Christchurch Central Road Maintenance

“Excellent performance” in trying circumstances

PROJECT: Christchurch Central Road Maintenance CONTRACTOR: HEB Construction CLIENT: Christchurch City Council (CCC) VALUE: $35m

All the Christchurch Road Maintenance contracts encouraged a deliberate change in the way CCC did business when it let the contract in 2017. However, it was recognised that the CBD would have the most rapidly changing environment as the city got back on its feet.

HEB Construction’s contract is for full corridor maintenance in the CBD, covering a 174-kilometre footprint throughout central Christchurch. The scope includes drainage, pavement, bridges, signs, street furniture, road marking, footpaths, kerb and channel, street cleaning, winter maintenance, and emergency response.

With the new library, entertainment complex, bus station, Avon River Promenade, Riverside Markets, and Margaret Mahy playground enticing people into the CBD, there is extensive stakeholder engagement with the assets that HEB looks after. Alongside this, there are new cycling routes, parking spaces, and businesses. Managing this constantly changing asset base and assessing new transport patterns and modes is a challenge that HEB is proud to undertake.

“We balance our work around the city’s constant ebb and flow through collaboration and high levels of trust with CCC, prioritising key works against the budget.

“With a three-year initial contract agreement, we have recently been granted a two-year extension until mid2022 due to our excellent performance.”