| 11 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Hamilton: Stark Property The Tristram Precinct development features an architecturally designed refurbishment enhancing the character features of the building’s original facade. Photos: Aaron Radford It’s in our blood When Stark Property appointed Naylor Love to deliver the NZ Blood Development, they got a dedicated team of construction experts. They also got a team who match their commitment to building sustainably, implementing industry-leading waste management practices. Find out more at www.naylorlove.co.nz/sustainability Naylor Love Waikato & BOP shares Stark Property’s commitment both to Hamilton and to building sustainably, leading to a meeting of minds on waste management on the NZ Blood Development project. With the foundation works still in progress, Naylor Love are o to a great start on their waste minimisation goals. They’ve diverted around 5,500 cubic metres of unusually good soil from the excavations away from land ill, repurposing it on construction sites throughout the Waikato region. Planning is well under way for waste minimisation on the next stage of the project, when the building starts rising out of the ground. The Naylor Love team have made sustainability a key part of their discussions with subcontractors and suppliers from the outset, encouraging them to unpack ixtures and ittings as much as possible before they come to site and to recycle the excess packaging. Project Manager Chris Haswell is delighted with the response they’ve had to this initiative, re lecting that, “Everybody we’ve talked to is keen to have discussions about waste minimisation and how they can contribute to the circular economy, sometimes it seems like they’re just waiting to be asked.” Packaging and other excess materials that are generated on site will be sorted into a series of bins that would challenge most dedicated home recycler – Building sustainably with Naylor Love everything from food scraps from builders’ lunches to o cuts will have a dedicated place on site and a destination planned that keeps them out of land ill. Soft plastics will be collected and sent to saveBOARD, a Hamilton start-up that upcycles packaging into low carbon building materials. Even items that could potentially be reused, such as decent-sized o cuts of ply, will be collected on site and o ered to the local Men’s Shed. Chris acknowledges that waste management at this scale, with around 16 categories of waste segregated on site, is quite an investment – more bins take space on an already congested site, cost a bit more, and need to be repositioned around the site as the project progresses. Additionally, everybody who comes to site needs to be educated on what goes where. He is, however, unequivocal about the value of this and other sustainability initiatives. “With the steps we’re taking at the NZ Blood Development mirrored on other major Naylor Love sites around the region, including the Tauhara Geothermal Power Station, we’re having productive conversations about sustainability with our entire supply chain on an unprecedented scale. There’s a momentum building that has the potential to transform the way we think about waste in the construction industry, and it’s great to be working with so many local companies who support this. We’re proud to be leading the way.”
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