University of South Australia | Developments & News

[mattblack]

Whoops, I was a bit premature . Wife says I have that problem sometimes.

[Ben]

I think I saw a crane base this morning. Also the core is formed.

[Pikey]

You can see the crane base on the lastest nearmap update.

[Ben]

You can see the crane base on the lastest nearmap update.

Do you now need to pay for this? When I try and look its asking me to select my package type. It would be disaappointing if they have changed it to a pay for service but I suppose it is to be expected.

[Nathan]

No, no need to pay. Just tick the terms & conditions checkbox at the bottom, and that enables the orange "take me to the map - personal use only" button.

[Ben]

Am i looking in the wrong place? https://www.nearmap.com/ is not allowing me to do this as I previously could.

[yoghurtfish]

Am i looking in the wrong place? https://www.nearmap.com/ is not allowing me to do this as I previously could.

Nearmap is cracking down on over-use of its service. If lots of people from one company access the site through the "private user" function, they will block access to that company. I can't access it from my work computer either for the same reason.

[rhino]

Same here - in fact it didn't take them long at all to block access to us, but then we specialise in collecting data from imagery .....go figure

[Pikey]

I've still got access?

From the 8th of March



Zoomed in on the form work for the crane base

[Ben]

Hopefully this crane will be going up soon? this weekend?

in other news I quite like this idea. From the city Messenger:

Uni saftey call for Hindley St

Council20 Apr 12 @ 08:00am by Alice Higgins

UNISA wants Hindley St to be made safer for students with a lower speed limit, wider footpaths and a paved road.

It wants a 100m-section of the street, between West Tce and Morphett St, redeveloped to help students move safely between its City West campus on North Tce and its new $85 million learning centre being built on Hindley St.

The uni wants the speed limit reduced to 40km, on-street carparks removed so footpaths can be widened and concrete pavers over the bitumised road.

UniSA chief operating officer Paul Beard said Hindley St needed to be safer for pedestrians because student numbers would swell to 17,250 by 2020 - 5800 more than currently enrolled.

“We think it is important there is traffic moving up and down there because we do not want it to become a barren or dead zone outside of teaching times but we need different paving treatments and to moderate the traffic flow by slowing it down a little bit,” Mr Beard said.

The university’s Peter Hoj and Nigel Relph have presented the expansion plans to a City Council committee.

The City Messenger last September revealed the uni was also planning to build a new $145 million building with lecture theatres, tutorial rooms and academic offices.

The building will face the learning centre and include a library, teaching space, offices and a cafe.

Both buildings will help cater for the relocation of about 5500 students from the uni’s Magill campus when it closes as soon as 2016.

Adelaide West End Association president Andrew Wallace supported the push.

“It is a pretty dangerous street to cross,” Mr Wallace said. “To rethink the entire pedestrian flow through here is long overdue.”

A City Council spokeswoman said the uni had not requested any changes to Hindley St but the council would liaise with the uni and the State Government before it made any “significant traffic changes”.

[peas_and_corn]

Wasn't the university going to pay to pave the road initially?

[Goya's Line]

Anyone know the proposed site for the $145m building? Hate to see the Law building demolished - hoping it's a relocation of the sub-station.

[Ben]

I think the site was where vodka bar etc was on the northern side of hindley.

[Goya's Line]

Cheers Ben - at almost double the cost of the learning centre I'm counting on continued quality architecture and 6+ levels. I guess the cafe will front Hindley street.

[crawf]

Tower crane section now up. Will upload photo later