Council House

Description

Council House is a 13-storey office building located on St Georges Terrace in Perth’s central business district and has served as the headquarters for the City of Perth Council for most of its’ history. Opened in March 1963 by The Queen, the 49.8 metre building, regarded as one of the best examples of modernist architecture in Perth, is situated beside Stirling Gardens and Government House. A distinctive part of the Perth City skyline, Council House is considered one of the City’s most attractive night time landmarks due to it being illuminated in technicolour lights on a regular basis.

In late 2019, the City of Perth awarded BUSS Group the contract to complete maintenance and repairs to the facade’s ‘T’ elements. The work scope included the following:

• Pressure clean the T elements;
• Remove loose or flaking waterproofing membrane
• Refurbish the waterproofing membrane on top of the hoods
• As required, extend the outlet pipes to be proud of the hood soffits
• Reseal the joints at the fin connection interfaces and install larger joint rebate with a suitable flexible sealant
• Reseal vertical joints on the front face of the hoods
• Remove and replace all missing, damaged or chipped tiles
• Make good all tiles at the top edge of the hood to ensure they are flush with the finished surface
• Grout injection around fixings of “drummy” T’s
• Concrete repairs at all identified locations.