A major construction milestone of completing the roof, commonly known as a ‘roof shout’ has been celebrated by the 20 plus trade and consultant firms on the project as well as a wide range of key stakeholders.

Project Manager Nick Ward of PML said it was great to have all the major structural steel work and the roof complete ahead of winter.

“As well as the 20 consultant firms working on the project team at varying levels of input, the core project team ‘the Tight Five’ is constantly at the coal face throughout the projects lifecycle. This consists of the project managers, architects, clinical designers, structural engineers, and building services engineers.

“We’ve had some good traction on site with many motivated by the vision of creating a fantastic elective surgery facility that provides greater access to medical care.

All the companies involved recognise that this is not just about undertaking another large construction project, but about helping to improve healthcare services in Hawke’s Bay – so everybody on the team is invested in the process and motivated for delivering up a world-class facility.

“This is surgical building construction which is at the top end of building complexity and therefore is a significant investment.

Nick says completion of the building and site works is on track for the targeted date of 31 March 2022

“Fortunately we have pre-ordered and purchased most of the big plant and equipment and key materials in bulk to keep ahead of price rises and supply shortages.

“We are buying NZ-made wherever possible to avoid shipping issues and we are navigating our way through what is a very volatile construction market right now.