2021
Auckland
PROJECT
MC Centre
CLIENT
MC
Our team gets results:
Raji Rai – Project Director
Sam Turner - Project Manager
MC Centre
Top litigation firm MC’s brief for their new Auckland home was for staff to be assured they are operating out of the best work environment in Aotearoa. The new home for MC in Auckland is inspiring, set across two floors in the Manson’s 6 Green Star Building at 136 Fanshawe Street.
Occupying three zones across 5,500m², the hub of MC centres around some exciting concepts that promote collaboration and connection; a forest and terrarium, trees and neighbourhoods and a central atrium spanned by three bridges. Within the terrarium sits enclosed meeting rooms and standalone pods. Whakatā is expressed in a welcoming staff kitchen, café and lounge. MC are aiming for WELL certification, a first in New Zealand, with a targeted rating of Platinum.
Other unique features of this fitout are; a state-of-the-art AV system, all desks are wireless, sit to stand workstations, a full-size court room to train future lawyers, a 3MX5M big LED screen acting as messaging display, and original and commissioned art works from eight New Zealand artists.
TBIG’s scope of service included design management, value engineering, building consenting, main contractor procurement, programme management, reporting, and management of separate contractors for technology, AV, FF&E, planting and signage.
This project was complex, we worked with a large number of consultants from multiple disciplines plus we undertook many “firsts”, for example; seeking WELL certification, the development of the terrariums and our AV and IT requirements. Raji and Sam from TBIG were amazing. They managed all of the consultants with their competing demands, they kept everyone informed and made sure we all met our deadlines. They were over all the detail, and nothing was missed. We couldn’t recommend the TBIG team highly enough.
Kylie Mooney, Chief Operating Officer, MC
CURRENT - 2024
Tauranga
PROJECT
2 Devonport Road
CLIENT
2 Devonport Limited Partnership
THE TEAM
Paul Crum – Project Director / Advisor
Bevan Botha – Project Director / Delivery
Charles Brown – Engineer to Contract
Nicole Scott – Project Manager / Delivery
2 DEVONPORT ROAD
The 2 Devonport Road building will be impossible to beat as a prime CBD office location in Tauranga. With harbour views, basement carpark facilities and immediate access to recreational space, public transport and the vibrant cafés down The Strand and Wharf Street.
Demolition of the aging former Westpac Building at 2 Devonport Rd was completed in June 2022, making way for a new, iconic mixed-use commercial building. The new seven-storey building will consist of office, retail, and hospitality space, and will be aptly named after its anchor tenants as the Craigs Investment Partners House.
The privately funded development is widely regarded as one of the catalysts for the Tauranga CBD Blueprint, a collection of key projects totaling approximately $1.5 Billion in Private Sector investment planned in the Tauranga CBD over the next decade.
Our city is changing, and The Building Intelligence Group’s Tauranga team is at the coal face. We have been appointed as the developer’s project manager, managing all facets of the design, consent, procurement, construction, contract administration for the base build. We are delighted to play our part in a collaborative team of professionals that include TBIG, Crowther and Company Quantity Surveyors, Wingate Architects, Beca and CBC Construction.
The project is due to be completed in mid-2024. Photos courtesy of Wingate Architects.
2019
Auckland
PROJECT
ANZ Auckland Property Strategy - Sylvia Park
CLIENT
ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd
Our team gets results:
Brent Thomson – Business Manager Northern
Raji Rai – Project Director
ANZ AUCKLAND PROPERTY STRATEGY - SYLVIA PARK
ANZ Raranga at Sylvia Park Town Centre was central to ANZ’s Auckland Property strategy to amalgamate staff and operations into a centralised building. The 6,500m² multi-level campus style environment delivers connection, community and flexibility with the workplace conceived as a series of layers with a central hub on Level 7. It contains a multitude of touch down spaces, a central kitchen hub, green walls, training areas and workstations. Internal stairs between levels 7 and 8 double as an auditorium space.
The Building Intelligence Group led and managed the project life cycle including design management, value engineering, consents strategy, procurement strategy, construction management, programme and project management. Our team initiated the fast tracking of the programme and procurement items to ensure that ANZ could move into two floors in mid-May and the remaining floors were delivered, without interruption to ANZ staff’s new workplace.
2020
Christchurch
PROJECT
Spark Square
CLIENT
Spark New Zealand
Our team gets results:
Tess Browne – Project Director
Dave Mann – Strategic Advisor
Stephen Threadgall – Project Director / Canterbury & Upper South Island Lead
Spark Square
On a prominent corner of Cathedral Square in Christchurch, Spark New Zealand has brought 450 of its people together in an innovative new office with a central atrium.
As the primary tenant of a new five level mixed-use building, Spark occupies 5,000m² of office space over three floors with the design fulfilling Spark’s vision for quality accommodation with flexibility in design. This diamond in the Square has a NABERSNZ 4.5 star energy efficiency rating.
The Building Intelligence Group’s long history in working with Spark on national accommodation projects was a big factor in understanding Spark’s requirements. Our role started with accommodation sourcing support, advising on the Development Agreement and Base Building Performance Specifications, followed by managing the fitout integration into the base build.
2020
Auckland
PROJECT
Royal Commission Auckland Hearing Space
CLIENT
Royal Commission
Our team gets results:
Martin Hubbard – Project Director
Angus Bridge – Project Director, (Design & Consent)
royal commission auckland hearing space
Royal Commission required two levels of office space in Newmarket for the purpose of holding an Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions. It was a complete fitout to suit Government level standards, and to operate and function like a court room with various security zones. The second floor is a more traditional office space for up to 80 staff supporting the hearing process.
There was a strong vision to create inspiring, peaceful and immersive spaces, honouring the concept drivers of Toroa (Albatross) a symbol of personal journey, discovery and growth, seeking unity, peace and closure, I Harakeke (Flax.) A symbol of whānau, I Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation.
The project was serviced at a national level as a collaboration between our Wellington and Auckland offices, with the Royal Commission and the design team located in Wellington, and the construction taking place in Auckland. The completed, fully tested and operational space needed to meet the pre-scheduled Hearing dates and our team led the fast tracking of the programme to ensure a beautiful high-quality space was delivered in advance of the scheduled Hearing.
2016
Auckland
PROJECT
Z Energy Kotahitanga Workplace
CLIENT
Z Energy
Our team gets results:
Brent Thomson – Business Manager Northern
Z Energy
Kotahitanga Workplace
The overarching principles of Kotahitanga – togetherness and unity – were the project mantra, bringing Z Energy and Caltex employees together in one location.
The Great South Road office space joins its Wellington and Christchurch counterparts as quintessentially “Z” spaces, reinforcing what it means to work for Z; amplifying Z’s stands on Health and Safety, Diversity, Community and Sustainability and the value placed on teamwork, collaboration and contribution.
The workplace of 2,600m² delivers highly functional and dynamic spaces for over 90 employees and pushes the boundaries of ICT capabilities, being used as an ideation platform and workspace for future growth opportunities for Z Energy.
One of Z’s principles is Outside In – we know that good ideas can come from anywhere; in the case of the Kotahitanga programme, we engaged some highly qualified professionals to help us achieve our outcomes.
2019
Auckland
PROJECT
Chorus House Ground Floor
CLIENT
66 Wyndham Street Limited
chorus house - ground floor
66 wYNDHAM STREET, AUCKLAND
In 2019, Chorus House in Wyndham Street in the heart of the Auckland CBD, underwent an exciting transformation, making the building a destination. The upgrade to the ground level included a redesign of the lobby interior, lifts, bathroom facilities and the conversion of nine new tenancies. The building entrance was redesigned with new glazing, canopies and lighting.
Our team managed the redevelopment and tenancy fitout requirements, integrated with the base build design. Now 66 Wyndham Street offers an exciting mix of tenancies including retail spaces, cafes, artworks, seating areas and a vibrant lobby area.
2017
Wellington
PROJECT
NZ Post Waterloo Quay Ground Floor
CLIENT
NZ Post
Our team gets results:
Martin Hubbard – Project Director
NZ POST
WATERLOO QUAY GROUND FLOOR
NZ Post turned a former Post Box lobby into an exciting public space that won a 2016 New Zealand Architecture Award for Interior Architecture.
The ground floor of the formerly named NZ Post House at 7 Waterloo Quay in Wellington was transformed into an open hub which provides a mix of spaces for NZ Post customers and staff.
The open lobby unlocks a scarcely used ground floor to provide a large open zone that contains a consolidated reception, meeting room suites, Customer Experience Zone, Retail Service Centre, Box Lobby, and the new Kanteen café.
The Building Intelligence Group is continuing to work on the redevelopment of this building at 7 Waterloo Quay.
The project team took time at the outset to understand our business needs and appropriately resourced our programme to deliver on those needs.
Dennis Rodgers, Strategic Asset Manager, NZ Post Ltd.
