Projects

As leading fire engineering and fire protection consultants in Australasia and the Pacific Rim, we have worked with every type of construction challenge. What sets an Origin Fire engineer apart from others is an ability to collaborate creatively with other disciplines and think outside the box.

Downer Building, Wiri

Stage 1 of the new Downer building in Wiri was completed in 2011. It had a footprint of around 1600m2 with car parking in the basement and two levels of offices above.

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Latest Projects

NXN Apartments Project: A unique offering
With views over Nixon Park to the green slopes of Arch Hill, NXN Apartments in Auckland is a modern premises comprising 73 design-led apartments and five townhouses. The Kingsland residential development is a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments on the ground floor through to level six, as well as four-storied townhouses on levels […]
Grey Lynn School Project
Grey Lynn School Project: Starting from scratch Project Overview With a predicted roll growth in the Western Bays area, a new building was designed for Grey Lynn School’s administration and library block, classrooms and gymnasium. The building was to be completed in stages. With the design constructed on sloping ground, PENZL Architects designed a 2-3 […]
Te Kanawa Crescent – Henderson
Creating a fire safety solution through use of sprinkler systems in newly built Auckland luxury homes. With a land area of 1184m², the vacated site at 46 Te Kanawa Crescent, Henderson could readily accommodate the nine brand new townhouses envisaged. In addition, a 50 metre long right of way to the site meant any […]
Edition Parnell – A Dream Project
Edition is a timeless, elegantly designed apartment building that will be situated on Churton Street in the heart of Parnell. The architects are Monk Mackenzie, the interiors are by Bureaux and Edition was a well-deserved finalist in the 2017 World Architecture Festival. Origin has been privileged to work with the development and construction business LEP […]
Apollo Square Apartments…a great result
Apollo Square Apartments The Apollo Square Apartments at 40 Rosedale Road are located adjacent to the Apollo Medical Centre. Rangitoto College is a short walk away. Just a short drive away are Massey University, Kristin School, Albany Westfield Mall, AUT Millenium Sports Centre and North Harbour Stadium. Browns Bay and Mairangi Bay beaches are close […]
Pulse Apartments
Pulse Apartments: a reclad that became hugely complex Repairs began on one of Auckland’s largest leaky apartment complexes – The Pulse – a 65-unit Ponsonby block at 80 Richmond Rd on April 2015, a full decade after evidence emerged that the cladding required urgent attention as well as attention to persistent leaks posed by severe […]
Underwater Restaurant
Underwater restaurant Hurawalhi Island Resort Project design lead, concept designer and structural engineer Mike Murphy had already designed one underwater restaurant, the Ithaa (Pearl) for a luxury Maldives resort. His second underwater restaurant, also destined for the Maldives was for the Hurawalhi Island Resort. Mike knows it is attention to detail that makes or breaks […]
Pop-up Globe
Origin was recruited to the Pop-up Globe project as the fire and emergency lighting engineers. Michael James oversaw the project, Sajeesh Nair produced the fire engineering design and Clive Revie completed emergency lighting.
Cromwell House Hospital, Epsom
This is an existing building undergoing alterations where two blocks (hospital and dementia) are combined into one building.
Ford Highbrook
The main challenge when designing an unsprinklered warehouse of this size is to manage smoke build up so that fire fighters can carry out search and rescue operations.
Downer Building, Wiri
Stage 1 of the new Downer building in Wiri was completed in 2011. It had a footprint of around 1600m2 with car parking in the basement and two levels of offices above.