Upper Motueka Flood Recovery

Client: Tasman District Council In May 2023 flooding caused significant damage across the Tasman District Council’s maintained river network. One site in the Upper Motueka River suffered significant damage when part of the flow jumped out of the active channel and began flowing through a landowner’s paddocks before returning into the river downstream. Key features…

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Blairich Irrigation Reservoir

Client: Whitehaven Blairich Vineyard, Awatere Valley (Marlborough) Collaborators: Marlborough Management Services (Engineer), Gilbert Haynes & Associates (Designers) and Viking Containment (Reservoir Lining) PROJECT OVERVIEW Taylors constructed an irrigation reservoir to hold 79,838m3 of water for a new vineyard being built for Whitehaven Wines. The job was awarded at tender based on Taylors’ experience and ability…

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Stopbanks – repairing and enhancing community infrastructure

Clients: Various Community resilience is a key focus of many of Taylors’ projects. Over the past year, we have been involved in several stopbank projects in Tasman, Marlborough, and the lower North Island. Our efforts have centred on repairing and enhancing infrastructure in response to recent flood events and proactively constructing stopbanks to protect people…

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Rock Export to Lower North Island

Client: Taylors Contracting Collaborators: Heron Construction, Port Tarakohe, CentrePort Key project challenges In just 79 working days, 21,263 tonnes of rock was extracted from Taylors’ privately-owned Balcks Quarry to comply with the quarry’s consented three-month annual operating window.  Taylors team members commuted from Nelson to the quarry in Golden Bay Mohua each day to undertake…

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