Waikato Business News July/August 2017

40 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS July/August 2017
RADIUS CARE GLAISDALE
New Radius Glaisdale facility
‘part of the community’
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even more crucial in New
Zealand as the population of
over 65s is set to double over
the next two decades. Radius
Care was established in 2003
to meet this need and in 2010,
Brien Cree led a management
buyout of the company, which
brought it back into New Zealand
ownership. Brien's vision
was to “bring some good
old fashioned Kiwi values and
standards” back into the aged
care sector, and to make Radius
Care the best aged care
provider in the country.
The company has 22 locations
around New Zealand,
employing more than 1500
staff and providing professional
aged care for more than
1700 residents.
Radius Care, which has two
other rest homes in Hamilton,
decided to site a rest home on
the land and Glaisdale Properties
partners Ian Patton and
Steve Agnew remained as
landlords. Peter Chibnall was
engaged to do design work
and Radius played a big part
in design which Brien Cree
says was critical from Radius
Care’s point of view.
“We got involved very early
on in the piece and had a lot
of input into the design so we
ilar way a local businessman
had decided he wanted to
build a rest home so we got
involved early.
“The rest home is only 12
months old so it was good for
Ian to go down and see what
a new building looks like and
see some of the things we
were talking about.”
Brien emphasises how
much rest home care has
evolved even in the last 25
years.
“Back then rest homes
were often converted boarding
houses, and there were
a lot of shared rooms with
two people, sometimes even
four people together. We’ve
“We’ve had to learn a lot
about the rest home business
along the way.”
A landmark moment occurred
during a visit to a new
Radius rest home in Ashburton,
Radius Millstream.
“I was so taken it just
changed our whole attitude
about what we were doing,”
says Ian.
“It wasn’t a clinical place,
it was a homely place and
that’s what we have tried
to create, something that’s
homely.”
Brien remembers the visit
to Ashburton well and agrees
it was significant.
“The visit to Radius Mill-
got exactly what we wanted,”
he says.
Ian who was based near the
site and working alongside
project manager Jason Mc-
Carthy took responsibility to
ensure Radius Care was delivered
a building fit for purpose.
“I had to learn their business
and make sure we were
constructing a building that
would still be great in 30 stream in Ashburton was an
years’ time,” says Ian. ideal scenario where in a sim-
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G.A.Hughes & Associates (2005) Ltd
Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants
We are proud to be associated with
Oakland Group and IPMS for the
installation of the Air Conditioning and
Ventilation system at Glaisdale Radius.
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• Wastewater & Stormwater
Investigation & Design
• Soil & Geotechnical
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• Earthquake assessments/
strengthening
• Construction Monitoring
• Foundation design
• Retaining walls
• Structural steel
• Beams/lintels
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• Brick & block
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We also repair cracked & damaged plaster walls as
well as provide painting services.
Chosen as the preferred contractor for Radius Care
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