C1 -2 Minutes September 2018

C1/C2 Community Liaison Group - ACTION POINTS Date:

25th September 2018

Time:

5.30pm

Venue:

Level 17, 29 Customs St West, Auckland Central

Present Invitees:

Sonya Leahy

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Richard Jenkins

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Nick Braxton

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Ghida Sinawi

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Daniel Newcombe (AT)

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John Fellows

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Nick Adams

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Lucas Nikkel

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Alan Howard-Smith

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Victoria Jessop

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Cindy Fan (Aotea Gifts)

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Misato Aoki (Aotea Gifts)

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Lexie Walker (Precinct Properties)

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Lauren Tilson (Precinct Properties)

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Noel Playle (Endeans)

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Ross Baxter (Prince Albert Apartments)

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Paul McCluckie (148 Quay St)

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Apology

Angela Doran

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Ben Twigden

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Campbell Williamson

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Charles Levin

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Chris Rayes

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Christine Begbie

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David Brown

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David Hogan Gordon Nelson Graeme Grant Kirby

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Jane Mantell

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Jennifer

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Jory Blair

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Kathy Ross

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Peter Bowden

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Pippa Coom

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Ross Boswell

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Roy

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Steve (NZ Tours)

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Vicki Morrison

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Contract 1 Update

1.1

Nick Adams gave an update on C1 construction at Britomart and Lower Queen Street.

1.2

The load transfer of the CPO building has been successful and the areas of the building above the rail tunnels are supported on temporary foundations.

1.3

Original piles have been found in Lower Queen Street from 1909.

These will be removed.

1.4

Contractors are now past the reclamation fill on Lower Queen Street

1.5

Noel Playle informed the group that the surrounding community was talking about loud jack hammering and if CRL had hit unexpected concrete. Nick confirmed that contractors are currently demolishing the pedestrian underpass. The underpass is heavily reinforced therefore it is going slower than expected. There are a few weeks to go.

1.6

May 2021

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Complete excavation: early 2019;

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Contract 2 update

2.1

Lucas Nikkel provided an update of Contract 2; Albert Street

2.2

The tunnels are progressing well. Approximately 50% complete to date. Walls are complete to halfway and roof sections now complete over the first 6 sections (72m).

2.3

The excavation is expected to finish by the end of November 2018.

2.4

Fletchers temporary at the interface between Commercial Bay development and CRL tunnels are being removed as exposed.

Noel Playle : why they were built in the first place if we are knocking them down.

Lucas : the piles were temporary and were built to support the Commercial Bay development until CRL excavation reached that point.

2.5

Excavation has commenced at the southern end with backfill between the southern pile wile and end of the tunnel box already completed. Struts are being removed at the southern end of the Albert St trench as contractors begin to backfill the excavation. The C3 contractors will eventually break through the southern end wall to join up to the tunnels built as part of C2.

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Sustainability Update

3.1

Ghida and Nick Braxton presented on sustainability reporting and posed the question; what can we do better and what improvements can be made?

3.2

Sustainability is a huge part of CRL culture and has been embedded into the project. The project is using an Australian sustainability rating tool from ISCA (Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia) to benchmark the sustainability work, and has set targets for energy, materials, water and waste reduction that are being tracked against.

3.3

One initiative to reduce the energy footprint of the project was to install transformers that use electricity sourced from the NZ grid, rather than fossil-fuelled generators. So far the three transformers installed have saved almost 200,000L of diesel and 450tCO 2 e of greenhouse gases.

3.4

Truck driver training was also introduced for the removal of spoil from the Albert St trench. The training involved changing driving behaviour to improve safety and efficiency, resulting in reducing the diesel usage by 5.6% (5,300L) thus far. The original aim was a 10% reduction, however sub-contractors Gleeson and Cox were already very efficient in the way they work, so are pleased with the improvement. Consequently they are rolling out this training to the

May 2021

Date Due

Construct rail tunnels: late 2018 to mid-2019; Reinstate CPO building: mid-2019 to late-2020; Remove plaza temporary accommodation: mid to late 2020 Urban realm: mid-2019 to late 2020

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rest of their fleet to make the most of the training they received from being part of the CRL project.

3.5

The C1&2 contractors have undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce waste. One example was the re-use of timber framing from the demolition works in Britomart to make formwork. Approximately 1,300m of timber was reused in this way, representing a cost saving of $12,500

3.6

The sustainability team showed several graphs showing how construction was tracking against targets for energy, materials, water and waste.

The energy and materials footprints for both contracts are on target, as are the diversion of demolition and office waste from landfill.

However, Contract 2’s spoil diversion rate is 1% below the 95% target, and both contracts have used about 20% more water than expected at this point, so will need to work hard to meet the target by the end of construction.

3.8

CRLL was recently awarded the Deloitte Energy Efficiency Award for Large Energy Users and is a finalist at the Sustainable Business Network Award.

3.9

CLG members were asked for feedback and any suggestions of ways CRLL could improve the project’s sustainability performance. CLG members were satisfied with progress in sustainability aspects.

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Streetscape flythrough

4.1

John Fellow presented a fly through video of Albert Street, post CRL. The video shows Albert Street from Mayoral Drive to Quay Street.

4.2

The video shows all footpaths widened and wherever possible and tree pits planted with indigenous tree species. There are no trees to be planted in the indented bus ways initially, however tree pits are to be installed beneath the indented bays to permit trees to be planted in the future. tree pits in these areas when the traffic reduces. The timing of this is unknown and depends upon reduction of traffic in Albert Street.

4.3

The video shows skylights in the middle of Albert Street road reserve that will provide natural light into the station. The seven lights represent the seven stars as told in Maori history.

4.4

Lower Albert Street will become the new bus interchange

4.5

CRLL are working very closely with Council and AT to plan how each project will interact with Quay St, Americas Cup, the sea wall and the relocation of buses.

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Questions following the flythrough

5.1

Paul Mclukie: What about delivery trucks for those who live on Albert Street?

John Fellows: Like most cities, provisions have been made along the side streets to allow for delivery vehicle etc.

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5.2

Ross Baxter: When will the trees be planted?

Lucas Nikkel: in the second half of 2020

5.3

Noel Playle: What buses with the new Albert Street bus interchange serve?

Daniel Newcombe: North West and North Shore/express. Britomart will service Eastern buses. There will be no physical bus connection between the two, however Commercial Bay will have a walkway from Albert St to Britomart.

5.4

Ross Baxter: What is the width of the new pavement?

John Fellows: the footpath with no bus indents is 7m wide, with bus indents is 4.7m

5.5

Noel Playle: Why is Pier 3 in the flythrough?

John Fellows: The imagery for outside of the CRL designation is fairly old. The main focus is the CRL streetscape.

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High level time line for C2. Including street scape

6.1

Lucas explained the high-level programme including tunnelling, back fill, reinstatement and public realm.

6.2

The program was expected to be finished in late 2019. However a number of factors have resulted in a delay to the completion of the streetscape work including; •

Higher specifications for Streetscape design

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Additional work to replace all watermains in the street for Watercare

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• Contractor delay The combined effect to the program delays completion until the third quarter of 2020.

6.3

The backfill and streetscape works will be delivered concurrently down the length of the street and handed over block by block from the southern end of the job moving north. General approach within each block will involve completing the western side and then the western side. This is keep a lane open in each direction along Albert St as required by the consent conditions. Before the end of the year, Alan Howard Smith, Connectus Stakeholder Manager will visit each person on Albert Street to discuss how this will be managed.

6.4

Lower Albert Street construction will begin in early 2019 until around September on the north eastern side of the road, so it finishes at the same time as the Commercial Bay development.

There are a number of pieces of work happening in this area including Quay St works, Vector upgrades, Commercial Bay, watercare and Auckland Transport work.

6.5

Wok on the western side of Albert Street is expected to take place in January – May 2020.

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6.6

Buses will drop off passengers on the eastern side of the road (Commercial Bay side) while works on the western side of the road are carried out.

6.7

During Christmas, it is likely that Vector and the Quay Street project will close Quay Street for 2 weeks for trenching and ducting.

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Community Liaison Groups

7.1

Richard Jenkins confirmed that the Lower Albert upgrade will require updated versions of the current delivery work plans and further conversations with local stakeholders such as the Gift Shop on the ground floor of PWC. The plans are there to manage effects of construction.

7.2

Noel Playle : who will manage the maintenance of the plants and the street once CRL is finished?

Lucas: C2 contractors will maintain the trees for the first 3 years, then it will be under Auckland Council after that. The planters have an automated irrigation system that will keep the trees healthy.

7.3

Ross Baxter: who will choose the trees?

John Fellows: A mix of indigenous trees such as pohutukawa. The trees will be chosen for their shape and height. CRLL will preserve a tree located on Martha’s Corner near the florist. The tree has historical importance and will be taken out by the root ball. It will be stored in a nursey and will regrow. The tree will be used along the Albert Street streetscape.

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Community Liaison Group effectiveness

8.1

Sonya Leahy presented about the effectiveness of the CLGs. The project has been reflecting on the CLG process and lessons learnt and believes it’s timely to make some changes to ensure it works better for everyone involved.

The CLGs provide an avenue for community members to help the project plan for construction, understand what’s happening during construction, share local information, address community concerns and help support the project’s community engagement activities.

8.2

CLG members are welcome to provide feedback on the CLG process via email to info@CityRailLink.govt.nz or via one-to-one discussions with Sonya.

Feedback may include, but is not limited • Is membership reflective of the community?

• Options for wider representation and improved attendance • Are meetings meaningful for members?

• Member’s thoughts • Can CLGs be utilised more?

• Options to improve the documentation review process • Frequency of the meetings

May 2021

Action

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The communications team will endeavour to meet with all CLG members in the coming months to discuss.

Action

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Next Meeting - TBA

May 2021

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