Historic Parish Church Preserved 

Built between 1961 and 1963, and designed by Brisbane architectural firm, Douglas and Barnes, this church is one of Australia's finest examples of Modernist architecture.  It is also home to works by several important Queensland artists, commissioned to create pieces especially for the building.

Over many recent years, water had been entering the church and this posed a serious threat to the condition of these precious assets.  After roughly a decade of various companies’ input, in the form of surveys, engineering reports and testing, Waterstop Solutions was able to design and implement an effective solution and the project will now come to fruition in early 2018.

Undertaking repair works at such an important site was an exciting prospect for Waterstop Solutions. 
After a series of trials in 2017, a final scope of works was arrived at, including:

Through the implementation of this successful system, Waterstop Solutions is proudly helping to protect a famous Brisbane landmark and its’ precious artworks. 

The design of this Catholic Church is what makes it an historic landmark.  From architectural and engineering perspectives, it was extremely progressive for its time.  A new method of concrete construction was adopted to form the pleated concrete structure.  The foundations, ground floor and main floor were poured in the normal manner.  However, the upper portion of the building was constructed from end to end by means of a mobile steel-framed, collapsible Jumbo (heavy machinery used in mining).  Instead of the building growing upward, it grew longitudinally.