Chief Executive balances leadership with sustainability as combined CEO/CSO Alex Cutler, the new Chief Executive at RDT Pacific, will also retain her role as Chief Sustainability Officer, to lead the organisation with a long-term lens. Whilst providing leadership for the company’s strategic direction and taking responsibility for RDT Pacific’s operations, Alex will also champion the…
Why David Prentice should never have run away to the circus Thirty-eight years ago, a young David Prentice launched a characterful yet considered career with RDT Pacific. It was 1985 and his long-term plan was to become a director, but he acknowledged “he needed to walk before he could run” and earn the respect of…
Changes to the Construction Contracts Act: What you need to know The Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Act 2023 has been significantly reformed with the passing of the Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Bill and it is now law. The Amendment Bill, which received Royal Assent recently, will apply to all commercial construction projects entered…
Fisher & Paykel gets a head start on big expansion in East Tamaki It may have a 30,000 m² footprint, but the Fisher & Paykel Appliances Distribution Centre redevelopment aims to tread lightly on its 10.4 hectare industrial site. As the tenant representative for Fisher & Paykel Appliances, RDT Pacific is representing one of New Zealand’s…
PROJECTS > DCI Data Centers DCI Data Centers – AKL01 RDT Pacific are proud to have provided Project Management and Engineer to Contract services for this new data centre in Auckland. AKL01 comprises data halls, security areas, staging areas, office space and customised tenant areas. This project is the first of DCI’s new generation of…
A journey to better integrate te ao Māori in our built environment Miko Brouwer (centre left) and colleagues from RDT Pacific with Pūniu River Care whānau at an Open Day at their Tokanui nursery. The built environment is where people and place matter, and the smallest detail has the power to transform experience. RDT Pacific…
PROJECTS > Arnott’s NZ Ltd Arnott’s Group – 439 Rosebank Road When Arnott’s Group returned to Aotearoa New Zealand after 25 years to open a brand new 4,000 m² production facility in Avondale, they engaged RDT Pacific as Project Manager for the new build. The scope of the project encompassed the fitout of Arnott’s new, agile…
PROJECTS > Douglas Pharmaceuticals Douglas Pharmaceuticals Innovation Building Douglas Pharmaceuticals is New Zealand’s largest privately owned pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1967 in Auckland, the Douglas Innovation Building was completed in June 2021. RDT Pacific was Project Manager from the beginning of the design phase, through procurement and the successful construction of this 4,500 m² facility.…
PROJECTS > N2D3 Properties Limited and ANZ Bank Gaia (Earth) Forest Preschool New Zealand A building in the shape of a single leaf, set in 10,000 m² of ancient native forest is home to the world’s first childcare centre fully immersed in nature. Inspired by the Gaia Earth Education Principle of Earth-inspired building design, environments,…
PROJECTS > Waitematā District Health Board Whenua Pupuke – Waitematā Clinical Skills Centre RDT Pacific provided Project Management services for Whenua Pupuke Clinical Skills Centre, the education centre at Te Whatu Ora – Waitematā at the North Shore Hospital campus. Te Whatu Ora – Waitematā (formerly Waitematā District Health Board) supports the training needs of…
