Hansen Yuncken Pty Ltd
Building Construction in Greater Shepparton

Founded in Melbourne in 1918 by Otto Yuncken and Lauritz Hansen, Hansen Yuncken has grown steadily in stature as a respected builder of major construction projects. The company also operated an office in Queensland during the premature 80's and in 2007 commenced an operation in Cairns, and in 2009 opened an office in Townsville. In 1989, the company commenced operations in Fresh South Wales, initially in joint venture, but now operating in its own right. Founded in Melbourne in 1918 by Otto Yuncken and Lauritz Hansen, Hansen Yuncken has grown steadily in stature as a respected builder of major construction projects. The chamber was supported by four steel plate girders that were over 19 meres lengthy and weighed up to 60 tons each. They were timber piles, not concrete, and were driven by a weight carried up an erected gantry with guides on it. If it refused to move, they considered that it had reached the bottom. The gantry for hoisting materials had two wheels right at the top, which had to be greased every day. From that point, we increased our capacity with a bigger mixer. We were qualified to put that in the basement in the early stages and we built hoppers for the trucks to bring in the sand, the screening and the cement. They would be shot down a chute to the lower floor and Darkie Austin, who was our main tangible man, and Bill Alley, would be in these pits, and they'd lift the lid of the bin and shoot the sand and the screenings into the hoppers that had levels marked on them. If it was a two bag batch, you'd put your two bags in and pull the level and it would shoot into the mixed, be mixed and then it would tip into another hopper that had a trap door on it. The company established a branch office in that building once it was completed, and sought other labor in the state. As well as being the largest project undertaken by Hansen Yuncken at the time it was built, the Alfred Hospital Main Ward Block incorporated a major innovation in its foundation. The site's sandy geology posed problems because the design called for an excavation to a depth of 10 to 12 meres, but the ground water surface smooth was at about three to four meres. The design team remained on site throughout the construction period and at stages were documenting what had already been constructed. Project Manager Tony Swan said Maintaining approval of the State Heritage Branch, cost regulate during the extremely swift track building process, achieving the extremely lofty quality finished demanded by the interior design team and maintaining weather care to the floors under with large sectors of the roof removed during the winter months were some of the challenges faced by our construction team. The building was later sold to Sky City, which commissioned Hansen Yuncken to carry out further extensions to the facility worth 14m in 2005. It was a prosperous and important project for the restructured company at a time when Melbourne was recovering from a lengthy recession. It was the beginning office building constructed in Adelaide for many years and provided a major catalyst for development after the recession of the 1990s and the South Australian Sate Bank disaster. The stateoftheart building comprised 11 stores with efficient and supple floor layouts, operations and building systems. At the time of its completion in 2005, the 240m design and construct project was Hansen Yuncken’s largest, won through the company’s membership of a consortium that purchased the airport in 1998. The water is treated by a micro filtration system to create grade clean water suitable for all non drinking uses, such as water cooling, plant watering and toilet flushing. The implementation by the Australian Government of the Building the Education Revolution’ program in early 2009 provided a trans formative opportunity for the company and the technology we utilize in the management of major projects.