CCNZ / HIREPOOL CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2017
CATEGORY 2: Projects with a value of between $5 million and $20 million PROJECT: Lake’s Edge Kawarau Village. CONTRACTOR: Civil Construction (Special) Projects
From the bottom up The Lake’s Edge Kawarau Village project in Queenstown was completed in November 2016 by Civil Construction (Special) Projects, a wholly owned subsidiary of Civil Construction. The project was physically challenging as the site fronts on to Lake Wakatipu, adjacent to the Hilton Hotel. It consisted of lake sediments and at the rear of the site, 45 metre vertically higher, was R2 rock – two of construction’s most challenging materials. Very visible to anyone entering Queenstown from the south and via the air, work started in in September 2015 on a NZS 3916 contract, where Civil Construction was responsible for design as well as construction, leading the project and managing all consultants and subcontractors including the design team and all onsite works. Work included design, site clearance, earthworks, ground improvements, services, roading, landscaping, and retaining work.
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Civil Construction removed 28,000 cubic metres of lake sediment to make way for 1400 15.5 metre deep stone columns. The equivalent height of Mount Everest (21,700 metres) of stone columns were installed. A substantial investment was made in equipping machinery with 3D GPS machine controlled technology. To undertake rock extraction a new 50-tonne rock breaker was flown in from Italy. Attracting great public interest, Civil Construction also successfully managed the preservation and relocation of a 150-year-old meat shed belonging to the Rees family who farmed the Queenstown area in the 1860s. The Lake’s Edge Kawarau Village project was undertaken by subsidiary company Civil Construction Special Projects (CCSPL), set up due to the nature of the high profile and technical challenges of Lake’s Edge. Detailed project work included earthworks, civil works, drainage and services, roading, lighting installation, ground
