Burke & Wills
Project At A Glance
Client: Hakfoort Group
Address: Burke & Wills Hotel,
554 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba
Sector: Hospitality & Accommodation
Contract Value: $1.5 million
Contract Length: 12 months
Alpine Refrigeration was engaged by the owner of the property to provide
specialist mechanical air conditioning
and ventilation to the project.
- The project called for a complete demolition of the original internal fit out.
- New services and equipment installed included a fully functional state of the art kitchen, individually controlled multi head air conditioning systems and ventilation systems to the refurbished accommodation rooms.
- Several new cool rooms and freezer rooms were installed to the kitchen and bar areas.
- Energy efficient commercial air conditioning systems to all ground and first floor functions are monitored and controlled by centralised control from the reception area.
- The accommodation tower is serviced by a Daikin Heat Recovery three pipe system connected to individually controlled mini ducted fan coil units.
- The first and ground floors incorporate a combination of Daikin multi head systems, Mitsubishi Electric Ducted systems and Temperzone Roof Mounted Package systems to the Gaming and Private Conference rooms.
Testimonial
"The Hakfoort Group has a working relationship with the team from Alpine Refrigeration spanning over 20 years.
Alpine provides a regular maintenance and break down service to our sites across Toowoomba, Brisbane and regional Queensland. They install and maintain our air conditioning systems, cold rooms and beer reticulation systems. Being in hospitality, we require prompt attendance to site, accurate diagnosis and a timely resolution to any breakdown.
During the refurbishment of our Burke & Wills property in Toowoomba, Alpine provided specialist mechanical air conditioning and ventilation throughout our entire hotel, along with beer dispensing equipment and point of sale display cabinets to our bar areas.We engaged Alpine directly, and Barry and his team provided us with the consultancy, technical expertise and industry knowledge and skills, to ensure our expectations were met and exceeded."
Albert Hakfoort
CEO – Hakfoort Group

Alpine Refrigeration was engaged by Northbuild Construction Toowoomba to provide specialist chilled water systems, mechanical air conditioning and ventilation services to a facility of a very specific nature. The project called for Alpine’s flexible approach to heritage listed building refurbishments of a complex and critical nature. By working closely with Northbuild, the outcome was an energy efficient, state of the art air conditioning system that complimented the architectural features of such a historical building. The building structure and cavities posed significant challenges for the Alpine ductwork team along with enabling chilled water piping system, but intense internal design and installation skills provided the results as needed.