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September 2016 Business South
BUILDING » Henderson Construction
A graphical image of the new Waikiwi Tavern complex currently being built by Henderson Construction. A feature of the new building’s contemporary design is exposed steel portals in the interior and an eight metre diameter rotunda on the north-west street corner.
Southland company leaving its mark Russell Fredric Since 1970, Henderson Construction has gained a reputation as one of Southland’s most prominent and respected construction companies. Started by the late Murray Henderson and originally based at Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, the company has been operating from Invercargill since 1992, making its mark on the landscape of the city, Southland and in areas further afield such as Queenstown. Although the company specialises in tender and commercial work, it has both the capability and the capacity to take on residential work as well, including design and build. Among its commercial work, Henderson
Construction has completed several key projects for the Invercargill Licensing Trust (ILT), including the Northern Tavern refurbishment which won a New Zealand Commercial Project Awards silver award in 2013. The company is presently building a new 1100sqm premises for the ILT on a new site to replace the Waikiwi Tavern. Henderson Construction managing director Brent Henderson says the project, started last November, is progressing well with the internal fit-out presently under-way. “We won the tender last year to build the new Waikiwi Tavern. In the past we have built the new Thar and Feather in South Invercargill and the Northern Tavern as well. “This is the third tavern we’ve built,” Brent Henderson says.
“We won the tender last year to build the new Waikiwi Tavern. In the past we have built the new Thar and Feather in South Invercargill and the Northern Tavern as well. This is the third tavern we’ve built.” Progress on construction of the building’s foundation and main structure has been helped by generally favourable conditions, particularly during summer and autumn. One of the challenges of the project was the size of the foundation, requiring 277 cubic metres of concrete, and the timing of the pour on December 21. “It was poured at night-time. We started
at eleven o’clock at night and had it in by six o’clock the next morning. It was a very tight time frame.” The logistics of the pour included having sufficient cement delivered to Invercargill as it was more than normally held in stock by local suppliers, as well as sufficient concrete pumps, concrete placers and weather “ordered”.
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