Steel: the proven performer for a new Christchurch

Christchurch is faced with a unique opportunity to create a resilient and sustainable city that meets the needs of its people both now and into the future. Based on its proven performance in the earthquakes, new technical innovations, and its well-recognised commercial and design qualities, structural steel has much to offer the reconstruction of Christchurch.

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Project Director, Ted Senner of Hawkins beneath one of the two fixed links, which will ultimately be Gates 15 & 16

Pier B is landing at Auckland Airport

At its opening in 1977, the international terminal had a total floor area of slightly more than 12,000m². Today it’s about 100,000m².  More »


Modern steel erection at the Foodstuffs site proceeds a large bite at a time

Distribution Centre Par Excellence

Currently being built for Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-Operative Society Ltd – Palmerston North, the new Foodstuffs Distribution warehouse in Palmerston North is 32,300m2, 132m wide and 245m long, quite large as New Zealand sheds go, with a 135m x 25m canopy for delivery trucks. More »


The steel structure for the ten cinemas is erected quickly, with Hibond steel decking ti keep the loading low

On deadline with Westfield

As with all of Westfield ’s shopping centre projects, the expansion at Manukau City was a concept that developed over time as it changed to meet the requirements of the prospective tenants. More »


Between the portal legs, the wall girts to which the cladding will be attached

Porirua adds value to an asset

A new Sports & Events Centre is being added to the existing aquatic & leisure facility at Porirua. More »


David Moore of Grayson Engineering beside some transverse beams ready for delivery to the Ormiston  Road site

A cable-stay bridge for Flat Bush

The new town of Flat Bush is being created on 1,700 hectares in Manukau, bounded by Botany to the North and Otara to the West. Manukau City Council is driving the planning and creation of the town, More »


John Jones Steel Ltd making good progress with erection.  In the foreground, the concrete plinths for the fermenters

The environmentally friendly Yealands Winery

The rolling landscape of Seddon just south of Blenheim has acquired some additional topography. It’s the new Yealands Winery, which architect Charlie Notts has designed to merge into the land sympathetically. More »


The trusses seem to float over the pre-stressed concrete colonnades

A retractable roof for Hawkes Bay Opera House

The client is Hastings District Council, which decided to replace the old car yard adjacent to the its restored Opera House with a plaza that now links through to the theatre’s new entrance. More »


Engineering students from the University of Auckland inspect the Comflor 80 steel decking and the first concrete pour

Steel-framed National Mini Storage

The National Mini Storage site in Ti Toki Place, Albany, has a total of 900 units on three levels. To accommodate the third level, the existing building had to be raised 2.7 metres. More »


The overhead catwalf for easy maintenance of the cooling towers and the factory ventilation system

A new home for printers

Restrictions at St Lukes, rationalised expansion and workflow considerations prompted Geon Group Ltd to re-locate to a purpose-built print works in Highbrook Business Park. More »


At Cathedral Junction, C1 is on its way to becoming the tallest building in the South Island

Christchurch’s first tall building in years

When property developer Ernest Duval of the Equity Trust Pacific Group briefed Foley Design Ltd on his requirements for a high-rise, it was originally going to be 18 storeys in concrete. More »