Commercial Bay Tower

On the 6th December 2019 at 12.30pm, Thermosash installed the last panel on the 39-storey Commercial Bay tower project, in Auckland CBD. After over 2 years in manufacture and installation, the significance of the 3183rd panel being installed after a competitive international tender was a moment celebrated by our entire Thermosash Group.

Thermosash facade solutions for the tower included:

• PW1000 Aluminium unitised Curtainwall system
• PW1000 Aluminium unitised Curtainwall system on roof (Foil)
• PW1000 curtainwall integrated with ACP (Alpolic FR) / louvres / stainless steel abseil brackets & signage brackets 
• Aluminium louvre panels with vertical fins
• Glass balustrade on stainless steel post
• Aluminium grating for soffits
• Alpolic FR Aluminium composite panels
• Channel glazing with glass fins / spider fittings /
• Lift enclosure with spider fittings
• Sliding door & revolving door
• C5 rated structural glass balustrades

We manufacture our bespoke metal folding and pressings to meet project design requirements. Also included are glass balustrades, channel glazing with glass fins and spider fittings for the lift enclosure as well as a revolving door.

One of the challenges that was overcome was the programme being behind for almost 1 year, due to CRL tunnelling under the site, as well as the Covid-19 shutdown. Despite this Thermosash was able to achieve the opening date set by the Client once the nationwide shutdown had ended by increasing labour rescources, shifts, and finding solutions to speed up installation without compromising on health and safety.

Commercial Bay is one of New Zealand's taller commercial structures at 18.01m. The building achieved a 5 Green Star Office Built, and Office Design rating.