Canterbury Build Magazine March 2016 Issue 55

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inside Sumner Community Facility’s local inspiration The value of the Master Build Guarantee Distinctive facility forms Halswell hub

ISSUE 54

MARCH 2016

THE GUIDE to Canterbury’s Residential & Commercial BUILD

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Merivale property encapsulates firm’s award winning mentality – Pgs 32-34

Local firm at the “very top of their game” – Pg 9

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cover Combining striking elements of Waitaha schist, cedar and Celcrete plaster cladding, the home, built by Metzger Builders, sits beautifully in its surroundings on the Clearwater Golf Course.

Awards celebrate local heritage retention and conservation – Pg 23

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I’ve been building houses since I was five. So building back then involved squeezing those colourful little Lego pieces together until they snapped into place, but still, a lot of time and dedication went into those developments.

While it traditionally takes six months to build, a French studio has designed a house that can be constructed in just a month. And, it works a lot like those colourful little blocks.

French architecture firm Multipod Studio recently unveiled a prototype for the PopUp House, a fully customisable home made from stackable blocks. In fact, if you can put together an Ikea bookcase, you're one screwdriver away from building a whole house because, well, everything is held together with wood screws.

It’s part of a growing sustainable architecture movement called ‘passive construction’, which describes the new trend of well-designed, low-cost and energy-efficient homes. The PopUp House is airtight and watertight, which means it keeps heat locked in.

It couldn’t come at a more opportune time. Skyrocketing prices coupled with a lack of supply and quality mean we need more quality houses fast.

The demand for new affordable homes is already seeing new prefab solutions hit the market. From container homes to the latest in modular design, pre-fabrication is cutting build times and costs. A recent report suggests prefab houses cost on average $47,000 less to build than their built-on-site equivalent, slashing as much as 50 percent off construction times, while producing less waste in the development of a higher quality product.

And, although for many ‘prefab’ conjures up visions of the transportable school rooms of the 1970s, prefab has been given a contemporary makeover. Some of Europe’s modern mansions sprang from modest beginnings—built in a distant warehouse and shipped in pieces. Sleek, contemporary, energy-efficient designs made from high-end materials and fixtures, built like a Lego house on a factory floor. Now that’s something my five year old self would approve of.

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Contents 11: Sumner Community Facility draws inspiration from local landscape 14: New developments set to hit the city 17: Business owners – even small ones – play big parts in local lives 23: Awards celebrate local heritage retention and conservation 24: The value of the Master Build Guarantee 25: Informed architectural debate needed 27: Clay brick on the rise as homeowners seek low maintenance cladding 29-31: Distinctive facility forms popular hub for growing community 32-34: Merivale property encapsulates firm’s award winning mentality 38: “Leap of faith” on small team reaps big benefits for 100 year old icon 39: Backpacker’s historic villa renovation showcases firm’s capability

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- The Influencers

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he calibre of buildings coming onto the Canterbury market has never been seen before in the region. The recent quake on February 14th demonstrated the quality of the new buildings, with all of them surveyed faring exceptionally well in the tremors.

Faced with a built landscape of such a high calibre particularly for office and retail buildings - there are a number of opportunities ahead for both building owners and occupiers.

Building owners have become very adept at moving with the market and at recognising their properties as high quality premises with good fit-outs, and representing good value for money to prospective occupiers. The opportunity for new entrant owners to the market is to diversify: consider the prospect of creating ground floor retail in an office block, for example. Prior to 2011, we didn’t see a great deal of diversified buildings but in 2016 there is real demand for mixed-use properties that attract new foot-traffic and offer added amenity for building occupiers.

There is a good amount of building supply on offer for tenants who can pick and choose the most attractive location and premise for their business operations. There is also significant room for tenants to negotiate good rental deals with their landlords, who may be seeing lower monthly rental income but due to longer lease terms being agreed upon, owners now have much-needed revenue certainty for the future.

Despite these windows of opportunity, property strategy is a key challenge for both occupier and owner. People have been stuck in their ways for a few years, which is understandable given the change the region has seen. However, now that there are a number of viable options in the commercial property market, I’d encourage tenants and landlords to think more strategically about decisions being made when it comes to property requirements.

For property owners, this means thinking about building location and tenant attraction. Have parking, access and amenity been allowed for? Tenants should consider whether their own customers will be happy to come to a new location, or if their existing premise allows the business to function as required.

Both tenants and owners should ask themselves: are we putting up barriers through our property decisions? That question and the answers that flow on from it should give people a useful starting point to start thinking more strategically about their choices and how they can make the most of the high calibre opportunities in Christchurch’s commercial property market.

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t’s hard to contemplate winter when the temperatures are still so high, but that’s exactly what I’ve been doing while Parliament considers the Government’s Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill.

New Zealand houses are notoriously leaky, damp, mouldy and hard to heat – and they’re making us sick. Every year, there are more than 42,000 hospital admissions from housing-related illnesses and more than 15 children will die for the same reason. In our modern, relatively well-off country that is shameful, I think.

Some 35 percent of New Zealanders now live in a rental property compared to 25 percent in 1990. These million-plus Kiwis, including more than 400,000 children, who live in rental homes endure some of the worst of our housing stock. Research shows that 44 percent of New Zealand’s rental properties are in poor condition and over half of all renters report at least one or more major problems with their house.

Too many of those houses are in Christchurch. It’s not uncommon to hear stories of mould on walls, ice on the inside of windows in the winter and draughty living rooms and bedrooms. While earthquake damage is responsible for the state of some of them, others pre date the ‘quakes.

We have a crisis in housing quality. The Government‘s changes to the Residential Tenancies Act are inadequate as a “fix-it.” They make smoke alarms mandatory and require some insulation in some rentals but miss the chance to set decent standards for rental housing across the board.

Housing experts and health advocates have been telling MPs that we need to improve our rental housing to save lives, and stop renters from getting sick.

The Green Party wants to see a comprehensive warrant of fitness for rental housing to help do this. Green co-leader, Metiria Turei has a private member’s bill to introduce a warrant of fitness. It covers insulation, weather-tightness, and basic service standards including heating, hot and cold tap water, toilet, a shower or a bath tub, electricity and a stove and safe wiring. It would be voluntary for the first two years to give landlords time to adapt.

Child poverty costs New Zealand $8 billion annually. Some $3-4.5 billion of that is health related costs. Improving rental housing through a rental warrant of fitness can help reduce these costs and ensure that rental homes are fit to live in so that people, especially children, stay healthy.

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e are slowly seeing the changing of the guard in Canterbury as a new generation of leaders emerges.

It’s good for us to encourage a new perspective that challenges and, hopefully, enthuses us – merged with the wisdom that only experience can bring.

To this end we must develop and support our next generation of leaders. It will not be those in leadership roles today who will complete the regeneration process of Christchurch, but the new talent.

I get worried when young people talk about quitting Christchurch for study and work – why would you want to leave when there are so many career enhancing/fast tracking opportunities here for motivated and talented 20 somethings? By all means get international experience, do your OE but right here, right now, there are some fantastic opportunities that could mean an upgrade in the type of work you get to do overseas later in your career.

Before the earthquakes my husband and I were seriously considering moving to the Big Apple. We wanted to increase our opportunities to grow professionally and personally, as well as broaden those of our then one-yearold daughter. We love Christchurch but we felt it limited in our ability to evolve.

But February 22, 2011 changed our minds. Amid the chaos, we realised what we had been seeking was right before our eyes. It wasn’t always socially acceptable at first to voice this but our resolve and commitment has grown – and continues to do so.

Despite a munted house, insurance battles, bumpy roads and earthquake stresses, we have increased our investment and roots here. We’ve launched a business, bought another, had a second child, and are about to build a new home.

Our vision for the new Christchurch is an innovative and vibrant city, with a loudly beating heart and wonderful asset rich suburbs. It’s a city that thinks and competes globally while providing a lifestyle of which other cities dream - a place where people from all around the world come to visit to be inspired, to learn and to have fun.

Most important to us is that Christchurch is a place that our two girls will be proud to call home. Where, if they choose, they can live and work as it offers both of them a fantastic lifestyle and rich opportunities. A place where they can be future leaders.

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s we marked the fifth anniversary of the February 22 earthquake last month, the people of Canterbury can be enormously proud of how far we have all

come.

From a devastated city and communities so badly affected, people have gone from strength to strength and an exciting new city is starting to take shape.

Most of the insurance claims are resolved, most of the demolitions are done, most of the infrastructure repair is complete, and now we are in a building phase where new facilities are springing up and there are huge opportunities, such as the blank slate in the Residential Red Zones.

Of course there are people who still face challenges, and as a Government we will continue to fund and support services to help them.

Completion of the first major Crown facilities in the central city, in addition to the many private developments, has created a sense of excitement in the city.

And with work due to advance on the Metro Sports Facility and the Convention Centre Precinct this year, as well as completion of further construction phases for the Avon River Precinct and the Justice and Emergency Services Precinct, the physical recovery of the central city is now well on track.

Add to that the completion of horizontal infrastructure repairs and 2016 is going to be another very busy year.

Five years on from the events that changed Christchurch forever, we are moving from a phase of recovery to regeneration.

This will come when the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Bill becomes law at the end of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) in April.

Already there has been a handover of recovery functions

by CERA to other agencies, and the new agencies, Regenerate Christchurch, and Crown-owned company Otakaro Limited, are now being established.

The focus now will be on acceleration of the work still to be done, and seizing the opportunities for greater Christchurch, while moving towards local leadership of the regeneration by the Christchurch City Council and other local organisations.

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ver the last few weeks we have received some unwelcome and jolting reminders of what our city has been through these past five years. It unsettles most of us to be woken in the middle of the night to the unmistakable roar and rumble of a quake, but for an alarming of number of Cantabrians this is more than a broken sleep and a fright. There is no denying that we have a mental health problem in Canterbury - and it is getting worse.

The facts speak for themselves. Our region has seen an overwhelming spike in demand for mental health services since the February 2011 earthquake. The number of people presenting at the emergency department with mental health-related issues has doubled in the last three years.

Police suicide-related call-outs have increased by 55 per cent since 2011. There are 60 per cent more children and 40 per cent more adults are in need of mental health support. We have the highest rates of prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication.

This is why Cantabrians are so angry about the $5.2 million that the government is planning to cut from Canterbury’s mental health system. The CDHB’s funding for mental health in 2015/16 was $222 per head of population, while the national average was $243. For the coming year, the Canterbury figure is expected to drop by $15. It’s perplexing, to put it mildly, that mental health funding would decrease in a region that has undergone the trauma we have. What makes this is even more outlandish is that those at the front line of mental health services in Canterbury telling us things are only going to get worse and the system can’t cope. This is wrong.

The Government is wilfully ignoring the situation and treating mental health demands in Canterbury as “business as usual.” Their claim that the CDHB was given a $16 million funding boost last year which could have been spent on mental health is rubbish – that money was earmarked for the budget deficit as the chair of the CDHB told a Parliamentary select committee in February.

Our children and families deserve much better than this.

We simply must do better.

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here is more and more visible evidence that exciting new things are happening in our City.

Not that long ago, Christchurch was looking like a bomb site. It is now looking like a massive construction project. There are cranes all over the city putting good things up! The roads are starting to take shape under new configurations and the green areas are beginning to look loved again.

It is rewarding to see the Margaret Mahy Playground attracting large numbers of families back into the city.

Since its opening just before Christmas, well in excess of 100,000 people have enjoyed the facilities. Drawing children back into the central city (some for the very first time) and generating pedestrian traffic in large numbers in that part of the frame is in turn providing renewed economic activity for surrounding businesses.

On the other side of the central city the Art Gallery is attracting similar numbers of people since its recent opening with the same result. More people spending more time and more money in the heart of Christchurch. The Central Library, still in its planning stages is expected to attract over one million visits a year when fully functional, which again augers well for its part of town.

And this is just the beginning! We are seeing significant numbers of people returning to work in the central city as new office and retail accommodation comes on stream. The hospitality sector is really making its presence felt and slowly but surely accommodation offerings are being restored.

By late 2016 we will have a brand new fully functional central city retail precinct and a burgeoning innovation precinct.

If you haven’t been into the central city recently I recommend a visit. You will be pleasantly surprised with what is going on.

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The full construction service means that the company is able to manage the entire project and provide everything that is needed to complete the build or renovation, whether for a commercial or residential property. It also allows the firm to keep full control over all completed work and to ensure that it meets their own very high standards of quality workmanship.

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Tricon has worked on a number of important buildings in the city, including CPIT and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, as well as smaller but challenging projects such as a basement carpark on Papanui Road.

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axwell Plumbing Co Ltd has been providing this essential service to Christchurch and the Canterbury region for more than 30 years, specialising in bathroom renovations, kitchen plumbing, drainage systems, gas fitting and commercial contracting.

The family owned company has two divisions – plumbing and drainage. The drainage division specialises in sewer and storm water replacement work, while the plumbing division offers a complete service, from dripping taps to large commercial projects.

Maxwell Plumbing has the staff and experience to provide an efficient, reliable service customised to your needs, at affordable prices. They can find a solution for virtually every plumbing problem, and are also trained to communicate well with clients – something that is most important when they are going to someone’s home.

In the late 80s, CEO Stephen Whittaker established the business which today employs a team of 20 dedicated and long standing staff, including office manager Marion Coburn, who has been with the company for 28 years. “I have actually been in this industry my entire life, as my father was a plumber,” Marion says. “I love dealing with our loyal client base, which ranges from young first-time homeowners, to the elderly.

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The company has completed a lot of work for SCIRT in its drainage division, as well as private commercial work, Marion says. “Another specialty of ours is bathroom renovation, from design to completion. We work with an expert group of tradesmen and can provide the builder, electrician, tiler and painter for the job, as well as the plumber and drain layer. There is no need for you to haggle with various tradesmen. We co-ordinate the work and ensure that it is carried out systematically.”

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Sumner Community Facility draws inspiration from local landscape Work is progressing on the design of the new Sumner Library, Community Facility and Museum, which will feature on the prominent corner of Wakeield and Nayland streets.

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hristchurch City Council completed a concept design for the building in 2014, before engaging project management firm The Building Intelligence Group, in partnership with Athfield Architects Limited, to work on the developed design last year.

The design draws inspiration from the local landscape, incorporating natural timber, the colours of the seaside and architectural features from the demolished Sumner Community Centre.

Hagley-Ferrymead Community Board chair Sara Templeton says a Joint Working Group made up of community representatives engaged at the end of 2014 to have input into the design played an important part in ensuring the project has made it to this stage.

“Getting the design to this stage has been a really collaborative process,” she says.

“Work has been full steam ahead this year on the design of the new facility, and we’re pleased with the progress that has been made, with Sumner residents now able to get a real sense of what it will look like.”

The design draws inspiration from the local landscape, incorporating natural timber, the colours of the seaside and architectural features from the demolished Sumner Community Centre.

The Sumner Redcliffs Historical Society has also announced it will contribute $50,000 towards the construction of the facility’s museum, society president Andrew McGill says.

“The $50,000 that we’re contributing is made up of donations that have been made by members of the society since we lost the museum due to the earthquakes and the proceeds of an insurance claim on the museum contents,” he says.

“We’re pleased that we can use the funds that have come from something awful – the loss of our building – to contribute to this wonderful new facility for our residents to enjoy. We’re also looking forward to sharing with the community the historic artefacts that have been in storage since they were removed from the damaged museum.”

The new facility will incorporate a library, community centre and museum. The library, community office, display area and library courtyard will be situated on the ground floor with the rest of the community functions, hall, kitchen and museum space on the first floor.

The final phase of the design process, called detailed design, began in January and will be completed in April. Construction will begin soon after, with the facility expected to open in 2017.

The former community centre and museum facilities on the site were demolished in June 2011 and the library

demolition was completed in 2013.

A time capsule found during the demolition has recently been opened by Hagley– Ferrymead Community Board and Sumner Redcliffs Historical Society members which contained an old Press newspaper dating back to March 27, 1907, old coins and other trinkets. The contents of the capsule will now be sent to a conservator before a decision is made where to store them.

Although it hasn’t yet been decided what will be done with the contents of the capsule, Sara says the council hopes to be able to display them in some way in the new facility so the public can see this unique piece of Sumner history.

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ecorative concrete has many uses and benefits, adding style and excitement to various building projects, without sacrificing functionality – and is a popular choice for the city’s rebuild.

Specialising in high quality, decorative concrete, locally owned family business AllWays Concrete has completed everything from architectural builds, through to large commercial projects.

Established in 2008 by Frank McWatt after 20 years in the industry, his wife Kate says they planned to keep the company small so they were able to maintain a high level of quality. “Today, we are running a staff of seven, including Frank, who is still active on the tools. We’re not a huge company, but it’s that attention to detail which has enabled us to build such a strong reputation.”

AllWays Concrete’s services include exposed aggregate, stamped concrete, coloured concrete and polished floors, as well as sealing and resealing, repairs and restoration. “There’s been a recent move away from stamped concretes to playing with different aggregates – stones and colours – exposed aggregates are increasingly popular at the moment, particularly for driveways, patios and pavement areas,” Kate says.

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“There’s been a recent move away from stamped concretes to playing with different aggregates – stones and colours – exposed aggregates are increasingly popular at the moment.” several large commercial projects, including the exposed aggregate exterior concrete landscaping at the new CPIT, Kaiapoi Library and Museum, West Rolleston School, MediaWorks on Lincoln Rd, as well as the Lindauer Lawn and

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“We pride ourselves on our high quality work and the amount of concrete knowledge and experience that we have within our team. This is the key to our success, as we have had a lot of repeat business, generated by word of mouth from our happy clients.”

Frank is fastidious about quality, Kate says, just the attribute you want in someone working on what is no doubt one of your most valuable assets, be it your home or business. “Frank loves working outside and has a real passion for decorative concrete.

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Frank and the AllWays Concrete team gain a lot of satisfaction from seeing a quality end result, and are looking forward to what the rest of 2016 will bring, Kate says. “We have a few large projects in the pipeline this year, which are looking really exciting.”

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LEGAL ADVICE

BEWARE OF THE TAXMAN Since 1st October last year the taxman has had a range of new measures made available to him which ensure that taxpayers trading in property pay tax on their profits. The Government introduced these measures to ensure that house owners, particularly overseas residents operating in the Auckland housing market, paid tax in New Zealand on any profits they made.

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n reality the measures go far beyond that and deliver to the taxman a powerful tool to monitor all property transactions in New Zealand. The taxman will now be able to identify which taxpayers are engaging in a pattern of trading property. Coupled with the increased compliance budget available, this spells the end of traders ‘slipping one past the taxman’.

The Tax Information Act, which came into effect on 1 October 2015 makes it a requirement that a tax statement is given by buyers and sellers of property before the transfer can be registered on the title.

The statement includes information about whether there is a house on the land and whether the person giving the statement is a New Zealand citizen or resident. In many cases the purchaser or seller must disclose their IRD number.

The only time an IRD number is not required is when the property is the buyer or seller’s main home. That exemption does not apply to trusts.

Buyer and seller IRD numbers are required even if the property being sold does not have a house on it. The taxman will collect information on the selling and buying of properties by commercial landlords.

The information is passed on to the Inland Revenue Department. That information is then used to enforce the new Brightline tax test for residential land. The Brightline test taxes gains on residential property or land sold within two years from when it was acquired. The test applies in respect of property purchased after 1 October 2015.

Tax is not payable on the main home provided no more than two main homes have been sold in the previous two year period.

Profits on rental properties sold within two years will be taxed.

This applies even if the sale is forced by the bank or is due to the owner falling on hard times.

One thing is clear. The taxman now has a significantly expanded arsenal with which to detect and tax people who are engaged in a regular pattern of buying and selling property.

Extreme care will need to be taken when buying and selling property to ensure that you know the tax consequences.

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New developments set to hit the city Bossley leading the charge alongside Canterbury architect Cymon Allfrey.

Kiwibank awaiting permanent base Kiwibank has confirmed it is returning permanently to the central city hub. Chief executive Paul Brock says the bank has signed a lease for a three-storey Colombo St building expected to open in about 18 months.

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he ongoing development of our city has been called many things – the rebuild, a rebirth, regeneration. One thing we can agree on is the face of Christchurch is changing at a rapid pace.

Canterbury Build looks at some of the more recent announcements.

Multimillion dollar science centre It was a much-loved central city attraction for 14 years and now Science Alive! is going to be bigger and better than ever before with the development of a new $50 million international science centre within the central city.

The not-for-profit has purchased the Durham St court house site from Ngai

Tahu Property and, once existing occupant the Ministry of Justice moves to the Government’s new Justice Precinct in late 2017, development can begin.

New features will include an earthquake gallery using 3D technology and a 100seat, full dome 3D theatre, which would also be used as a planetarium. The first stage, including the dome theatre, is expected to open in early 2018 and other stages later that year depending on funding.

The science centre will not fill all the buildings in the complex, with about 7100 square metres being leased out for commercial purposes.

The project is in good hands with awardwinning Te Papa Museum architect Pete

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Adventure Park, a first for the southern hemisphere Christchurch City Council has committed to development of the Christchurch Adventure Park in Cashmere Forest, which will be the only attraction of

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The park will showcase picturesque bike trails, accessed via a chairlift that, at 1.8 kilometres long and climbing 430 vertical metres, will be the longest in the southern hemisphere. It will also include outdoor rock climbing and a zip line, with scope for a Mountain Coaster – a type of gravity-powered rollercoaster that follows the contours of the hills – in the second stage of development.

The Council’s $2 million contribution is being matched by NewUrban Group, which is investing in the project through its partnership with Jianping Wang of Beijing-based development and construction company Huadu International Group.

The park will be located on land between Dyers Pass, Worsleys and Summit roads. Leisure development company Select Evolution estimates the park will see year-round tourist activity with an economic benefit to Canterbury of more than $150 million a year.

It is hoped for the first stage of the Christchurch Adventure Park to be completed by the end of 2016.

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Awards celebrate local heritage retention and conservation The Christchurch of today bears little semblance to the Christchurch of little more than five years ago. Yet, now that almost half of our cherished built heritage has been demolished, our eyes have been opened to the fate of what remains.

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he inaugural Canterbury Heritage Awards were launched in 2010 to recognise excellence in heritage retention and conservation and the awards, not unlike the ever-changing urban fabric of our city, have experienced somewhat of an evolution of their own.

Entries are now open for 2016 and new award categories will better reflect the rapidly changing heritage landscape of Christchurch and Canterbury postearthquakes, explains Christchurch Heritage Awards Charitable Trust Chair Dr Anna Crighton, a staunch heritage advocate who established the Trust.

“Buildings and spaces in the public realm, domestic dwellings and brandnew builds for the future are all eligible to enter – encouragement for saving and restoring our historic heritage and character buildings identifies a vital aspect of where we have come from as a city and province,” she says.

“The popularity of these awards

“We received over 70 entries in 2014 which shows that the devastating earthquakes have strengthened the resolve to treasure what heritage remains.” is reflected in the number of entries which continue to increase since the inaugural awards in 2010. We received over 70 entries in 2014 which shows that the devastating earthquakes have strengthened the resolve to treasure what heritage remains.”

The biennial Canterbury Heritage Awards recognise excellence in heritage retention and conservation, heritage tourism and future heritage within the public and private sector and promotes the values of best practice heritage retention and conservation to the wider community.

Dr Crighton says the awards offer promotional opportunities for organisations, companies and individuals.

“Entering the awards is a fantastic way for companies to promote their work to the heritage community and general public, along with offering an event for heritage enthusiasts to come together and celebrate our heritage.”

There are seven categories in 2016: Domestic – Saved and Restored, Future Heritage, Heritage Tourism, Outstanding Contribution to Heritage, Public Realm – Saved and Restored, Seismic and the Supreme Award for the overall winner.

Previous supreme winners include Trinity Congregational Church and Christ’s College’s Harper and Julius Houses.

The Right Honourable Helen Clark, ONZ, currently head of the United

Nations Development Programme, and former Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage continues as Patron of the Awards. The judging panel for 2016 is chaired by Dr Anna Crighton and includes Jenny May, director of Heritage Management Services, Tim Nees Head of Engineering at University of Canterbury, Sheila Watson Heritage New Zealand General Manager, Southern Office and Grant Wilkinson structural engineer, Ruamoko Solutions. The Category Award Trophies and the Supreme Award Trophy are designed by prominent New Zealand sculptor Neil Dawson.

Entry forms are available to download at www.heritageawards.co.nz. Organisations and individuals are encouraged to contact the Award Convenors to nominate heritage projects or organisations. Award entries close on April 5 and the 2016 Heritage Awards Ceremony will be held in the Great Hall, Christchurch Arts Centre on June 9.

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A new application of our traditional shiplap product, this system possesses all the benefits of our traditional A-lign Nail Fix range. It is easy to install, proven weather-tight and is made from renewable New Zealand finger-jointed pine for superior dimensional stability. Vertical Cladding is stunning as a standalone timber product and is the perfect complement to our traditional A-lign weatherboard systems.

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“Leap of faith” on small team reaps big benefits for 100 year old icon The team at DKNZ Building & Construction Ltd are proud to be associated with Chris and his team at Kiwi Base Camp Backpackers and congratulate them on the re-opening of their 100 year old icon on Bealey Ave.

“It was a building that needed its bones repaired to bring it up to code postearthquakes and it was ready for a spruce up.”

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t was Chris’ leap of faith, putting his trust in a small locally based residential building team which saw DKNZ engaged to build a new foundation and subfloor for the historic villa, without lifting it or moving it from site. DKNZ was engaged to undertake all the structural carpentry works to bring the building to a modern-day standard.

It was a project that excited and scared the company from the start, DKNZ director David Keith explains. “It was a building that needed its bones repaired to bring it up to code post-earthquakes and it was ready for a spruce up,” David explains.

“It was a great project that allowed us to show our extended team of labourers and young builders how to strengthen and future-proof a building that had been through so much in its 100 years, unearthing a number of different building strategies that reflect the period in which it was built and making the project that little more challenging for both DKNZ and Paul at Fitz Consulting.”

Paul Fitzsimmons’ dynamic approach and his great attitude aligned well with DKNZ’s can-do attitude and ability to muck in at the ground level to make it happen.

Unlike many of the builders that have made Christchurch their home, the DKNZ team lived here before, during and after the turbulence. “We volunteered or worked in medical, defence and community based teams for weeks after the day that changed our landscape forever,” David says.

“Always with an attitude of hard work, grit and determination; an attitude that is second to none.”

DKNZ Building and Construction was established in 2005 and has found success through David’s ability to adapt and overcome issues, strengthened by an Army back ground and training by builders he describes as the best he’s met both in Darwin and New Zealand helping him to develop creative solutions to complex repairs.

The head builder, project manager and director, David brings to the team a varied background of building and construction projects from more than 15 years in the construction industry, working as a builder in New Zealand and Australia, before establishing humanitarian building projects in Indonesia.

Having worked on a wide variety of projects big and

small, ordinary and odd, he leads the DKNZ team; a team that enjoys variety in their work and can assist you with your residential building projects.

Give DKNZ a call to arrange an assessment visit and the opportunity to provide you with a quote for your next project, phone 022 035 6948 or visit www.dknzbuildingandconstruction.co.nz. And if you have friends or family coming to town and need accommodation – give Chris a call at Kiwi Base Backpackers.

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Backpacker’s historic villa renovation showcases firm’s capability “The owner of Kiwi Basecamp required a brand new foundation for the building. As the project began to eventuate, he decided to bring the building to a 100 percent New Build Standard.”

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roject management is both a science and an art. It is a science in that it relies on proven processes and techniques to achieve success. It is an art because it involves managing and relating to people, and also requires intuitive skills in situations that are totally unique for each project.

Paul Fitzsimmons is someone who knows the project management and building industry inside out. He established Fitz Consulting in 2012 after he and his wife moved to Christchurch from Florida the previous year.

Providing a complete project management service for a range of construction projects, from assisting with insurance claims through to the full rebuild or renovation, Paul has many years of experience in the industry.

Another advantage Paul has is his own personal experience dealing with insurance claims and rebuilds. He can relate to his clients, as not only did he and his wife, Nicola, experience two hurricanes in the United States, including Hurricane Katrina, fortuitous timing meant they moved to Christchurch a week before the February 2011 earthquake.

“We lost our house, but because of my experience in this industry, I was able to move through the insurance process in a short amount of time. After also going through the insurance process in the states, which is a lot more streamlined and

efficient than it is here, I wanted to help people with the complications and ‘unknowns’ that come with filing insurance claims and ensuring correct results.”

Paul directs a team of qualified designers, engineers and builders to work to the highest standards and in full compliance with current code requirements.

“We offer a turn-key solution for people who are still involved with insurance claims and assist them all the way through,” he says. “Once settlement has been reached, we bring in the architects and designers to work alongside the client. Then, we handle the consent process and bring in the builders to complete the project. My job is to oversee all the components of the process. We have helped many residential clients, but our primary business is now commercial.”

One of the company’s latest commercial projects is the complete renovation of Kiwi Basecamp backpackers, on Bealey Ave. “The owner of Kiwi Basecamp required a brand new foundation for the building, along with minor works,” Paul says. “As the project began to eventuate, he decided to bring the building to a 100 percent New Build Standard. So, this meant removing all the ceilings and walls.

“The project, which began in September, also included a brand new fire system, electrical system, all new wiring, plumbing, new bathrooms, new kitchen, new wall lining and ceiling, as well as modifications to the building and rooms, such as new windows, weatherboards, canopies, and outdoor area.

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