Ocean View Apartments

Ocean View Apartments is a 5 story, 37 unit development on the beach front of Tahunanui in Nelson. The development is unit titled, and features a range of 1-3 bedroom apartments, four three bedroom penthouse units at the top floor, plus resort style landscaping facilities including three pools, a spa and a gym.

Scott Construction were engaged on a negotiated design-build contract with ECI engagement. This entailed upfront agreement of labour rates and overall margin to be applied to the budget and P&G costs. Preliminary Estimates were provided at multiple stages throughout detailed design to ensure the project was on target which enabled management of the design to meet the client’s financial expectations. Price comparison of different materials was carried out to enable the design team to make informed decisions of material selections to ensure the budget was managed.

All service trades were design-build as well, so formed part of the design team to manage cost and provide alternative options to assist with managing the specialist budgets. The Subcontractor packages were a combination of negotiation with pre-existing subcontractors and tender packages.

Collaboration is a fundamental element in construction and having a project team involving the developer, consultants and contractors all working together to resolve design, budget and buildability issues has been instrumental in this development.

The success of Ocean View Apartments in the relatively small centre of Nelson has been a team effort across the entire local industry, drawing on a significant majority of the available resources as well as contractors drawn in from Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.