146 Queen Street, Queen Street Mall
TRSC structural engineering for awning replacement at 146 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD pedestrian mall — OPUS programme 033.
146 Queen Street is a retail building located within the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane's principal pedestrian retail precinct in the heart of the central business district. The Queen Street Mall extends approximately 500 metres from George Street to Edward Street and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 9 August 1982 to coincide with the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games, designed by Brisbane architect Robin Gibson AO. The mall was extended in 1988 to George Street to coincide with World Expo 88. Today the precinct comprises more than 700 retailers across 40,000 square metres of retail space, anchored by six major shopping centres — Wintergarden (1982), Uptown (formerly the Myer Centre, opened 1988), QueensPlaza (2005 / 2008), MacArthur Central (2002), the heritage-listed Brisbane Arcade (160 & 166 Queen Street, 1923-24, QHR 600058) and the heritage-listed Tattersall's Arcade. The block of Queen Street between Albert Street and Edward Street, in which 146 Queen Street sits, contains a significant concentration of late-19th and early-20th-century commercial buildings, including the Queensland Heritage Register-listed Gardams Building at 114 Queen Street (1881, QHR 600137), the former Myer Store / Allan and Stark Building at 110 Queen Street (1881-1923, QHR 600162), and the Brisbane Arcade. The Queen Street Mall sits above the underground Queen Street bus station, which constrains structural alteration at street level. Awning structures across the mall are subject to council and pedestrian-precinct approval requirements in addition to the structural design loading prescribed by the relevant Australian Standards. As of October 2025 the mall remains the dominant retail destination of the Brisbane CBD, with redevelopment of the former Myer site at Uptown ongoing.
TRSC was engaged in 2025 under OPUS programme 033 to deliver structural engineering services for an awning replacement at 146 Queen Street, within the Queen Street Mall pedestrian precinct. The OPUS record describes the engagement as 146 Queen Street Awning Replacement and categorises it as Structural Engineering. Pedestrian-mall awning structures across Queen Street Mall are subject to a defined design loading regime under AS/NZS 1170.0, AS/NZS 1170.1 and AS/NZS 1170.2 (covering general principles, permanent and imposed actions, and wind actions respectively), with the wind region applicable to Brisbane CBD requiring particular attention to negative pressure (uplift) on the cantilevered awning leaf and positive pressure on the front edge during downburst events. Awning replacement structural engineering at this address typically involves verification of the existing wall connection capacity at the awning attachment line, design of the new awning support frame, connection design for in-plane and out-of-plane loads, and Form 15 RPEQ certification for compliance with the Building Code of Australia and the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act. Brisbane City Council approval is required for any works within the Queen Street Mall precinct under the City of Brisbane Act 2010 and the Brisbane City Plan. The OPUS programme is recorded as Archived, indicating that the engineering deliverables have been issued. The engagement scope is restricted to the awning structural engineering — TRSC has not been engaged on broader building works at 146 Queen Street under this programme.
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- WikipediaQueen Street Mall — Wikipedia
- WikipediaQueen Street, Brisbane — Wikipedia
- Heritage RegisterBrisbane Arcade — Queensland Heritage Register entry 600058