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Victoria University Wellington – Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Our long-standing relationship with Victoria University began in 2014. One of our Associate Directors continued this collaboration when he started working on the Faculty of Architecture & Design Innovation project at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington while employed by another company. Later, VUE contacted TSA Riley to close out the project, which involved planning and contract administration of the final stage. As part of the strengthening works, the Ground Floor was fully refurbished with the creation of a new administrative office, a new library, a new building entrance, and refurbished lecture theatres, with all new plant and services. The project was completed in 2020.
The building covers over 3,200 sqm across four floors, including a basement level. The building was essentially cut in two when a central atrium was built in the early 1990s. Unbeknownst at the time, this, in part, created some of the seismic issues within the building. Beca was engaged to design a strengthening solution to bring the building up to 80% NBS or more. The design solution encompassed stiffening the basement by installing new shear walls and tie-beam foundations, making the ground floor more flexible (weakening and supporting all the columns with FRP wrap), and bracing the upper floors to allow for movement to occur on the Ground Floor.
TSA Riley was involved in the procurement of the consultants and ECI builder and planned the delivery to be undertaken in stages across three years. The prolonged delivery was due to the occupied building throughout the year, with limited periods for noisy work over the trimester three period between mid-November and mid-February. The first five stages were delivered to the original programme, with the final stages six and seven out of sequence due to funding constraints and a need to give the building users a break from all the construction disruption.
Vogel Campus
The Vogel Building was an architectural icon, built to house the Ministry of Works in 1966. However, after 45 years it needed a major refurbishment. Providing full project management services, TSA Riley played a crucial role in the redevelopment of the Justice Centre (formerly known as Vogel Centre).
This significant project, achieving a 4 Green Star NZ – Office Design V1 rating, houses key Government tenants on a 4,464sqm site and provides 34,374sqm of office accommodation together with ground floor retail, storage areas and basement car parking. Developed in two stages (the new podium building and then the tower) the original Vogel Building was stripped back to a concrete ‘shell’ and re-clad with a new façade, underwent the installation of a new HVAC system, upgrade of the lifts together with complete refurbishment of the tenancy areas and toilet facilities. A series of link bridges across the Atrium provided workflow access between the new build and the existing refurbished tower. Adding a new façade enabled the tower floors to be extended from 801sqm to 1,022sqm which added to the overall efficiency.
Capital Properties (a subsidiary of AMP Capital Property Portfolio), also the owner of the two adjacent development sites, saw the opportunity to look at this project holistically. The result was an innovative design concept that provided two buildings on adjacent streets (Mulgrave Street and Kate Sheppard Place) that embraced the existing Vogel House and brought it into a single development with a large atrium space between the new and existing buildings. The atrium addition provides tenants with good natural light (in all weather) and a great space for socialising.
Te Taiao Nature Refurbishment
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand is the country’s largest museum. Te Papa (‘the treasure box’) opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. Located near Wellington’s waterfront, an average of more than 1.5 million people visit every year, making it the most visited museum in Australia and New Zealand.
The existing nature exhibitions that had been in place since the museum opened in 1998 were replaced with an exciting new nature and environment zone. To assist with updating the exhibits, TSA Riley was engaged to project manage the demolition of the previous exhibition space and installation of a new fitout to accommodate the new displays. The exhibition was installed by a specialist team post-contract.
TSA Riley was engaged after the design and contractor procurement process were complete to fulfil the role of Engineer to Contract as well as to administer the fitout contract.
Beehive Executive Wing
The Beehive is the iconic home for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament. As a result, it is popular tourist destination and with growing visitor numbers, it became increasingly important to have appropriate access and security measures. For this reason, a reconfiguration of the entrance foyer was required, which included seismic upgrades to accommodate the changes. The challenge was to promote an open, welcoming environment for visitors by creating a sense of arrival and excitement while upgrading the existing security system to the necessary standards. TSA Riley delivered an enticing space that efficiently manages high volumes of people within the strict economic guidelines.
The success of the project was founded throughout the project life cycle by prompt decision-making and effective communication, which resulted in a project that was delivered on time and provided economic value. The project also achieved a Gold Award in the Civic category at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards 2018.
Victoria University of Wellington Seismic Refurbishment
1: Seismic Remediation Projects
TSA Riley were originally engaged by Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington in 2018 to complete their deferred maintenance programme across a wide range of buildings on and off their campus, including the required seismic refurbishment and upgrade works.
As part of the programme of works, TSA Riley has led several seismic refurbishment projects from investigation (via Detailed Seismic Assessments), through design (incl. peer review) & consenting, contractor procurement, and construction administration.
TSA Riley’s role has included Engineer to the Contract duties, along with stakeholder management, and facilitating the DSA and peer review process, through to design completion, contractor procurement and construction administration.
Due to the University’s operational requirements, TSA Riley worked through the programme constraints with contractors typically via ECI engagement to assist in meeting the condensed timeframes, generally over the trimester three period of
November – February.
A brief example of works include:
- Building One: seismic remediation and upgrades of precast stair slotted hole lengths to accommodate the inter-storey drift.
- Building Two: seismic upgrades for sliding connection detail between two buildings connected via link bridge structure.
- Building Three: seismic remediation of Heritage listed building, from project inception to completion of design, including building consent application. Design intent consisted of the excavation and installation of two large
concrete anchors below the existing courtyard and carpark, the installation of four new concrete beams below ground tying the ground anchors into the existing structure, and the installation of three new concrete ground
beams beneath the buildings West wing and pour of the new concrete shear wall to the interiors of the main entrance stair at basement level.
TSA Riley has also overseen conceptual strengthening design solutions for several other buildings within the accommodation portfolio. The briefing challenge is to mitigate the design’s impact on the building’s internal configuration. We understand bed numbers drive revenue, and the physical enjoyment of the facilities drives the rates. As such, any bracings and shear walls were strategically positioned and the number of them minimised. External solutions, while not as visually pleasing, were a logical solution in this case.
2: Building Refurbishments
TSA Riley were originally engaged by Victoria University of Wellington in 2018 to complete their deferred maintenance programme across a wide range of buildings on and off their campus, ranging from residential dwellings (55), to high-rise accommodation properties with capacities of 80-300+ beds.
The works largely consist of refurbishing tired and worn interior spaces, with a real focus on improving the student experience with wellbeing being a key motivation – spaces needed to feel homely and welcoming in order to promote togetherness.
As part of the programme of works, TSA Riley led these projects from feasibility, stakeholder management, through design development & consenting, contractor procurement, and construction administration, and provided Engineer to the Contract duties.
Due to the University’s operational requirements, TSA Riley worked through the condensed programme timeframes, generally over the Trimester three period of November – February, to ensure facilities were operational for student occupation from day one of Orientation Week.
Victoria University Wellington – Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Our long-standing relationship with Victoria University began in 2014. One of our Associate Directors continued this collaboration when he started working on the Faculty of Architecture & Design Innovation project at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington while employed by another company. Later, VUE contacted TSA Riley to close out the project, which involved planning and contract administration of the final stage. As part of the strengthening works, the Ground Floor was fully refurbished with the creation of a new administrative office, a new library, a new building entrance, and refurbished lecture theatres, with all new plant and services. The project was completed in 2020.
The building covers over 3,200 sqm across four floors, including a basement level. The building was essentially cut in two when a central atrium was built in the early 1990s. Unbeknownst at the time, this, in part, created some of the seismic issues within the building. Beca was engaged to design a strengthening solution to bring the building up to 80% NBS or more. The design solution encompassed stiffening the basement by installing new shear walls and tie-beam foundations, making the ground floor more flexible (weakening and supporting all the columns with FRP wrap), and bracing the upper floors to allow for movement to occur on the Ground Floor.
TSA Riley was involved in the procurement of the consultants and ECI builder and planned the delivery to be undertaken in stages across three years. The prolonged delivery was due to the occupied building throughout the year, with limited periods for noisy work over the trimester three period between mid-November and mid-February. The first five stages were delivered to the original programme, with the final stages six and seven out of sequence due to funding constraints and a need to give the building users a break from all the construction disruption.
Vogel Campus
The Vogel Building was an architectural icon, built to house the Ministry of Works in 1966. However, after 45 years it needed a major refurbishment. Providing full project management services, TSA Riley played a crucial role in the redevelopment of the Justice Centre (formerly known as Vogel Centre).
This significant project, achieving a 4 Green Star NZ – Office Design V1 rating, houses key Government tenants on a 4,464sqm site and provides 34,374sqm of office accommodation together with ground floor retail, storage areas and basement car parking. Developed in two stages (the new podium building and then the tower) the original Vogel Building was stripped back to a concrete ‘shell’ and re-clad with a new façade, underwent the installation of a new HVAC system, upgrade of the lifts together with complete refurbishment of the tenancy areas and toilet facilities. A series of link bridges across the Atrium provided workflow access between the new build and the existing refurbished tower. Adding a new façade enabled the tower floors to be extended from 801sqm to 1,022sqm which added to the overall efficiency.
Capital Properties (a subsidiary of AMP Capital Property Portfolio), also the owner of the two adjacent development sites, saw the opportunity to look at this project holistically. The result was an innovative design concept that provided two buildings on adjacent streets (Mulgrave Street and Kate Sheppard Place) that embraced the existing Vogel House and brought it into a single development with a large atrium space between the new and existing buildings. The atrium addition provides tenants with good natural light (in all weather) and a great space for socialising.
Te Taiao Nature Refurbishment
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand is the country’s largest museum. Te Papa (‘the treasure box’) opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. Located near Wellington’s waterfront, an average of more than 1.5 million people visit every year, making it the most visited museum in Australia and New Zealand.
The existing nature exhibitions that had been in place since the museum opened in 1998 were replaced with an exciting new nature and environment zone. To assist with updating the exhibits, TSA Riley was engaged to project manage the demolition of the previous exhibition space and installation of a new fitout to accommodate the new displays. The exhibition was installed by a specialist team post-contract.
TSA Riley was engaged after the design and contractor procurement process were complete to fulfil the role of Engineer to Contract as well as to administer the fitout contract.
Beehive Executive Wing
The Beehive is the iconic home for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament. As a result, it is popular tourist destination and with growing visitor numbers, it became increasingly important to have appropriate access and security measures. For this reason, a reconfiguration of the entrance foyer was required, which included seismic upgrades to accommodate the changes. The challenge was to promote an open, welcoming environment for visitors by creating a sense of arrival and excitement while upgrading the existing security system to the necessary standards. TSA Riley delivered an enticing space that efficiently manages high volumes of people within the strict economic guidelines.
The success of the project was founded throughout the project life cycle by prompt decision-making and effective communication, which resulted in a project that was delivered on time and provided economic value. The project also achieved a Gold Award in the Civic category at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards 2018.
Victoria University of Wellington Seismic Refurbishment
1: Seismic Remediation Projects
TSA Riley were originally engaged by Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington in 2018 to complete their deferred maintenance programme across a wide range of buildings on and off their campus, including the required seismic refurbishment and upgrade works.
As part of the programme of works, TSA Riley has led several seismic refurbishment projects from investigation (via Detailed Seismic Assessments), through design (incl. peer review) & consenting, contractor procurement, and construction administration.
TSA Riley’s role has included Engineer to the Contract duties, along with stakeholder management, and facilitating the DSA and peer review process, through to design completion, contractor procurement and construction administration.
Due to the University’s operational requirements, TSA Riley worked through the programme constraints with contractors typically via ECI engagement to assist in meeting the condensed timeframes, generally over the trimester three period of
November – February.
A brief example of works include:
- Building One: seismic remediation and upgrades of precast stair slotted hole lengths to accommodate the inter-storey drift.
- Building Two: seismic upgrades for sliding connection detail between two buildings connected via link bridge structure.
- Building Three: seismic remediation of Heritage listed building, from project inception to completion of design, including building consent application. Design intent consisted of the excavation and installation of two large
concrete anchors below the existing courtyard and carpark, the installation of four new concrete beams below ground tying the ground anchors into the existing structure, and the installation of three new concrete ground
beams beneath the buildings West wing and pour of the new concrete shear wall to the interiors of the main entrance stair at basement level.
TSA Riley has also overseen conceptual strengthening design solutions for several other buildings within the accommodation portfolio. The briefing challenge is to mitigate the design’s impact on the building’s internal configuration. We understand bed numbers drive revenue, and the physical enjoyment of the facilities drives the rates. As such, any bracings and shear walls were strategically positioned and the number of them minimised. External solutions, while not as visually pleasing, were a logical solution in this case.
2: Building Refurbishments
TSA Riley were originally engaged by Victoria University of Wellington in 2018 to complete their deferred maintenance programme across a wide range of buildings on and off their campus, ranging from residential dwellings (55), to high-rise accommodation properties with capacities of 80-300+ beds.
The works largely consist of refurbishing tired and worn interior spaces, with a real focus on improving the student experience with wellbeing being a key motivation – spaces needed to feel homely and welcoming in order to promote togetherness.
As part of the programme of works, TSA Riley led these projects from feasibility, stakeholder management, through design development & consenting, contractor procurement, and construction administration, and provided Engineer to the Contract duties.
Due to the University’s operational requirements, TSA Riley worked through the condensed programme timeframes, generally over the Trimester three period of November – February, to ensure facilities were operational for student occupation from day one of Orientation Week.
Victoria University Wellington – Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation
Our long-standing relationship with Victoria University began in 2014. One of our Associate Directors continued this collaboration when he started working on the Faculty of Architecture & Design Innovation project at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington while employed by another company. Later, VUE contacted TSA Riley to close out the project, which involved planning and contract administration of the final stage. As part of the strengthening works, the Ground Floor was fully refurbished with the creation of a new administrative office, a new library, a new building entrance, and refurbished lecture theatres, with all new plant and services. The project was completed in 2020.
The building covers over 3,200 sqm across four floors, including a basement level. The building was essentially cut in two when a central atrium was built in the early 1990s. Unbeknownst at the time, this, in part, created some of the seismic issues within the building. Beca was engaged to design a strengthening solution to bring the building up to 80% NBS or more. The design solution encompassed stiffening the basement by installing new shear walls and tie-beam foundations, making the ground floor more flexible (weakening and supporting all the columns with FRP wrap), and bracing the upper floors to allow for movement to occur on the Ground Floor.
TSA Riley was involved in the procurement of the consultants and ECI builder and planned the delivery to be undertaken in stages across three years. The prolonged delivery was due to the occupied building throughout the year, with limited periods for noisy work over the trimester three period between mid-November and mid-February. The first five stages were delivered to the original programme, with the final stages six and seven out of sequence due to funding constraints and a need to give the building users a break from all the construction disruption.
Vogel Campus
The Vogel Building was an architectural icon, built to house the Ministry of Works in 1966. However, after 45 years it needed a major refurbishment. Providing full project management services, TSA Riley played a crucial role in the redevelopment of the Justice Centre (formerly known as Vogel Centre).
This significant project, achieving a 4 Green Star NZ – Office Design V1 rating, houses key Government tenants on a 4,464sqm site and provides 34,374sqm of office accommodation together with ground floor retail, storage areas and basement car parking. Developed in two stages (the new podium building and then the tower) the original Vogel Building was stripped back to a concrete ‘shell’ and re-clad with a new façade, underwent the installation of a new HVAC system, upgrade of the lifts together with complete refurbishment of the tenancy areas and toilet facilities. A series of link bridges across the Atrium provided workflow access between the new build and the existing refurbished tower. Adding a new façade enabled the tower floors to be extended from 801sqm to 1,022sqm which added to the overall efficiency.
Capital Properties (a subsidiary of AMP Capital Property Portfolio), also the owner of the two adjacent development sites, saw the opportunity to look at this project holistically. The result was an innovative design concept that provided two buildings on adjacent streets (Mulgrave Street and Kate Sheppard Place) that embraced the existing Vogel House and brought it into a single development with a large atrium space between the new and existing buildings. The atrium addition provides tenants with good natural light (in all weather) and a great space for socialising.
In Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
John Pengelly
Regional General Manager | Wellington
John (‘JP’) leads TSA Riley’s Wellington office, sitting on the New Zealand Leadership Team. He is also a Project Director with over 35 years of experience in the delivery of large-scale design and build projects. With 25 years as a Tier 1 Main Contractor Design and Project Manager, and 12 years at TSA Riley, John has hands on experience with both public and private sector clients. Recently, as Director, Project Manager and Engineer to Contract, JP delivered Callaghan Innovation’s new Hazardous Goods and Chemical Storage project and is currently completing the delivery of MFAT’s new Headquarters, a large datacentre, and two Corrections projects. JP also leads TSA Riley’s ‘Thrive’ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion program for New Zealand.
