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Food & Beverage Building – Christchurch Airport

Project Name
CIAL Food & Beverage Building (Building D)
Value
$1.5m
Category
Retail
Client
Christchurch International Airport Limited
Location
Canterbury

The CIAL Food & Beverage building comprises three tenancies within a single structure. Each tenancy includes a dedicated toilet facility located in the building’s corners, with hot water cylinders installed above each toilet structure.

 

The building was constructed on a base cut with concrete footings along the perimeter and internal partition lines. Precast tilt panels with a chevron timber finish were erected using deadmen supports. Structural steel posts and purlins were then installed and fixed to the panels. In-ground services and the sub-base were completed to allow for the concrete slab pour.

 

Each tenancy was delivered to a base build standard, with fire protection, power, and lighting in place, ready for tenant fit-out. Internal walls were finished with gib linings, and ceilings featured plywood lining fixed to the underside of the steel purlins. Internal partition walls were constructed as fire-rated walls, installed up to the steel structure with deflection heads to accommodate movement.

 

Tenancy 1 was the only unit to receive a finished floor—polished concrete—added late in the build following a signed request from the tenant.

 

Aluminium double-glazed shopfront joinery was installed into the tilt panel openings, and three rear fire egress doors were fitted to serve each tenancy. These opened into a back-of-house (BOH) services corridor, which featured a steel privacy screen with an external-facing opening onto the rear access road.

 

Soffits and infill cladding were constructed using a combination of Easylap and Plygroove cladding systems, installed over steel top hat battens and RAB board.

 

Tenancy 3 included a large skylight fitted into the soffit above its external courtyard area, which was enclosed with a timber batten privacy screen. Tenancy 1 also featured large sliding doors opening to a courtyard with matching timber screening.