Octa

Octa is providing project and programme management for the redevelopment of the University’s Science Building.  The 45 year old building on the Dunedin Campus is being refurbished both internally and externally.

The 6500 square metres of mostly science laboratories used for first-year science students will be remodelled and refurbished to high scientific standards, housing a “super-lab” on the ground floor to be used for the different science disciplines, with more PC1 and PC2 labs, and improved air-flow and ventilation in all areas.

In order to minimise the effect on students, Octa developed a strategy that involved staging of the refurbishment, along with the provision of a temporary laboratory facility.  This reduces the disruption to the teaching and research faculty.

The ground floor link between Science I and the adjoining Science II building is also be reconfigured into a new link with this building.

The project has required working in and around a ‘live’ campus with a staged construction and handover process determined and implemented.

The final stage of the refurbishment is scheduled for completion in early 2018.