Balustrade Replacement – University of Sydney

Founded in 1850, the University of Sydney has ranked in the top 20 universities worldwide. From the inner city of Sydney, to working farms to the Great Barrier Reef, the University of Sydney has teachers, researchers and students based all over Australia.

UBW has been engaged to work on a range of projects on multiple sites within the university. Such projects (but not limited to) Glass maintenance work at the Holme Building and Footbridge Theatre, balustrade stone repairs at the famous Quadrangle campus, amenities upgrade at the Carslaw Building, fit-outs, room relocation and modifications such as the Nicholson Museum, Chemistry Lecture Room, and Jane Foss Russell Building.

The University of Sydney Quadrangle is a prominent sandstone building and took over 100 years to complete. Designed and developed by numerous contributors including Edmund Blacket (who also designed the Prince of Wales Hospital, James Barnet (who designed the Australian Post Office Balmain), and Leslie Wilkinson. At the time of its completion, the Quadrangle was’ the largest public building in the colony.’