Taylors Contracting wins Australasian award for Challies Island Bridge project

Taylors Contracting has won the award for Innovation or Education to the Erosion & Sediment Control Industry (Australasian Chapter of the International Erosion Control Association – IECA) 2024 for its Challies Island Bridge project. The award was presented on 18 October at the IECA’s Australasian Chapter annual conference in Queenstown. Taylors Contracting’s award-winning entry involved…

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Labyrinth Weir

Client: Central Plains Water Limited Collaborators: Hamish Tait Projects Ltd, Riley Consultants, and Smith Crane and Construction Taylors upgraded the existing standard weir and channel to a labyrinth weir to allow for more capacity during higher river flows.  This upgrade allows farmer shareholders to irrigate when the river is in flood after rain on the…

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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 – (Mills St, Motueka, and Marlborough)

Clients: Various Repairing and enhancing community infrastructure 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…

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Cullen Point work supports infrastructure resilience in Marlborough

It’s great to see this video featuring our work at Cullen Point in Marlborough to support community connectivity and infrastructure resilience. As the video explains, the end result will be a resilient two-lane road that 2,000 vehicles per day use in the summer months. NZTA Waka Kotahi also says in the video that one of…

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Kate Valley Landfill and Energy Park (Phase 2)

Kate Valley Landfill and Energy Park

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…

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Branch 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…

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Waimea 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…

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