Putahi Park (new Town Basin Park

A place to gather and enjoy

PROJECT: Putahi Park (constructed as the New Town Basin Park)

CONTRACTOR: Robinson Asphalts 1992 CLIENT: Whangarei District Council VALUE: $6.6m

Putahi Park was one of the largest civil landscape contracts ever awarded by Whangarei District Council.

Robinson Asphalts started this project in October 2020, and completed it on programme and under budget, in the midst of the current construction boom, Covid pandemic and supply chain issues, to open the park in March 2022.

This project included a comprehensive suite of civil, landscaping and building works including a toilet block, timber boardwalk over the river, balance park, shade structure, a 500-person outdoor amphitheatre, corten and purple heart sculptures, 1400m2 of Bluestone

paving, terraced landscape walls, over 4000m2 of lawn area, and extensive gardens encompassing nearly 5000 plants and trees, some of which weighed over 1.5 tonnes. This complex variety of works on 65 3CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2022 CCNZ / HIREPOOL such a high-amenity site put the Robinson Asphalts team to the test, but thanks to a huge team effort, with particular thanks to our project manager Mark Smith and senior foreman David Gurnell, we successfully delivered. The park has received fantastic feedback from the public and the client, including personal thanks from the Mayor of Whangarei. Robinson Asphalts is incredibly proud to have delivered this project for its local community.