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Image: Celebrating Matariki at the 'Dome' worksite tent with hāngī - Whaea Berenize (Link Alliance Social Outcomes Manager) introduces Matariki to the Te Wai Horotiu Station team.
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Kia ora,
This month, TVNZ's Seven Sharp visited the City Rail Link project - read on and watch the segment below showing reporter Michael Hollard explore the first bored tunnel from Maungawhau Station (Mt Eden), passing through Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape) before greeting our crew here at Te Wai Horotiu Station (Aotea).
Last week we marked the first ever Matariki public holiday with a hāngī for our staff. The city centre's Matariki Ki Te Manawa continues to run until 16 July - there are some amazing attractions so come on down to midtown!
As always, to contact us here at Te Wai Horotiu Station you can email us at: aotea@linkalliance.co.nz or call 0800 CRL TALK (0800 275 8255 and press option 3) to speak to us.
Kind regards,
The Te Wai Horotiu Station team
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STOP PRESS!
New neighbours offer good luck
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This week our crews have been rubbing shoulders with some "green" visitors to town, who are staying at a hotel adjacent to our site. Little Albert Coffee (83 Albert St) has been doing us proud serving the team coffee each morning, while our Irish crew members are super chuffed and have been spending a lot of time taking photos with the visitors. Good luck to the All Blacks!
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Auckland Festival of Photography exhibition:
The Unseen Achievers
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We had a delicious morning tea with kai from local Bespoke Cafe to celebrate the “Unseen Achievers” exhibition, with our actual team of unseen achievers alongside their portraits. The exhibition represents all those who work hard below and above ground on the CRL project.
Ngā mihi to photographer Mark Barber who so beautifully captured portraits of our crew, which have been very well received. Make sure to check out this stunning Auckland Festival of Photography satellite exhibition at the Te Wai Horotiu Station public information centre (corner of Elliott and Victoria Street), there now for an extended period.
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Support local:
Quality photographic & printing services
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Inspired by Mark Barber's photos? Check out our two local photo shops on Victoria Street that provide a myriad of photography, printing and related services. We are grateful for them being on site to support many of our printing needs. While you're there, don't forget to enter the Support Local & Win competition with a chance each month to win a $100 voucher or an underground tour of Te Wai Horotiu Station.
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Left: Photo Image at 53 Victoria St W specialises in an array of digital photography and printing services. They are also the local go-to for key cutting.
Right: City Photo at 47 Victoria St W has been running since 1996! They still offer film development services and are known for their fantastic passport photos.
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"Girls with High-Vis" site experience
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This week, students from Avondale and Waiuku Colleges experienced an underground tour and were inspired by our site engineers Roseanne and Avelina who spoke about their civil engineering experience and what they love about their jobs.
Girls with Hi-Vis aims to give female students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience, hear from inspirational women and learn what a career in infrastructure's civil, energy, telco and water industries can offer. We love supporting this kaupapa.
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Te Wai Horotiu Station construction progress
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South Zone - Mayoral Drive area
- This month we began installing what will be a total of 145 structural façade panels, on the Wellesley St entrance building. Within a few months, the building will be completely watertight, allowing architectural and system fit-out works to get underway.
- We are also now preparing for the building's roof concrete, which will be poured by August. While the train station component is only 4-storeys above ground, in the coming years the building will continue to grow with a 21-storey commercial development set to be constructed on top.
- Underground, the focus is on reinforcing, concrete, and blockwork as we continue to build the base slab (B4), platform level (B3), and a back-of-house level (B2).
- Preparations are also well underway for the station to receive the Dame Whina Cooper TBM in the spring of this year. To follow the TBM's progress visit www.digCRL.co.nz
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Taken from within the Wellesley Street public entrance area to the train station - note the high ceilings.
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Precast concrete façade panels are installed on the Wellesley superstructure.
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Taken from B4 level, looking up to the B3 level tunnel where southbound trains will run. The B2 back-of-house area is on the left.
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Central Zone - Albert Street from Wellesley to Victoria
- The focus in central zone underground is excavation below the concourse slab (B1) to base slab level (B4). This means our first cross-beam is now clearly visible and exposed.
- Every day we take out hundreds of cubic metres of dirt, using a telescopic "clamshell" excavator system. When we built the foundation walls and roof of the station, we left several roof openings which enable dirt to be removed and then other material such as steel and concrete to be lowered in. The telescopic excavator sits at street level and reaches up to 20m down into the station box to remove dirt. This "top-down" construction enables the road above to function relatively normally, while construction continues below ground.
- Above-ground, we are preparing to pour the final roof slab of the entire station box in the coming week (big milestone!) and are continuing utility upgrades servicing Manhattan Apartments and other nearby buildings.
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The dig to B4 continues with our telescopic excavator visible in the distance.
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Located at B1 level, our first cross-beam on show.
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Watch this video to see our telescopic excavator in action.
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Victoria Street Zone - from Federal to Elliott
- With the completion of the roof structure across Victoria Street, underground excavation in this area is now well underway. The team recently proudly poured the first B1 concourse slab beneath the road area.
- We have also now fully excavated the eastern station entrance, while works have also started to construct the western station entrance with steel due on site next month.
- Excavation of the underground station will continue to B4 level over the coming months, with all dirt due to be removed by the end of the year.
- Utilities relocation and upgrade works also continue, carefully sequenced and coordinated with the construction of the station structures and utility service providers.
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A temporarily relocated street sign from the temporarily closed Victoria / Albert St intersection (just above where this photo was taken)
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Excavation continues near the now fully exposed Victoria St eastern entrance
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First concourse slab beneath Victoria St is poured and curing
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North Zone - Albert Street from Victoria to Wyndham
- Work to extend the running tunnels continues to progress south from Wyndham Street. This includes formwork and steel reinforcing for the rectangular tunnel box, followed by concrete pours.
- In this area we are building outer walls, a central wall, and finally a roof for the tunnel box.
- The work here is essentially connecting into the existing running tunnels from Waitematā Station (Britomart), linking into the Te Wai Horotiu Station concourse and platform structure.
- Concrete is also being poured in the "cut-and-cover" C2 tunnels running beneath Wyndham Street to Waitematā Station, in preparation for track and rail system installation later this year.
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Taken below Albert Street, from near Victoria Street -- looking north towards Wyndham Street. Completed outer walls are visible, with the central wall being prepared here for concrete.
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Concrete arrives at surface level, and is pumped underground using a boom pump system.
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A section of central wall, almost ready for concrete.
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TVNZ's Seven Sharp visits City Rail Link tunnels
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This month CRL hosted Seven Sharp reporter Michael Holland for a buggy ride through the first of the two bored tunnels.
Watch the video to catch some great footage of the underground tunnel progress to date, including heartwarming conversations with some of our wider team.
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Small Business Support Programme relaunches
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Link Alliance's Small Business Support Programme (SBSP) returns for 2022 with an increased level of support, following a successful pilot programme in 2021. This year a $3000 grant to support business adaptation is available, and also comes with free business advice.
The SBSP is available for businesses in the Te Wai Horotiu and Karanga a Hape Station communities and forms part of a comprehensive approach to supporting businesses throughout construction. The programme provides an independent business connector (William Keung) for businesses to help identify their needs and to provide individualised, free, accessible support and specialist services. Please see here for more information on how to apply.
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Community Liaison Group (CLG) meeting
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All members of the Te Wai Horotiu Station community were recently invited to share feedback and experiences at a Social Impact & Business Disruption review workshop, alongside a station construction update. This CLG (our first in-person in quite a while!) was hosted by Tony's Lord Nelson Restaurant (37 Victoria St W). You can view the meeting presentation and minutes here, while further feedback to the annual review is welcome - please contact us if you could like to take up this opportunity.
Quarterly community survey results
Thank you also to those who provided feedback via our recently community survey, which we do every quarter. Positive feedback was provided about the quality of our newsletters and other communications, while some site improvement suggestions were offered which we are progressing. We always value your feedback.
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Tree planting helps offset truck emissions
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This month one of our earthmoving contractors Dirtworks hosted a tree planting day at their Wood Valley site. To help off-set truck emissions while hauling spoil from our site, more than 400 trees will be planted on their land this season. Te Wai Horotiu Station's sustainability lead Bobby was more than happy to get his hands dirty. The City Rail Link project is deeply committed to sustainability - read on more here.
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Midtown regeneration:
Updates on neighbouring public projects
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Building Te Wai Horotiu Station is the largest construction project in midtown, but there are plenty of other public projects happening nearby as part of regeneration in the area. Note these projects are not Link Alliance works.
The Federal Street upgrade (between Mayoral and Wellesley) is nearing completion - large trees were planted in the area this month.
The Myers Park Underpass upgrade is now well into construction.
The Wai Horotiu Queen Street Project has made good progress over recent months despite supply chain challenges, and is due for completion in November. New Zealand's first "Essential Vehicle Area" is being introduced on Queen Street from this Sunday 3 July.
Te Hā Noa Victoria Street Linear Park and the Wellesley Street Bus Improvements projects are now in detailed design phase with construction due to start in 2023.
Other works coming up include Watercare wastewater and Vector power upgrades. Affected properties will be notified as the works programme is confirmed.
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Auckland Council's Federal Street upgrade (between Mayoral and Wellesley) is nearing completion.
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