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Written by Steven Young
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012 |
Project Name |
Mudgways |
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Project
address |
17 Raroa Road cnr Cornwall Street |
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Client name |
George Mudgway/Genaker Holdings |
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Contractor |
Geoff Carr Builders Ltd |
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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 |
Two-storey office block |
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Type |
Concrete frame |
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Size |
400 sq metres |
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Value |
$1.5M |
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Date/ |
1987 |
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Construction period |
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Design
features |
Curtain wall, hanging garden over carpark |
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Special
features |
Glazed stair tower. |
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Special
requirements |
At th height of the property boom, buildings needed to have special |
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features to attract tenants. |
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What we
learned |
There is considerable solar gain from curtain walls. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 14 March 2012 )
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