Client: Placemakers

Construction Value: $8.6 M

Purpose built retail building for Placemakers Kaiwharawhara.  This Green Star 1,128m² retail showroom was built next to the existing store which is fully operational throughout the build. It was constructed in two stages over two years  from March 2018 – June 2020.

Stage 1 (Completed April 2019)

Scope of work:

• Show room
• Office space
• Mezzanine floor
• Kitchen and bathrooms
• Car-parking area
• New fencing and slide gate at the main entrance
• New fencing along railway line
• New signage
• New café cart area
• Lots of natural lighting with the use of sky lights and low energy LED lights
• Denka Floor slab
• Precast panels
• Polished concrete floors
• Hardscaping

Stage 2 (completed June 2020)

Demolition of the exiting trade and customer service centre and the timber yard. The new structure (2151m²) was connected to the new retail store giving it a new overall footprint of 5504m² plus the landscaping yard.

A 20,000L water tank that captures all the run off water off the roof and is used for toilets, urinals and all hoses to water the garden centre

Special Info / Challenges:

The old Placemakers store remained fully operational throughout construction.

Placemakers is a Green Star Building:

A green building is one that is designed, built and operated in ways that reduce or remove any negative impact on the environment and the people using it.

Green buildings make more efficient use of resources such as energy and water, and provide healthier environments for people to live and work in. Green building practices can also reduce construction and operation costs.