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...
Category : Project
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,...
CRL UPDATE excavation completed
The City Rail Link is the largest infrastructure project ever to be undertaken here, creating a 3.45km twin-tunnel rail link up to 42 metres below...
A short cycleway but a major challenge
The Rapanui to Shag Rock Cycleway in Christchurch opened a year ago, thanks to Higgins who dealt with some major challenges during its build and...
A tank called FRED
Watercare’s new $30 million Fred Thomas Drive Storage Tank and Pump Station in Takapuna helps prevent wastewater overflows into Shoal Bay. Around 30 Fulton Hogan...
BLANCHE sets tunnelling record
A new Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) was used at Army Bay, Whangaparaoa to help install a new outfall pipeline, as part of $31 million upgrades...