The journey

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Structus has projects throughout New Zealand, we are working on projects throughout the North and South Islands.   In the online digital age that we live and work in, we can all work online from anywhere, as our recent experiences in lock down have confirmed.

However, there are still times when we should attend, interact, and see things in person.  Of course, we get excited about going to site and seeing our ideas and solutions being built after the design process.  In addition to our Construction monitoring and design phase site visits, we try as a team to visit sites several times a year, which are great learning and team experiences.

Sometimes the journey getting to site is the highlight.  This shot of Rotorua lakes was taken by one of our team members as they flew into Rotorua for a site visit.  Not bad office views!

Eden View

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The Structus team visited one of our projects last week for a site visit and some hard-earned time out of the office.  It is great to visit as a team to see the design and solutions, worked on tirelessly by our Engineers and Drafters, being built.

The Eden View project has seen construction completion of some challenging retaining, substructures and ground floor slabs, plus working around Covid-19 requirements.  Now there is a real buzz as the superstructure springs to life.

It is exciting to see two big tower cranes now on site (crane bases designed by Structus) and the steelwork erection proceeding at pace and even some of the brick embossed precast cladding panels starting to take shape.  The structure generally comprises precast double tee flooring on steel sway frames and steel concentrically braced frames (CBF’s), supported on concrete bored piles.

Great progress is being made with Ganellen running the site well and a smart project team involved.

Northland District Health Board, Whangarei Hospital

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The NDHB Whangarei Theatre Expansion project is under Construction.

Situated in Whangarei Hospital, the new building is a 2 storey building, including new operating theatres, that is being built adjacent to the existing theatres.  It is testament to the great team that this project was able to progress while we are in varying levels of lockdown. Structus are providing full structural design and documentation of this project, as well as construction phase services.

Timberly Road Development

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The Timberly Road Development project is under Construction!

Situated in Westney Industrial Park, Auckland this project consists of a 4,700m2 warehouse with associated 2 storey offices and carpark.

Structus are providing full structural design and documentation of this project, as well as construction phase services.

Islands Units Development

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The Island Units Development project is under Construction!
Situated in the Highbrook Estate, this architectural project consists of several warehouses comprising a total of 7 no. tenancies with a total floor area of 4,500sqm, and with 3 no. 2 storey offices and 5 no. single storey offices.
Structus are providing full structural design and documentation of this project, as well as construction phase services.

Structus

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Structus – the meaning behind the name.

The word Structus originated in the 15th century and literally means “a fitting together, adjustment, building”.

This definition is behind our daily work and supports the vision for our team. Some of our values that fit within this definition are:
• Working together with our Clients, and being focused on understanding our Client’s requirements
• Seeking innovation in delivery, design and technologies
• Delivering industry best structural and civil engineering solutions, reliably and with integrity
• Seeking solutions and where needed these are adjusted to suit the requirements of others
• Building solid, long last relationships with our Clients
• Our internal team bond is equally important, with our staff ‘fitting together’ to be an effective team
• Together, building a strong and successful future for our Clients and our team

Round the Bays 2020

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Round the Bays 2020

We had a great day on Sunday with several of the team competing in the Ports of Auckland Round the Bays run.

The annual event is New Zealand largest fun run with over 29,000 participants.  We had staff in the Runners and Joggers section competing in the 8.4km run.

Afterwards the team celebrated their success with an enjoyable picnic by the beach with partners and family also attending.

 

Hauraki School

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Hauraki School

Progress is well underway at Hauraki School.

Stage 1 of the Masterplan is a two-storey, 10 classroom block creating additional teaching space at the school in conjunction with other ancillary buildings and facilities designed by Structus.  Using their drone C3 Construction got some great shots of the superstructure being erected.

Eden View Apartments

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Construction is well underway at Eden View apartments in Mt Eden and progressing nicely.  The structure generally comprises precast double tee flooring on steel sway frames and steel concentrically braced frames (CBF’s), supported on concrete bored piles.  There is some significant tiered retaining to the rear of the site.

Site Visits

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Over the last couple of weeks, some of the team have taken the opportunity to visit a couple of our sites that are well through Construction phase.  This is a great opportunity for some of our engineers and drafters to see the works in progress that members of the project team have been working on.

Not only are these visits a fun team activity out of the office but they are also a great learning experience for everyone not involved in the project on site.  Being out of the office and seeing the months of design transformed into structure is very rewarding and informative.

We visited an example of our Aged Care work (Aria Bay) and two commercial Warehouse and Office space projects (El Kobar and Underwood 2500).