PROJECT

Scott Base Redevelopment

CLIENT

Antarctica New Zealand

Our team gets results

Ian Currie – Project Director / Southern Business Manager

Nigel Beck – Design Management Lead

Sam Turner – Engineer to Contract

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ANTARCTICA NEW ZEALAND

Scott Base is New Zealand’s home on the ice and the strategic hub for scientists from New Zealand and across the globe to carry out some of the most important research in the world.

The new Scott Base redevelopment has been conceptualised by Jasmax in partnership with London-based Hugh Broughton Architects. The design will foster connection between the people living there and the world-leading work they will be doing. There will be three buildings, the first wing for accommodation, the second for science and management, and the third for engineering and storage. Consisting of three interconnected buildings that can accommodate up to 100 people, the new base is modest, safe and fit-for-purpose.

Innovation, buildability, sustainability and asset management are the road map for the redevelopment and it’s exciting and humbling to be a part of the team which includes ourselves as Design Lead, Hough Broughton Architects, Jasmax, Rawlinsons and Leighs Construction.

IAN CURRIE - PROJECT DIRECTOR / SOUTHERN OPERATIONS MANAGER / the building intelligence group

PROJECT

The Living Pā

CLIENT

Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

Our team gets results:

Byron Roff – Project Director / Business Manager Central

Tom McLean – Senior Project Manager

Darcy Palmer – Project Manager

THE LIVING Pā

TE HERENGA WAKA - VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON

The Living Pā is a bold redevelopment to turn Te Herenga Waka Mare on Kelburn Parade at Victoria University of Wellington into one of the world’s most environmentally responsible hubs. 

Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington is seeking to build more than a building – the Living Pā is a purpose-built living lab, and will be an incubator for innovation, and a place for multiple communities and disciplines to come together to  discuss how we can build a more equitable, fair, and sustainable society.  

The Living Pā anticipates joining the list of the world’s most advanced, sustainable buildings and to be a flagship project that evidences what’s possible. The redevelopment proposes to meet the internationally recognised Living Building Challenge for sustainable development principles.

So much more than an environment sustainability story, the Living Building Challenge’s seven criteria challenge the project team to push industry norms for equity, health and happiness.  As Project Managers, TBIG is proud to work with a highly collaborative team; Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Tennent Brown Architects, LT McGuinness, Dunning Thornton Consultants, Rider Levett Bucknall, and 335 to bring this innovative project to life.  

 Render provided by Stantiall’s Studios Ltd 

PROJECT

Tane te Wairoa - NIWA Hamilton

CLIENT

National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research

Our team gets results

Mel Briasco – Project Director

Jacob Bray – Project Director

Charles Brown – Engineer to Contract

Mitchell Braun– Project Manager

Rebecca Featherstone – Project Manager

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NIWA HAMILTON

Tane te Waiora is an exciting home for NIWA to deliver its scientific operations in Hamilton in purpose-built future facing collaborative office and laboratory spaces that support 150 staff.

Located on the University of Waikato campus, the new NIWA Hamilton facility enhances the organisation’s capability to deliver world-class science in Hamilton. It is one of three core projects forming the NIWA Future Property Project strategy with a vision to create NIWA Science Workplaces of the Future – a suite of modern, welcoming, efficient, agile and fit-for-purpose buildings in Hamilton, Christchurch and Wellington that meet the needs of this high performing science organisation in contemporary and flexible facilities. All of the NIWA buildings will be designed to align with environmentally sustainable development standards.

NIWA’s Hamilton development comprises a new two level 4,500m2 building containing: Specialist laboratories and visitor facilities on the ground floor, collaborative modern flexible office accommodation on Level 1; 1,200m2 storage and workshop building; ancillary lab facilities and a storage building. The complexity of the laboratory facility was a key component of the development.

Our Wellington team led the master planning and strategy and design requirements before handing over into the sure hands of Waikato Lead Jacob Bray in Hamilton to lead the programme to through construction management delivery and stakeholder management.

As a significant research centre, Tane te Wairoa delivers on NIWA’s expectations for the Future Property Programme. 

PROJECT

Waimarie Science North

CLIENT

Lincoln University

Our team gets results

Stephen Threadgall – Project Director / Canterbury & Upper South Island Lead

Sam Turner – Project Manager

Rachel Pattison – Assistant Project Manager

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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

Lincoln University has always been a chief driver of innovation in the land-based sector, and the new Waimarie Science North facility positions Lincoln to take an even more prominent role in developing solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

Waimarie is a 9,450m² facility over three levels providing teaching and workspaces, meeting rooms and collaboration spaces. The research laboratories house physical containment facilities, molecular, microscopy and microbiology, invertebrate microbiology, insect pathology, field ecology and soil chemistry and research workshops, temperature control rooms and a fungal light bank room.

A strong focus has been placed on aligning the design with the sustainability goals of Lincoln University. The inclusion of PV panels to the north facing and east facing façades, in addition to the roof PV panels, reduces solar glare and increases comfort for building occupants. The ground source heat pump provides a sustainable heating and cooling solution. The building utilises a rainwater recycling system. The overall result of these and other items that have been incorporated in the design will result in a reduction in Whole of Life costs and a reduced carbon footprint for the Waimarie Science North Building over its lifetime.

PROJECT

Measurement Standards Laboratory

CLIENT

Callaghan Innovation

Our team gets results

Andrew McCalman – Project Director

measurement standards laboratory

CALLAGHAN INNOVATION

The Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand is the recipient of the first new purpose-built laboratory at Callaghan Innovation’s Gracefield site in 10 years and is the first part of a larger programme of work upgrading and future-proofing the Gracefield site.

The environmental conditions required by a globally recognised measurement standards laboratory are incredibly strict. Minute changes in environmental conditions can have a big impact on experimental results, so the design needed to consider building materials, equipment dependencies, air conditioning requirements, anti-static flooring, and much more. Stainless steel reinforcing bars have been used in a section of the concrete foundation slab to avoid affecting the superconducting magnet that will be located in that area. The wider project team conducted many design reviews using 3D modelling to manage the high density of the building services.

Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Research, Science and Innovation, Hon Dr Megan Woods, along with Callaghan Innovation Senior Leaders, enjoyed a preview of the new building in June 2020 before its official opening which took place in 2021.

The building represents a significant investment in the provision of national measurements standards and will enhance New Zealand’s reputation as providing trusted precise measurements.

FlEUR Francois / MSL Director