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Project Specs

Upper Riccarton Community and School Library
Christchurch, New Zealand
Warren and Mahoney Limited

the People

Owner:
Christchurch City Libraries / Riccarton High School

Architect:
Warren and Mahoney Limited
10 Post Office Square, Suite 1010
Boston, MA 02109 
Tel. 617.423.3470
Fax 617.451.9205
Web: www.rawnarch.com/

Design Director: Andrew Barclay                    BArch(Hons) ANZIA

Project Architect : Richard McGowan , BArch(Hons) ANZIA

ESD Architect :Graeme Finlay, BA(Hons)  BArch(Hons)  RIBA  NZIA

Documentation/Site Observation:                              Eugene Coleman , NZCAD 

Project Managers:
City Solutions Ltd
http://ccc.govt.nz

Engineer(s):
Structural Engineer:
City Solutions Ltd
http://ccc.govt.nz

Services Engineer:
Powell Fenwick Consultants Ltd
http://www.pfc.co.nz

Consultant(s):
Landscaping Consultant: 
City Solutions Ltd
http://ccc.govt.nz

Quantity Surveyors:
Davis Langdon Shipston Davies Ltd

General contractor:
Mainzeal Construction Ltd
www.mainzeal.co.nz

Photographer(s):
Stephen Goodenough
www.stephengoodenough.co.nz

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Bentley Microstation V8

 

the Products

Floor: Insulated reinforced insitu concrete floor slab on grade.

Pre-cast concrete foundation walls.

Conceal-fixed custom fabricated folded 6mm mild steel edge profile, painted.

Floor Finishes: Exterior: exposed aggregate concrete / honed and sealed bluestone tiles.

Interior: recycled modular carpet tiles / ceramic tiles.

Exterior Walls:
Painted pre-cast concrete and lightweight timber framed walls.

Painted compressed fibre cement panels.

Sealed marine grade plywood panels.

Interior Walls:
Painted pre-cast concrete and lightweight timber framed walls.

Painted plasterboard.

Sealed timber veneered MDF board.

Windows/Glazing:
Low-E tinted double glazing in 100mm commercial aluminium suite.

Motorised opening sashes controlled via BMS.

Clear toughed cantilever glass balustrading.

Louvres:
Vertical motorised powder-coated aluminium airfoil blades controlled via BMS.

Horizontal fixed powder-coated box section aluminium blades.

Sustainably-sourced hardwood horizontal timber louvers on powder-coated mild steel sub-frame.

Soffits/Ceilings:
Painted fibre cement panels.

Painted standard and perforated plasterboard on suspended metal grid.

1200x600 acoustic ceiling tile system.

Roof:
Steel and timber purlins spanning between structural steel frames.

Long run coated profiled roofing and torch-on mineral chip membrane.

Conceal-fixed custom fabricated folded 6mm mild steel fascia profile, painted. 

Lighting:
Low energy lighting with daylight and presence sensors linked to BMS.

Windows:
Aluminium Windows: NuLook Aluminium

Suppliers:
Carpet Tiles: Interface Agencies

Glazing: GlassTech

Sun Shading: Insol Shading Systems

Toilet Partitions: Rabco Industries

Paint Finishes: Paints Ltd

Clear Sealers: Sikkens

Ceiling Systems: Ecophon/Armstrong/USG

Fibre Cement Panels: James Hardie Building Systems

Plasterboard: James Hardie Building Systems

Plywood: Plytech

Metal Roofing: Dimond

Membrane Roofing: Skellerup Bituclad

Sanitary Fixtures: Caroma

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