2017
Wellington
PROJECT
Majestic Centre seismic strengthening
CLIENT
Kiwi Property Group
Our team gets results:
Martin Hubbard – Project Director
Ian Macaskill – Managing Director
Jeremy Wilson – Project Director
Majestic Centre
The Majestic Centre, a 32 storey A grade office tower in Wellington, was one of the largest and most complex seismic strengthening programmes ever undertaken in New Zealand.
Tackling the seismic upgrade over 4.5 years in a fully occupied building presented a highly challenging proposition for the project team. Impacting virtually every major structural element of the building, the work equated to a rebuild of the building from the inside out.
The engineering design and construction solutions included elements that were a world first, producing a knowledge base which will be of benefit to other building owners and clients.
This successful project was a finalist in the NZ Property Council Awards.
The Building Intelligence Group skillfully weaved the complex requirements together and led the project team to develop strategies and working methodologies that allowed the successful completion of the project.
Greg Tolley, Development Manager for Kiwi Property Group
2011
Wellington
PROJECT
Old High Court restoration
CLIENT
Ministry of Justice
Our team gets results:
Ian Macaskill – Project Director / Managing Director
Old High Court restoration
The Old High Court is one of New Zealand’s most important public buildings. Strengthening, restoring and base isolating this Category I heritage building concurrently with the new build of the adjacent Supreme Court, was one of Wellington’s most unique and challenging projects.
As Project Managers, The Building Intelligence Group established and led the optimal team to deliver this landmark project.
A project of this magnitude demanded continuously balancing the functional requirements, integrity of the architecture, heritage values, cost and timeframes to ensure no element was compromised by another.
Receiving many accolades, this successful project was a multiple-award winner.
2015
Wellington
PROJECT
Hall of Memories
CLIENT
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Our team gets results:
Andrew McCalman – Project Director
Hall of Memories
After the Christchurch earthquakes, the need to seismically upgrade the Category 1 Heritage listed Hall of Memories in Wellington became a priority. This iconic building serves as the commemorative chapel of the National War Memorial.
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage set a very clear objective, the work should be imperceptible and needed to be ready for the Anzac Day Centenary Celebrations in 2015.
Our knowledge of heritage and seismic projects was invaluable, and The Building Intelligence Group led a specialist team to carry out the seismic strengthening and rehabilitation works.
Looking at a photograph of the Hall of Memories before and after the restoration, you likely wouldn’t be able to tell much difference – which was the objective.
2013
Christchurch
PROJECT
Ibis Hotel Seismic Remediation
CLIENT
Accor Group
Our team gets results:
Brent Thomson – Business Manager Northern
Ibis Hotel
The February 2011 earthquake closed the Ibis and Novotel Hotels located in the Red Zone. The Building Intelligence Group was engaged to manage the seismic remediation of two hotels concurrently.
Delivering projects in the Red Zone was highly demanding and presented a range of unique project risks, consenting and access strategies and sequencing of works to find the best solutions to lead a scope of works that was unchartered territory in New Zealand.
The Ibis was the first hotel to reopen in the Red Zone, a hugely positive step for Christchurch. The reinstatement of the Novotel hotel soon followed.
It really brought home to me the absolute advantage of using a project management company that is independent.
Tim Dearsley, (Former) General Manager, Host Hotels
