Huge infrastructure project gears up
Construction of Watercare’s Central Interceptor will start with site works in August and the project is expected to be completed by 2025. On March 14,
Category : Project
Widening the Waimakariri bridges
Capacity for extra lanes on a pair of Christchurch motorway bridges was built into the original structures, but the passage of time has complicated the
Expressway build milestones
Construction of the Peka Peka to Otaki Expressway has reached a number of significant milestones over the past six months. Richard Silcock checks them out.
Subdivisions filling the gap
With no big road projects about to start, Goodman Contractors is reinvigorating its core business. Richard Silcock explains. Stan Goodman, managing director for Goodman Contractors,
Bridging the Gully
Metre by metre, the longest bridge on the ‘greenfields’ Transmission Gully Motorway project north of Wellington is being incrementally launched across Cannons Creek. RICHARD SILCOCK
Replacing old bridges
The old narrow concrete bridges over the Manawatu River and surrounding floodplain just south of Foxton on SH1 are both being replaced at a cost
Kaimai Tunnel rail slab re-level innovation
Ground engineering and asset preservation specialist Mainmark filled voids and lifted the slab and re-levelled the railway line in the Kaimai Tunnel. The Kaimai Tunnel
Northland bridges finally underway
Northland is experiencing its largest ever programme of work on its State Highways. Among the numerous projects the Transport Agency has underway in the region,
Southland’s big roading project
It says something for the growth of our dairy industry that they’ve had to build a new road round the original Edendale factory, and this
A functional public venue
Constructing an award-winning, terraced amphitheatre on an extremely steep site alongside the Waikato River was not without challenges. Richard Silcock explains. Demolishing derelict building foundations,