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EDITOR’S NOTE

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y dad is a true Kiwi bloke. Although it’s seemingly a reference to his geographical location, it’s a term that means much more than the words it speaks of. A bit rough around the edges, the Kiwi bloke is practical and manly, and he does things for himself.

They even have a uniform, this Kiwi bloke; although for my dad, the singlets and jandals don’t make as much of an appearance these days after a decadelong stint in the outback of Western Australia left him acclimatised to weather a little more on the warmer side, he’s all about the checked shirts, jeans and a Stetson that’s seen better days. The fact that his German shepherd Jade doesn’t leave his side just further reinforces the image.

But perhaps the most widespread characteristic of the Kiwi bloke mentality is the innate appreciation and love of the land. Although my dad wasn’t born on the land he now calls home, his love of the West Coast is such that he could well have been.

Dad hails from a valley some 20km inland from the Marlborough township of Tua Marina, a place where the land was your livelihood. Although one could argue it’s a love born from subsistence, the romantic in me would beg to differ.

Whether by nature or nurture, I too have that same love of the land and, although my land is somewhat more metropolitan, my love for it is no less ardent.

I too was not born in the land I now call home, but in the 14 years since arriving in Canterbury as a sprightly 18-year-old, I have most certainly made Christchurch home, both for myself and for my family.

The earthquakes changed nothing for us, other than perhaps a deeper appreciation for the built heritage that bears testament to a vibrant and unique urban history.

But even if you took away the physical manifestation of our city, it would still be a great place to be, because of the people.

They are, after all, one of the region’s best assets.

7: Female leaders lacking in construction 8: Adding the authenticity to architecture Diamond Harbour’s oldest ‘treasure’ reopens

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9: Lifesaving club rebuild to become community hub 13: Diamond Harbour’s oldest ‘treasure’ reopens 18: Local schools

welcome ‘ultimate campus’ design

19: A kitchen with personality and presence 20-21: A Christchurch business park success story

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26-27: A step by step makeover at St Mark’s School Business park a big hit north of the city

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28-29: High spec school build yields architectural finalist award

30-31: Blazing a trail for female bricklayers 32-33: When time, budgets and no surprises are priority 35: Medical facility aligns with area’s historic namesake

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The Influencers Hon. Gerry Brownlee

Peter Townsend

Dr Megan Woods

Earthquake Recovery Minister

Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce chief executive

Local Labour Party MP

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reater Christchurch has double the amount of space it needs for new housing for the next decade.

Fast-tracking the overhaul of Christchurch’s District Plan enabled the city’s regeneration to get off the ground more quickly and efficiently.

In the wake of the devastating 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, the government red-zoned more than 7000 homes to allow people to move on with their lives. These land decisions and the widespread damage to Christchurch’s housing stock left the country’s second-biggest city in dire need of new homes.

Selwyn and Waimakariri districts have experienced enormous growth since the quakes and opening up new land to development – both for commercial and residential use – has seen a construction boom in the region.

Homes in Christchurch continue to be affordable, with the median price sitting at $465,000.

More than 130,000 building consents have been issued over the past five years.

A Christchurch City Council report has calculated that our growing city will have the capacity for 45,000 new homes between now and 2028. Under the Land Use Recovery Plan, the original target was for 23,700.

Canterbury’s local authorities have been innovative and progressive in their thinking when it comes to allowing land to be available for development. About 30,000 sites should be available for new homes within the existing developed areas of Greater Christchurch. This includes 6000 in the central city, and 12,000 in other parts around the city.

There was a call for well-designed, people-focused affordable housing, and I believe we are well on track to achieving this.

Christchurch’s Land Use Recovery Plan requires 45 per cent of new housing to be achieved by boosting housing density out to 2021, rising to 55 per cent by 2028.

In the year ended February 2017, more than 30,000 new homes were consented – up 8.7 per cent from the previous year.

The amount of available land in Christchurch is a huge advantage. It means we can focus on innovative ways of getting people into homes while making the region a place where people come to work and play.

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ecently I travelled to Mongolia, to the capital city Ulaanbaatar, to address a seminar on private strategies for disaster resilience mitigation of small to medium enterprises in Mongolia. This seminar was sponsored by the United Nations Office for Disaster Relief Reduction and the International Labour Organisation, with the support of MONEF – Mongolia’s Employers’ Federation.

These agencies were well aware of what had happened in Christchurch and how important the lessons we learnt in Christchurch were from a perspective of optimising business survival. It was a real privilege to be able to appear before a group of interested Mongolian businesses and tell them some of the stories that might have application to the Mongolian community in the event of a calamity.

Mongolia is vulnerable to multiple hazards including storms, floods, blizzards, heavy snow falls, wild fire and droughts.

Between 1990 and 2016 Mongolia was hit by 21 disasters that resulted in economic damages totalling almost US $2 billion effecting 4.2 million people.

As the 18th largest country in the world by area with a relatively small population of 3 million people, Mongolia is positioning itself for its future in the context of increased risks from natural disasters. The meeting identified the needs and challenges that SMEs experience before, during and after disasters and from my presentation the learnings that came out of the Christchurch earthquake experience.

The attendees came away with an improved understanding of SME disaster risk protection and increased awareness of the potential opportunities for collaboration to improve disaster mitigation and a better understanding of the practical risk management tools tailored specifically for the business community.

We should never under estimate how important the lessons we have learned in Christchurch are and how relatively well our business community has done in the context of unprecedented natural calamity. There is much to be learned and much to be gained through sharing.

I was grateful to be sponsored to Mongolia which is a fascinating country full of opportunity and challenge. We have played a small part in making them better prepared for the inevitability of significant further natural disasters.

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t the beginning of this year, we learned of allegations against three former CERA employees, which consisted of their running a property business on the side while they were working at the government organisation tasked with the rebuild of Christchurch. The reaction was swift and the State Services Commission was soon tasked with investigating these allegations further. Their report, released in mid-April, has found that the conduct of these employees warranted a referral to the Serious Fraud office.

These are serious allegations. When the rebuild first began, the Serious Fraud office warned that there was significant potential for fraud and corruption in Christchurch, given the scale of the build and the sheer amount of money that was going to be flowing into our city. It has been extremely disappointing over the last three months to learn that these early predictions may have been realised.

Governmental oversight has been found to be lacking, and there will have to be political accountability from the Minister responsible for the rebuild, Gerry Brownlee. The report raises serious concerns about the culture at CERA, which developed right under his nose. Key staff thought they didn’t have conflicts of interest over potentially privately gaining finders fees for property deals they were connected to in their jobs for the public entity CERA. There has to be leadership and responsibility taken.

It was further disappointing to learn from DPMC at select committee in the same week that three more former CERA staff members are under suspicion of not appropriately managing conflicts of interest. It is problematic that instead of launching a wider enquiry, the department are happy to keep their further probing to a shopping list of three individuals. This is not sufficient.

Cantabrians deserve better than this. We need to have faith that the people and organisations in charge of building our city back up from the ground were working in the best interests of locals and not seeking to line their own pockets. The Minister must reassure us that the actions of everyone working on the rebuild were above board and a wide-ranging and systemic enquiry is desperately needed to ensure that these six individuals are not just the tip of the iceberg.

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The Influencers

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very New Zealander deserves to live in a warm, dry, safe home. No one should be living in a house that makes them sick.

Yet more than 600,000 NZ homes, some 30,000 of them in Canterbury still have no insulation or inadequate insulation.

Cold, damp, mouldy homes make life miserable for the families living in them and increase their energy costs. They contribute to children missing school because they are sick, and to people ending up in hospital with preventable illnesses.

Home insulation and clean heating are the most powerful ways to reduce the cold and damp in New Zealand homes, and reduce power bills.

Non-profit research institute Motu Economics recently looked at the first 45,000 homes retrofitted with insulation under the Green Party initiated, Warm Up NZ Programme. It found that every dollar spent on insulation brought $6 of benefits.

Retrofitting insulation reduced hospital re-admissions and prevented one death for every 1000 homes insulated.

Under National, the Warm Up NZprogramme is being wound down in mid-2018, despite so many houses remaining uninsulated. The Green Party would boost the programme with an initial $327 million investment that would insulate another 200,000 homes across the country.

We also need to overhaul our approach to rental housing – whether it’s a state house or privately owned.

Our current tenancy laws don’t encourage long-term tenancies so renters don’t feel secure. When you can’t plan for the future, it’s hard to put down roots, join sports clubs and be part of community.

Green Party co-leader, Metiria Turei has drafted a Member’s bill to tenancy rules fairer. It provides for a warrant of fitness with minimum standards for rental properties.

Metiria’s bill also encourages long term tenancies. It removes the obligation on tenants to pay leasing fees; changed the language for tenancy agreements so that three-year minimum tenancies, with an opt-out, become the ‘norm’, rather than the exception. It requires landlords to tell tenants how they’re going to calculate any changes to rentals when they sign the lease, so there are no nasty surprises down the track.

National and ACT voted Metiria’s bill down. But it’s part of the housing changes the Greens want to make in government, to ensure New Zealanders have access to warm, dry, secure and affordable homes.

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ust as ‘liquefaction’ sprang from the ground and into Christchurch’s vocabulary six years ago, now ‘sustainability’ and ‘resilience’ are the words dominating the rebuild.

There’s been an accompanying mind shift from building owners since the earthquakes. Before 2010/11, the safety aspects that would allow people to escape easily and quickly were front of mind, while the buildings themselves were not necessarily designed to be reusable post-earthquake.

We’ve learnt a lot, and the new buildings appearing in the CBD are designed not only with life safety in mind, but also to be easily repaired and re-occupied after an earthquake. Designing to minimise disruption and get buildings up and running faster

Our new city is being built to higher flood levels, with ground floors raised to new heights after a seismic event has been a major focus.

Most of Christchurch’s new builds incorporate a raft of low damage design techniques, including base isolation and replaceable seismic braces. These braces stretch and yield in an earthquake, and can be taken out and replaced-allowing buildings to be up and running again more quickly. There are plenty of examples of these systems right across the city.

Sustainability also relates to an increasing awareness of climate change in the way we design. Our new city is being built to higher flood levels, with ground floors raised to new heights.

Buildings reflect new snow loadings, and incorporate natural lighting, good ventilation, and judicious use of shading. These design actions are achieving significant decreases in energy consumption, which is great progress.

Flexibility is another area in which structural design has advanced. Society’s needs change, and buildings need to able to respond to those changes. We now design for flexibility, giving clients—and future building owners—the ability to reconfigure spaces more efficiently, with minimal disruption.

We’ve learnt much from the devastating earthquakes, and we have a better city re-emerging in the aftermath.

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journey of self-discovery and leadership started with the first earthquake at 4:35am on September 4, 2010.

By the fourth earthquake on Friday December 23, St Margaret’s College had lost over 80 per cent of its buildings, its community was physically scattered all over the city and the school’s 100-year history was in danger of coming to a close.

But, as throughout Christchurch, our community grew strong and resilient through shared experience, love, hope and belief that everything St Margaret’s and our precious city stood for was worth fighting for. There was no going back and we needed the courage and unshakable faith to keep moving forward together to create our future.

Out of crisis and adversity we have forged new relationships in the city and together we have seized exciting opportunities to create and utlilise new and flexible building spaces. These outstanding new facilities at the school now regularly provide opportunity to other schools and community groups in the city. We are creating the future now in our city and in our school. Our purpose is to educate young women to live and lead now and in their future, not our past.

Strong leadership is essential to rebuild a community. It’s leadership that has authenticity, knowing who you are and what you stand for. It’s having a deep understanding of the culture and purpose of your organisation or community.

And with it comes a desire to make a positive difference to humanity and to bring out the best in others. Above all it takes integrity, hard work, compassion and self-belief.

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Convention Centre designs released It’s one of the most controversial of the city’s key anchor projects, plagued by years of delays, public uncertainty and closed-door discussions since plans were first announced in mid-2012.

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ow we’ve been given a glimpse of the design for the long-awaited Convention Centre, which Ōtākaro Limited – the organisation in charge of the city’s Crown-led anchor projects – aims to establish as the new central city icon in the midst of the ongoing rebuild.

Although construction is running two years behind the original 2017 completion date, Christchurch and Canterbury Convention Bureau (CCCB) manager Caroline Blanchfield says the striking design will still give the city a distinct edge.

“The Christchurch Convention Centre is going to be the facility we always wanted, designed for both locals and visitors, attracting new and exciting public exhibitions, business meetings and gala functions to large multi-day conventions,” she says.

“Its setting on the city’s waterfront overlooking Victoria Square, and with links to Cathedral Square makes it distinctive and welcoming for everyone.

It is something we can be proud of.”

The Christchurch Convention Centre will be capable of hosting up to 2000 delegates for a variety of national and

international events. It will include a 1400 delegate auditorium, a 3600m2 exhibition hall and 1600m2 of meeting rooms that will overlook Victoria Square.

Prior to the earthquakes, Christchurch held 24 per cent of the market share for large multi-day conventions, before dropping to two per cent of the market in 2011 and since then stalling at nine per cent.

braided rivers. This gives visitors easy access to Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Precinct and creates a space for civic powhiri and welcoming events. The

“Estimates put the direct economic benefit at $300m to $400m in its first eight years.” Ōtākaro chief executive Albert Brantley expects the centre to play an important role in the local economy.

“Estimates put the direct economic benefit of the Convention Centre to the Canterbury region at $300m to $400m in its first eight years of operation,” he says.

The main entrance to the centre opens out to Oxford Terrace and the Avon River, and has been designed to reflect the fluid curves of Canterbury’s

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The Armagh and Colombo streets sides are straighter to reinforce the traditional edges of Victoria Square and Cathedral Square, and to tie in with the restored Lady Isaac building.

The Colombo Street side will be lined with hospitality and retail outlets, while Armagh Street will include areas for public use designed to encourage

people to linger and enjoy the view of Victoria Square.

Architects Woods Bagot has worked on the design with Matapopore Charitable Trust.

Earthworks on the site are now well underway and the developed design process has commenced. A call for tenders from a shortlist of contractors has now been issued, and Ōtākaro expects to appoint a Main Works contractor around July. A practical completion date of late 2019 is being targeted.

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LACKING FEMALE LEADERS IN CONSTRUCTION One is said to come from Mars, while the other hails from Venus, and yet New Zealand men and women have been becoming more closely aligned since 1893 when we became the first selfgoverning country in the world to give women the vote.

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ore than a century on, more women than ever are joining New Zealand’s booming construction industry with the industry’s numbers doubling to 17 per cent over the last 15 years. Despite the growing numbers, the increase has failed to correlate to more women in leadership roles within the industry.

“While it is fantastic to see increasing numbers of women choosing a career in construction, this isn’t reflected in the participation of women at a decisionmaking level in construction and in fact all industries across New Zealand,” says National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) president Donna Howell.

Only 20.1 per cent of New Zealand women hold senior leadership positions while just 16.8 per cent of listed companies have female directors.

Howell hopes that the third annual Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards, which will be held in Auckland on August 18, will generate plenty of discussion on this topic, while the introduction of a new ‘rising star’ category will provide recognition for future leaders within the

construction industry.

“The awards celebrate the achievements of women in construction as well as honouring those organisations which are redressing the industry’s gender imbalance.

“We’re delighted with the growing number of entries we’re receiving each year and are excited to introduce this new category which will celebrate up and coming leaders who will inspire others to seek out leadership roles within the construction industry.”

Hays is sponsoring the Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards for the third year in a row to recognise the significant contributions being made by women in New Zealand’s construction industry.

Hays managing director Jason Walker says Hays is delighted to be sponsoring the awards and is looking forward to reviewing more fantastic entries from inspiring women who work in the fastgrowing construction industry.

“As a long-time supporter of NAWIC, sponsoring the Hays NAWIC Excellence Awards is a perfect fit for us. We actively encourage and support the rising numbers of women joining New

“Women choosing a career in construction isn’t reflected in the participation of women at decisionmaking level.”

Zealand’s trades and construction industries and are keen to keep recruiting as many as possible,” he says.

“The construction industry is rapidly changing and women are definitely making their mark. Women choosing a career in building, construction and the trades are seeing that they can progress up the ranks and operate their own businesses while enjoying high wages

and excellent growth and training opportunities.”

Entries/nominations for the awards are open until June 5th. Employers and managers are encouraged to submit nominations on behalf of their staff.

The awards have six categories which cover a wide range of roles across the industry.

Visit the NAWIC website for nomination/entry forms and further information – www.nawic.org.nz.

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Adding the Authenticity to Architecture

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n February, I attended the bi-annual find articulate space in any ordinary NZIA Conference in Auckland and, if city, even in a city that has suffered there is a platform where architects an extraordinary series of events like can get together and discuss deeper Christchurch, may sound idealistic or issues concerning the profession, then unrealistic when our society seems to this is it. Titled in:situ, which means in privilege financial value and expediency place, the themes of the conference over experiential value and usefulness; centred on place and placelessness, developments that favour returns over and the gravity of the current world contributions. But it doesn’t have to situation playing out after decades be. Authentic architecture is essential of market-led neo-liberalism and the to our wellbeing. Buildings should recent re-emergence of aggressive contribute to the ways we use and nationalism. experience our environment, not To mention just two talks that made reduce the possibilities or qualities of me sit up and listen, Christopher our interactions.

Hawthorne from LA talked about the importance of history of a place but also of being aware of the basics in respect of place – such as local craft, technique, labour, environment and form.

Alison Brooks stressed the importance of ideals ahead of ideas. Ideas can be too easy, she said; a busy architect tossing off another project with a bunch of familiar ideas that each time historic they’re Stoddart Cottage – birthplace of one of New Zealand’s Diamond Harbour’s used and claimed as metaphors, they foremost painters – has reopened. instead approach the status of cliché; whereas it is more meaningful and undoubtedly harder to develop ideas that work towards fulfilling ideals – her ideals are authenticity, generousness, civic-ness and beauty.

What, for example, is generosity in architecture? A bunch of stuff at the conceptual level and at the When a building carries authentic practical level: public generosity – meaning, we relate to the messages improving and giving to the local and stories it tells and feel a sense of condition; spatial generosity – volume, pride or gratitude or respect or love, a height, procession, light and shade; sense that it belongs and that we also contributing to a communal landscape belong and will experience the future – awareness of the building or park next of the city together. In this way, the door, the neighbourhood and the civic building earns our respect. In order realm; and adaptability, sustainability for the city centre to be repopulated, and regeneration.

Christchurch’s buildings need to be Beauty has, for the past 100 years, a good fit with people’s lives, feel been a difficult subject for architects, authentic and, in return, earn our love thanks to the legacy of International and respect.

Modernism, past assertions that

“For the city centre to be repopulated, our buildings need to be a good fit with people’s lives, feel authentic, and earn our love and respect.”

ornament is crime, or that the building is a machine. But beauty, she said, generates a sense of attachment and identity, expresses the value of citizenship, of care and craft, of art, and is a universal sentiment like love.

Walking through the built environment today, anywhere in the world, you could be forgiven for asking ‘what feels authentic, real, and how much of it is beautiful?’ To expect to

Tim Nees (FNZIA) is the Canterbury Branch Chair of the NZIA, Architect in Residence at the University of Canterbury and director of New Work Studio / Tim Nees Architects

Lifesaving cLub rebuiLd to become community hub Despite taking numerous forms over its 88-year history, the South Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club has been nestled comfortably on its site on the corner of Marine Parade and Bridge Street since its formation in 1929.

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he club’s latest incarnation is now another step closer, with a building consent application made to the Christchurch City Council for the $2 million facility.

The new two-storey clubhouse will stand 10 metres north of its current site on the corner of Bridge Street and Marine Parade, and feature a concrete block base and timber cladding, with seating for 238 people.

Importantly for the close-knit South Brighton community, the club house will be open to locals as a community hub.

A building group has been working with architects from Sheppard and

Rout for the past 18 months to create a design which will be best suited to the local environment, current and future club requirements, and local needs.

Tenders for construction will be called within the next two months, with work expected to commence in March or April 2018.

The current building was partially built in the 1960s before undergoing major remodelling, with an extension added in 1982.

A post-quake Detailed Engineering Evaluation (DEE) found several major structural issues with the building.

About $100,000 was invested in earthquake strengthening on the

building; however, concrete cancer and the downstairs steelworks have rusted and damaged the concrete, and there is now no option but to rebuild.

More than 80 years after its inception, the South Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club has grown into one of Canterbury’s most successful sporting organisations. The club has won more than 300 national titles and taken out New Zealand’s top club award for 10 consecutive years.

The club has more than 350 active and social members ranging in age

from five to the late 80s. Of this number, 150 are the under 14 junior surf members who train at the beach on Sunday mornings during summer to become the next generation of lifeguards.

The club rooms on the main beach at South Brighton remain the focal point of these activities: a spacious club with a large hall, gear storage facilities, kitchen, recreation area, meeting room, changing rooms and a first aid room.

The rebuild will ensure these facilities take the club into the future.

“The new $2 million clubhouse will stand 10 metres north of its current site on the corner of Bridge Street and Marine Parade. ”

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GoinG above and beyond in a competitive market In a marketplace full of comparable competitive services, three attributes see the industry leaders head and shoulders above the rest – imagination, intuition and innovation.

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ll three attributes are very familiar to Grant Strahl, founder of Strahl Building. As he puts it simply but significantly, “We are very good at discerning what needs to be done and how it needs to be done.” And he’s right.

Strahl Building is synonymous with success and it’s not hard to see why.

Benefitting from a flat management structure, devoid of hierarchy, every client that has worked with Grant, son Robert and his team would willingly bear witness to the vision and initiative the company has in spades.

“For me it has been about getting the right people, getting them doing what they want to do, and providing them with the right leadership to get things done, and done well,” Grant explains of the business’ alchemy.

With an extensive background working overseas, primarily in Canada where he really was up against the elements, Grant has seen the constant evolution of a global industry that never

breaks pace. He has always remained agile, rising to new challenges and opportunities.

“The international experience does give us a competitive advantage. When you work in a country with over 30 million people, you pick up unique methods, techniques and innovations if you are thinking dynamically.”

Grant says while the scale of the projects in Canada were significantly larger, the same elements and creativity are applied with houses the team

works on in New Zealand. “If it’s a repair or restoration, it’s about staying true to the heritage of the building.

That’s important. When it comes to the smaller houses, we can build these seamlessly.”

Period restoration, post and beam construction, hand-cut roofs and artisan timber work are all part of the expertise on offer with Strahl Building.

Its portfolio is true testament to the diversity of the team’s skillset, and their willingness to go above and beyond.

“If it’s a repair or restoration, it’s about staying true to the heritage of the building.”

From a total gut-out and rebuild of the Oakleigh Homestead in Southbridge built in 1873, to the restoration of a 1929 seaside bach in North Beach, the transformations masterminded and executed by Grant and his team are nothing short of extraordinary.

The final word goes to the man himself: “My grandparents saw flight, and the changes I have witnessed have been significant. With changes upon changes, the future holds many new innovations.”

One thing’s for sure, Grant will be right at the forefront of what is yet to come.

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“It’s no longer the green plastic of old,” Gerard says. “The thickly piled weave is a natural blend of four different greens and, when parted, you don’t see any of the base, only ‘browned-off grass roots’ – exactly as you would in a real lawn.”

A sample patch is provided with the complimentary measure and quote for homeowners to see and feel the product.

He says different finishes are available, but the Soft CS PX2 (35mm) grass is the one used most. Replicating a typical Kiwi lawn with lush, soft-finish longer turf, it can be laid in areas up to 40sqm during all seasons.

“It completely cuts the cost and time of mowing and there’s no fertilising or watering – ever. It just takes a leaf rake or blower to remove debris, as you would normally. Dog owners love it as there are no brown patches, its freedraining and it makes great children’s play areas too – they won’t get muddy feet and there are no nasty chemicals.”

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DiamonD Harbour’s olDest ‘treasure’ reopens A SMAll BuIlDINg WITH A BIg STOry TO Tell

It’s the oldest – and one of the most beloved – buildings in Diamond Harbour and now Stoddart Cottage has officially reopened after a painstaking earthquake repair and restoration programme.

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“It’s the community’s love for this little treasure that has let it keep pride of place in Diamond Harbour.”

ituated just above the Diamond Harbour Domain, the cottage was closed for repairs and restoration work following the February 22, 2011 earthquake, before being officially opened by the Stoddart Cottage Trust last month.

Work on the historic cottage began in October 2016, with Christchurch City Council spending $444,000 on repairs, which included repairing earthquake damage and the roof, reconstruction and strengthening of three chimneys, replacing deteriorated weatherboards and a repaint of the exterior. A new drainage solution was also installed to protect the property from flooding.

Stoddart Cottage is a “small building with a big story to tell”, according to Banks Peninsula Councillor and Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner, who was among those to attend a community celebration in April, marking the building’s official reopening.

The cottage was built in 1961 by Mark Stoddart, who lived there with his family until 1877. One of his daughters, Margaret Stoddart, became a well-

Diamond Harbour’s historic Stoddart Cottage – birthplace of one of New Zealand’s foremost painters – has reopened.

known New Zealand painter, painting ‘Old Cottage, Diamond Harbour’ in 1913 in honour of the house she grew up in.

“The cottage was shipped over from Australia by her father, Mark Stoddart, in 1861, making it one of the oldest homes left in the area and an incredibly rare surviving example of a prefabricated

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“It’s the community’s love for this little treasure that has let it keep pride of place in Diamond Harbour, and the fact that we can still enjoy it to this day is testament to the efforts of the Council’s Heritage repair team and the Friends of Stoddart Cottage group – which has

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The 19th century cottage and garden is located to the back of the playing field and behind the shops of Diamond Harbour, the area subsequently named

by Mark Stoddart after the sunlight that sparkled over the water.

In the late 1980s a group of locals painstakingly restored the cottage, which is now an Historic Places Trust category 1 listed building and the oldest standing building in Diamond Harbour.

Today part of the cottage is a gallery of work and the remainder of the building is used as a community space.

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Meth contaMinated housing an increasing issue By angela Waller

Houses that have been contaminated by methamphetamine are a growing issue in Canterbury and can cause serious health implications for those living in them. Ensuring a healthy and safe home environment is of utmost importance, so relying on a professional company to take care of the remediation is vital.

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ith extensive experience managing hazardous substances, MBC Environmental Solutions offers a comprehensive meth decontamination service. The business has been providing specialist environmental management services for more than 20 years, with a diverse range of construction sector services including asbestos removal, toxic mould abatement, dust suppression, erosion and sediment control, as well as vegetation control and ecological management.

“With our experience dealing with chemicals and toxic substances, it was a natural step for us.”

Owner Mark Hamilton says the service was added last year following increasing requests from clients, such as rental property owners testing for meth contamination in between tenancies. “With our experience dealing with chemicals and toxic substances, it

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As meth testing and decontamination is currently an unregulated industry, it can be common for homeowners to spend thousands on decontamination services, he says.

“It’s important to hire an independent

company to undertake the testing. We offer a cost-effective service and are one of the few companies that focus on just the remediation, so you can be assured you’re not being taken for a ride.”

An official New Zealand standard is currently under development for the industry.

It’s not a one size fits all service, Hamilton says, so working with a reputable company offers more reassurance. “We are dealing with two separate issues: a house where someone smoked methamphetamine, or a house that was used to manufacture methamphetamine – which would require a complete strip-out. More often than not, contamination is just from users, so it doesn’t require the same level of decontamination.”

The award-winning company has a strong health and safety record, and staff are highly trained to undertake a range of niche services that require a significant level of skill and experience.

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MBC provides a prompt and efficient service, with a strong focus on integrity, consistency and customer care. “We enjoy liaising with our clients and have the background knowledge and experience to find cost-effective and safe solutions for all our services.”

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The sky’s The limiT for local engineering firm Small is good in the case of Customlight Engineering – where there’s the time and expertise to do some fairly unique and impressive work.

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he company has been operating in Christchurch since 1976 and at Treffers Road, Wigram, for 12 of those 41 years. Owner/operator Glen Wykes took over the reins two years ago, hailing from a background in engineering design, sheet metal and CNC programming, honing his skills in the larger companies.

“Being small, we can take on one-off jobs a larger company might pass over,” he says.

A specialist product they have fine-tuned is the fabricated powdercoated aluminium lecterns, recently commissioned by University of Canterbury.

Perfect for hotel corporate rooms and anywhere where speakers need to talk to large groups, they’re fitted with all the AV gear to control lighting, heating, visuals and audio. The lecture podiums’

“We have people coming in with all sorts of ideas and projects, asking if we can do it.”

AV components at Ara Institute of Canterbury were another Customlight endeavour.

Recently the team collaborated to provide the historic Old Government Building’s O.G.B Bar and Café in Cathedral Square, with the main bar light, pendant lighting droppers and wall tracking.

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In the works is a Christchurch school’s playground steel climbing structure, designed by Pippin WrightStow from F3 Design. A step up from jungle gyms of old, the noticeable staggered top bars emulate the undulating profile of the Southern Alps.

Working for customers throughout Australasia, the company’s custommade large bathroom mirrors with flattering LED backlighting frames and heated glass to stop fogging. All mirrors are made to order so sizing to a customer’s needs isn’t a problem.

“We have made mirrors for resorts in South Australia and an exclusive luxury resort in Vatu Vara, Fiji and the sky’s the limit in size.”

Wykes can create designs specifically for customers, architects and landscape designers with one-off projects.

“We have people coming in with all sorts of ideas and projects, asking if we can do it.”

The talented team specialise in fabrication, sheet metal work and powder coating and can repair anything made of metal, such as a trailer, or create one-off bespoke solutions – like the recently custom-made classy copper gates to hide some not-sostylish council wheelie bins.

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one soLution to aLL Your PaPerWorK needs Time is of the absolute essence when rebuilding a city.

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icoh’s Laserfiche Avante document management and work flow offers a company multichannel capture and document processing, electronic forms and storage, and fully integrated business process management for improved customer service.

Local firm Metalcraft Roofing was struggling to keep up with a highvolume workload, installing longrun roofing profiles, lightweight metal tiles, rainwater systems, steel purlins and top-hats. The company was already on board with Ricoh and was more than satisfied with the service

and products they received for their copier requirements. Ricoh’s account manager then suggested Laserfiche – it was a welcome answer to frustrating work delays hindering the high-profile company’s ultimate potential.

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Having just one solution covering all the company’s needs, while providing attentive local support, was a priority for Metalcraft’s roofing sales manager Aaron Holden. He says it has immensely improved the level of client customer service when installing, both in timeliness and accuracy – definitely an enhanced customer experience.

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“Glass balustrades create a streamlined finish, make a significant difference to the enjoyment of a space and instantly add value to a home with its appeal and function,” Leigh says.

“It can literally create an extra room, with that sought-after indoor/outdoor flow, by sheltering a courtyard or balcony from the wind without blocking views or closing in an area. Toughened glass looks stunning frameless for pool and courtyard areas. However, the aluminium top rails required for balconies, or for a strong but stylish baluster option, can be completely individualised both in specification and colour.”

The Dulux powder-coated posts and framing is offered in at least 36 colours, with even more on application, making either a striking statement or to beautifully blend with the home and surroundings. Duratec powder coat’s durable non-fading or rusting properties make it particularly conducive to seaspray or pool areas.

“It will long surpass its five-year warranty with an occasional wash with warm soapy water as its only maintenance,” Murray says. “We offer a free measure and quote for design and installation, using our experience to suggest pros and cons of different styles and what’s achievable – especially when retro-fitting an existing house.”

HomePlus products blend fabulously with older style homes. Maintaining wood is costly and time consuming, whereas aluminium won’t warp or age

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LOCAL SCHOOLS WELCOME ‘ULTIMATE CAMPUS’ DESIGN The state-of-the-art design has been released for the rebuild of the Avonside Girls’ High School and Shirley Boys’ High School at QEII Park, which will create the “ultimate campus” for more than 2000 students, according to the schools’ principals.

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he design – created by New Zealand’s ASC Architects as part of the ShapED consortium that will also build and maintain the new schools – features a performing arts centre with a 750-seat theatre, a second 100-seat theatre, a cultural space, four full-sized sports fields with a 400-metre running track, three full-sized indoor gymnasiums and a café with a fullyequipped commercial teaching kitchen.

Each school will also include an electronics lab, a 2D and 3D printing room, six science labs and an indoor fitness centre.

Avonside Girls’ principal Sue Hume says being able to start from scratch has enabled ASC to come up with the ‘ultimate campus’.

“We are delighted. The new campus will feature better facilities than either of our schools have ever had in the past – across every subject area.”

Located next to the new QEII Sport and Recreation Centre and in close

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proximity to the Travis Wetlands Heritage Park, the campus will offer unique learning opportunities, with the added benefits of a co-location, Shirley Boys’ headmaster John Laurenson says.

“Students will spend most of their day in a single-sex environment so they’ll still have all the benefits of a singlesex education. They will also have the opportunity to learn alongside and mix with students from their partner school – that has both educational and social benefits.”

Both schools are looking forward to becoming active members of the community around their new site.

“The new campus will feature better facilities than either of our schools have ever had in the past.”

“We have no doubt that, together with the QEII Sport and Recreation Centre, this campus will become an enormous asset for everyone in the east of Christchurch.”

Hume says the design enables the schools to offer students completely new experiences.

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the community is welcomed. Many of our facilities, including the gyms and Performing Arts Centre, will be available for others to use.”

The campus will open for Term Two of 2019 with work due to start on the site next month, in May and is being delivered as part of the Ministry of Education’s third public private partnership. The $220 million-dollar contract with ShapED will also deliver three new primary schools.

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The kitchen’s fabulous colour has been created using a technique pioneered by Mangan. Firstly, the client trawled the internet, looking for a picture that contained the exactly desired colourways. That turned out to be an evocative image of a rusty bollard on a wharf.

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While the primary objective was to bring colour into the kitchen, this is also an extremely practical space for preparing food and a warm focus for the family home.

On Christmas Day, 70 meals were produced in this kitchen, with five people working comfortably in the kitchen at any one time.

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Feature - Rapaki Property Group - Belfast Business Park

BUSINESS PARK A BIG HIT NORTH OF THE CITY will pass over the top of the motorway and there will be on and off ramps. This will improve journey times to the CBD and Lyttelton Port. NZTA has begun construction and the project is set to be completed in 2020.

The Park is located at the corner of Belfast and Blakes roads and is within easy reach of the airport, CBD and State Highway 1. There has been substantial growth in the area with the recent population shift to the north of the city. This provides both a local labour pool and a local work supply.

Clark says a mix of businesses generally related to the construction industry have already purchased land in the business park. Businesses that have built and are already operating from the park include Switched On, Men at Work and Action Scaffolding.

Should a purchaser want a larger site, Rapaki also has undeveloped land available north of Belfast Road.

Felicity Clark, development manager at New Zealand-owned Rapaki Property Group, is delighted Stages 1 and 2A at Belfast Business Park are already 70 per cent sold down. Clark says this has really given us or the company confidence to start the next stage.

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tage 2B brings a further nine lots to the market, with three already under contract. Demolition began in March and it is anticipated that Titles will be available in the first quarter of 2018. There is a mix of lot sizes from 1300 square metres, to 2.5 hectares, and the prices start from $185 per square metre.

The Business Park is zoned for light and heavy industry.

Purchasers have the flexibility to combine lots, alter boundaries, or a purchased lot could be further subdivided with consent from the Council. Clark says the lots are sold to buyers as fully serviced bare sections, but Rapaki is pleased to offer design and build packages if required.

Clark believes the location of Belfast Business Park is the key to its success. There is very good road access which is set to further improve with building of the Northern Arterial Motorway extension. The new section of motorway runs from just south of the Waimakariri River to QEII Drive and then links into the four laning of Cranford Street. Belfast Road

“The Park is located at the corner of Belfast and Blakes roads and is within easy reach of the airport, CBD and State Highway 1.”

These blocks have the same zoning as the subdivision, but the size could offer flexibility to bigger operators such as construction or transport companies.

Rapaki is keen to provide for the needs of potential purchasers and the variety of lots on offer as well as Rapaki’s flexibility mean they are well worth the inquiry.

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Feature - Fusion Homes, Tropic Air

HEATING HOMES An exciting new development is now available at Tropicair Heating Ltd, the Christchurch manufacturer of home heating appliances. The newest addition to the business’ wood burner range is the Tropicair Duo, and is the cleanest burning fire in New Zealand.

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he Tropicair Duo is the first Ultra Low Emission Burner (ULEB) made and designed in New Zealand. It has a large output capacity and lower emissions than other ULEB’s and is the only ULEB approved with a wetback. Tropicair Heating Ltd spent nearly four years designing and perfecting this wood burner range and began commercially manufacturing the fires at the end of 2015.

The catalyst for investing so much time and expertise in developing the Tropicair Duo was to meet the current stricter requirements set through Environment Canterbury for clean air.

With ever increasing demands from the Ministry for the Environment and National Environmental standards, the New Zealand heating industry really had to be innovative to come up with new products that are cleaner.

Tropicair Heating Ltd has done just that. The Tropicair Duo is ready to be installed right now in new homes; homes without fires, or as an upgrade to existing fires.

The Tropicair Duo comes in a selection of six colours – black, red, blue, silver, cream and gold all with a black base and doors. It really is a stylish appliance and would grace any home, whether contemporary or traditional.

There is a wet back option and a wood bin base can be included. There is the bonus of a cook top and every fire has a 10 year warranty.

Tropicair Heating Ltd has been known for providing an outstanding range of home heating solutions for more than 45 years. The Tropicair Duo is simply the latest in its long line of products. The company was originally started by Peter Visser and began as All Metal Products before changing its name to Tropicair Heating Ltd. They began specializing in wood burner manufacture in the 1980s and in the 1990s expanded into diesel fire manufacture. The company is now New Zealand’s only domestic diesel fire manufacturer since other manufacturers ceased producing their own diesel units. These days Tropicair’s focus involves integrating heating options with innovative house designers like Fusion Homes and Zbuilt Ltd.

To turn your house into a home that is warm and welcoming, you want a heating system that is effective, efficient and environmentally-friendly.

You’re sure to find the right solution for your needs at Tropicair Heating Ltd, 34 Sandyford Street in Sydenham. Open seven days in the winter.

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Feature - Fusion Homes

A fusion of AffordAbility, efficiency And luxury Fusion Homes designs and build houses with the absolute ultimate in affordable, enduring comfort. “Building a new home doesn’t mean it has to be large, lavish or cost the earth,” says Fusion Homes director Chris Haughey.

“Anyone can afford to have a warm, dry, economical-to-run healthy home.”

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his has always been the forwardthinking builder’s mission. After deliberating that there must surely be a better, more practical way of building, he’s fused together the best systems, products and solutions to make the Kiwi homeowner’s dreams an actuality. “But what actually is an affordable home?” he asks.

For the Master Builder’s Awards this year, Fusion Homes will be entering two of their impressive new builds in South Brighton, in two different categories.

“Being a previous winner, it will create a good opportunity for us to demonstrate and show what can be achieved in the marketplace, using a fusion of

innovation and product.”

One of these homes in particular faultlessly blends personality with functionally as only a perfectionist could do. Every corner you turn introduces attention to detail. “There was no cutting of corners at all for the entire project,” Haughey says. “But it did not cost the earth – it is a pure statement of what can be achieved.

“Building a new home doesn’t mean it has to be large, lavish or cost the earth.”

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“It did not cost the earth – it is a pure statement of what can be achieved.”

“Scratch Architecture created the smart, simple design, sympathetic to the environment. The TC3 flood zone was not a setback – the council worked with us for a smooth consent process.”

Chris Knowles from TC Construction built the striking macrocarpa batten and board seaside home, nestled amongst the edible garden and recycled-wood landscaping features.

Fusion has been operating since 2009 and has a close affiliation with

Rob Leach from NZFoam, which is the star element in this passively heated abode. The polyurethane spray foam on the walls, floors and ceilings has been used successfully overseas since 1953 – and there’s simply no transfer of heat or cold. You feel certain there must be heating on as you walk through the captivating home – but there’s not.

“It’s not just ‘not cold’; the house is continually warm.”

There’s a Tropic air log burner for a cold stormy evening and a Snowtemp heat pump to cool down in a heat wave – but the house loses only three degrees of temperature overnight.

This is also made possible by the high insulation factor, with the combination of the Metrapanel structural panels, constructed on site. A blower door test recently measured the building’s airtightness, and had the impressive reading of below two, which is the benchmark for Fusion Homes.

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“An affordable home is a home you can still afford to run in the future.”

Haughey can demonstrate how it’s possible to lower an average power bill by 27.4 per cent, just by upgrading the insulation and ventilation for around $8k extra initial cost for a three-bedroom home.

“The Lifecycle Costing (LCC) of the house is very low, its running cost over its life time is zero for the foam insulation, the UPVC windows,” he says. The Ice Solar heating panels and ventilation need only a yearly clean, and the Onduline lightweight roof, a repaint after 15 years. “An affordable home is a home you can still afford to run in the future.”

Internal features included wrought iron and stone features, black plumbing ware and the show-stealing insitu concrete bench add ageless rustic charm, glass sliding doors incorporating elegant prints. While outside an imposing antique Chinese door, Irish slate window ledges and flowing Kwila decking and steps, make a statement.

“We can incorporate any aspect of this house into the clients’ build, and can build the simplest of homes equally as well as a grand, extravagant house.”

The Fusion Homes team have joined forces with the Superhome Movement, a coalition of building industry professionals creating the sustainable energy efficient homes of the future.

In conjunction with the Christchurch City Council, as part of a month-long event, the public will be able to tour this beachside home every weekend in May. Visit www.superhomes.co.nz for information on the Christchurch Exemplar Homes Tour.

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show, at the Horncastle Arena, from June 30 to July 2 for judging and the final auction. For Fusion Homes, it’s getting involved with community and driving aspects of the building industry the team has passion for. “It’s about not having the wool pulled over your eyes.”

A collaboration of effort is behind the success. “We recognise and work closely with multiple professional contractors on multiple projects who all bring their expertise and attention to detail to the table, and a reliable backup service. You can’t build a house by yourself – there has to be a great team behind you.”

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Feature - Signal Management Group - St Mark’s School

A STEP BY STEP MAKEOVER AT ST MARK’S SCHOOL

By Allison O’Neill

St Mark’s School has had the ultimate refresh, with its earthquake repairs and refurbishment now on the home straight after having project and construction managers Signal Management Group on site for 18 months. The project has been a multi-stage process to allow the school to keep operating as normally as possible. The demolition of the library, which was irreparably damaged in the earthquakes, was the first step.

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new senior school with three classrooms and a multipurpose space designed to modern Innovative Learning Environment standards was built where this stood. Next, the assembly hall was strengthened, repaired and refurbished with new foundations and significant additional steel structure. An addition to this building allows for a bigger stage space, a green room, toilets and (as the school has a long history of excellence in music) three sound adapted studios for private music tuition and ensemble practice. A multipurpose space within can be used for food technology, engineering and science.

Gas has been plumbed and two ovens provide opportunity to create and innovate using the onsite school edible garden. A basketball court also avails.

“Such significant hall, stage and lighting structures future-proof our

music and performance departments for students for years to come,” says St Mark’s School principal Averil Worner.

The four classrooms that house the junior school were then repaired, strengthened and redeveloped. The footprint of the building remained the same (with new larger windows opening the space up), but intense work went on within, allowing for collaboration between teachers and providing innovative ways to access the curriculum.

The current build project, which will be finished in June, is another repair, strengthening and redevelopment of an existing building that houses three teaching spaces and the school’s information centre. The classrooms will offer the ultimate in flexibility for teachers – from single cell classrooms to shared spaces.

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“It has been a challenge for the school with buildings and spaces out of action. They have handled the disruption exceptionally.”

Stuart Anderson says: “It has been a challenge for the school dealing with buildings and spaces out of action. They have worked around it really well. We have left nothing untouched so it has not been easy for them, but they have handled the disruption exceptionally.”

Averil Worner enjoys working with the Signal team. “The building program was well underway when I started as principal in April 2016 and my inclusion in the process was extremely sensitively handled. I was invited to a meeting to

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get me up to speed. This was helpful for my integration into the team and for me to be able to contribute from an operational perspective. Signal has been diligent in their responses to my questions.”

Students have taken an active interest in this project from its inception. “The commitment of two past parents, who are still on the working group, hints at the sense of family and belonging in this school. The children have observed, noted and interacted with the changes in their school, cognisant that they are part of a significant chapter in the school’s history and are excited to lay down a time capsule in the new Information Centre on its completion,” Averil Worner continues.

Watching the construction, creating a time capsule from their archives and being involved in the “story” of the construction of the new campus has afforded many learning opportunities across the curriculum – including art, science, technology, writing and construction units.

As the buildings have evolved, the cultural narrative of the school has as well – a waka shape can be traced over the outline of the three different building spaces. The Junior School buildings, with four kivas reminiscent

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As St Mark’s School is situated in a bend of the Ōpāwaho, Heathcote River, part of the St Mark’s Story is a journey from the sheltered waters of the Ōpāwaho to the shoreline, to the open ocean. Syndicate names and individual base group names have been taken from this narrative, with students progressing from Mōkihi (years 0-2), to Waka Pūhara (years 3-5), to Waka Hourua (years 6-8).

Started in the ‘Sunday School’ room on the St Mark’s church grounds in 1921 by Vicar Canon Henry Williams with a roll of 30 children, it remains the only Anglican State-Integrated Primary School in the South Island. The school moved to its current site in 1925 with a roll of 38 children.

By 1932 there were 77 pupils; today the roll is capped at 245. “As a Christian school, our links to St Mark’s church are crucial and we look forward to the day this church is restored. In the meantime, the school hall doubles as a chapel in the mornings – our students transform it into a more reflective space,” Averil Worner says.

Their new Information Centre will house a purpose built cross fashioned out of the old altar rails (kindly donated

by Margret and the late Warwick Sherwood) in honour of the spiritual home of the school. Vicar Williams would be proud.

“The children have observed, noted and interacted with the changes cognisant that they are part of a significant chapter in the school’s history.”

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Feature - HRS Construction - Medbury School

HIGH SPEC SCHOOL BUILD YIELDS ARCHITECTURAL FINALIST AWARD

By Allison O’Neill

A new two-storey, four-classroom teaching block is the first new building in Medbury School’s masterplan, which was developed with architects Sheppard & Rout to provide a strategy and vision for future development.

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djoining a 1980’s building, it is described as “a new, rational architectural language that sets a precedent to continue throughout the school into future projects”.

Deep fins provide solar shading to the east and west facades, while the solid northern face has been designed to be covered by a green wall to complement the park setting of the school. Sheppard & Rout’s work won a master planning competition which covered a number of projects with Medbury Independent School. With no significant damage from the earthquakes, this was the school’s continued developmental master plan.

Extensive alterations and additions to the existing teaching facilities were undertaken to bring them up to current building and learning standards. This new modern block provides adaptable shared learning spaces. There is a row of classrooms on the left side of the building, with smaller breakout spaces between, where small groups can work outside the classrooms viewed by the teachers through all glass doors and windows.

“This learning space gives teachers and students many choices about how to utilise their lessons. What is set in stone is that our students still have their own desk and chairs in their own classroom, with their own teacher with a maximum of 25 students in one senior class. We do not have open plan or mixed classes – we are implementing a modern learning environment in our own way. The boys can still work independently or collaboratively, and for certain tasks can choose between their own desks, communal tables or stand up laptop tables in the break out spaces,” Medbury School’s director of marketing Kay Shaw says.

Andrew Marshall, director and general manager at HRS, the company that executed the build, says: “This was a high spec build with deep architectural

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The cladding product ‘Natura Pro’ is a panel fibre cement sheet sourced from Belgium with an 18-week lead time. HRS site and project manager Josh Ogilvie ordered it early in the planning. The product goes up on an aluminium batten board system. The building also required a lift which had a lead time of four months. “Any commercial build with more than one floor needs accessibility these days,” Ogilvie says.

Some parts of the project were time consuming. The building is not a standard rectangle – it steps out every few metres with brick areas and there is an aluminium feature in the roof parapets around the whole building. The technical detail involved made weather tightness a bit more challenging, Ogilvie explains. “Every day was an interesting day. My favourite feature is the interior pin board design that flows up on the western side. When standing

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“We had a job to do and they had a school to run. We worked together to achieve the end product.”

outside looking in, the colours on ground-level match up with the second story. It is an amazing feature and tricks the eye into believing there is no floor between levels! It looks great but took a bit of effort!”

They had a great team on this build, according to Marshall. “With anywhere between five to 30 people onsite at any one time, our staff and their abilities are our strength. Medbury were great to deal with – it was a two-way street. We had a job to do and they had a school to run.

We worked together to achieve the end product.”

HRS is an owner operated company. The company gives supervisors full ownership of their projects and sites so they can respond quickly to the specific demands, changes or challenges. The work ethic of their team of qualified project and site managers, foremen, carpenters, apprentices, quantity surveyors and accounts staff, is very strong – they are reliable and make use of all daylight hours, (and night when necessary).

Being committed and confident in their roles as well as enthusiastic about building creates HRS’ culture of quality and safe performance.

“Our company has worked in Canterbury’s building industry for 25 years – we do the work physically but equally emotionally for us since the earthquakes we bring back communities and rebuild infrastructure. It is not just a commercial interest for us; we have a very personal interest in building in our city,” Marshall explains.

Medbury School recently celebrated its 90th year milestone. It was established by the Chennells family in 1923. Right from the beginning it was a family school, which grew from nine boys to 111 by the time the Chennells’ retired in 1955. Today it caters for 365 day boys and boarders.

“Our Boarding House is an integral part of our school life, and home to up to 43 boarders from around New Zealand and overseas. Living ‘on-site’ provides the opportunity for my family to become part of the Boarding House and help to create a home-away-from-home environment,” Medbury School headmaster Peter Kay says.

It has moved with the times, but the ideals, standards, values and traditions which characterised its foundation, remain an integral part of its education.

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FOR FEMALE BRICKLAYERS Switching from a retail career to bricklaying has proved to be a dream come true for Bonnie Fairbrother, who hopes to inspire other young women to follow her lead. She’s believed to be one of less than a handful of female bricklayers in the country. “I was always interested in construction but had been working in retail since leaving high school,” she says.

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felt that a career in retail just wasn’t for me, so when I had the opportunity to go for an apprenticeship I jumped at the chance.”

Being one of just three female bricklaying apprentices has proved no barrier for Fairbrother, who says that as long as you can demonstrate your capabilities, then you can do anything.

“I was lucky enough to know Simon Thelning and his sons Kurt and Travis before I started at S.A. Thelning Brick and Block. They welcomed me into the industry and I have learned so much from them as they have a huge amount of experience.”

Fairbrother says while her friends and family were taken aback at first when they heard about her career change, they now fully support her choice. “To be honest they were a bit shocked at first but now they can see that I am following my heart and they are very proud of me.

“It is a very physical job at times, which takes a bit of getting used to, but females can definitely do it and we can succeed in this industry.

If you just stick at it you’ll get there.”

Fairbrother believes that providing opportunities for females to explore construction career paths during high school would encourage more women to consider working in the building industry. “Bricklaying was never an option at high school as

“I want to prove that females in highly demanding jobs can succeed and be proud of their work and effort.”

it wasn’t something talked about in careers’ class. I was very interested in woodwork and it was my favourite subject so I knew from there I would eventually find myself in construction.

“Having more information and knowledge at high school would be a huge help. For someone like me who is a real outdoors person and loves working on a range of practical projects, construction is the perfect fit.”

Being surrounded by supportive colleagues who take the time to pass on their skills has been one of the highlights of Fairbrother’s apprenticeship so far.

“I was over the moon when I got offered the apprenticeship.

I am really enjoying every moment of it because I have a real passion for construction. Everyone is very willing to help, and my employer Simon Thelning has been extremely supportive so I am very grateful to have him around.

“I am really thankful to Simon for giving me the chance to take up bricklaying because he has provided me with an amazing opportunity to work in an industry that I love.”

Encouraging other women to consider a career in construction is a passion for Fairbrother, who believes in following your dreams and never giving up.

“I want to be the best that I can be and to be recognised within the trade. I also want to prove to people that females in highly demanding jobs can succeed and be proud of their work and effort.

“My advice to females considering a career in the trades is to just go for it. Never give up on your dreams, try your best and never let anyone tell you that you can’t do it.”

Fairbrother’s future goal is to operate her own brick and blocklaying company while being a role model to younger women in the construction industry.

“I hope that in the future there will be more women following us into this career path. I would love to be able to share my experiences with high school students and to show females how rewarding it can be to work in the construction industry.

“The range of projects I have worked so far is amazing, and each day you are gaining new skills in a really exciting and fast-growing industry which has plenty of job opportunities for women, including the chance to run your own business.”

“Never give up on your dreams, try your best and never let anyone tell you that you can’t do it.”

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Feature - Priority Projects - 246 High Street

When time, budgets and no surprises are priority

By Rhonda Mitchell

“Let me take that problem off your shoulders”. These are words we all dream of hearing but seldom do. Proof that dreams can translate to reality is found at Priority Projects, a Christchurch-based team of five project managers. Initiated by owner-operator Steve Brownie eight years ago, the company will take on a project at any stage and see it through to completion.

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t is clear that the construction industry is in Steve’s blood and it permeates his language. He describes Priority Projects being “built on four key pillars” which are: delivering on time, to budget, with no surprises, to a happy client.

Steve is justly proud of the company’s ability to deliver on time and on budget, which we all know is a rare and soughtafter beast in the construction industry.

Priority Projects is a “one stop shop” for clients with a construction project.

The company can come in at varying stages of a project. An architect or an engineer might already be involved, or an architect or engineer can be recommended and then engaged.

Sourcing consultants is done on a project by project basis. It’s a bespoke process involving finding the perfect fit, from the simple project to the very complicated. Priority Projects arranges the meetings, takes care of the pricing, manages the consenting process and ensures it is painless for the client.

Steve says the company is clientfocused and about getting results. He has no plans to enlarge the company, because the value lies in its niche role.

Clients receive the personal touch in every project and each of the five project managers know every job on the books.

Priority Projects generally works in Christchurch but will work outside of the city. It did the Ngai Tahu Franz Joseph Visitor and Guide Centre and work is now arriving from Kaikoura.

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“The business is built on four key pillars: delivering on time, to budget, with no surprises, to a happy client.”

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every 12 minutes, but of course building materials still needed to come on and off site. The large concrete tilt slab walls were of a maximum cartage size on roads. They had to be craned in at night after the trams had stopped running – from 7pm until 7am. donna was able to rent a small site next door, but with new buildings going up behind, beside and opposite at the same time, using shared space and infrastructure outside of the boundaries got interesting. donna had to work with those other sites but achieved it harmoniously through extensive communication, and (no surprise endings here!), Priority Projects delivered on budget and on time.

where the client arrives stressed, has been waiting a long time and trying to deal with complications all alone. She is immediately able to put realistic goals, timeframes, and pricing on a project, to the client’s relief.

From a $50 thousand to a $50 million project, donna says clients have the same expectations and for Priority Projects the size of the project becomes irrelevant. every project gains a seamless process and removes the worry from the client.

A central tenet on every job is relationship-building with the client, the consultants and the contractors. donna says Steve has done an amazing job with relationship building over the eight years and the result is happy clients, who want to work with them again plus refer them.

Steve and donna warn that this is not a role for the faint of heart. The great challenge of this job is the job itself. essentially, they are problem solving constantly; taking issues from clients’ by word-of-mouth referrals. while commercial projects are in their dNA, and promotionally they are in the commercial sector, Priority Projects can wear lots of different hats for different people. Housing and apartment projects find them and the company then decides whether they can add value to the build.

Steve has a passion for commercial building fit-outs because you get to see results quickly, they look great and are fun to do. He says that it is even more satisfying to take a building from ground to completion. donna Gillatt, project manager at Priority Projects, agrees. She adds it can be so rewarding to start a project

“Not a role for the faint of heart; they take issues from clients’ shoulders onto their own to reach successful resolution.”

shoulders onto their own to reach successful resolution, every time. donna proves her mettle discussing the new commercial build 146 High Street. The clients are property owners but not developers. At a later stage in life, they sought help when the earthquakes rendered the building uneconomic to repair. The original building had been an investment for them and Priority Projects felt keenly the responsibility of protecting and indeed enhancing the clients’ life savings.

Challenges came with the central city location. The building has a 10-metre frontage in the City mall, meaning it is “non-trafficable” and the tram comes by

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Feature - Apollo Projects - Sorted Logistics Building

FROM NINE SCATTERED SITES TO ONE A CHRISTCHURCH BUSINESS PARK SUCCESS STORY

By Allison O’Neill

Stage two of Sorted Logistics’ new home at Waterloo Business Park is nearly complete. The new purpose built space is a big change for Sorted Logistics, which previously had its various business arms spread around nine locations across Christchurch.

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esigned and built by Apollo Projects for developer Southpark Corporation, this location brings their warehousing, distribution and freight forwarding operations together.

Apollo is finalising design and consent documentation with private investors for Stage 3 and 4. Once complete, Apollo Projects will have constructed more than 22,000sqm warehousing space and 600sqm office and cafeteria space for Sorted Logistics. It is the same square footage as their previous spaces combined but they have built up.

Instead of a six-metre ceiling height, it is now 14 – a major volume increase for their business purposes.

Sorted Logistics began when Kris and Sarah Webster had to relocate

their manufacturing business, Sandford Industries, after their building was damaged in the earthquake. Their new warehouse in Treffers Road was much larger than they required, so using 12 years of experience in the transport industry (in NZ and the UK) Kris decided to use the surplus space as a warehouse facility. Then, in 2015, Sorted (and new business partner since 2014 Rewi Te Whatu) acquired logistics company WA Brown and merged it with their business to offer clients a full supply chain solution including transport.

The company now employs 50 staff (which will be 100 by the end of the year) who will all soon be on one site together. Sorted Logistics is a leading

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“Waterloo has set a new standard for business park infrastructure, with suitable land to allow us to build facilities like this.”

provider of ‘3PL’ – a military term for third-party logistics on a local and national level – offering a range of personalised services from bulk storage through to complicated pick and pack operations. Logistic services encompass anything that involves management of the way resources are moved to the areas where they are required.

“We are excited to be part of the Waterloo Business Park. It is centralised

– close to Lyttelton and Rolleston ports, the airport and town,” says Sorted Logistics director Kris Webster. “We found Apollo Projects great to work with.”

Bevan Hames, business development manager at Apollo Projects, explains the project: “The building has dual sided warehouse access for maximum loading capability including cantilevered canopies for all weather protection, a

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The apex is 14 metres high

13.5-metre stud, narrow-aisle racking and LED lighting. It also has posttensioned floor slabs, clear span portal frames, durable precast panels and architecturally designed administrative areas.”

All four stages will have cross docking linkages (fast dispatch – from inbound trucks straight to outbound as required) and independent operational capability; future proofing is vital in such a large investment.

“Waterloo has done a fantastic job setting a new standard for business park infrastructure, with so much suitable land available to allow us to build facilities like this, of such great scale,” Hames says.

“We have a great working relationship with Southpark Corporation. We have done other design and build projects at

Waterloo Business Park: the 7500sqm facility for Fliway, Santa Rosa’s chicken processing factory and Conroy Removals’ warehouse and office development to name a few,” he says.

In the next stage for Sorted Logistics flooring is the challenge – Apollo will be using special equipment to ensure the flooring is extremely flat to meet VNA (Very Narrow Aisle) specifications for material handling operations. Bunded flooring (to safely contain any spills of hazardous substances) is also a key feature.

Apollo Projects typically specialises in industrial processing design and construction, with a key focus on controlled environment infrastructure.

They understand what materials work best in certain temperature or hygiene related environments and

“The Apollo team are outstanding, they bring a deep understanding of how to take a project from concept to completion.”

design and construct everything from food processing, dairy, wineries and breweries, cold storage to commercial and warehouse. This controlled environment expertise even extends to the sports and aquatics sector, where they have been behind the redevelopment of the Scarborough Pool and the Norman Kirk Memorial Pool in Lyttelton. They are currently onsite building the new QEII Recreation

and Sports complex.

Lissa Birse, development manager for Waterloo Business Park, says, “The Apollo team are outstanding, they bring a lot of options to the table balancing the needs of landlord and tenant and most importantly a deep understanding of how to take a project from concept to completion”.

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