CCNZ / HIREPOOL CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2015
Bees and fish and pipes ... a suburban tale
What do you get when you take an upmarket residential neighbourhood, an embassy, the odd bee and fish, and an old sewer pipe? For Lower Hutt’s Construction Contracts at least – a challenge!
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CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2015
HIGHLY COMMENDED CATEGORY 2
PROJECT: Sewer & Stormwater Renewal, Wellington CONTRACTOR: Construction Contracts
16 Civil Contractors NZ in association with Contractor magazine
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or a number of years Wellington City Council had long known that the public sewer that serviced properties between Homewood Avenue and Nottingham Street in Karori required renovation. However, with many of the 1920s’ houses having been constructed over the public main, updating it would be no easy task. Many solutions had been considered over the years, but none were given the green light; that is until Construction Contracts’ (CCL) proposal won the tender in late 2014. David Howard of CCL says a realignment clear of all structures was designed and the opportunity was also taken to renew parts of the local stormwater system. “This project involved renewing approximately 260 metres of 160 OD HDPE SDR 17 sewer pipe and some stormwater improvements. The value of the project was approximately $700,000,” he says. Sounds easy enough, but with the work effectively having to take place in local residents’ yards (one of whom happened to be the Thai Embassy), strong project management and excellent stakeholder engagement skills were essential.
