Throwback to 22 November 2022
Ngā mahi ki te Pā — Site works
There is a one-lane road closure on Monday 27 November from 9 am – 4 pm. This will allow a 100-tonne mobile crane to lift the remaining superstructure components in place at the south end of the site.
Main site construction work
The Living Pā will rely only on solar panels to provide its energy requirements. In fact, to gain ‘Living’ building certification, the building must produce net positive energy, meeting 105% of our energy needs from our site.
Monday 27 November – Friday 22 December
- Structural steel will start to be installed for the solar panels.
- General construction activities and low-level noise disruption over the next period.
- Roof continues to be installed.
- Façade glazing work continues.
- Superstructure erection continues.
- Flooring continues to be lifted into place.
During this period, there will be paving works completed near the entrance to Murphy Annex, but not during graduation week, 4–8 December.
Ngā whakamahuki—Progress
For today's post, we've used a photo from exactly one year ago, to demonstrate the difference a year of progress has made. We hope you have enjoyed watching our ‘Living’ building grow during 2023.
Thank you for your patience during some of the noisier phases of this work. We hope you have the chance to have a break during the holiday period. Our workers will return to site as the University reopens, on Monday 8 January.
Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o te Tau Hou!
Kia tau ngā manaakitanga ki runga i a koutou ko tō whānau i tēnei wāo o te raumati!
I hope you and your whānau enjoy a great summer break!
Ngā meka ngāhau—Fun facts
This month has been a successful one for the Living Pā project. The University Council visited the site. Vice-Chancellor Nic Smith expressed excitement about the future of our marae precinct in this Linkedin post.
The project was also featured as a beacon case study on the Construction Sector Accord website, The Living Pā—Building in pursuit of Kaitiakitanga.
"We aspire to be a place of shelter, whakapapa, connection, and discussion, as well as a place that connects us to living sustainably. We know that Papaptūānuku is under pressure. We respond to that by being in tune with the whenua, by looking after the tāngata, by being sustainable and complementing nature.” Rhonda Thomson, co-project manager.