Civic
St Albans Baptist Church
The auditorium was extensively damaged in the earthquakes. Remedial ground works, then strengthening to 100% of the New Building Code.
The auditorium was extensively damaged in the earthquakes. The building required considerable remedial ground works, including a gravel raft 2.2 metres deep. That also required dewatering, all within the existing building structure.
To get machinery into the building, two of the concrete panels were removed from the exterior walls and reinstated once the ground remediation was complete. The interior rebuild and fit-out followed, and on completion the building was handed over at 100% of the New Building Code.
The job took real thinking to keep the client in the existing facilities, including the meeting rooms adjoining the auditorium that the church hires out. That meant the church kept receiving income during the refurbishment, and services were able to continue.
The church elders were involved from the outset, and worked with RPC to keep the congregation informed of progress throughout. At various stages RPC organised a safe path so the Sunday congregation could walk through the auditorium, look at what was happening, and ask questions. That was enormously successful and appreciated.
On record
- Programme
- The project was delivered on programme.
- Seismic
- Handed over at 100% of the New Building Code.
During the build
The building
“We at St Albans Baptist Church have used RPC Construction twice in the last 10 years, firstly on a very large new build addition to our church facility and then 3 years later on a complete reconstruction of our 500 seat auditorium following earthquakes, and I cannot recommend them highly enough. We did not know RPC before hand, but went on someone else's recommendation and we are 100% glad that we did so.”
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