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Aerial 3D View New Mental Health Inpatient Unit

Whangarei Hospital Redevelopment Construction Photos

Construction Photos

7 Oct 2011 - front carpark and entrance to Tumanako with carvings and pou installed

3 Oct 2011 - Multi Disciplinary Team meeting room

3 Oct 2011 - elderly wing courtyard and walking path

3 Oct 2011 - seclusion area lounge room

3 Oct 2011 - main dining area/servery

3 Oct 2011 - front entrance/waiting and reception

22 Sept 2011 - carpeted Judge's Room

22 Sept 2011 - carpet being laid outside nurses station area

20 Sept 2011 - almost complete front entrance carpark

20 Sept 2011 - Asphalt being laid in the front entrance carpark

20 Sept 2011 - Asphalt being laid in the front entrance carpark

15 Sept 11 - Whanau and OT Courtyard Fencing

15 Sept 11 - Tumanako - A Hum of Activity

15 Sept 11 - Front of Tumanako - Showing Area to be Paved Outside Whanau Room

15 Sept 11 - Tumanako - Robinson's Team Enjoying Morning Tea in the Sun!

15 Sept 11 - Landscaping to Front of Building and Whanau Room

15 Sept 11 - Medication Room

15 Sept 11 - Planting Outside Child and Youth Area

15 Sept 11 - Planting Outside Child and Youth Area

15 Sept 11 - Kerbing Installed - Carpark Seal Laid Shortly

8 Sept 11 - OT courtyard area

8 Sept 11 - installation of the reception desk

8 Sept 11 - placing of large boulder at front entrance

8 Sept 11 - planting at south western side of unit

8 Sept 11 - feature ceiling and heaters in main lounge

8 Sept 11 - cabinetry in art room for displaying patients' artwork

8 Sept 11 - landscaping and curbing works at front entrance

22 August 2011 - Brett Halvorson NDHB Project Director First User of New Cyclecone

18 August 2011 - Child & Youth Courtyard

18 August 2011 - Footpaths being laid Child & Youth Courtyard

17 August 2011 - Service Accessways in Ceiling Cavity

17 August 2011 - Cabling in Data Room

17 August 2011 - Landscaping Underway in Child & Youth Courtyard

17 August 2011 - Skylights throughout Unit

17 August 2011 - Feature Walls in Elderly Winge

18 August 2011 - Feature Wall and Ceiling in Main Lounge

17 August 2011 - Bedroom Cabinetry Delivered

17 August 2011 - Landscaping OT Courtyard

16 August 2011 - New Planter Box for OT Courtyard

10 August 2011 - Red Shed Delivery for Elderly Courtyard

9 August 2011 - Feature Boulders inside Central Courtyard

2 August 2011 - Wards A & B from Maunu Road Driveway

2 August 2011 - Bedroom - Ward A

2 August 2011 - Linen Cupboard/Shower/Toilet - Ward A

2 August 2011 - Door Installed & Painting Completed in Ward A

2 August 2011 - Vinyl has been Installed in Treatment Room

2 August 2011 - Outdoor Area General Adults Lounge - Landscaping Underway

2 August 2011 - Curved Wall Incorporated in Child & Youth Courtyard Design

2 August 2011 - Child & Youth Lounge

2 August 2011 - Vinyl Floor Laid to Elderly Wing

2 August 2011 - Gazebo Structure Outside Dining Room

2 August 2011 - Outside the Elderly Lounge

2 August 2011 - Servery/Dining Room

2 August 2011 - Dining Room

2 August 2011 - OT Kitchen

2 August 2011 - OT Kitchen

2 August 2011 - Whanau Room

2 August 2011 - Reception

2 August 2011 - Additional Drainage Installed in Secure Area

2 August 2011 - Entrance/Whanau Room

2 August 2011 - Groundworks Continue Outside Main OT Area

2 August 2011 - Power Cable to Ward A

2 August 2011 - Servery/Dining Room

2 August 2011 - Open Plan Dining/Lounge Area

2 August 2011 - Nurses' Station

2 August 2011 - OT Kitchen - Site Meeting

18 July 2011 - Front Entrance

18 July 2011 - Secure Dock Area - Fencing on Retaining Wall

18 July 2011 - Child and Youth Court Yard

18 July 2011 - General Adult Outdoor Area

18 July 2011 - Looking Across Towards Elderly Wing

18 July 2011 - Outdoor Area - Elderly Wing

18 July 2011 - Boulders in Gazebo Area

18 July 2011 - Outdoor Gazebo Area

18 July 2011 - Vinyl in Bedroom

18 July 2011 - Main General Adults Lounge

18 July 2011 - Upstairs Open Plan Office

7 July 2011 - Landscaping Earthworks for the Secure Dock Area

7 July 2011 - Landscaping Earthworks for the Elderly and General Adult Outdoor Area

7 July 2011 - Judge's Room

7 July 2011 - Landscaping Earthworks for the Outdoor Area

28 June 2011 - Exterior Painting Underway to Ward A

28 June 2011 - Plastering and Weatherboard Installation Complete to Secure Dock Area

28 June 2011 - Painting Underway at Front of Building

28 June 2011 - Staff Room

28 June 2011 - Upstairs Open Plan Office

28 June 2011 - Secure Dock

28 June 2011 - ICA Lounge

28 June 2011 - Nurses Station interior

28 June 2011 - Ward B Exterior - painting underway

28 June 2011 - Ward B Bedroom - plastering complete

28 June 2011 - Dining Room and Servery - gib installation

28 June 2011 - Ward B - plastering complete

28 June 2011 - Nurses Station exterior

28 June 2011 - Central Meeting Room - plastering is complete

28 June 2011 - Whanau Room - lining is complete

9 June ' 11 - Weatherboards installed to first floor

9 June ' 11 - Exterior of Whanau Room

9 June ' 11 - Whanau Room

9 June ' 11 - First floor open plan office area

9 June ' 11 - First fix wiring into Nurses' station

9 June ' 11 - ICA Lounge

9 June ' 11 - Seclusion Lounge

9 June ' 11 - First fix wiring into Nurses' station

9 June '11 - Insulation installed into Ward B

9 June ' 11 - Finishing lining to linen trolley alcove

9 June '11 - Plasterboard installed in Ward A

9 June '11 - Skylights in one of the general adult wards

9 June '11 - Lining installed in interview room

19 May 2011 - The C&Y wing nearly complete on the outside

19 May 2011 - The new unit is nearly weather tight now

19 May 2011 - The blockwork over the secure dock is now complete and the shotcrete panels on the retaining wall have set

19 May 2011 - The upstairs main window is ready to be installed

19 May 2011 - The front entrance to the unit

19 May 2011 - The new MHIPU, view of Ward A and the unit from the internal road

19 May 2011 - Early morning sun shines into the upstairs offices & staff room

18 May 2011 - Aluminium joinery is now installed in the uptairs office area

18 May 2011 - Every second panel is shotcreted

18 May 2011 - Finishing touches to the roof and the blockwork in the C&Y wing

18 May 2011 - The new MHIPU, the building is almost completely weather tight with most joinery now installed

18 May 2011 - Fitness Fleming Architect Matt Fleming & Inpatient Unit Manager Roy Johnson view the prenail framing in the C&Y wing

16 May 2011 - Shotcrete work to the last part of the retaining wall underway

16 May 2011 - Child & Youth wing roof installation & blockwork nearly complete

28 Apr 2011 - Blockwork in the dock & C&Y wing is nearly complete

28 Apr 2011 - Blockwork in the dock & C&Y wing is nearly complete

20 Apr 2011 - Attenuation tank no 1 is lifted into place

20 Apr 2011 - Attenuation tank no 1 is lifted into place

20 Apr 2011 - Roofing continues over the C&Y wing

20 Apr 2011 - Roofing & blockwork continues on the C&Y wing

19 Apr - the new MHIPU is taking shape

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19 Apr 2011 - Roofers on the C&Y wing

19 Apr 2011 - Block work in the dock area commences

14 Apr 2011 - Roofing iron is delivered and craned into place

14 Apr 2011 - Scaffolding is erected in the dock area

14 Apr 2011 - Brick deliveries arrive on site

14 Apr 2011 - Retaining poles for the attenuation tanks

13 Apr 2011 - Digging the hole for the attenuation tanks

31 Mar 2011 - Joinery is installed into the admin area

4 Apr 2011 - the second section of the C&Y slab is poured

4 Apr 2011 - the second section of the C&Y slab is poured

4 Apr 2011 - Ward A is about to be wrapped in building paper

4 April 2011 - The first part of the concrete slab is poured

31 Mar 2011 - Reinforcing work continues for the concrete slab under the Child and Youth & Seclusion wing

31 Mar 2011 - Roofing continues & joinery is installed in the Admin section of the building

31 Mar 2011 - the curved wall of an interview room

31 Mar 2011 - Brick cladding is installed on the Elderly wing

31 Mar 2011 - Reinforcing work continues for the concrete slab under the Child and Youth & Seclusion wing

31 Mar 2011 - Welding copper pipes

31 Mar 2011 - Air handling units are delivered and lifted into the yard

23 Mar 11 - Looking at the plant room upstairs and the Child & Youth wing downstairs (concrete to be poured).

23 Mar 11 - the end of the elderly wing

23 Mar 11 - Ward A pre-nail installation

23 Mar 11 - the end of the elderly wing, in a few months time this will be landscaped

23 Mar 11 - Aluminium joinery is installed in the elderly wing

23 Mar 11 - Aluminium joinery is installed in the elderly wing, these are the lounge doors

23 Mar 11 - Brick veneering commences on the exterior of the elderly wing

18 Mar 11 - Building paper on the Elderly wing

18 Mar 11 - The shotcrete is screeded to ensure a smooth finish

18 Mar 11 - Building paper is wrapped around the Elderly wing

18 Mar 11 - The Limestone rock in the retaining wall

18 Mar 11 - More reinforcing is installed into the C & Y wing

18 Mar 11 - Shotcrete work on the retaining wall continues

18 Mar 11 - Shotcrete work on the retaining wall continues

18 Mar 11 - Shotcrete work on the retaining wall continues

18 Mar 11 - Shotcrete is sprayed in behind the reinforcing on the retaining wall

18 Mar 11 - The digger chips away at the limestone rock encountered in the retaining wall

18 Mar 11 - The digger chips away at the limestone rock encountered in the retaining wall. Some of the ground anchors are in place.

18 Mar 11 - Reinforcers hard at work

17 Mar 11 - Building paper is installed on the Elderly wing

17 Mar 11 - Reinforcing on the C & Y wing continues

17 Mar 11 - The roof has been installed on the front of the building and prenail installed upstairs

17 Mar 11 - Work on the retaining wall continues, shotcrete, excavating & ground anchors

17 Mar 11 - Reinforcing steel for the concrete is laid

17 Mar 11 - Child and Youth set out

17 Mar 11 - the new MHIPU

17 Mar 11 - Prenail is erected in Ward A

4 Mar 11 - Weekly staff site tours have commenced

4 Mar 11 - Looking down the hallway from the waiting room to the Elderly ward

4 Mar 11 - The Judges room

4 Mar 11 - Reinforcing prior to the shotcrete application continues once ground anchoring is complete

4 Mar 11 - The completed shotcrete on the retaining wall looks great

4 Mar 11 - Ground anchoring continues on the retaining wall

4 Mar 11 - Roofing & prenail installation continues

4 Mar 11 - The construction site, the front of the building

4 Mar 11 - The construction site with the concrete trucks and pump working on Ward B

4 Mar 11 - Ward B - General Adult concrete pad is poured and screeded

4 Mar 11 - Ward A from the internal road

4 Mar 11 - Ward B - General Adult concrete pad is poured and screeded

4 Mar 11 - Preparation of the roof steel continues

4 Mar 11 - Ward B - General Adult concrete pad is poured and screeded

26 Feb 11 - two panels have been applied with shotcrete

26 Feb 11 - two panels have been applied with shotcrete

26 Feb 11 - the retaining wall is now ready for the shotcrete application

26 Feb 11 - the retaining wall is now ready for the shotcrete application

25 Feb 11 - Ward A - General Adult concrete pad pour

25 Feb 11 - Ward A - General Adult concrete pad pour

24 Feb 11 - Roof steel ready to be fixed to the main section of the building

23 Feb 11 - Groundworks on Ward A continues

23 Feb 11 - Structural Steel on the 1st floor has been erected

23 Feb 11 - Pre-nail in the admin area (front of house) has been installed

23 Feb 11 - The final section of concrete on the capping beam is poured

23 Feb 11 - the MHIPU

23 Feb 11 - the MHIPU

15 Feb 2011 - Front of house prenail framing is installed

15 Feb 2011 - Culham Engineering Crane onsite

15 Feb 2011 - boxing for the capping beam on the last piles on the retaining wall

15 Feb 2011 - Front of house prenail framing is installed

15 Feb 2011 - the MHIPU site

7 Feb 11 - Pre-nail framing has been erected in the Elderly area

7 Feb 11 - the new MHIPU site - structural steel erected to the front entrance

7 Feb 11 - Excavation in front of the retaining wall.

7 Feb 11 - the new MHIPU site

3 Feb 11 - Waterproofing is painted on the blockwall

3 Feb 11 - Ground Anchors are drilled into the piles

3 Feb 11 - Ground Anchors are drilled into the piles

28 Jan 11 - Pre-nail is installed in the Elderly area, you can see the recessed doors from the hallway

28 Jan 11 - Pre-nail is installed in the Elderly area

27 Jan 11 - A hand rail is installed, now that excavating has commenced against the retaining wall

27 Jan 11 - Concrete is poured on the tray deck

27 Jan 11 - Structural steel is erected in the Elderly area

26 Jan 11 - the new MHIPU site

26 Jan 11 - reinforcing is installed to the tray deck

26 Jan 11 - the boxing has now been removed from the capping beam on the retaining wall

26 Jan 11 - the boxing has now been removed from the capping beam on the retaining wall

20 Jan 11 - Carters deliver the first of the pre-nail - for the Elderly area

20 Jan 11 - Groundwork continues around the perimeter of the site. The concrete pads for the General Adult wards will be poured in front of the truck on the right.

20 Jan 11 - Concrete for the capping beam is poured

20 Jan 11 - The MHIPU site

20 Jan 11 - Work on the tray deck continues

0 Jan 11 - Work on the tray deck continues

20 Jan 11 - The Zeeland Construction team making finishing touches to the boxing for the capping beam.

20 Jan 11 - With reinforcing now installed on the piles and the boxing for the capping beam on the retaining wall almost complete, the concrete can be poured

20 Jan 11 - Work on the tray deck continues

20 Jan 11 - Work on the tray deck continues

17 Jan 11 - The Nelson Studs!

17 Jan 11 - The ceiling steel is laid in place ready for the concrete floor to be installed over top.

17 Jan 11 - With the stairs in place the building is taking shape.

17 Jan 11- Nelson Stud hiab the ceiling steel onto the first floor

14 Jan 11 - The stairs have arrived!

14 Jan 11 - The structural steel has been installed for the two storied component of the building

14 Jan 11 - The structural steel has been installed for the two storied component of the building

13 Jan 11 - Boxing for the capping beam on the retaining wall continues

13 Jan 11 - Boxing for the capping beam on the retaining wall continues

13 Jan 11 - The two storied area of the building is taking shape!

13 Jan 11 - The two storied area of the building is taking shape!

11 Jan 11 - Support for the security fencing foundations

11 Jan 11 - Steel beams craned into place

11 Jan 11 - Steel beams craned into place

11 Jan 11 - Steel beams craned into place

11 Jan 11 - GHK Piling on site to work on the retaining wall

11 Jan 11 - Concrete is pumped into the Security fencing set up foundations

11 Jan 11 - Steel beams are craned into place

11 Jan 11 - Boxing for the capping beam on the retaining wall continues

11 Jan 11 - Riggers from Culham Engineering set out for steel beams to be craned into place

11 Jan 11 - Set up for the foundations for the security fencing

10 Jan 11 - Blockwalls were built over Xmas in the two storied area of the building

10 Jan 11 - Boxing for the capping beam on the retaining wall

10 Jan 11 - Blockwalls were built over Xmas in the two storied area of the building

21 Dec 10 - Waiting for the next concrete truck to arrive.

21 Dec 10 - A fine day for the 2nd pour of the 1st section

21 Dec 10 - Screeding the concrete, Mainzeal Project Manager & NDHB Project Director overseeing the work!

21 Dec 10 - A fine day for the 2nd pour of the 1st section

21 Dec 10 - A fine day for the 2nd pour of the 1st section

17 Dec 10 - Preparation for the section section of the concrete pad

17 Dec 10 - Preparation for the section section of the concrete pad

15 Dec 10 - The first section of the concrete pad

15 Dec 10 - The first section of the concrete pad

15 Dec 10 - The first section of the concrete is poured

15 Dec 10 - The first section of the concrete is poured

15 Dec 10 - The first section of the concrete is poured

15 Dec 10 - The first section of the concrete is poured

9 Dec 10 - Setout continues

9 Dec 10 - Setout continues

3 Dec 10 - Removal of dirt next to the retaining wall

3 Dec 10 - Removal of dirt next to the retaining wall

3 Dec 10 - Removal of dirt next to the retaining wall

3 Dec 10 - Setout continues

29 Nov 10 - The setout is underway

29 Nov 10 - Removal of dirt next to the retaining wall

5 Nov 10 - Pre dawn burial and blessing of the Mauri Stone

5 Nov 10 - Burial and blessing of the Mauri Stone

5 Nov 10 - Burial and blessing of the Mauri Stone

18 Nov 10 - The footings are now covered up, work on the retaining wall continues

10 Nov 10 - Concrete is poured into the footings

10 Nov 10 - The footings have been poured for the area of the building which is two storied.

10 Nov 10 - Concrete is poured into the footings

9 Nov 10 - Preparation for the footings

9 Nov 10 - the retaining wall holes continue and digging the footings in the background

9 Nov 10 - Digging for the footings has started

4 Nov 10 - set out for the footings

2 Nov 10 - Reinforcing inserted into one of the holes for piles

2 Nov 10 - A new road has been created behind the building platform for the trucks to remove dirt

29 Oct 10 - the new MHIPU site

29 Oct 10 - the new MHIPU site

29 Oct 10 - Tree felling

29 Oct 10 - the piles at the front have progressed

29 Oct 10 - the excavations have revealed a variety of colours in the dirt

28 Oct 10 - Te Parawhau observers on site while excavation takes place

28 Oct 10 - The building platform is expanding!

28 Oct 10 - A driveway has been formed so the trucks can carry dirt away from the site

28 Oct 10 - Retaining wall piles in front of the building are in place too

28 Oct 10 - Some of the retaining wall piles are in place

28 Oct 10 - The Riwai are flourishing, in the background digging holes for retaining wall piles

28 Oct 10 - Digging the retaining wall pile holes, Maunu House is in the background

28 Oct 10 - The work site, looking back to the main hospital

21 Oct 10 - Delivery of 12m lengths of reinforcing for the retaining wall piles

19 Oct 10 - Excavation for retaining wall has begun

14 Oct 10 - stormwater drainage underway

14 Oct 10 - the Mainzeal site office is in place

14 Oct 10 - work on the retaining wall begins

13 Oct 10 - site works have begun

13 Oct 10 - site works have begun

13 Oct 10 - site works have begun

28 Sept 10 - a clear site

Construction scheduled to commence 1 October 2010