Highlighted Projects
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Pacifica Tower, Auckland CBD
The Pacifica Tower is a 57-storey high-rise development containing 282 apartments and approximately 35 hotel units with valet parking. Once completed, it will be the highest residential tower in NZ. The tower is founded on bored concrete piles, on top of which the Superstructure is constructed as a reinforced concrete core and blade walls with outrigger walls throughout the tower. The floors are built of post-tensioned slabs. A tuned mass damper will be located on the structure's roof to negate wind sway. The project is delivered using Jump Form, which enables one complete floor slab and vertical core level rise in 8-day cycles. The construction site is exceptionally narrow and in Auckland CBD, where parking and material storage space is scarce. To overcome this, heavy-duty on-site turntables for deliveries have been designed and installed on-site
The engagement was limited to project management of structural works, initial project setup, and establishing systems, procedures, and resources for the whole project in front of Dominion Constructors—led team of 12 staff and 56 labourers. A special emphasis of this project role was to manage the supply and installation of all reo, concrete and structural steelwork from the foundation to the 11th floor. Heavily engaged in temporary works design and forward planning of activities with subcontractors and material suppliers.
Kauri Flats School, Takanini, Auckland
Project Management and Design Management of greenfield 4ha land development and challenging Design and Build educational project. Leading the team of 8 staff to construct nine large pavilions over unstable peaty grounds.
Monitoring and reporting on project cash flows and construction status monthly and managing shareholder relationships (Ministry of Education, School Board, Council, etc.). Responsible for project programming, cost control, quality control, procurement, contract administration, supervision, general site administration, and subcontractors' activities.
Qatar National Museum, Doha, Qatar
The New Qatar National Museum is a unique building structure comprised of interlocked steel discs shrouded into concrete panels over the secondary steel structure. it is one of the most daring projects ever attempted. Construction cost was estimated at 2 Billion dollars.
This project's scope was design and construction management, overseeing the detailed development, fabrication, and installation of secondary structural steel, which supported FRC façade cladding over this ultra-complex 3D steel structure. The main challenge was to design a structure that could provide 30mm of movement in 3 degrees of freedom while being locked in place through a 20 mm gap between panels. The project was delivered with Hyundai as the main contractor and Arup as a designer.