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Tight site and a tight frame Project

Tight site and a tight frame

For Fulton Hogan, tasked with constructing a new section of road, installing stormwater pipes and upgrading the sewer on a narrow site near Queenstown Airport, it was a race against the onset of winter and the tourist season. Richard Silcock explains. Since opening in late December last year, the Eastern Access (Hawthorne Road...
Reshaping a city with passion Project

Reshaping a city with passion

As one of the country’s largest council-owned maintenance and construction companies, Citycare Group was one of the major contractors to contribute to the Christchurch rebuild. AFTER SEVEN YEARS Citycare has matured into a maintenance and construction company turning over $300 million a year and with a well-balanced portfolio of North...
Kapiti Expressway heads north Project

Kapiti Expressway heads north

The second section of the Kapiti Expressway is advancing northwards with construction well underway. Richard Silcock went to check on progress. PHOTOS: MARK COOTE PHOTOGRAPHY Over the years... The present concrete, two-lane-bridge over the Otaki River on SH1 was built in 1955, replacing a 272-metre-long wooden bridge which was...
End in sight for London’s Crossrail Project

End in sight for London’s Crossrail

New images released by London’s new Crossrail underground highlight construction progress across the route to deliver the city’s newest railway, the Elizabeth line. CONSTRUCTION OF THE Elizabeth line has entered its final stages with fit-out of the new Elizabeth line stations and tunnels advanced with intensive work...
Building a new city precinct Project

Building a new city precinct

Mary Searle Bell looks at a redevelopment project of an old area of the Queen city that started in 2011 and won’t be completed until 2030. WYNYARD QUARTER on Auckland’s waterfront has been transformed over recent years. The industrial and marine heritage of this part of the city is now rubbing shoulders with many and varied...
Remembering the Battle of the River Plate Project

Remembering the Battle of the River Plate

Richard Silcock rekindles naval history and the challenges encountered by the design and construction teams in turning an unstable Auckland cliff into a commendable memorial and lookout. Development of Achilles Memorial in Auckland’s St Heliers Bay required geotechnical expertise, significant piling, a large palisade wall, a timber...
An exercise in logistics Project

An exercise in logistics

A new cargo wharf and breakwater have recently been completed at Waitangi on the Chatham Islands. Logistics and the severe weather were some of the challenges facing the construction alliance tasked with the project. Richard Silcock reports. THE CHATHAM ISLANDS lie about 800 kilometres off the south-east coast of the South Island. There...
What do you do with a gorge road and 75 bridges? Project

What do you do with a gorge road and 75 bridges?

Consultant David McGonigal provided an overview at RIMS 2018 of the significant infrastructure challenges in choosing a new route design alternative to the closed Manawatu Gorge. SH3 CARRIES SOME 7500 vehicles a day and is a national route providing access between the Manawatu and Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa regions. Not only is it...
New highway to replace Gorge route Project

New highway to replace Gorge route

Since the closure of SH3 through the Manawatu Gorge due to large slips the local councils, businesses and road users have waited somewhat impatiently for a replacement route to be announced. The new route has been greeted with both optimism and frustration. Richard Silcock reports. IN MID-MARCH the New Zealand Transport Agency finally...
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