Hector Egger New Zealand

23/12/2024

06/11/2024

Today we had the honour of a visit from His Excellency Craig Hawke (New Zealand Ambassador to Switzerland, Germany, Czechia and Liechtenstein) and his assistant Garret Hulse, to our partners in Langenthal, Switzerland. Stephan and I joined by video conference at 2.30am this morning and enjoyed a wide ranging discussion about the benefits of timber construction, modern methods of construction and improving productivity in the New Zealand construction industry. Business shirts and pyjama pants were in order for this meeting!

29/04/2024

A few lucky members of our install team get to have this as their ‘office’ for 2 days while they assemble an extension to the Falls Lodge on the Routeburn Track. The skill of the pilot landing our panels is something to behold ... privileged to have the opportunity to work on these special projects!

21/03/2024

Week 3 Installation Update. Building D & C. Village Works Quarters, Jacks Point, Queenstown.

Building D is complete and the install team have now moved ahead onto Building C! Approximately one week per level (including the private roof terraces) with QA done and handover to the main contractor underway. Level one on Building C also completed with level two going up next week. 🌳🏭🏗️✅

29/02/2024

Day 3 Installation Update. Village Works Quarters, Jacks Point, Queenstown. Our XLAM CLT midfloor panels and stairs went in perfectly today with the result being two fully closed in apartments in 3 days! Weather permitting we expect to have the second level of apartments done by Friday next week with the roof terrace to follow straight after. This incredible visual progress is the result of an industry leading pre-construction project team, highly detailed in-house planning and documentation, our superstar Hector Egger on-site install team, and a combination of offsite manufacturers delivering the high-quality kit of parts for the job. 🏭🏗️✅

28/02/2024

The Hector Egger install team are underway with the installation of the new Village Works Quarters apartment project at Jacks Point, Queenstown. The first internal and external wall panels were installed over the last 2 days with lintels, XLAM CLT stairs and mid floor panels going in tomorrow and Friday (closing in the first two apartments in 4 days). This development consists of 16 luxury apartments across 4 buildings over 3 levels including roof terraces. Progress updates to follow as we go up to the roof terrace on Building D and then start again at Level 1 on Building C … and work our way along 🌳🏭🏗️🏢

06/11/2023

The last of the timber panels and pre-finished chimneys are heading out the door to our upcoming Village Works Quarters project at Jacks Point, Queenstown. Combined with some beautiful CLT floors panels and pre-finished stairs from XLam, we will be installing 16 apartments (8 with fully loaded outdoor roof terraces) over a commercial ground floor level. This will be an exemplar project showcasing a hybrid construction methodology containing in-situ concrete, CLT floor panels and stairs, and Hector Egger prefabricated structural wall and roof panels. The building’s digital design has been coordinated by our in-house team with on-site assembly provided by our expert team of installers. 🏭🚚🏗️👷🏼🏛️

30/08/2023

Hector Egger New Zealand is proud to support an increasing number of community organisations and events around Cromwell and the wider Central Otago district. Recent adventures include transporting the Dunstan Devils Ice Hockey Team to the Southern Inter Secondary schools tournament, whipping up some timber outdoor tables for the Cromwell Golf Club, supporting the Cromwell Light Up Winter Festival (big plans for this next year!) and hosting a fantastic group from the senior management arm of the Cromwell Lions 🦁 It is the greatest pleasure for Stephan, myself and our team to get up on our skis and start to share whatever resources we can with our local community.

12/08/2023

By realising all of our projects using Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, Hector Egger New Zealand are able to accurately forecast material quantities down to the smallest detail, enabling us to provide fixed pricing for our entire scope on a project. In addition, we can also share information across project consultants enabling a coordinated set of processes leading to better outcomes on site. This coordination allows us to map services throughout the structure, optimise the routing, pre-cut all penetrations in our panels and manage clash detection. The screenshot below shows the mechanical services coordinated with our structural model for the now completed Luggate Memorial Centre, New Zealand's first certified Passive House Community building.