The Franz Josef Community Centre has aged. The feasibility study was undertaken on the community’s plans for a major upgrade and development of an external fitness centre.
Client: Franz Josef Community Council Inc (2017)
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Feasibility Studies
Feasibility Studies
New Zealand Pounamu Centre and Hokitika Museum
With strengthening required for the Carnegie Building that houses the museum, the Westland District Council contracted a report on the future of the facility. Emerging from the planning process undertaken was the concept of this new proposed facility for which the company when on the prepare the feasibility study for coupled with the Lottery application for strengthening the Ca...
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Westland Sport and Community Centre – Westland High School
Westland High School’s gymnasium is the main indoor sporting facility in Hokitika. The gymnasium was built in 1967 and extended in 1984. It has been rated at 34% NBS and is in a deteriorating condition. The school hall, administration block and neighbouring classrooms burnt down in February. The opportunity exists to look at the inter-relationship of a number of the school faci...
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Kaniere Community Hub Feasibility Study
The Kaniere School has recognised the long standing need for a school hall. With the population surrounding the school expanding, the concept to create a community hub to cater for a wide range of uses emerged. This feasibility study explored the viability of the project and resulted in the Board of Trustees reducing the scale of their project initially by around 50% of the o...
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Hokitika Westland RSA Feasibility Study
The Hokitika Westland RSA rooms were found to have serious structural deficiencies. The facility was subsequently closed and demolished in April 2015. This project considered the viability of building a new facility on the same site, the nature of demand and level of community support for the project.
Gurden Consulting Ltd also prepare the Lottery application that received $...
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Westland Recreation Centre
Actively led by Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn, this new indoor stadium is set to open on Saturday 20 August 2016. As a stage two development to the Grey District Aquatic Centre, features of the facility include a double court stadium, aerobics and fitness centre, meeting/activities room, amenities for users of the Westfurf stadium and hub for a number of sports and othe...
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Grey District Aquatic Centre
Working with the Grey District Aquatic Centre Management Committee, the community and consultants LHT Design, Gurden Consulting Ltd prepared the feasibility study and acted as Project Coordinator for the planning and major funding applications for this $11M facility.
Client: Grey District Council (2006-2009)
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Chatham Island War Memorial & Community Centre
The Chatham Islands is embarking on a major project to replace their Council building, Museum and Centennial and War Memorial Hall with a new Council and Community Facility. Gurden Consulting Ltd prepared the Feasibility Study for the community component of this project. The proposed new facility will become a War Memorial and contain a War Memorial feature in the entrance fo...
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Shantytown Archives Feasibility Study
Shantytown Archive Facility Feasibility Study
Shantytown has the need for an archive facility to enable the safe storage of various historical items and records. This project involved exploring archive facilities in other regions, identifying the storage needs of other entities on the West Coast, considering Shantytown's needs and drawing this information together into a fe...
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