Quarry Services
Taylors Contracting purchases Ngārua quarry
Taylors Contracting has purchased Ngārua quarry from Ravensdown. The quarry, which is located on Tākaka Hill in the Tasman district, adds to Taylors Contracting’s existing portfolio of quarries around the region. “We are delighted to have made this acquisition,” says Taylors Contracting’s CEO Charlie Taylor. “We have a long-standing interest in quarrying and are pleased…
Read MoreRock 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…
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 MoreGollans 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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