Hauraki School
Progress is well underway at Hauraki School.
Stage 1 of the Masterplan is a two-storey, 10 classroom block creating additional teaching space at the school in conjunction with other ancillary buildings and facilities designed by Structus. Using their drone C3 Construction got some great shots of the superstructure being erected.
Construction is well underway at Eden View apartments in Mt Eden and progressing nicely. The structure generally comprises precast double tee flooring on steel sway frames and steel concentrically braced frames (CBF’s), supported on concrete bored piles. There is some significant tiered retaining to the rear of the site.
Over the last couple of weeks, some of the team have taken the opportunity to visit a couple of our sites that are well through Construction phase. This is a great opportunity for some of our engineers and drafters to see the works in progress that members of the project team have been working on.
Not only are these visits a fun team activity out of the office but they are also a great learning experience for everyone not involved in the project on site. Being out of the office and seeing the months of design transformed into structure is very rewarding and informative.
We visited an example of our Aged Care work (Aria Bay) and two commercial Warehouse and Office space projects (El Kobar and Underwood 2500).
Time is flying so fast. Everything seems to happen yesterday, but actually I have been here for two years. I came to Auckland in September 2017, and I joined Structus in November. This is my first job in New Zealand, starting my new career as a structural drafter.
I am lucky because Structus is really a great team working together. Doing the work, I have learned a lot from every team member. I know that as long as I ask for help, I will always get more than what I want.
It is an exciting job as I have the opportunity to learn new structural design ideas which are quite different from what I could do as an engineer in China. I have gained a lot knowledge about precast concrete, timber structures and member connection ideas.
It’s really interesting to learn to use Revit, and now I have confidence with my 2D skills in Revit. I understand that 3D model set-up is a big challenge, but it does not take long to overcome. I’m thankful to my drafting colleagues for assisting me with developing my Revit skills.
My feelings of working at Structus. Four words: Lucky, exciting, happy and thankful.