2005: The year that’s been….
Future Direction’s has had yet another successful year! With each of it’s events often having attendees hanging from the rafters!

In 2005 the Rugby Club was once again been the showcase to a fantastic line up of industry leaders. A panel of experts including Ken Brownjohn (Rider Hunt), Peter Bates (Bovis Lend Lease) and Martin Spinks (Consolidated Properties) have debated issues surrounding rising construction costs.

Col Nichols (Seymour Group) provided us with a snapshot of the development industry in Brisbane over the past twenty years and his views as to where our city is heading over the next twenty. Russell De Barros (Bloomberg Incorporation) gave us a virtual tour and incredible insight into one of Brisbane’s most interesting and talked about projects, the recently completed Riparian Plaza.

Ecologically Sustainable Development is a hot topic in the property world at the moment and once again the FUTURE DIRECTIONS series was there to present a relevant discussion on one of the country’s most applauded ESDs. Chris Carolan (Bovis Lend Lease) gave an in depth overview of ’30 The Bond, Sydney’ which is the first office building in Australia to commit to a five star energy rating.