| 7 Sarin Investments DEVELOPMENT The 33-room art themed hotel will be housed in the former physics and biology building and the Observatory Tower Building in the Art Centre’s south quad. RCP, New Zealand’s leading provider of independent project management and strategic advisory services for over 25 years. Adding value, every project, every time. WWW. R C P. C O . N Z Project Management Portfolio Management Infrastructure Advisory 100% New Zealand owned and operated, RCP is New Zealand’s leading provider of independent project management and strategic advisory services to the property, infrastructure, and wider construction industry. RCP brings 25 years’ practical industry experience in managing the feasibility, pre-planning, design and delivery of building, property, and infrastructure projects across an extensive and diverse range of sectors throughout Aotearoa. Owned and managed by twelve resident working Directors and an Executive Management team who are hands on driving its projects, RCP has a team of 170 technical sta located in Auckland, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Queenstown. RCP is one of the few consultancies that can provide specialist advice, leadership and technical skill from the strategic and upfront planning phases of a project throughout a range of sectors including, tourism, health, education, commercial and civic developments. “We pride ourselves on our professional, solutions focused approach, with proven project management systems and processes that provide for innovation and increased certainty of outcome,” says Ben Harland, National Portfolio Management Lead. RCP has a 17-year established presence in Ōtautahi Christchurch with a locally based teamwho are proud to have contributed to several projects as part of the Christchurch city rebuild and the continuous development of the region. “We’re passionate about continuing to contribute to the ongoing development of Ōtautahi and its communities including The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora Restoration Project of which the Observatory Hotel is a part of. Since being appointed as Arts Centre Restoration Project Manager in 2015, one of our primary challenges was developing a commercial construct that balanced several competing drivers.” Operating under a ixed budget derived from insurance proceeds, the complex repair, strengthening and adaptive reuse of the many heritage buildings within the site presented a unique challenge for the Client and Project Team. “Traditional constructs could not adequately manage the high degree of uncertainty and risk, given the scope of damage which resulted from the Canterbury Earthquakes and an overarching priority of heritage preservation. Collaboration was quickly established as a key success factor, and it was RCP’s focus to establish a commercial framework that was not at odds with this objective.” Looking beyond the status quo for a solution, RCP researched, recommended, and implemented a tailor-made contract structure which was the irst time it had been used in the New Zealand market — with proactivity, risk sharing and collaboration as central themes. “The success of the Observatory Hotel project is testament to the value of this approach, delivered brilliantly by a high calibre and innovative team of designers and contractors.” RCP - experience and expertise
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