Kia Ora
Happy new year from all of us at Karangahape Station! We hope that you got to enjoy the well-deserved holiday break. Our team arrived back on site on 5 January with much progress having been made over the last few weeks.
The picture above was taken within the tunnel under Mercury Lane. You can read more about it in a New Zealand Herald article here or watch the action of our road header, ‘Dame Valerie Adams’ in the video below.
Meanwhile at Beresford Square we are coming close to finishing our D-wall works. All 30 panels will be completed in mid-February. Once these are finished it will be time to say goodbye to the large red silos at our Beresford Square site and make way for the next stage of works – the construction of the station’s floors and excavation of the rock beneath. This stage of works, (illustrated below) will take approximately two years and includes the pouring of the station ‘lid’ (ground floor slab), crane movements on the slab and multiple truck movements to deliver concrete and remove soil.
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Def Store Community Ramp Party
Before the Christmas break, Karangahape Station teamed up with local skate shop, Def Store and community workshop, The Warren, to create a mini ramp for the local community.
The station’s Development Response Manager partnered the two businesses up and supplied the wood and venue for the ramp to be built. Def Store then took the lead on organising a mini ramp competition which was enjoyed by many!
The ramp, built in one day, will be used for many more competitions going forward as it was designed to be able to be dismantled and easily reassembled.
Just another example of the remarkable and creative community in Karangahape and what can be achieved when resources are pooled together.
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Meet the Team – Hope Tauau – Communications & Engagement Intern
What do you do?
As a communications and engagement intern I learn to write and deliver collateral, which is material that we use to communicate with stakeholders and members of public. I’ve written some construction methodology fact sheets on D-wall construction, piling and tunnelling. I also shadow the comms team during stakeholder meetings, and engagements. I'm learning the importance of development response and how it can change the way people see and interact with a space affected by construction.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Mangere, South Auckland but my family is from the beautiful island of Niue where the population today is just over 1000. There are more Niueans in New Zealand than there are in Niue!
Where were you working prior to this?
I was working at Resene Paints mixing up a tonne of colours, and selling some questionable wallpapers. So if anyone needs paint or wallpaper….
What do you do when you are not working?
You’ll find me at the beach or at home winning mario cart games against little kids.
Any fun facts you want to share?
‘I have nothing’ by Whitney Houston is my go to karaoke song.
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Beresford Square & Mercury Lane CCTV in Operation
CCTV is now in operation around our sites, both at Beresford Square and Mercury Lane. At Beresford Square this includes under the canopies, down Pitt Street and Hopetoun Street. Cameras around our Mercury Lane site are now on Mercury Lane, Canada Street and East Street. In addition to helping prevent any unfavourable activities in these areas we also have an agreement with the police for them to be able to use our footage should they need to.
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Is your new year’s resolution to start carpentry but you need wood? We can help, get in touch!
Our team are always looking for ways to reuse and recycle materials from construction and the newest initiative is to give away timber cut-offs from our sites that can be upcycled. We currently have a large skip in Beresford Square containing the cut-offs, pictured above, which are available to the public. Just drop us a line at Karangahape@linkalliance.co.nz.
If you need to brush up on your skills first, The Warren who helped build the community ramp, provide a wide range of woodworking workshops just down on Cross Street.
If you want to read more about the major sustainability goals and initiatives of the City Rail Link project check out our website here.
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New facilities help with wellbeing and encourage public transport use
You may have noticed the large multi-story porta cabins on the corner of Mercury Lane and Canada Street, as well as on the corner of Beresford Square and Hopetoun Street. These are our new site offices, which will be in place for the duration of the project.
While allowing those working on each station entrance to be close to site, they also provide facilities such as a large lunch room, showers and lockers for the workers. These facilities not only help look after the wellbeing of our staff but also encourage the use of public transport as our workers can have a shower after a busy shift and not have to carry clothes and equipment around with them.
This ties in well with the City Rail Link being a major public transport infrastructure project! We not only look to sustainable ways to construct but also encourage our staff to use sustainable modes of transport.
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