Construction of the first university campus to be built in the CBD of the Western Australian capital city of Perth has reached a significant milestone.

The $835 million Edith Cowan University (ECU) has reached its full structural height.

Set to open in 2026, the project will see ECU relocate from its current campus in Mount Lawley north of the Perth CBD to the new campus in the city centre.

The new campus will bring together creative industries, business and emerging technologies under one roof.

It will bring more than 10,000 students and staff into the city centre.

Spanning more than 65,000 square metres and integrating the Perth Busport, the new campus will create a hub of education, research, creativity, and technology innovation.

It will be home to ECU’s Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), creative humanities programs from the School of Arts and Humanities, the School of Business and Law, emerging technology and cyber security programs from the School of Science, and Kurongkurl Katitjin – the University’s Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research.

Features will include:

  • eight WAAPA public performance and rehearsal spaces that will host more than 300 performances every year
  • next-generation technology teaching, research and industry spaces, such as an operational Cyber Security Operations Center (Cyber SOC)
  • radio, television and film production studios
  • visual arts and design studios
  • Moot court
  • public gallery and event venues; and
  • an industry engagement hub.

(Campus top out – Nov 2024)

The project is being funded by the Commonwealth Government, the Western Australian Government and Edith Cowan University as part of the $1.75 billion Perth City Deal that was established in February 2021.

Works associated with internal fit-out and finishing will continue throughout 2025 before the campus opens to students in 2026.

It is estimated to 5,000 jobs will have been supported over the construction period.

More than 600 workers are now onsite each day – at least 12 percent of whom are apprentices.

The project is being delivered by Multiplex.

Other project team members include Lyons, Silver Thomas Hanley and Haworth Tompkins (architects); Stantec (lead engineer for civil, structural and building services); Marshall Day (acoustic engineers) and Urbis (town planning leaders).

 

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