Blum Auckland
Blum Auckland
Project
Commercial
Location
621 Rosebank Rd
Avondale
Auckland
Client
Blum NZ Ltd
Value
$7 Million
Consultants
Architects /
Williams Architects
Structural /
Day Consultants Ltd
This two-stage project showcased how to approach building on a live site, characterised by careful planning, scheduling and excellent communication with the client, Blum. The first challenge was to extend the existing warehouse while allowing Blum to maintain its operations, including deliveries and pickups. The second stage included constructing a two-storey annex, complete with ground-floor bathrooms and storage, as well as an upstairs training room, kitchen and deck, dispatch office and mezzanine walkway.
For the more complicated warehouse build, the onsite team coordinated closely with Blum to do as much as possible during opening hours, but for safety reasons a lot of the work had to be tackled after-hours and in the weekends, particularly demolition tasks. Evidence of the success of the project is that Blum subsequently engaged Haydn & Rollett to work on a new showroom.