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December 2004Wednesday, Jan 19, 2005
Just enough time for a last newsletter for the year, and what a year it has been for the Construction Industry! With more work passing through Buller George Turkington than ever before, the whole team has pulled together to provide an exceptional effort over a prolonged period. To cope with the increased load we have employed a new Graduate Engineer, and welcome Mick Conneally to the Buller George Turkington team.
Also of note this year has been an increasing awareness of the need to maintain and improve quality standards in Construction, with the responsibility lying at all levels of the process - from the Design Consultant to the Steelie tying the reinforcing cages together. Developing an understanding and appreciation of the importance of everyone's role is a major part of this, and can only lead to higher quality finished products.
With a large amount of work on the cards for 2005, it looks likely that we will all be continuing at this level for a good part of the next year. With that in mind, all of us at Buller George Turkington wish you a relaxing and refreshing Christmas break, and a very celebratory New Year.
Best wishes
Buller George Turkington
For further information of our projects to date, check out our web page at http://www.bullergeorge.co.nz/.
Notable Recent Projects
Berkeley Cinemas - Botany Town Center
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Berkeley Cinema Group |
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Architect: |
Ignite |
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Project Manager: |
Greenstone Group |
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Main Contractor: |
Mainzeal Interiors | |
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Ibis Rotorua
Situated alongside the Novotel Rotorua (another BGE project) and adjacent to Lake Rotorua, this Hotel provides high quality budget accomodation in one of New Zealand's main tourist destinations.
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Client: |
Accor Group |
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Architect: |
Group CDA |
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Project Manager: |
R & B Consultants |
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Main Contractor: |
R & B Consultants | |
Other Recently Completed Jobs
University Heights
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Another elegant ADC design to grace the University precinct, with quailty construction from Argon |
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Client: |
Yuan Cheng Int Inv Corp |
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Architect: |
ADC Architects |
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Main Contractor: |
Argon Construction | |
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Harbour Green
First left of the Southern motorway, this building commands the top spot on Nelson Street at the top of town.
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Client: |
Winning Investments Ltd |
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Architect: |
ADC |
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Project Manager: |
Kalmar Projects |
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Main Contractor: |
Kalmar | |
City Zone Apartments
Situated on the steepest street in Auckland City, this tower was completed ahead of schedule and below budget.
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Client: |
McLeod Group |
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Architect: |
ADC Architects |
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Project Manager: |
Hawkins Construction |
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Main Contractor: |
Hawkins Construction | |
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Columbia
Yet another jumpform building, Columbia was expertly taken up by Macrennie upon the demise of Ca Bella, and has become an eyecatcher in the Grafton Gully.
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Client: |
Sanctuary Developments |
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Architect: |
Clark Brown Architects |
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Project Manager: |
MPM Projects |
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Main Contractor: |
Macrennie Construction | |
Sapphire Apartments
Situated alongside an earlier BGE project (Metro Apartments), this building has quickly taken its place on Wakefield Street.
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Client: |
Tony Tay & Associates |
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Architect: |
Tony Tay / TSE Group |
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Project Manager: |
Tony Tay & Associates |
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Main Contractor: |
Scarbro | |
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Ponsonby Hotel
Situated at the K Rd end of Ponsonby Rd, this small Hotel includes two basements, which involved a top-down approach to construction.
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Client: |
GFI Limited |
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Architect: |
Archimedia |
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Project Manager: |
Avoca |
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Main Contractor: |
Avoca Construction | |
Placemakers Mt Wellington
Opened late 2004, this building on Lunn Ave, Mt Wellington, is ideally situated alongside one of the biggest upcoming residential developments in Auckland.
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Client: |
Placemakers |
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Architect: |
Woodhams Meikle Zhan |
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Project Manager: |
Fletcher Construction |
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Main Contractor: |
Fletcher Construction | |
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The Structural design and supervision for all of these projects (and numerous others) have been undertaken by Buller George Turkington within the last two years.
Innovative solutions (part 1)…..
Over the years we get to see (and participate in) many instances of innovative problem solving - some better than others.
This years prize has to go to the team working on City Zone, for their solution to the task of working out how to get the site crane down at the end of the project, using one of their largest mobile cranes, on Auckland's steepest street (with just a little help from a friend).
We think they did a pretty good job, don't you?
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