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HAWKINS<br />
Building the Bay of Plenty<br />
ONE OF NEW<br />
ZEALAND’S<br />
LEADING<br />
construction<br />
companies is making<br />
its mark in Tauranga<br />
and Rotorua.<br />
Noticed the number of quality new<br />
buildings that have gone up in the Bay<br />
of Plenty recently?<br />
Whether it’s Zespri’s head office in<br />
Mount Maunganui, the Tauranga<br />
Crossing shopping centre at Tauriko,<br />
the University of Waikato’s campus in<br />
Tauranga’s CBD, or the new Farmers<br />
development in downtown Tauranga,<br />
they all have one thing in common. They<br />
have all been built by the local Hawkins<br />
team.<br />
Hawkins built Stage 1 of Tauranga<br />
Crossing, which opened in September<br />
2016. On the basis of this work, Hawkins<br />
was also appointed to deliver Stage 2,<br />
which opened in April 2019. “Our client<br />
is extremely happy with the quality of<br />
work we delivered,” said Hawkins GM<br />
Central Peter McCawe. “There were<br />
1200 people working on the site in the<br />
lead-up to opening day. They pulled<br />
out all the stops so that it looked fantastic<br />
when the first shoppers walked through<br />
the doors.”<br />
And anyone who had been to the<br />
University of Waikato’s new Tauranga<br />
campus would tell you it was an<br />
awesome building with a very highquality<br />
finish, said McCawe.<br />
“It brings new learning opportunities<br />
into the heart of Tauranga, which is<br />
something we’re proud to be a part of.<br />
Based on the quality of our work, the<br />
University then asked Hawkins to do the<br />
specialised fit-out of the laboratories<br />
within the building as well.”<br />
Just down the road in Mount Manganui,<br />
there’s a new office building that stands<br />
out from the crowd. Zespri’s head office<br />
is distinctive because it has the green<br />
leaves of a kiwifruit vine woven into its<br />
design.<br />
“The Zespri project required building an<br />
office in two stages, right next door to<br />
the client’s existing office,” said McCawe.<br />
“Once the first stage was complete, the<br />
client moved in and we demolished the<br />
old building to make way for the second<br />
stage.”<br />
As well as delivering a great building, the<br />
project team went above and beyond to<br />
divert construction waste from landfill.<br />
“The project team, client and<br />
subcontractors were all on board and<br />
keen to see what we could do,” he said.<br />
As well as having multiple bins on site<br />
to separate waste, the team came up<br />
with the idea of a Recycling Kiosk, where<br />
the public could access good, useable<br />
building materials that might otherwise<br />
go to landfill.<br />
ZESPRI’S NEW HEADQUARTERS<br />
IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI.<br />
PHOTO/SUPPLIED.<br />
10 | YEAR BOOK <strong>2020</strong>
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