It's amazing what's been achieved in just 12 months.
Watch: One-year timelapse shows great progress
From bare land to now three levels high, a new timelapse video shows just how much progress has been made on Te Kaha, Canterbury’s multi-use arena, over the past 12 months.
The lead contractor of the $683-million project, BESIX Watpac installed a site camera near their office on Tuam St in November 2022 and has captured images of the precinct every five minutes, documenting the different phases of work.
Faces of Te Kaha: Ifereimi Cawanibuka
Position:
Carpenter for Francis Ward Ltd.
Day to day I…
Do the concrete formwork for Te Kaha's foundations. I started by working on the footings and the base, and once the formwork is completed on the ground floor, we’ll work on the formwork on the next level, then the next level.
The best part of my job
It’s a huge project and I love the atmosphere, both at FWL and the whole Te Kaha team. I’m happy to do any work that I’m given – as long as I have something to do, I’m smiling. It could be carpentry, cutting Styrofoam, concreting and curing, breaking up concrete, whatever comes up, I’ll do it. I'm a friend of everyone and I love to smile...
Watch: Going to great lengths for BRB testing
Check out this insightful video from Holmes Solutions, which talks the process of upgrading their horizontal test machine to handle some of the biggest buckling restrained braces (BRBs) ever used in New Zealand.
A BRB is a structural brace designed to allow a building to withstand the forces and loadings caused by earthquakes.
The Te Kaha multi-use arena project supported the upgrade of facilities at the Christchurch's engineering firm so they could locally test the huge BRBs required for the arena’s structure, rather than ship them overseas.
Weekly site progress photos
If you want to regularly keep track of how the construction of Te Kaha is progressing, we publish weekly site overview images on the News and Announcements page of our website.
There's also a library of all weekly photos in the dropdown menu at the bottom of the page.
What to expect over the coming months
The next six months of the Te Kaha project will see work continue on the superstructure bowl, and work begin on the first elements for the roof.
Because of the huge size of the project, the different stages will overlap to streamline the process. That means as one phase of work progresses across the site (working from south to north), the next phase will follow closely behind it.
Q4 2023 – Work is now focused on completing the forming of the ground walls and pillars, and installing superstructure steel. Contractors will continue installing steel columns and seating tiers in the western and eastern stands. Superstructure work on the arena bowl will continue for the remainder of the year. The first of the huge radial trusses that will support the roof will also be installed on the southern stand soon.
Q1 2024 - Concrete formwork will begin on Level 1 of the western stand. Radial trusses will continue to be installed in preparation for the superstructure roof work to begin. Work on the outer walls will also get under way.
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