By ERWIN CHLANDA
The Royal Flying Doctor Service will invite tenders from local firms to build 11 two-bedrooms units and two three-bedroom units for its staff.
Michael Toomey, the RFDS General Manager Tourism & Retail in Alice Springs says the complex will be built at the rear of its Flying Doctor Service museum, one of the town’s major tourist attractions.
Mr Toomey says the new building, worth $6m, will replace four old units and an old house demolished during the recent expansion of the tourism facilities.
Construction will start in April.
He says the expanding service now has about 50 staff in The Alice, and the additional accommodation will help retain and attract good staff and reduce the need for fly-in, fly-out arrangements.
3 Comments (starting with the most recent)
NB: If you want to reply to a previous comment, start your comment with this notation: @n where n is the number of the comment you want to reply to.What’s wrong with a bit of colour? Colour creates a bright vibrant atmosphere / ambience, when used correctly, as opposed to the hot, lifeless, drab feel created by the overuse of ochres and unpainted iron.
Brighten the place up a bit, it’s uplifting! Yeh, and good on you, RFDS, you’re a shinning light in very tough times.
I commend the RFDS for their continual support of the local construction industry, keep up the great work.
Paul Graham, Asbuild.
Excellent initiative, if only the new museum was not pained red and blue against the original “heritage” yellow and green building! Let’s hope that the new accommodation project will keep the tone of that part of town, the cultural precinct style.