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Daniell Street 25 units multi-residential development, Wellington |
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Written by Steven Young
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Friday, 27 January 2012 |
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| Project Name |
Newtown Gardens |
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| Project
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23-25 Daniell Street |
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Newtown, Wellington |
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| Client name |
Sing Wei Developments Ltd |
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| Contractor |
Tanglo/710 Trading & Construction/Sing Wei Developments |
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| Original
Architect |
Roger Walker |
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| Engineer |
AC Consulting |
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| Consultants |
Invent Solutions |
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| Our role |
Principal consultant: Architecture engineering and project manager |
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| Description
of project |
25 unit high density residential plus redevelopment of exist villa |
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Type |
Multi-unit residential |
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Size |
2,600 sqm |
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Value |
$10M |
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Date/ |
2008-2009; 2010-2012 |
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Construction period |
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| Design
features |
5 blocks with semi-underground access road. |
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Three unit residential: two accommodation levels over carparks |
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| Special
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High-density: Resoure consent granted prior Plan Change 76 |
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Timber framed, cavity construction |
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| Management |
Ownership transferred overseas during construction |
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| Special
requirements |
Intensive inspection regime by WCC due to discontinuity of work. |
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| Our special
input |
Mediating local requirements with Chinese management |
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| What we
learned |
Differences in business cultures have significant effect on efficiency. |
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| What would
we improve |
Documentation of sub-contracts. |
  
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 March 2012 )
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