SH10 Culvert Replacement

A collaborative win for the environment

PROJECT: SH10 Culvert Replacement CONTRACTOR: Fulton Hogan CLIENT: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency VALUE: $4.2m

Working closely with client Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, tangata whenua, WSP and a range of committed subcontractors, Fulton Hogan has demonstrated the difference enlightened civil construction can make to the environment, and how lessons from the past can be learned and acted upon in an inclusive and harmonious way.

In that sense, the SH10 Culvert Replacement is an environmental win for all – human, bird, fish and invertebrate.

Rarely does a project of this size touch on so many aspects of civil engineering and environmental enhancement simultaneously. En route to an engineering and environmental outcome that will benefit generations to come, the team set out to make every step an environmentally considerate one – from recycling all recyclable material, reusing material from previous Fulton Hogan projects, reactivating an old disused quarry nearby as a low carbon source of material and for placing silt dredged from the river, and maximising the area of temporary road retained for future public use.

All the while, the project, the process and the protocols respected the needs and aspirations – and benefited significantly from the wisdom and knowledge of local history, of tangata whenua from Kenana Maree, Aputerewa Marae and Pukenui No2 Trust and Te Paatu ki Kauhanga Trust Board.