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SR10 Rockfall Canopy
Rockfall risk safety upgrade
PROJECT: SR10 Rockfall Canopy CONTRACTOR: Rock Control CLIENT: NCTIR VALUE: $3m
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SR10 is an exposed section of the coastline located 10km south of the Kaikoura township.
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through to June 2021. The project included the installation of a large rockfall canopy structure which extends over SH1. Pinned The site is a 110m high vertical TECCO mesh, Drape mesh system and rockface. State Highway 1 runs directly shotcrete were also installed to provide below the site and is bordered on the further protection to road users. opposite side of the road by a large The Rock Control crew were seawall protecting the highway from supported by a team of highly the Pacific Ocean. experienced engineers from Aurecon,
SR10 has been a source of rockfall WSP, Engeo, Tonkin + Taylor. NCTIR onto SH1 for many years, and the project managers and site engineers rockfall risk increased after the 2016 managed traffic and public relations magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Kaikoura which allowed Rock Control to focus which caused widespread damage to on construction tasks. All parties road and rail infrastructure along the involved bought valuable resources east coast. who all pitched in to deliver the
NCTIR awarded Rock Control the project. SR10 project, which ran from July 2020
CCNZ / HIREPOOL CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2022
