Concrete = Poured
With the help of our friends from Isaac Construction, Allied Concrete, and Holcim, we poured the first foundations for the Braintree Centre last week.
WE LOVE CONCRETE, YES WE DO!
With the help of our friends from Isaac Construction, Allied Concrete, and Holcim New Zealand, we poured the first foundations for the Braintree Wellness Centre on Wednesday last week.
The main slab is scheduled for pour early this week - so we'll be praying for fine weather!
We are absolutely buzzing to see how fast the building is coming to life.
Check out the rest of the building progress here:
The Team behind the Building Design
Meet David Hill and James Arps from Wilson & Hill Architects, the masterminds behind Braintree’s design.
Meet David Hill and James Arps from Wilson & Hill Architects. They are the masterminds behind the Braintree building design and have been involved from the get-go.
They've been tolerant of our (many) requests, thorough in their design, and always thoughtful around the unique nature of the building. All have been immensely impressed by the calibre of architecture they have brought to the table!
We are so pleased that they've joined our growing team of anchor donors, and that our neighbours at The Cancer Society Canterbury-West Coast Division have also chosen to engage them for their new facility, which will be right beside the Braintree Centre.
Braintree's Site Blessing Ceremony
We held a special gathering on-site with Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga to bless the land.
We had a very special gathering on-site this morning, welcoming Liz Kereru and the Kaumātua from Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga to Braintree to whakanoa te whenua (bless the land).
We were so grateful to have the support of tangata whenua for this kaupapa, and we look forward to working closely together in the future.
"Poipoia te kakano, kia puawai - Nurture the seed and it will blossom".
Introducing Armitage Williams Construction
Announcing AWC as our Head Contractors for the Build Project.
We're delighted to announce that the team at Armitage Williams Construction Limited have accepted the challenge of building the Braintree Wellness Centre.
Pictured: Paul Williams, Aaron Leckenby and James Howard from Armitage Williams Construction.
Paul, Mason and the rest of the AWC team are just as passionate about the project as we are!
They strongly believe in the cause and their benevolence has been extraordinary. Welcome to the Anchor Donors club guys.
The Braintree Directors were lucky enough to check in on the progress of the civil works last week.
If you want to see more, you can check out Braintree’s site progress here: