Ministry of Education - School Infrastructure

Main Contractor for P, O, Q, R Window Replacement Works at Aurora College

Aurora College in Invercargill is receiving a major capital works project upgrade to their campus. Blocks P O, Q, R, are prefabricated buildings build between 1974 and 1977. They consist of asbestos fibre cement cladding and a steel roof They are interconnected by a clear lite veranda.

Some of the timber windows are rotten and non-operational. The Invercargill City Council have visited site and determined that to replace the timber windows and fibre cement cladding a building consent is required. This necessitates an upgrade to the life safety systems such as a fire alarm and emergency lighting.

The Project Scope is
• Installing a type 4 fire alarm to all blocks.
• Emergency lighting
• New windows to P Block. (Ministry spaces 4,3,2, 6, 1)
• Replace asbestos cladding to affected areas of P Block with Ministry approved fibre cement. Cladding.
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Project consultants are:
Project Manager: James Crawford Logic Group
Lead Designer: Beattie McDowell Architects

Department/Business Unit: Board of Trustees - Approve by BoT - ie. School Principal