ProjectVictoria 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.