Compac Furniture

/ About

Compac Furniture is part of the wider Mako Group of companies, all dedicated to the advancement of quality laminated panel technology. Compac Furniture specialises in high-quality, stylish and contemporary furniture that doesn't come with a designer price tag and has a reputation as one of New Zealand’s leading bedroom and lifestyle furniture manufacturers.

/ The Challenge

With the wider Mako group of companies growing, Compac Furniture needed extra storage capacity adjacent to their existing furniture factory. This would increase capacity and efficiencies, and free up storage in other areas of the building complex for their other enterprises.

The construction brief called for a seamless building extension with a clearspan building design, and maximum vertical headroom throughout the building while keeping the building under 8m apex for fire safety efficiencies. The Geotech conditions also came with their own set of challenges to ensure the foundations were optimised for the ground conditions and building loads.

/ The Solution

The Directors of Compac Furniture approached XL Structural Steel on the back of XL being well-referred by an existing client.

XL Structural Steel's unique double-member portal system was integral in providing an efficient industrial building solution for Compac Furniture while ensuring the building's structural integrity.

XL worked closely with the fire consultant to update fire reports for the existing building and new building extension along with optimising the design to save costly external firewalls and sprinklers. We also worked closely with the Geotech consultants and our Structural Engineer to ensure the footing design was optimised for the project.