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Below:The 351 Lincoln Rd office
and retail complex built by Calder
Stewart Construction meets strict
IL3 building standards.

The rebuild of inner-city Christchurch comes
with the imperative for a new breed of architecture.
Seismic resistance is integral to all new post-2011
buildings, but it doesn’t come at the expense of
eye-catching design – it takes a skilled construction
company to seamlessly marry the two.
Calder Stewart Construction was the main
contractor for the clean-lined 351 Lincoln Rd
complex. The private development offers 3600m2
of commercial and retail space over five levels,
together with a two-level carpark.
Completed in late 2013, this project was a team
effort from the word go, says Calder Stewart’s
regional manager Adrian Mathieson.
“We were a natural choice as a construction
partner, since our team has worked well with developer David Sloan and his meticulous approach to
design and construction on previous projects.”
Clad in aluminium composite and semi-reflective
glass, the complex features distinctive cantilevered floor space and localised sun louvres. The
articulated facade makes a strong architectural
statement along Lincoln Road.
And then there’s what lies beneath. Concrete
reinforced shear walls and steel framing provide a
solid shell for 351, at the same time, bringing lightness and strength to the entire structure – making it
a robustly earthquake-resistant IL3-rated building.
“The project’s scope and design called on all our
technical abilities,” says Mathieson. “The 14m-deep
pile foundation, insitu shear walls and extensively
detailed exterior really kept us on our toes.”
Calder Stewart is currently working on other
commercial projects in the inner city, at 299 Durham
St and the new Vodafone headquarters in Tuam St.
For details, contact Calder Stewart Industries Ltd,
Aon House, 388 Blenheim St, Christchurch, phone
[phone]. Website: www.calderstewart.co.nz

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