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Written by Steven Young
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Friday, 27 January 2012 |

Project Name |
Fliway |
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Project
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12 Newlands Road |
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Wellington |
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Client name |
Pharazyn Trust |
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Contractor |
McKee Fehl Constructors |
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Design |
Steven Young & Associates Ltd |
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Engineer |
Steven Young & Associates Ltd |
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Consultants |
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Our role |
Principal Consultant |
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Description
of project |
Office/Warehouse for specialised computer transport company. |
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Type |
Portal frames |
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Size |
2000 sq m |
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Value |
$2.5M |
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Date/ |
2002 |
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Construction period |
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Design
features |
High stud, long spans. |
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Designing a dock for two-way transfer between large and small trucks. |
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Special
features |
Smoking deck for staff. |
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Wind lobby to entrance. |
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Management |
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Special
requirements |
Built partly on rock, partly on compactded fill. |
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Our special
input |
Design of specialised building for future verstility. |
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What we
learned |
Storage and distribution for rival suppliers affects fire design
assumptions. |
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Air-conditioning should be specified at
the beginning. |
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What would
we improve |
Placement of air-conditioning units - better on a butynol roof. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 March 2012 )
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