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The Facility

A purpose-built innovation facility at Blue Mountain Campus, Upper Hutt.

Where PDIHQ will be

Blue Mountain Campus, Upper Hutt

PDIHQ is planned for Blue Mountain Campus in Upper Hutt, Wellington: a strategic innovation hub where KiwiRail and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) are anchor tenants of the wider campus. Upper Hutt City Council has confirmed PDIHQ as a qualifying tenant under the campus rates remission agreement, which passes rates remission directly to operating tenants through June 2033.

A $10 million purpose-built facility

The facility is a 2,500 square metre, two-storey purpose-built design with a committed construction partner, Willis Bond. It contains 12 tenancies of approximately 150 square metres each, combining ground-floor lab and workshop space with first-floor offices, configurable to each resident's needs.

Architectural concept render of the PDIHQ building at Blue Mountain Campus with PDIHQ signage
PDIHQ at Blue Mountain Campus: architectural feasibility concept render.

Inside the building

What the facility provides

Office space

Modern private offices. Closed, not open-plan. Designed for the focus and IP confidentiality that STEM commercialisation requires.

Laboratories

Plug-and-play labs designed for biotech, clean tech, deep tech, and consumer product development chemistry. Modern, spacious, and safe.

Engineering workshops

CNC machines, 3D printers (FDM and resin), lathes, milling machines, laser cutters, routers, welding bays, assembly benches, and standard machine tools. Workshops are shared across residents, with booking and access management.

Shared spaces

Reconfigurable meeting rooms, shared workshop areas for collaborative projects, shared lounge, educational makerspace for STEM youth programmes, welcome space and reception, kitchen and dining, changing facilities, loading accessway, parking, and green space for community use.

Floor plans

Ground floor labs and workshops. First floor offices.

PDIHQ floor plans: ground floor with twelve lab and workshop spaces and a shared lab, first floor with private offices and shared office space
Feasibility design. Ground floor: twelve lab and workshop spaces of approximately 100 sqm, a 160 sqm shared lab, reception, and meeting rooms. First floor: private offices above each tenancy, with shared office space.

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