Cockburn Central Police Station
Awards
2017 Australian Institute of Building Western Australia Certificate of High Commendation – Commercial Construction $5million to $25million
2017 Master Builders Western Australia Construction Excellence Award – Best State Government Building
Cockburn Police Station is situated on the corner of North Lake road and Linkage Ave. It comprises of a ground floor which incorporates custodial areas including 2 cells, charge room, charge dock, search room, sally port and dekit room, and video interview rooms. The remainder of the ground floor is taken up by car parking bays, a fire pump room, western power transformer compound and bike stores.
First floor comprises of office space for the response team, operations room, conference room, local Policing, bathroooms, amenities locker rooms and the gym.
The 2nd floor is the plant room which includes 4 chillers, air handling units, generator and lift.
The structure was based on a traditionally reinforced concrete structure with structural steel. The building façade was clad in alucobond and window frame and glass façade. Internally the walls were constructed in reinforced concrete block, stud and gyprock. The finishes included carpet tile, stone and vinyl.
CLIENT:
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE – BUILDING MANAGEMENT WORKS
ARCHITECT:
PETER HUNT ARCHITECTS