Weigh Right Programme – Glasnevin

Heavy vehicle's weigh in

PROJECT: Weigh Right Programme – Glasnevin CONTRACTOR: Higgins CLIENT: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency VALUE: $4.4m

Glasnevin Weigh Right demonstrates Higgins’ ability to successfully collaborate with WSP Opus to deliver a contract that supports Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s goal of enabling a productive land transport system for the heavy vehicle industry.

Completed between August 2021 and March 2022, the project scope included site clearance, minor earthworks, the installation of a new 50m long concrete weigh bridge, extension of the existing compliance building, construction of a vehicle testing shed, mechanical, drainage, power, and telecommunication services, fencing, road and footpath construction and landscaping. Glasnevin, an hour north of Christchurch on SH1, involved complex and varied construction with the management of multiple specialist subcontractors (including vertical, electrical, structural, mechanical, drainage and civil). Each scope of work had specific, tight tolerances on the finished levels e.g. the weigh bridge 51 2CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2022 CCNZ / HIREPOOL +-2mm. Design limitations mean there were multiple changes to the scope and variations to manage to ensure they did not affect the programme. Close coordination with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, engineers, the Police and subcontractors was necessary to successfully deliver this project. The project was within a Police operational area, so Higgins had to carefully manage safe passage and limit disruption to their activities.