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Kate Valley Landfill and Energy Park (Phase 2)
Project Info Client: Waste Management NZ (WM)Collaborators: Canterbury Waste Services (CWS), Geotechnics, Eliot Sinclair Project Description Key Project ChallengesWorking adjacent to an operational landfill Tight specification tolerances for final batter Key AchievementsThe Canterbury team were able to successfully complete the required earthworks for cell 2A-3 on time and in line with the client’s programme and expectations. This work…
Read MoreBranch River Infiltration Gallery
Project Info Client: Manawa Energy Collaborators: Fulton Hogan Civil (Taylors partnered with Fulton Hogan Civil as the Concrete construction subcontractor) Project Description Taylors were contracted to construct the Branch River Intake enhancement at the Branch River Hydro Electric Power Scheme. The work involved the construction of an intake gallery system under the river bed upstream from the existing weir…
Read MoreWaimea Community Dam
Project Info Client: Waimea Water Ltd Designer: Damwatch Project Description The Waimea Community Dam is a concrete-faced, rock-filled dam being constructed in the Lee Valley, near Nelson. It is one of the region’s most important infrastructure projects and the largest dam built in New Zealand in more than 20 years. Taylors Contracting is in a joint venture…
Read MoreChallies Island Bridge
Project Info Client: Fulton Hogan Project Description Taylors constructed a moveable bridge across the Waimea River in Tasman to minimise the environmental impact of the new Challies Island quarry. Fulton Hogan has a consent to extract the gravel from the Challies Island site and remediate the extraction sites into wetlands. Fulton Hogan has contracted Taylors Contracting…
Read MoreMotueka Stopbank Refurbishment
Project Info Client: Tasman District Council Collaborators: Iwi, neighbouring landowners Project Description KEY PROJECT CHALLENGES KEY ACHIEVEMENTSImproving Community Resilience. This work helped to ensure the system is capable of safely and reliably containing a 2% Annual Exceedance Probability event (AEP, or 1-in-50-year flood). Taylors worked closely with several different landowners, managing access to land around farm activities…
Read MoreTe Pā Harakeke
Project Info Client: Nelson City CouncilCollaborators: Nelmac, Stantec, Department of Conservation Stormwater Project of the Year Awarded to Taylors Contracting by Water New Zealand, Stormwater Conference & Expo 2024 Project Description Taylors Contracting’s Nelson Civil Department Manager Robbie Swarbrick discusses the project’s key challenges and the creative solutions that the Taylors team devised to overcome them. Sludge…
Read MoreNelson Tasman Flood Response
Project Info Clients: Fulton Hogan/Marlborough Roads Collaborators: Nelson City Council, OneFortyOne Project Description The Nelson Tasman region was struck by a weather event in the week beginning 16 August 2022 which saw the Richmond Hills and Tākaka area receive significant rainfall creating a large amount of damage to the roading and infrastructure network throughout the region. On…
Read MoreSeafield Terrace Rock Revetment Works
Project Info Client: Nelson City Council Land Dimensions Projects Valued $750,001–$1.5M Award Awarded to Taylors by Civil Contractors NZ Nelson Marlborough Branch 2021 Project Description WINNER: CCNZ Nelson Marlborough 2021 Awards, $750,001 – $1.5 million Category This project entailed coastal erosion remedial work at Seafield Terrace, Glenduan. After a major storm event there was significant damage…
Read MorePigeon Valley Fire
Project Info Client: FENZ National Incident Team Land Dimensions Projects Value $750,001–$1.5M Award Awarded to Taylors by Civil Contractors NZ Nelson Marlborough Branch 2019 Project Description 2019 CCNZ Nelson Marlborough Award Winner. $700,001 – $1.5 million category, sponsored by Land Dimensions Ltd We were very honored to win the above award for our work assisting on…
Read MoreTasman Rivers Maintenance Contract
Project Info Client: Tasman District Council Construction Excellence Award Awarded to Taylors for Excellence in the Maintenance and Management of Assets (Tasman District Rivers Maintenance), Civil Contractors NZ Annual Conference 2018 Project Description For the past 7 years, Taylors Contracting have maintained 285km of rivers stretching from Golden Bay to Richmond and everywhere in between. We…
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