you the ideal story." Did you understand the Goulburn Post is now using breaking news informs and a weekly e-mail newsletter? Keep updated with all the regional news: register here.https:// nnimgt-a. akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/FkT3ZusFw5YrTvZCipmLUF/7a128f25-62ae-4b81-b30e-eb144c995996.jpg/r0_840_1920_1925_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg Leon Oberg's Goulburn Post career covers big piece of history. Long time Goulburn Post photojournalist Leon Oberg has continued his enthusiasm for the craft in 'retirement'. The keen rail professional photographer

and author has actually written many books, produced calendars and edited and composed for several magazines. Picture: Charlie Elward. The years was full of raving fires, consisting of the 1965 blaze that began at Chatsbury and completed at Nowra. Mr Oberg's image of Country Celebration candidate for Goulburn, Ron Brewer, cleaning his eyebrow during a break in firefighting struck home with voters. He was elected to NSW Parliament that year. ON THE SPOT: Leon Oberg's dependable Nikon camera lenses were frequently trained up close at significant fires including this one at Southern Motors in the early 1970s, mistakenly caused after an electrical lead light blew up as a mechanic was working under an automobile with fuel vapour present. Fires helped hone tricks of the trade, like photographing through a vehicle's rear-vision mirror in dicey circumstances and then reversing the image in the darkroom." We had everyone on deck to do a wrap-around for the Monday edition. We wrote our stories from home and after that returned in and used light from the window to create pages. "In 1997, Rural Press sent him as an expert professional photographer to cover the Thredbo catastrophe." I saw some of the bravest people I've ever seen in my life," Mr Oberg said. The president of Goulburn's [] St Patricks College, Brother F. D. Marzorini, typically hosted important visitors for special occasions. In June 1979, Leon Oberg

handled to get up close as the Governor General Sir Zelman Cowan reviewed the college cadet unit.

He has actually also photographed every Governor General considering that the Menzies period, every NSW Guv considering that Sir Roden Cutler and every Prime Minister who checked out town. DIGNITARY: Then Prime Minister Gough Whitlams check out to Goulburn CAE was a major event in September 1975 where he was feted by the Students Representative Council executive. College deputy principal Henry Gardiner looks on. Picture: Leon Oberg.He retired in January, 2009 after contributing a large body of work to the city's history.

Ever since he has actually been associate editor for Track and Signal Magazine, produced more rail books, train calendars and composed content for UK based e-magazine Train

Herald. Leon Oberg covered generous floods in his 45 years consisting of the biggest of them all, the 1974 event as imagined from Mundy St overbridge as a police boat begins a look for horses and their carers at the leisure location. Did you understand the Goulburn Post is now using breaking news signals and a weekly email newsletter? Keep up-to-date with all the regional news: sign up here. Please note: All remarks made or revealed here are bound by the Online Discussion Terms & Conditions.

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Decatur Junction Railway

Here we see three engines of a short-line in Decatur, Illinois, near the WABIC interlocking. The railroad, owned by Pioneer Railcorp, operates 21 miles of track that was once the Illinois Central. These classic General Motors EMD units could fall into my “still working” series as they are all over sixty years old.

PREX 1607 was built as a GP9 in 1955 for the Seaboard Air Line. PREX 1608 was built as a GP7 in 1951 for the Atlantic Coast Line. And PREX 1609 was built as a GP7 in 1950, also for the ACL.

NS 3351, an EMD SD40-2, which is working the yard just to the east, was built for Conrail in 1977. While it is a relative youngster in this crowd, I now realize it is forty years old!

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken November 27th 2017.

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Newtown Tram Depot - Part 1

Opened in 1900 and abandoned in 1957, this is what remains of the Newtown Tram Depot on Angel Street, next to the Newtown Railway Station (which is still operational and accessed via King Street).

The depot provided trams for the Canterbury, Earlwood, Glebe Point and Summer Hill lines during its years of operation. All tram services in Sydney ceased to operate by 1961.

After 60 years of neglect, little remains of the iron roof and windows with nature reclaiming much of the site. Little more than a brick shell remains. It is now a haven for the homeless of Sydney and graffiti artists.

The depot remains in the ownership of Railcorp (essentially the New South Wales state government) with no plans to develop or renew the site.

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The Bulli Railway Guest House

The former guest house before restoration work began

By MICK ROBERTS

THE cellar’s sunk and the concrete slab laid in readiness for a new micro-brewery to be opened in a historic former guesthouse at Bulli.

While progress has been steady, the owners of the 1886 heritage building, Resin Brewing Co, have “high hopes” their project will be open for Summer.

The Bulli Times spoke with the co-owners, Bulli locals Brendan Dowd and Steven House, to gauge their vision of establishing a brewery, bar and café in the former Railway Guest House.

The pair have worked together in a planning and approvals sense for over 20 years, so they are aware of the potential delays.

“The interior restoration of the guesthouse trickles along at the same pace really,” Brendan said.

“Hopefully we will replace the roof in a few weeks.”

Set out in a conservation plan, the building will be restored as close to its original state as possible. The site was purchased by Woolworths for demolition, to make way for an entry into its neighbouring shopping centre. However Wollongong City Council opposed the demolition and heritage listed the site.

Along came Brendan and Steve.

The pair first met while surfing at Stanwell Park in 1999.

“The surf was good but not many others surfing, so we got to chatting about how good we had the surf that morning to ourselves,” Brendan said.

“That was that though and off we went about our days (we thought). About half an hour or so later, I shuffled in to the back row of my university lecture (slightly late) bare foot and still somewhat sandy!

“Maybe five minutes after that I noticed someone doing the exact same thing, sat down next to me, and as we glanced and did a double take, I realised it was ‘that Steve’ from earlier that day.

“We’ve remained good mates ever since. I went on to travel for a couple years, Steve started an environmental consultancy, and when I came back, he employed me… and we essentially worked together in the science space for the last 18 odd years.”

Brendan and Steve have had a long interest in brewing.

“I’ve all-grain (home) brewed consistently for the past 20 plus years,” Brendan said.

“I recall my grandfather teaching me how to kit brew just before I was 18. My great grandfather and dad also home brewed at times.”

Steve also kit home brewed consistently for many years – until he had children.

“After a few years off, Brendan taught me all grain brewing and got me right back into it,” he said.

They had been throwing ideas around to establish a brewery for the last five years, and the plan stepped up a notch in 2017 when they started looking at potential locations. They looked at leasing different premises, and had some discussions with landlords.

“Once we went through how much customisation and investment would be required we thought it would be better to own that investment ourselves and have better control of our future,” Steve said.

An artist impression of the Resin Brewery cafe, brewery and bar

“The guesthouse was always high up on our list of potential options so I called the Woolworths switchboard and within a few minutes was talking to the right person.

“A few days later we had agreed to terms and we exchanged contracts shortly after.”

Council development consent came through in December 2018 and the restoration work and new additions at the back of the guesthouse are well-underway.

“It really is all systems go currently, it’s hard to keep up,” Brendan said.

“Overall, Council and the community were very supportive following early engagement and worked with us to get the project up and approved.”

Steve agreed.

“Council have been very supportive of our project and like the community they want to see the guesthouse restored and protected,” he said.

“We had to modify some of our early designs – like removing the huge basement level at the rear of the build – but once we had accommodated their concerns, things went through pretty quickly.

“There is definitely a lot of red tape to get a development consent and start building – we have spent a small fortune on consultants and have had to get approvals from a suite of State agencies as well – the Heritage office, Railcorp, Sydney Water, Endeavour energy and the Office of Water.”

The pair is yet to work through state and commonwealth government liquor licensing and excise approvals.

“We don’t expect these to be simple processes – but we will get there in the end and start making some cracking beer,” Steve said.

“We love beer, coffee and food. Hopefully we can nail these and create a place that people embrace as their own.

“Café/coffee will be in the heritage building at the front, with the bar and brewery in the new addition at the rear, with the great outdoor deck area and a cool little interactive kids play area.”

Resin Brewing has created a two-metre deep cellar for the fermentation vessels to enable stacking brights on top, to accommodate height restrictions in relation to the heritage building.

“We have ordered a really pretty and shiny 10 Hectolitre (1000 litre) system,” Brendan said.

“Yep, a very fancy system from Australian company Spark Breweries,” Steve added.

“We are looking to have a cafe, restaurant and the onsite brewery serving all our owns beers, so with that we will likely be open from sun up to beyond sundown,” Brendan said.

An artist impression of the bar and brewery

The proposed bar and brewery

Derelict for 15 years, restoring the guesthouse has been an added attraction for Resin Brewery.

“My favourite story is that the original owners, Roger and Sarah Heard, served the Governor General a meal on the inaugural train from Sydney to Wollongong in 1887,” Steve said.

“It was so good that he stopped the train at Bulli on the way back and went in to thank them.”

Brendan has been refining recipes, along with Steve, and has up to 10 beers ready for the brew pub.

Resin Brewing Co will join a small bar currently operating in the old Stock Bank building on the corner of Park Road and Prince’s Highway, and a proposed small bar/eatery proposed for the old chemist in the shopping centre.

Resin Brewing Co is located at 8 Station Street, Bulli – a short walk from Bulli Railway Station.

An artist impression of Resin Brewery’s cafe, bar and brewery at Bulli

Bulli’s Railway Guest House to be restored and transformed By MICK ROBERTS THE cellar’s sunk and the concrete slab laid in readiness for a new micro-brewery to be opened in a historic former guesthouse at Bulli.

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