Wes Jenkins and Kirsten Eichstaedt holding the awards.
The University of Otago’s first new tauira accommodation in more than 50 years, Te Rangihīroa College, won the Aotearoa Construction Project of the Year at the Project Management Institute of New Zealand (PMINZ) awards recently.
University Director of Property and Campus Development Tanya Syddall says the award was in recognition of an outstanding project management and leadership team.
Tanya says she is, “so proud of the project management team that helped make this project such a success and an example for others in the construction industry.”
She says key University staff involved in the project included Kim Sneddon, Kirsten Eichstaedt, Wes Jenkins, and Gordon Roy, alongside project partners at RCP, Southbase Group and TBIG (The Building Intelligence Group).
Last year Te Rangihīroa College won three industry awards including an Excellence Award in the Multi-Unit Residential Property category at the Property Industry Awards.
“It's an amazing space for our tauira and has become a major feature on the Dunedin campus and a very popular choice for those coming to study at Otago.”
Te Rangihīroa (Sir Peter Buck) became the first Māori medical graduate from a New Zealand university when he graduated from Otago in 1904. He later received his MD in 1910, his doctoral thesis being “Medicine amongst the Māori, in ancient and modern times”.
The name ‘Te Rangihīroa’ was gifted to the University in 2013 following permission granted from his iwi, (Ngāti Mutunga) and surviving family members. The original Te Rangihīroa College on Castle Street has been renamed 192 Castle College.
“Special mention and acknowledgement to Ngāti Mutunga and Kai Tahu for bringing this building to life through its cultural narrative,” Tanya says.
Kōrero by Kerry Dohig, Communications Adviser (Projects)
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