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NZ Wood is the operational arm of the Wood Council of New Zealand. It is committed to enabling and facilitating the uptake of timber, including engineered timber, as the construction material of choice in the residential and commercial sectors. NZ Wood attaches significant importance to knowledge exchange and acknowledges the support of PrefabNZ.

Earthquake resistance – the topic of the moment

The Massey University CoCA building is one of the first combination STIC/PRESSS-lam systems to be used in New Zealand. There are four key components of prefabrication on the project, not withstanding the normal elements like plant and equipment and precast wall panels.

1.  LVL Frame (Columns and Beams)
2.  Composite Floor Slabs
3.  Roof
4.  Unitised Curtain-wall.

This prefab mix has brought the programme forward by an estimated eight weeks, in spite of some reasonably complex structural design and “world first” learning curves.

The afternoon will include presentations on the new CoCA building at Massey University’s Wellington campus and a site visit of the building as it nears completion. Please wear closed-toe flat shoes for site visit. Afternoon tea will be provided and the event will finish with drinks so you can continue your conversations.

Professional Development:

This event has 40 CPD points for registered architects (NZRAB) and 4 Licensed Building Practitioner points (LBP) from the Department of Building and Housing (DBH).

Registration:

This event is $100 for non-PrefabNZ Members and $50 for PrefabNZ Member. Please register for this event online here, and please pay prior to the event by online banking or cheque. For more information about joining PrefabNZ, please click here.

Draft Programme:

12.30   Registration
1.00    Welcome – Event Host (CoCA, Massey University)
1.10    Athfield Architects – Katherine Dean, John Hardwick-Smith, Chris Winwood
1.30    Dunning Thornton Consultants – Allistair Cattanach
1.50    Arrow International – Peter Chisholm
2.10    NZ Wood – Jane Arnott
2.30    Afternoon Tea and Site Visit led by Bill Stockman (Arrow International)
3.30    Hunter Bond – Neil Dodunski
3.50    Rider Levett Bucknall – Vaughan Plant
4.10    Tennent Brown – Hugh Tennent
4.30    Panel Discussion / PrefabNZ – Pamela Bell
5.00    Close and drinks

Presenters:

Gordon Whyte or a colleague from Massey University will welcome attendees to this afternoon event.

Katherine Dean, John Hardwick-Smith and Chris Winwood, of Athfield Architects, will speak about the world-first design of the Massey CoCA building from the architects’ perspective.

Alastair Cattanach, of Dunning Thornton Consultants will lead us through the structural engineering of the Massey CoCA building’s design.

Bill Stockman and Peter Chisholm from Arrow International, will speak on the project management of the Massey CoCA building design and the related learning curves of using innovative construction systems.

Vaughan Plant of Rider Levett Bucknall will speak from a quantity surveyors perspective on the Massey CoCA building project.

Neil Dodunski of Hunter Bond will speak on the laminated vaneer lumber (LVL) manufacturing of column, beam and posts for the Massey CoCA building project.

Hugh Tennent, of Tennent Brown architects, will speak on the reflective space called the Kākano at the centre of the sports and nutrition facility Nga Purapura at Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Otaki. The Kākano was engineered by Dunning Thornton and manufactured by Stanley Modular. Additional comments will be provided by these project members.

Jane Arnott of NZ Wood will discuss the evolving role of NZ Wood in New Zealand’s forestry and wood products industry, with particular emphasis on the role of commercialisation and the Canterbury rebuild.

A panel discussion will capture comments, questions and issues from the audience to a range of presenters from the afternoon’s event.

Pamela Bell, CEO of PrefabNZ, will speak on prefabrication and environmental benefits, opportunities and directions for prefab in New Zealand. The presentation will update on the HIVE Home Innovation Village project in Christchurch and the national exhibition ‘Kiwi Prefab Home: from cottage to cutting-edge’ being developed by Victoria University of Wellington with Puke Ariki.

See more info about this event here.