Archive for May 2025

Client: Marlborough District Council (MDC) A series of storm events caused damage to the true left rock armoured wall at the exit of the Wairau Diversion into Cloudy Bay. The works comprised: Supply and import river protection rock – 11500 tonne of rock sourced from Taylor Contracting’s Lee Valley Quarry in Tasman. Import free issue…

Client: Marlborough Roads Recovery Team (MRRT) Stakeholders: Marlborough District Council, MRRT, KGA Geotech (design of temporary works), WSP (MSE Wall designer) Project overview: This project involved remediating a slipped roadway along Queen Charlotte Drive caused by storms of July 2021 and further damaged by a second weather event in August 2022. Temporary works were required…

Client: Marlborough Roads Recovery Team (Head Contractor), NZTA (Client) Collaborator: BECA (Designer) In July 2021 a storm hit the top of the South Island affecting an existing culvert at Ronga Road. There was a culvert blockage due to an earth slip upstream causing a debris flow downstream and blocking the existing 1200 OD culvert. The…