Convex Overview Designed to consolidate the company’s administrative offices, laboratory/manufacturing plant, and warehouse into a more efficient streamlined working environment, the new Convex head office is located on the Kahikatea Drive side of the Convex complex in Hamilton. It replaces the company’s former administrative building – which would have required extensive recladding to remediate escalating […]
Mainstream Overview Hamilton transit freight facility in Chalmers Road – a purpose-built warehouse hub for receiving and distributing freight around the Waikato. Completed in just 5 months, the 2,400m² warehouse was constructed with clean span CWB structural steel and precast concrete panels. A compact 158m² office block sits alongside the warehouse. About the project Features
Cambridge Museum Overview The Cambridge Museum was built in 1909 and used as a courthouse before being converted into the museum in 1984. Fosters maintain team recently completed structural and seismic strengthening work, mainly to the building façade and roof. At the same time, a new 140m² roof was fitted with new gutters and timber
NIWA Overview NIWA’s new purpose-built environmental research complex is situated at the University of Waikato. About the project The project consisted of 4 separate buildings: The main building A two-storey construction, this building includes 900m2 of advanced laboratory space with extensive bench space, temperature-controlled rooms, wet labs, an electrically/ magnetically shielded room (Faraday cage), a
GreengrowerWaikato Innovation Park Overview Located within Waikato Innovation Park’s 17-hectare Ruakura campus, this 5,900m² purpose-built facility was New Zealand’s first large-scale vertical farm. Operated by horticulture company Greengrower, the fully automated facility grows leafy greens in stacked layers, from seed to harvest, using 95% less water and significantly less energy than conventional methods. About the
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Tamahere Village Overview Foster Construction were engaged by Foster Develop and the Waikato District Council to construct Tamahere Village – a community-focused commercial and recreational space for the growing suburb located south of Hamilton. This thoughtfully designed development is a fantastic example of how collaboration creates successful outcomes. Waikato District Council engaged Foster Construction to
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Vetro Mediterranean Foods Overview Building renovation and fitout, creating an upmarket, architecturally designed space with an industrial finish. The renovation of this Rostrevor Street building was extensive, with the entire building gutted and reshaped. A new kitchen and office area were added and the existing concrete floors polished. Foster Engineering made and installed the new
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APL Hautapu Overview Designed to accommodate APL’s 50+ year strategy, this was an approximately 50,000sqm industrial facility, purpose-built to house a state-of-the-art glass manufacturing plant. The project achieved a 5-star Green Star industrial design rating. Measuring 437m long, 144m wide, 17m high, the facility was designed around end-to-end manufacturing, efficient delivery, and dispatch by a
IAG Repairhub Overview Based on the success of a past collaboration, Chalmers Properties re-engaged Fosters to execute the design and build of a new 2700m² warehouse project at Hamilton’s Te Rapa Gateway. The warehouse was purpose built for IAG, which owns multiple New Zealand insurance brands, to contain a high-tech in-house motor vehicle repair facility.
WDHB Diabetes Centre Overview Fosters maintain team worked on the refurbishment of the WDHB Diabetes Centre at 26 Clarence Street in Hamilton. The project was carried out in 4 stages over a period of 8 months, and included a full renovation – from the demolition of existing ceilings and services to installing new ceilings, new
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