Lot Fourteen — Bice Building Base Building
Builder: Hansen Yuncken | Service: Epoxy Coatings, Waterproofing & Floor Levelling | Location: Lot Fourteen, North Terrace, Adelaide
The Bice Building is a four-storey heritage-listed building on North Terrace, completed in 1927 as part of the original Royal Adelaide Hospital masterplan. As part of the transformation of the former RAH site into Lot Fourteen — one of Adelaide’s most significant innovation and creative precincts — the Bice Building underwent a complex adaptive re-use refurbishment to convert it into high-performance commercial workspaces.
Hansen Yuncken, who have a strong legacy of heritage refurbishment on the Lot Fourteen precinct, engaged Floortek to deliver the base building flooring scope across all four levels:
- Concrete remedial works — repair and preparation of the existing concrete substrate throughout the building, addressing the condition of concrete surfaces in a 90-year-old structure undergoing significant structural and wet area reworking
- Floor levelling to existing set-downs — cementitious floor levelling compounds applied to all existing set-down areas throughout the building, providing a flat, trafficable substrate ready to accept the fitout finishes and wet area systems
- Waterproofing membrane — applied to all wet areas and below-grade surfaces requiring moisture protection throughout the building
- Epoxy floor coatings — installed to plant rooms, service areas, and exposed concrete surfaces requiring a durable, chemical-resistant finish
Waterproofing & Epoxy Coatings
Heritage building refurbishment places particular demands on flooring trades — existing substrates are uneven, structural modifications create new level variations, and working within a confined multi-storey heritage structure requires careful sequencing with other trades.
