Stunning Pixelated Precast Façade for Tauranga Westpac Building

With Westpac Bank as the anchor tenant, this mixed-use commercial and retail project is positioned on one of the best sites in the Cameron Road / 11th Ave precinct.

The pixelated surface finish on the Litecrete lightweight precast concrete panels was achieved by the use of a customised urethane rubber formliner which is placed in the mould prior to casting. With thickness increments of 25mm, the finished panels varied in thickness from 150 to 225mm. The panels were coated with a white cementitious paint system after installation.

Litecrete is half the weight of standard precast concrete, which makes it cheaper to freight and reduces the overall dead-load on the building compared to standard precast. The pumice aggregate used in the mix provides the light weight and also an in-built insulation value.

Litecrete can be used for both commercial and residential construction.

Commercial Cladding

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Litecrete builds on traditional pre-cast concrete advantages by offering a lightweight alternative in the form of exterior and interior walls, firewalls, acoustic walls, vertical façade fins, and clip-on exterior cladding panels.

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Commercial panel sizes are tailored to suit the project.

The design, application, engineering, panel sizes and installation requirements for low-rise and high-rise Litecrete commercial projects differ markedly from residential installations. Potential uses are exterior cladding, sunshades, fins, acoustic or firewalls and façade re-instatements.

All Litecrete prouct applications are subject to specific engineering design by a registered structural engineer (not by Litecrete) prior to lodging a Building Consent application.

The Litecrete Construction System, which is subject to specific engineering design, meets the following performance requirements of the building code:

Clause B1 STRUCTURE: Performance B1.3.1, B1.3.2 and B1.3.4 for the relevant conditions in B1.3.3. a,b,f,g,h,i,j
Clause B2 DURABILITY: Performance B2.3.1, 50 years
Clause C3 SPREAD OF FIRE: Performance C3.3.5
Clause E2 EXTERNAL MOISTURE: Performance E2.3.2, E2.3.3, E2.3.6
Clause E3 INTERNAL MOISTURE: Performance E3.3.1
Clause F2 HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS: Performance F2.3.1
Clause G6 AIR & IMPACT SOUND: Performance G6.3.1
Clause H1 ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Performance H1.3.1, H1.3.2