AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
Designing floor boxes strong enough to carry armoured vehicles through the nation’s place of remembrance.
Location
Canberra
Canberra
State
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
Status
Completed 2025
Completed 2025
THE PROJECT BACKSTORY
Opened in 1941, the Australian War Memorial is the nation’s place of remembrance, and it has just completed the largest update in its history. A new southern entrance, a rebuilt Anzac Hall and a glazed link have added thousands of square metres of gallery space, expanding the museum by close to 80 per cent and allowing it to hold stories from more recent conflicts.
Those galleries hold tanks, helicopters and aircraft, objects that have to be driven, towed and craned into position over the finished floor, yet power and data still need to reach each display, as needed. ECD was engaged to make that possible.
$550M
Memorial redevelopment
4000m2
New gallery space
80%
Museum expansion
WHAT WE DID
ECD designed and manufactured bespoke floor box solutions for the gallery and public spaces, working alongside electrical contractor Martin Donnelly and consulting engineers.
- Engineered every box to carry the weight of armoured vehicles and large aircraft moved across the installed surfaces during exhibition changeovers.
- Tested the design in-house ahead of manufacture, confirming behaviour under load rather than relying on calculation alone.
- Worked to the documentation and approval conditions that govern Australian defence engagements, where each component answers to a written specification.
- Detailed the boxes to sit flush within the gallery floor finishes, keeping the service points quiet against the surrounding surface.
- The outcome is a floor that carries the heaviest objects in the collection and still delivers power and data wherever a display needs it.
Rated for armoured vehicles
Built to take tracked and wheeled military loads across the surface.
Defence grade compliance
Documented to the standards required for national defence work.
Tested before manufacture
Performance proven under load by ECD’s own design team.
Flush with the floor
Service points sit level with the finish, out of the way of the exhibits.
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