Unlocking solutions since 1940
Projects
Isaac Theatre Royal
8
Months Duration
$30K
Approx cost
Isaac Theatre Royal
The Challenge
This was one of the iconic Christchurch buildings to be significantly rebuilt and refurbished following the 2011 earthquakes. James Bull were engaged to write the access schedule at an early stage to ensure integration with modern access control systems, while maintaining many of the heritage aspects o...
St Georges Hospital
3
Stages
600,000+
Price
280+
Doors
St Georges Hospital
The Challenge
James Bull were engaged early on, in this 3 stage process, by Trengrove Architects, and St Georges to provide a full access and security schedule, for supply, and installation of hardware. Since early 2000's, St Georges has valued the expertise and problem solving that Craydon and his team bring to the...
Panorama House
$15K
Approx Price
25+
Doors
Panorama House
The Challenge
When you are working on an extremely highly specified house, it's not a surprise when you are asked to source leather door handles! In this project, the architect, +MAP approached Mike Sloan and Mike Dennett from James Bull to look at supply and install of a modern stylish leather handled door. These w...
Canoe Polo Containers
Zero
Keys cut
5
Minutes to install
Canoe Polo Containers
The Challenge
The canoe polo club have two containers in an isolated location that store their gear. Managing key access for these is tricky when you have a number of teams, needing to access the hired gear on many days of the week. A large number of these users are secondary school students. The main issues are ens...
Christchurch Town Hall
56
Cast
Handles
Handles
Christchurch Town Hall
The Challenge
The Town Hall has been Christchurch's most significant repaired building post 2011. With a significant push to restore the past to its original and former glory, James Bull were ideally placed to offer its services. In fact the team were already engaged with Warren and Mahoney, and VBase planning the refu...
Nazareth House
140
Total
Rooms
Rooms
423
Doors and
Closers
Closers
20
Weeks
Duration
Duration
Nazareth House
The Challenge
Nazareth House was an historic building located on large grounds on Brougham Street in Christchurch, until being badly damaged in the 2011 earthquakes. James Bull have had a long standing relationship with the Nazareth House, and this led to Ikon Architects approaching us to assist them with developin...
Hotel Montreal
87 units
DOOR
HARDWARE
HARDWARE
34
HOTEL
LOCKS
LOCKS
12 weeks
TIME
FRAME
FRAME
25
IN ROOM
SAFES
SAFES
Hotel Montreal
The Challenge
Converting an existing apartment building into a boutique hotel. After the Christchurch earthquakes a number of buildings have been renovated, or refurbished and this was one of a high profile sites where it required significant design to change its use. James Bull Access and Security were invited by ...
Christchurch Charity Hospital
20
Access
Cards
Cards
120
Clients
Accessing
Accessing
Zero
Keys
Cut
Cut
$45K
Overall
Budget
Budget