Leadership in construction

Brian Perry Civil's Seaview Wharf Resilience Project construction manager and environmental and sustainability advisor joined the Lunch and Learn session to talk about the ecological and environmental considerations working in Centre Point, Wellington.

Senior Site Engineer Clifford Dsouza talks about the BPC Foundations team’s efforts to prevent further erosion of a cliff that collapsed during Cyclone Gabrielle. The project was made very complex due to the incredibly restricted site that remained after the major slip. This was originally a Design Community of Practise quickfire presentation.

ViDoc is the combination of the iPhone Lidar scanning and a GPS antenna mounted on the phone cover. This allows us to scan our work and georeference the scans with high accuracy.

Engineering Services provides an overview on the drone technology and digital tools Fletcher Construction used in Papua New Guinea projects.

Last August, Aotearoa New Zealand’s concrete industry launched its roadmap to net zero carbon by 2050.

Concrete New Zealand (NZ) chief executive Rob Gaimster says the publication of the roadmap is a pivotal moment for the concrete industry and the country’s built environment.

“We must provide adaptive solutions that address and help ease the impacts of climate change in a country that is also at risk of earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes.

“As well as contributing to our nation’s resilience, the concrete industry is committed to being part of efforts to mitigate climate change.

“This roadmap represents a collective effort, combining the expertise, ingenuity, and commitment of the concrete industry and wider construction sector, to meeting our environmental responsibilities. It builds on global cement and concrete industry progress to achieve net zero carbon emissions which has been recognised by the United Nations.”

Design Community of Practise quickfire presentation:  A presentation from our Delivery Outcomes Manager, Matt Findlay outlining the New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP).

Design Community of Practise quickfire presentation:  A presentation from our Environmental Manager Alex Bees, on the digital approach to environmental management taken at the Eastern Busway Project. Alex discusses how the project has made great use of ArcGIS layers and newly released embedded tools to assist with managing the environmental effects of earthworks, runoff and construction works in a suburban environment.

The Living Pā is the bold redevelopment of Te Herenga Waka Marae into one of the world’s most environmentally responsible hubs.

This 3-storied, timber mega structure on high-profile 980sqm urban, mixed-use site on steep excavated land, adjacent to several multi-storey institutional buildings that restrict solar access is targeting Living Building certification under the LBC framework which requires the pā to be net positive in energy, carbon, water, and waste, and demonstrably give back to the local ecology and community.

The Living Pā one of the largest-scale buildings to work towards Living Building certification. This comes with many firsts for Aotearoa, each bringing a unique suite of challenges. It is the first mass timber building to target the Living Building Challenge, and the first mass timber building undertaken by the contractor. It is one of only a few mass timber buildings in Aotearoa.

Beacon case studies showcase examples of good practice and innovation in the construction sector.

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This case study showcases how a multi-storey timber frame apartment complex across three six-storey buildings containing 216 modules is being constructed with offsite manufacturing.

After seeing a market demand for suppliers who could deliver quality housing at pace and scale, Property Partners decided to investigate offsite-manufacturing. They started researching offsite manufacturing methods around the world, and ultimately decided that the Swedish model was the best approach for them to bring to the New Zealand market.

Beacon case studies showcase examples of good practice and innovation in the construction sector.

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While the use of offsite manufacturing techniques is becoming increasingly popular around New Zealand for small-scale builds, Property Partners wanted to use timber volumetric modular construction, a form of offsite manufacturing in which buildings are put together by connecting a series of pre-built modules and stacking them vertically to build apartments. This offsite manufacturing method is common in Sweden and globally.

In a sprint organised by Fletcher Construction, the Eastern Busway project team looked at buried services as a key risk and came up with how to do things better. Find out how they did it in this Lunch and Learn session.

The question has been asked several times about digital engineering in infrastructure and how we get value from putting our time and energy to enabling digital engineering practices. This Lunch and Learn sessions aims to articulate what digital engineering is.

Fletcher Construction's Critical Bridges Project construction manager shares the team's five-year journey constructing bridges in Fiji in this Lunch and Learn session.

Carbon management and reporting help us understand industry challenges and develop solutions aligning to net zero carbon transition and positive environmental outcomes.

The Brian Perry Civil (BPC) team managing the construction of Silverstream Pipe Bridge – replacing the Wellington region’s most critical water supply asset and supplying all water to Porirua City and North Wellington – used the ECI process to reduce carbon on the project by 62%. This was achieved through collaborative design changes alongside Wellington Water and designer Holmes that reduced the both quantity and type of materials used.

Drone photogrammetry and laser scanning were used to create a representation of the finished Papakura Water Treatment Plant, ensured minimum impact on the quality of life of residents in the area.

Technology helped facilitate closer collaboration between all teams involved in the successful installation of a temporary electrical supply for our Snells Beach site facility.

We hosted a kōrero with the AUT School of Future Environments about how infrastructure providers and Mana Whenua can build positive relationships.

It’s an area where many of us have a lot to learn, so this was a great opportunity for our people, partners and customers to listen to the wisdom of Rawiri Faulkner (Mana Whenua Partnerships Manager, Te Arana Alliance), Otene Reweti (Pou Hononga, Watercare), and Val Panui (Kaitohutohu Ahurea Matua, Fletcher Building) – facilitated by AUT professor Tania Ka’ai.

We discussed what we can all do on an individual level as well as what we can do better as businesses. Take a look at the video to learn more. 

Where do our emissions come from? What is embodied carbon and how is it shown in an Environmental Product Declaration or EPD? Find out what Fletcher Building is doing about embodied carbon in this Lunch and Learn session.

Watercare joins our Engineering Services team to talk about facilitation and online collaboration tools, with a focus on Miro.