Achievements:
- Relocated nearly 550 staff from multiple DHB office locations around Hamilton into a new central city location, over a series of more than 12 physical moves.
- Saved nearly $1M in furniture fit-out costs through extensive re-use of existing DHB furniture and purchase of reconditioned used furniture where practical whilst ensuring all FF&E were still fit-for-purpose.
- Commissioned the building in several stages, enabling services to successfully move in and operate their core business-as-usual whilst construction was being completed in different areas and levels of the large open-plan building, covering nearly 10,000 square meters of workspace – the largest open-plan office in New Zealand.
- Established and refined facility management services, processes and procedures, addressed issues raised by services and staff as they moved in, whilst coordinating around the completion of the facility and preparing the facilities and coordinating logistics for subsequent moves as the build neared completion.