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Queanbeyan Civic and Cultural Precinct

Project typeCapital Works
Project valueApproximately $83 million
Project scheduleBulk of construction completed December 2023
Contractor nameADCO Constructions Pty Ltd

In March 2021, Council accepted a recommendation to appoint ADCO Constructions to finalise the design and construct the Queanbeyan Civic and Cultural Precinct. Construction is complete. Regular construction notifications from ADCO provided updates during the project and these can be found on this page.

The redevelopment of 257 Crawford Street, Council’s old administration building is an essential component of Council’s CBD Transformation Strategy. Council staff were previously housed in 11 buildings across the CBD.

Most of the construction was completed by December 2023 and staff moved in and the library and customer service centre were operational in early 2024.

At the 8 May 2024 meeting, Council endorsed naming the new Council administration office and public spaces.

Head office building - The Nellie Hamilton Centre
Forecourt and Q Link - The Malunggang Walk
Rooftop gardens - Djara Gardens
Public domain and park - Aunty Louise Brown Park.

Name the tower crane colouring competition

'Kewpie' short for Queanbeyan-Palerang was the winning name in our Name the Crane competition. 11 year Ella visited the construction site in March 2022 and had the opportunity to deliver some instructions over the radio to the crane operator.

Winner of Name the Crane competition - 11 year old Ella

Concept design

The concept design includes:

two towers (3 and 5 levels above ground and mezzanine)
connections to Bicentennial Hall and improved access to The Q theatre
approximately 6500m2 public realm
approximately 1450m2 community space
2050m2 commercial space leased to NSW Government
4000m2 council administration, including shopfront, public library space (integrating service desk and staff areas into head office)
meeting rooms and break-out spaces (for receptions and conference)
lettable commercial space (available initially for rental return, then for future QPRC growth)
gallery connecting office building to Bicentennial Hall and Q Theatre
approximately 100 car-space office and public basement parking
rooftop garden

Council will take out a loan for the project, which will be paid for by merger savings, lease income and review of services. Council decided not to consider a special rate variation to service the debt for the head office.

Parking changes

During construction of the new Council building there will be changes to parking around the construction site. Parking options include:

Collett Car Park (entry via Collett/Morisset Streets) | all day parking
Showground Car Park (entry via Cooma Street) | all day parking
Rutledge Car Park (entry via Crawford/Rutledge/Collett Streets) | all day parking
Morisset Car Park (entry via Lowe/Morisset Streets) | timed parking
Lowe Car Park (entry via Lowe Street) | timed parking

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Council has approved the Traffic and Pedestrian Management Plan for the QCCP. The Traffic Management Plan incorporates all stages of the QCCP project over the next eighty weeks to late March 2032. Traffic and pedestrian movement will be primarily impacted in Rutledge and Lowe Streets, and to a lesser extent in Crawford and Cooma Streets, for the duration of the QCCP project.