New video update as Te Kaha takes shape.
Watch: Te Kaha taking shape
Our latest monthly construction update video shows how things are taking shape on site at Te Kaha. The western stand is now at full height, and the first of 40 radial trusses has been installed.
The video also shares the first look inside the western stand, where the framing, services and the linings are being installed.
Faces of Te Kaha: Welcie Castalone
Position: Scaffolder, from Canterbury Scaffolding.
Day to day I: work to eliminate the risks of working at heights. We bring scaffolding equipment to the site and get it ready to install. Scaffolding is used to support the double tees before the concrete is put in.
The best part of my job is: getting together and working with my mates.
Past projects: I’ve worked in Punakaiki on a building site for a business. I’ve also worked at Fonterra inside drying plants working out how to set up scaffolding around all the machinery and piping, so that cleaning can take place. This was a pretty challenging job!
Outside of work: I’m a drummer in a couple of bands, including a nu metal band and wedding band. I’m also a car enthusiast and like working on my cars and going to car shows.
Te Kaha construction reaches new heights
Te Kaha – Canterbury’s Multi-Use Arena – has hit a new milestone, with the first of 40 radial trusses being installed.
The trusses are large steel structures that will support the roof of the 30,000 seat arena.
“The individual steel components are delivered to site and assembled into large radial trusses. Each truss weighs between 45 and 75 tonnes and will be lifted into place by a 400 tonne crane that we have brought in for the job,” says Te Kaha Project Delivery Chief Executive, David Kennedy.
The radial trusses and roof structure will continue to be built and installed over the next 12 months.
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.
Q1 2024 - Structural steel and concrete formwork will continue on levels 2-4 of the west stand. Structural steel to the east stand upper bowl will progress along with steel to the northern lower bowl. Radial roof column trusses will continue to be installed in preparation for the superstructure roof work to begin. Concrete seating plats will be installed progressively from the south towards the east and also to the west stand.
Q2 2024 - Structural steel to the northwestern stand bowl will progress. Radial roof column trusses will continue to be installed around the perimeter of the arena. Roof cantilevers will begin to be installed ahead of the roof steel erection that spans across the field of play. Internal fit-out works will progress to all stands. Concrete seating plats will be installed progressively to the east stand and also to the west stand.
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