By Apollo Projects
CLIENT: High Performance Sport NZ
LOCATION: Christchurch
Apollo Projects was engaged to design and build the new 2,300m² High Performance Sport NZ training facility located next to the Jellie Park Pool Complex in Christchurch. As specialists in the controlled environment area, Apollo were thrilled to be selected for the project by New Zealand’s elite sporting organisation.
The high performance hub includes a gymnasium with cardio and weights areas, an indoor running straight, physiotherapy consulting rooms, medical consulting rooms, showers, recovery areas, an athlete lounge and general amenities, as well as office space for HPSNZ staff. The indoor training area includes a full-size netball court, which has become the new training base for the Canterbury Tactix netball team.
Using highly insulated Kingspan firesafe PIR insulated wall and roof panels during construction ensures the training environment is kept at a consistent temperature from summer through to winter, reducing future heating and cooling costs and ensuring a more consistent training experience for the athletes.
Furthering our commitment to elite sport in New Zealand, Apollo Projects has become a naming rights sponsor of the facility which is now known as the Apollo Projects Centre.
We are a nationwide Design and Build company with specialist knowledge and experience across verticals as diverse as cold storage, dairy, wine, food and beverage processing, commercial and retail spaces, and recreation and leisure.
Whatever the project, our focus is simple - listen to our client and deliver absolute trust and certainty from the start.
At Apollo, we've never been afraid to challenge the status quo.
When Craig Waghorn and Paul Lloyd started Apollo in 2001, they were determined to break away from the traditional management process and do things differently. They saw an opportunity to partner with clients from the very start, taking their ideas right from concept all the way through to completion – something that was poorly executed in the industry!
Today, Apollo is a leading New Zealand design and construction company with over 40 professional project delivery and support staff across the country. We regularly work with major national companies including Fonterra, Goodman Fielder, George Weston Foods, Ngai Tahu and Lion Co., as well as private owner-operated businesses, sports organisations and Government/Council entities.
Even though Apollo has grown over eighteen years, we’ve never lost our core value that a ‘client’s trust is everything’. Apollo is different simply because we operate as a partner with our clients – our goal from the very beginning has always been to build strong relationships from which we can deliver successful projects.