Motueka 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…

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Te 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…

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Seafield 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…

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Gollans Bay Quarry Road

Project Info Client: Lyttelton Port Company Project Description The Gollans Bay Quarry Road project has now been completed, April 2018. This project has been a great challenging job with 240,000 cubic metres being excavated and carted down the hill to the ports reclaim area. The 670 excavator was the main machine excavating and loading out and…

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Western Belfast Bypass

Project Info Client: FNZTA / Fulton HoganWebsite: NZTA Western Belfast Bypass Project Description In early 2015, Taylors Contracting was approached by Fulton Hogan to undertake the earthworks for the Western Belfast Bypass. This consisted of a new four lane grade separated motorway linking Johns Road and the Northern Motorway, which was estimated to result in 17,000 fewer…

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Quail Rise Subdivision

Project Info Client: Solitaire Investments Project Description Marsden Valley Subdivision “Quail Rise” Taylors Contracting has been busy constructing this large Stoke subdivision in several stages. Stage 1 & 2 were completed in late 2016 and consisted of 33 lots and 2 roadways. Since then Taylors has been working on stages 5 & 6. Stage 5 will…

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Sheffield Water Scheme

Project Info Client: Central Plains Water (CPW) Project Description The pond is approximately 100 acres in size, holds 2.15 million m3 of water and irrigates 4,300 hectares of farmland. The original cut to fill quantity was 496,995m3 and topsoil/silt 214,941m3. Due to compaction factors and additional ballast requirements the cut quantity increased to 584,994m3, with a…

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Richmond Resource Centre – Coastal Protection

Project Info Client: TDC, Great Taste Cycle Trail Trust Cable Price Award for Projects valued $200,001-$750k Awarded to Taylors by Civil Contractors NZ Nelson Marlborough Branch 2017 Project Description WINNER: CCNZ Nelson Marlborough 2017 Awards, $200,000 – $750,000 Category This project was for coastal erosion remedial work on the Tasman Great Taste Trail, a popular cycle/walking…

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Lake Tekapō Canal Remediation

Client: Genesis Energy Taylors Contracting was the main earthworks contractor for this project which was subject to extremely tight timeframes and deadlines. The scope of works included installation and subsequent removal of coffer dams, removal of existing clay to waste, importing material to re-line the canal embankments, excavation of ‘key’ trenches for liner installation, the…

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