117 Heretaunga Street East

Brief

117 Heretaunga Street East is one of three buildings on Hastings’ main street being repurposed under the H Central programme. Each was built in a different era to a different code, so each needed its own seismic assessment and a strengthening scheme tuned to the structure on hand.

Approach

EQSE staged the structural design to match the staged construction programme on site, allowing fit-out and trade work to begin in completed zones while later stages were still being detailed. Existing elements that were sound and capable of carrying the new demand were retained; new strengthening was added where the assessment showed gaps.

Outcome

Construction is nearing completion for this part of the H Central precinct. Retaining as much of the existing fabric as possible kept the streetscape character intact and reduced the embodied-carbon footprint of the upgrade.