Kane Constructions has commenced work on a $72 million office complex that will be the Queensland headquarters for global giant GE. Located at Springfield, approximately 35 kilometres south west of Brisbane, the project has been procured under a design and construct contract.
GE Australia aims to house the majority of its Queensland office-based employees in the purpose-built 14,000 square metre office building from early 2015.
The office has a capacity of 1200 and aims to achieve a five-star Green Star rating.
GE Australia and New Zealand CEO Steve Sargent said the Springfield move was "a no-brainer".
"We've got people in half a dozen buildings around the CBD area and we needed to find a site where we could co-locate everybody," Mr Sargent said.
"We are in a breadth of businesses including financial services, health care, aviation and oil and gas - so a typical office block doesn't always work for us.
"When you think about what our needs are, this is a very logical place to come. It is equidistant between downtown Brisbane and Ipswich and close to rail so it makes a lot of sense to us.
"Australia is a great country for GE and our largest country outside of the US for revenue. It is a great market for us."
Springfield Land Corporation chairman Maha Sinnathamby said he was "very excited" about GE's arrival.
"GE are the eighth-largest company in the Fortune 500, so for them to have their Queensland headquarters here means a lot to the future of this city taking shape," he said.
The Kane Queensland team has been involved with the project for over two years, working closely with their design team comprising architects Conrad Gargett Riddel and engineers Meinhardt and Umow Lai as well as the client, Springfield Land Corporation.
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