INDUSTRY PEOPLE
Isaac Construction Ltd took out the AB Equipment Ltd award for Innovation and the Leibherr NZ award for Company Image.
(Photo credit: Angela Jones)
and asphalt. There are currently around 400 members in
large, medium and small construction, engineering and
contracting businesses involved.
In essence, it keeps the contractors of New Zealand in the
loop with anything and everything that impacts their sector.
The projects recognised for the awards are themselves
diverse: everything from repairs to earthquake-stricken
roads, to anti-erosion structures, to a four-lane road which
passes through an environmental reserve.
These big projects sometimes spring up quietly, and the
contractors involved spend months or even years planning
the smooth implementation of people and resources to the
area.
One such project is the Waiho Bailey Bridge Reinstatement,
under Downer Construction management. They won the
prize for projects with a value of between $500,000 and
$1.5m.
The bridge is a critical link for the West Coast, and was
washed out in March this year. It only took Downer
Construction—with a team of NZ Defence Force and other
contractors—18 days to reinstate the bridge. All of this
occurred during the threat of further rainfall and increasing
pressure from West Coast businesses to restore their
crucial link for tourist numbers.
Other infrastructure wins were snapped up by McConnell
Dowell Constructors Ltd with their work on the Sumner
Road Remediation, and Fulton Hogan for their Western
Belfast Bypass project.
The former had been tasked with retaining the road that
had been impacted in the Christchurch earthquake of 2011,
where rockfall damaged the road, closing it for two-and-a-
half years. Again, the pressure was on to make the road safe
and was underpinned by it being a key link to Port Lyttelton.
The latter project was complex in that it required careful
consideration of The Groynes, a public area with walks and
a dog park. The brief was to construct a four-lane highway
to bypass Belfast and to reduce congestion on Main North
Road in Canterbury.
Contractors in the Canterbury region were also rewarded
for their efforts in retention and remediation. Hunter Civil
Ltd have been involved in the Scarborough Sea Wall
Remediation project, which aims to address the rising sea
level and prevent further erosion, and again the Downer
Group were awarded the Merit Award for projects with a
value up to $500,000 for their work on the Hundalee Hills
with a retaining wall to support State Highway 1 at the top
of the hills.
Work on Millbrook Resort, including the creation of a
new 9-hole golf course won Grant Hood Contracting Ltd
the first prize in the category of projects from $1.5-$5M.
With a complex task to hand, including major earthworks,
drilling and rock blasting, the company had multiple roles to
oversee, and was justly rewarded at the dinner.
That company also took home the prize for Most Progressive
Company for their involvement in both public and private
sector companies.
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