New video and drone update as steel construction begins!
First steel locked into place on Te Kaha
Passers-by are about to start witnessing the vertical construction of Te Kaha – Canterbury’s multi-use arena – emerging further above the site hoardings, with the steel construction of the main grandstands beginning this week.
Last week the first steel elements of Te Kaha’s superstructure were successfully lifted into place, marking the beginning of the next phase of the project.
New video shows first steel lift and site progress
Check out the latest video update as Te Kaha Project Delivery CEO, David Kennedy, talks us through the on-site happenings over the past month, and provides some insight into how the steel construction of the arena's bowl will progress.
Faces of Te Kaha:
David "Crusher" Park
Position: Project Safety Coordinator for BESIX Watpac.
Day to day: I spend most of my time on site, making sure everyone is working to the SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement) and work procedures, review paperwork and sitting in on meetings to guide the safety principles that keep everyone safe at work. This isn’t the biggest job I’ve worked on, but it’s certainly the most high-profile.
Best part of my job: helping people, getting alongside them, improving their knowledge and safety practices, and ensuring the workers get home safely at the end of the day. It’s everyone’s job to make sure they’re doing the right thing.
Past project: I worked on the Herston STARS Hospital in Brisbane for three years, which had a comparative budget, but hospital construction is a lot more technical. I then spent 12 months on three regional NSW jobs before I took on this role.
Outside of work I: enjoy travelling around New Zealand and hiking, which I’d never really done until I came here.
Drone images from last week
Below are a couple of drone images showing progress on the western and southern stands. The first shot shows the players' changing facilities taking shape and the three pieces of the steel superstructure that are now in place.
The below photo of the southern stand shows the walls and concrete columns emerging along this side of the arena. The lower floor of this stand will house the groundskeepers' facilities and public amenities.
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 the substructure (foundations and underground supports) completed and work begin on the superstructure bowl.
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.
Q3 and Q4 2023 – Substructure concrete pours are on track to be completed by 30 June. Contractors will begin installing steel columns and tiers in the western stand later in the quarter. Superstructure work on the arena bowl will continue for the remainder of the year.
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