Continued Changes to the Office Landscape
Our N&B team are always in step with the commercial landscape, gaining valuable insight into cost, risk, and return across a project’s lifecycle. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a surge in investment in the revitalisation of commercial office buildings and central business hubs.
This increased activity has been driven by tenant demand and landlords re-prioritising the human experience, as an incentive for a return to workplaces. Amongst the works that property owners have delivered are modernised facades and foyers, building facilities, new speculative fitouts, End of Trip facilities and the creation of “third spaces”.
The national housing shortage has also sparked increased activity around converting commercial office properties into residential assets.
Napier & Blakeley have worked on various commercial office revitalisation projects around Australia for clients including AFIAA, AREF, AXA, Juilliard Corporation, NewActon, PGA and W Property. We’ve included images to illustrate some of the projects involving the enhancement and refurbishment of commercial buildings. Continue reading
After 38 years, we have crossed the ditch and are now open for business in Auckland & Christchurch providing quantity surveying, tax depreciation and technical due diligence services to property developers, financiers and investors.
This geographic expansion will complement our other teams in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, confirming our ability to provide our services throughout Australasia.
Napier & Blakeley will be led by local Director, Daniel Small. Daniel was an architectural builder before retraining as a quantity surveyor. He worked in New Zealand as a quantity surveyor before spending the past few years working in the Melbourne Napier & Blakeley team with Directors Craig Smith and John Atkins. During this time, Daniel gained experience in a wide range of sectors including residential, commercial, retail, childcare & land subdivisions.
Daniel has been very active in research into upfront embodied carbon and has played an active role in developing our service offering in this space.
Daniel’s areas of expertise include:
? Cost Planning
? QS Financier Reporting
? Embodied Carbon Measurement
? Pre-tender Estimates
? Value Management
? Schedules/Bills of Quantities
? Tendering
? Tender Reviews
? Procurement
? Engineer to the Contract/Superintendent
? Reinstatement Cost Assessments
Please contact Daniel for any Quantity Surveying advice in New Zealand