METLIFECARE GULF RISE – PRECINCT 2 CARE BUILDING The Gulf Rise Precinct 2 development includes a three-level engineered timber Care Building, which incorporates prefabricated bathroom pods, cross-laminated timber (CLT) walls and floors, prefabricated external walls from Symonite and a prefabricated light timber frame roof cassette [...]
METLIFECARE FAIRWAY GARDENS CARE BUILDING
Janelle Imeson2023-11-18T12:18:22+13:00Metlifecare Fairway Gardens Care Building The three-storey building is located next to the future planned apartment blocks D4 and D5 and on the corner of Botany Road/Cascades Road. The building is a mirrored Z shape structure with two wings located at the north and south [...]
HUTT VALLEY HEALTH HUB
Janelle Imeson2023-11-18T12:20:20+13:00HUTT VALLEY HEALTH HUB Enovate provided the structural peer review for this project. The structure was designed for high important level (IL4) as a potential post-disaster facility and incorporated a predominately mass timber superstructure. The timber superstructure consisted of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) long-span panelised [...]
METLIFECARE – GULF RISE
Janelle Imeson2023-11-18T13:23:52+13:00METLIFECARE GULF RISE A new retirement village with multiple 4-5 storey buildings over a large basement/podium. A number of structural materials and solutions were tested to ensure a cost-effective structural solution was adopted. Post-Tensioned floor systems were chosen with precast shear walls and shallow foundations. Highly co-ordinated structural [...]
METLIFECARE FAIRWAY GARDENS
Janelle Imeson2023-11-18T13:24:41+13:00METLIFECARE FAIRWAY GARDENS A new retirement village with multiple three storey buildings including apartment, amenity and care facilities. The amenity building is to be constructed over an in-ground basement requiring considerable early co-ordination for vertical load bearing structure to avoid costly transfer structures. A cost-effective solution [...]