BY HON PHIL TWYFORD, MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The Coalition Government remains committed to delivering a modern and efficient transport system.
It’s been more than a year since this Coalition Government took office. We have spent that time working hard on our vision of making our country a greater...
The first contract for the southern end of the City Rail Link project in Auckland was awarded just before the end of last year.
THE CONTRACT FOR stormwater diversion works in Mt Eden was awarded to the March Bessac Joint Venture.
CRL chief executive Chris Meale says while the focus to date has been in the city centre with the...
The Connectus JV team is delivering Contract 2 for City Rail Link, which represents about 10 percent of the 3.45 kilometre length of the twin-tunnel underground rail link in central Auckland.
CONTRACT 2 INVOLVES the construction of twin tunnels within the Albert Street road corridor from Customs Street West to Wyndham Street,...
The Connectus JV is constructing a bridge to maintain traffic and people flows while protecting Auckland’s utility services.
Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) is the biggest infrastructure project in New Zealand and is taking place in a busy inner city environment full of traffic and people. It’s essential to keep the city moving...
This article first appeared in Contractor February 2017.
Aucklanders knew the disruption was coming and now it is upon them as Albert Street becomes a temporary construction site. But after the pain will follow significant gain for the city’s transport infrastructure. CHRIS WEBB explains how it is being constructed.
DESPITE THE...
This article first appeared in Contractor Perspectives 2017.
A strong civil market, candidate movement and local skill shortages have combined to create a high volume of vacancy activity. Jason Walker, managing director, Hays New Zealand.
MOST REGIONS WILL continue to experience an active civil job market in 2017, but employers will...
Aucklanders knew the disruption was coming and now it is upon them as Albert Street becomes a temporary construction site. But after the pain will follow significant gain for the city’s transport infrastructure. Chris Webb explains how it is being constructed.
Despite the disruption to Auckland’s CBD, the much-heralded City Rail...
This article first appeared in Contractor Perspectives 2017.
Simon Bridges, Minister of Transport
THE GOVERNMENT continues to deliver record levels of investment in our transport infrastructure, while making sure we are ready to adopt the radical technologies that are emerging in almost every aspect of transport.
During 2016 we...
It’s all go at the site of Auckland’s old Downtown Shopping Centre as Peter Ward and his Ward Demolition team prepare the site for the arrival of a new multimillion-dollar business and retail development. As CAMERON OFFICER discovers, you have to run to keep up.
PETER WARD DOESN’T have a reputation for sitting on his hands when it...
The construction of the City Rail Link (CRL) tunnels underneath Auckland’s city centre is a major challenge requiring a robust and innovative approach to construction monitoring.
NEXT TO QUEEN STREET, Albert and Victoria Streets in Auckland have some of the most valuable real estate in the country. As the owner of a...
