He Puna Waiora

Construction of a new stand-alone Mental Health Unit on a greenfield site adjoining the North Shore Hospital Renal Building and neighboring Carmel College. The building was spread over 3 levels and approximately 4000m2 and contains 45 Bedrooms with ensuites; offices; judges room; circulation; lounge and dining areas; secure courtyards; an isolation ward, and associated site works. The project delivered multiple lounge and relaxation areas; interview and meeting room spaces; a variety of outdoor spaces; bed use flexibility and spaces specifically designed for culturally appropriate activities such as welcoming and support.

The project was delayed during the excavation phases through poor ground conditions being encountered but completed on the original completion date to the overall satisfaction of the project team.The construction phase was delivered with minimal disruption to business-as-usual activities for the adjacent main hospital.

There were several challenges with the construction including traffic management to ensure construction traffic had no impact on our adjoining neighbours, connections to the Hospitals services needed to be undertaken ensuring non interruption of their supply and a very demanding services coordination within the Acute Mental Health Building with all services being fed from the roof space. 

With a large amount of services running in the roof space careful and thorough coordination was carried out by our services coordinator using Revet Modelling to ensure that all services and structural clashes were addressed and considered at the time of the shop drawing phase so as to avoid clashes during construction.

This project won a Silver Award at 2017 New Zealand Commercial Project Awards