Country: New Zealand
Key Area: Transportation
Services: Architecture,Building Services,Fire Engineering,Seismic Engineering

The Britomart Transportation Centre project is comprised of four distinct elements – the underground station “box”, the approach tunnel, the Chief Post Office refurbishment, and the surrounding above ground streetscapes.  The final value of the overall project was NZ$ 204 million.  Opus, in association with Arup, was responsible for the fire engineering and building services engineering design – which included mechanical, electrical, plumbing and drainage, data and telecommunications, and vertical transportation services – for all aspects of the project.

The Britomart station is unique in that it is the only underground rail station in the world that services diesel-powered rolling stock.  This imposed significant challenges to fire engineering, acoustics, and air quality.  The Opus/Arup team developed innovative design solutions to meet these challenges.