QANTAS GROUP FLIGHT TRAINING FACILITY

ADCO was delighted to secure the contract for the $100 million Qantas Group Flight Training Facility (QGFTF), although the project has since been put on hold.

The QGFTF was to be an industry-leading facility for training pilots and cabin crew staff. The facility would provide a simulator building to house 14 flight simulators and 10 static cockpit devices; an Emergency Procedures Hall containing a pool for water landing training, aircraft cabin mock-ups, and classroom facilities. The simulator hall was designed as a 3-storey high concrete and steel frame structure, with a central spine accommodating the briefing room.

The QGFTF combined many design elements targeting a 5 Star Green Star design.

The largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, the facility was to be located just outside Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport at Qantas’ Mascot headquarters.