Kia ora
With the end of the year approaching we are on the home stretch to the holiday break. Our sites at Mercury Lane and Beresford Square will be shut down from 24 December until 4 January. Though Mercury Lane may work between 29 and 31 December. Considering the year it’s been we hope that everyone gets to enjoy the holidays this year.
In the meantime however, the Karangahape Station would like to invite you to two upcoming events to celebrate the project and our community. On 25 November, we are hosting a Christmas Info Hub open house at 4 Beresford Square (next to the Northern Line) and on 4 December an exhibition launch with Tautai Pacific Arts Trust. More details below.
If you have any questions about what we are doing at Karangahape Station or would just like to learn more, please email us at Karangahape@linkalliance.co.nz or call 0800 CRL TALK (275 8255) and press option 4.
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Info Hub open house
We would like to invite you to our pre-Christmas open house event. Come and learn about the progress of the Karangahape Station in Beresford Square and Mercury Lane and enjoy a little Christmas cheer.
Wednesday, 25 November, 4 – 6 PM
Info Hub, 4 Beresford Square
We will have some light snacks and beverages for you to enjoy while you wander through the Hub and learn more about the progress of the station builds.
We will have subject matter experts on site to answer any of your questions about the work going on at both the Beresford site and Mercury Lane. Come and hear about the progress on the tunneling, excavation, Diaphragm wall installation, plunge column construction and more.
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Moana Wall Exhibition Opening
Afio mai, Aere mai, Malo e me'a mai, Fakatalofa atu, Veikidavaki, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Ulu toni mai, Welkam, Haere mai!
Opening of the MOANA WALL
Friday 4 December, 6pm-Late
East Street
Tautai and Link Alliance have teamed up to transform the 70-metres of hoardings on East Street into the MOANA WALL. Using the existing infrastructure as a canvas, Moana artists have been commissioned to create a mural that highlights contemporary Pasifika artists and celebrates the diverse community of Karangahape Road.
This project is ongoing from 2020-2023, the first installation has been curated by Cora-Allan Wickliffe and designed by Natasha Ratuva and Hōhua Kurene titled Inside the wave are ocean bodies.
‘As you walk along the wall we invite you to be engulfed by the journey of two young Moana artists who have drawn upon their own lived experiences to bring you their vision of what it feels like to be ocean bodies inside a wave.’
On Friday 4 December we will reveal the MOANA WALL to the public for the first time, followed by an evening of outdoor festivities on East Street which includes food stalls, activations, live performances and more!
Head to the Tautai website, Facebook and Instagram pages to stay updated on the event.
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Progress underground!
There's plenty of work going on under our noise enclosure at Mercury Lane. Our mined tunnel operations are well underway, with our road header, named Jean Batten, in action under Mercury Lane in the video above.
The video below shows the installation of rockbolts by a robo-drill, one of two stages in providing temporary tunnel supports underground. In this clip, one of 13, four-metre long rockbolts is being installed.
The rockbolts are installed in the shape of an arch, with each rockbolt having grout injected through it, which fills any voids around the sides of the bolt. The next phase of installing the temporary supports involves spraying shotcrete over the area, which is essentially concrete with plastic fibres that act as reinforcement. The shotcrete and rockbolts work in tandem to provide excellent support until the permanent tunnel lining is installed.
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Meet the Team - Killian Dumontier
Foundations Site Engineer – Karangahape Station
What does your job involve?
I am the foundations site engineer for the Diaphragm wall at Karangahape Road. Already having completed the D-Wall at Mercury Lane I’m now up at Beresford Square. I follow up for the safety and quality of the work. For production I study and plan the activity and methods for the Diaphragm walls (short and long term) to be done to avoid being stopped by unexpected issues, while also organising and bringing the required resources to allow the work to be completed correctly and safely.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in Reunion Island (a French island in the Indian Ocean) and grew up there until I was 6 years old, then I moved to Madagascar until I was 18 before going back to Reunion Island, eventually leaving again to this time move to France for University.
Where were you working prior to this?
I worked for two years in Colombia on numerous jobs before arriving in New Zealand. I worked on port projects on the Colombian Caribbean coastal towns of Tolú and Barranquilla and on a medical centre project in the capital city of Bogotá.
What do you do when you are not working?
I try to travel and discover as many of the beautiful places as possible in this wonderful country! Though things are a bit complicated nowadays with the Covid situation! However I’m really enjoying exploring New Zealand discovering everything it has to offer.
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Link Alliance's tunnel boring machine wins "best name"
Dame Whina, the tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will make its way from Mt Eden Station to Aotea Station next year, was recently placed first for best name for a TBM!
We are privileged to be able to pay tribute to Dame Whina Cooper by naming our TBM in her honour. One of New Zealand's most inspirational leaders, Dame Whina Cooper was a woman who spent much of her life leading the fight for social justice and land rights for Māori.
Members of the public will get the chance to see Dame Whina up close next month. As a way of saying thank you to Aucklanders for their continued support towards the project, the Link Alliance and City Rail Link Ltd have provided 5000 free tickets to see Dame Whina at the "Boring Day Out" in Mt Eden on Sunday 6 December.
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