Kirk Roberts partnered with Sudima Hotels to design, develop and deliver Sudima Kaikōura, a 120-room hotel on the Kaikōura waterfront, which opened in 2022. The hotel has since achieved 5-Star Gold status from Qualmark and received an Excellence Award in the Tourism and Leisure category at the 2023 Property Industry Awards.

The hotel includes 120 guest rooms, restaurant and bar, heated pool, gym and conference facilities, all positioned to make the most of its spectacular coastal location.

Delivering a development of this scale in Kaikōura presented some unique challenges. Our architects, engineers, designers and project managers worked together to find practical and innovative solutions to the location, construction and delivery constraints.

KR Capital:

KR Capital’s expertise and involvement played a key and crucial role in this development. KR Capital work to create positive wealth opportunities. This included bringing together investors and facilitated the debt funding process. We worked closely with all shareholders to bring this prospect from its initial conception to its successful completion.

Structural:

To combat a lack of resources, labour, supplies and accommodation in Kaikōura, our structural team created a design that was as modular as possible. This incorporated techniques that not only increases efficiencies but also reduces waste. We used pre-cast concrete panels, timber internal walls and suspended concrete floors, all of which were constructed in Christchurch then transported to site for assembly.

“Not only did this approach help us overcome site and labour challenges, but it also reduced waste, and increased the efficiency of the build,” Jade Kirk, company CEO, “It allowed us to de-risk the development.”

This strategy required a lot of front-end planning, design which has been refined over many years. We worked on the basis that every component was panelised and came in ready, fit for purpose and just ‘clicked’ into position.