National Category Winner: Industrial Award
Project: Project Viking
Entrant
Calder Stewart Construction Limited
Project Partners
Calder Stewart Construction Limited (Construction Company), Beca (Engineer)
Owned by
Skellerup Industries Limited
Project Viking, Skellerup's new Dairy Rubberware Development and Manufacturing facility, was designed to optimise the company's production needs and integrate their design and product development functions. An incredible 182,000+ man-hours went into this five-stage project and the massive 18,900m2 building is functional, practical and sustainable, providing room for growth into the future.
National Category Winner: Industrial Award
Project: Project Solo
Entrant
Macrennie Commercial Construction Limited
Project Partners
Eclipse Architecture (Architect/Designer), Macrennie Commercial Construction Limited (Construction Company)
Owned by
Auckland International Airport Limited
Project Solo involved the construction of a new standalone facility for Fonterra Brands Limited, including a 14000 m2 of warehouse/ storage. The team met numerous challenges, including a very tight construction timeframe of less than 50 weeks, the integration of an extensive refrigeration installation and the construction of structure and external envelope through the winter months.
National Category Winner: Industrial Award
Project: Waipapa Farm
Entrant
Rural Building Solutions Limited
Project Partners
Chapman Dairy (Architect/Designer), Rural Building Solutions Limited (Construction Company), Holmes Consulting LP (Architect/Designer)
Owned by
Eyrewell Dairy Limited
Waipapa Farm Dairy is a design and build project for a farming business whose specific request was to create their “dream” milking facility. It needed to fit in with the property’s layout, the wider dairy conversion project and the newly imposed environmental regulations. The team worked collaboratively to complete the client’s vision, ensuring an aesthetically pleasing building that showed flair in its design while also maintaining the utmost practicality for a working farm.
National Category Winner: Industrial Award
Project: Mainfreight Air & Ocean
Entrant
Calder Stewart Construction Limited
Project Partners
Calder Stewart Construction Limited (Construction Company), Engenium (Engineer)
Owned by
Mainfreight
Mainfreight’s Air & Ocean facility brings together two previously separate businesses - sea freight and air freight. This building represents the operational side of the Air and Ocean business through specialised infrastructure and includes offices for continued business. This project breaks new ground for Mainfreight, being the first time they have combined the two functional divisions globally. They were not only constructing a building, but looking to establish a new business model.