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Little Albert Coffee (83 Albert St) was the ‘go to’ for the Irish rugby team during their stay in Auckland this month. Just before they left, the team surprised owner John with a signed team cap as a token of appreciation for the fantastic coffee and service.
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Kia ora,
This month, the Te Wai Horotiu Station team took a brief moment to celebrate the completion of the entire roof structure across the main station and the Wellesley superstructure - read on to find out more. Thank you to Sam at Peppers Cafe (99 Albert St) for supplying our team with a great selection of treats.
The station is also busy preparing for the Dame Whina Copper Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), expected to reach Te Wai Horotiu in September. This will be her final journey on the CRL project.
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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Milestone alert! Completion of the station roof
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2262 concrete trucks later carrying 11,305 cubic metres of concrete, our team poured the last roof slab cast over the main station alignment down Albert Street and Mayoral Drive. This milestone takes us back to 17 September 2020, when the first roof slab was cast at the Albert Street intersection with Wellesley Street. This now unlocks all areas of the station for underground excavation, which is continuing at pace. It also means less activity will be visible on the surface, with most of the construction action now underground.
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A proud team in place on top of the final roof slab of Te Wai Horotiu Station.
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The completed roof structure is seen above in green.
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Also during July, was the completion of the concrete roof on our four-level Wellesley Street superstructure building. This is another huge milestone, bringing us one big step closer to the building becoming watertight. So what's next? The team is continuing to install the structural façade panels and internal walls, as we start to handover areas to the architectural and systems teams.
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This mesmerising time-lapse video shows construction of the Wellesley Street entrance building, from May 2020 to present.
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The sun rises following an early morning concrete pour on top of the Wellesley superstructure.
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Dame Whina Cooper TBM - where is she?
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On 15 July, our Dame Whina Cooper Tunnel Boring Machine broke through into the Mercury Lane shaft at Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape). Her journey from Maungawhau Station (Mt Eden) took around two and a half months. From Maungawhau, the machine travelled approximately 900m, placed 526 segment rings and removed 74,000 tonnes of spoil. The TBM was this week pushed forward through the 230-metre tunnel cavern to the Beresford Square shaft - where she will soon be relaunched on her final journey.
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Watch the moment the TBM broke through into the Mercury Lane shaft at Karanga a Hape Station.
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The TBM pushes her way through Karanga a Hape Station (from the Mercury Lane breakthrough area to the Beresford Square re-launch zone)
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The focus now turns to Dame Whina Cooper's final journey on the CRL project as she prepares to tunnel northward to us at Te Wai Horotiu Station. Preparations are well underway to ensure the station is ready for the final breakthrough.
Below you can see the area 15m below Mayoral Drive. The lower section of the shot shows the TBM’s “landing pad” being built up – this ensures the TBM can be safely retrieved and lifted out of the station. In the midground, reinforcing is being laid before casting the concrete slab where train tracks will ultimately be laid into the eastern tunnel that was completed last year. The area in red is where all eyes will be come September, when the TBM is expected to breakthrough into Te Wai Horotiu Station. Visit digCRL.co.nz to track the TBM's progress.
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Hundreds of us come to work each day at Te Wai Horotiu Station and we all have a story to tell. Each month we aim to profile one of crew. This month we turn the spotlight on Henare Thompson, our Trainee Health & Safety Advisor.
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Heart of the City Restaurant Month is back
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Heart of the City’s Restaurant Month is back for its 12th year this August. Check out all of the menus here - from casual catchups over cocktails and a sharing plate, to fine dining degustation, there's something for every craving, occasion and budget. Link Alliance has purchased a range of vouchers to reward our crews with. Participating restaurants around the Te Wai Horotiu Station area include:
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Social Impact & Business Disruption review: community feedback is open
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The CRL designation conditions require an annual review of the project's implementation of its Social Impact & Business Disruption Delivery Work Plans. Following a data gathering and community feedback process led by Link Alliance participant AECOM, the draft Te Wai Horotiu Station review is now available for a final round of community feedback.
Please click here to download the full draft report. All community members are invited to feedback on the report - in particular if you feel anything is missing or needs further updating. Please let us know your thoughts by Friday 12 August, after which the report will be finalised.
Don't forget that applications for the Link Alliance Small Business Programme remain open, with free and independent business advice available, alongside $3000 microgrants. Business support information has recently been updated on the City Rail Link website - take a look and please contact us for more information.
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Te Wai Horotiu Station construction progress
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Watch recent drone footage taken above the Te Wai Horotiu Station site.
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South Zone - Mayoral Drive area
- This month we completed the Wellesley superstructure's concrete roof! While the building 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 September.
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Final roof slab done and dusted to make up the 4th and final level of the Wellesley superstructure.
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7T precast concrete façade panels are crane-lifted and carefully installed on the superstructure.
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Below Mayoral Drive - we have built up to platform level leading into the completed eastern tunnel (left) and preparing for the TBM's arrival (right).
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Central Zone - Albert Street from Wellesley to Victoria
- Above-ground, we have poured the final roof slab of the entire Albert Street station alignment. This unlocks excavation in all areas of the station and we expect the B1 level to be fully excavated in August.
- Those in the area will have also noticed the final sections of the airbridge linking Albert Street with the Crowne Plaza Hotel going back in place this week.
- Underground, the focus is excavation below the concourse slab (B1) to base slab level (B4). Our second cross-beam - an architectural feature of the station - is being prepared for concrete.
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The big dig down to B4 level continues.
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Located at B1 level, our second cross-beam getting ready for concrete.
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Victoria Street Zone - from Federal to Elliott
- With the completion of the roof structure across Victoria Street, underground excavation continues at pace. The team have made excellent progress completing concourse (B1) slabs beneath the road level.
- 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.
- Works have also started to construct the Victoria Street western entrance.
- Power and water 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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Our Victoria Street western entrance is starting to take shape.
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Excavation continues below the complete B1 concourse slab, beneath Victoria Street.
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New scrim in the area showcases the Victoria Street eastern entrance, and the gifted name for the station - Te Wai Horotiu.
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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.
- 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. Our systems team will begin work in these tunnels in August, including rail track installation.
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Taken below Wyndham Street looking south towards Victoria Street. Completed outer walls are visible, a central wall in the distance, and in the foreground the roof structures of the eastern tunnel box.
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Mana whenua values in design
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The CRL project is a world first to integrate mana whenua values into its design. These values are expressed in the collective design philosophy and architectural treatment of the stations themselves – following the narrative of the Māori creation myth of Ranginui (the sky father) and Papatūānuku (the earth mother).
In the beginning, Ranginui and Papatūānuku were joined together, and their children were born between them in darkness. The children decided to separate their parents, to allow light into the world. After this, the children became gods of various parts of the natural world.
The design of each station reflects the creation story, representing the initial separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by one of their children, Tāne. Ranginui, is shown above the station canopy and made up of coloured aluminium blades or ‘fins’. Papatūānuku, is represented as a solid mass grounding the building - at Te Wai Horotiu this is represented with precast coloured textured concrete representing local Waitematā sandstone. Find our 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 now complete! Come and enjoy the newest public space in the city centre.
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. A reminder that a new "Essential Vehicle Area" has been introduced on Queen Street.
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. More information about these projects will be provided to the community soon.
Other works coming up include Watercare wastewater and Vector power upgrades, both underway from August. 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 now complete.
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This month we look at what a rail sleeper is - other areas of the City Rail Link project have begun installing these, and we'll be doing the same at Te Wai Horotiu Station soon. A rail sleeper is a component of track structure that primarily supports the rails by anchoring the track and giving it a solid base for trains to pass over. Sleepers are horizontal supports that lie underneath the rails and rest on top of the ballast, Sleepers are also known as ‘rail ties’ - they tie the rails together and keep the correct space of gauge in order to hold train tracks on top.
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