ELEPHANT HILL WINERY

Hawke's Bay

15 Oct

Written By AB

MAIN CONTRACTOR: Alexander Construction
LOCATION: Hawke’s Bay, NZ
JOB TYPE: Sandblasting & Painting

Elephant Hill is one of the signature restaurants and wineries in New Zealand, but saw its beginnings as a green-field site upon which Patton Engineering Limited in association with Alexanders Construction erected 600mm diameter columns and huge 30 meter rafters to form the skeletal structure for this iconic establishment. Roof components were assembled at ground level in segments and then lifted into place during multi-crane lifts.

A very high-specification paint system was applied, not only due to the aggressive coastal environment, but also for aesthetic reasons as the final colour needed to blend effortlessly with the tarnished copper building cladding materials.

The owners residence, which was built to overlook the winery formed part of the project, and also retained the high-specification copper appearance in its surface treatment finishes.