Watch: new timelapse shows remarkable progress
Watch: new timelapse video
From bare bones to a nine-storey landmark - a new timelapse video captures eight months of steady progress on Christchurch’s new stadium.
The video starts in November 2023, just ahead of work beginning on the roof support structure and culminates with the first section of roof being installed in the south stand along Tuam Street last week.
28 of the 37m tall roof supports, known as radial trusses, have now been fabricated and welded together around the seating bowl.
The video also captures progress on the seating bowl, including the installation of 1188 concrete seating plats. These L-shaped structures form the tiered shape of the stands.
The Te Kaha Project remains on budget and on track for an April 2026 opening.
Faces of Te Kaha: Shayne Johnston
Position: Supervisor, Scott Structural Steel
Day to day I… install structural steel. All the concrete seating plats in the bowl structure are sitting on this steel. We’ll be finishing that area shortly.
Best part of my job is: working with mates and people I meet on the job.
Past projects: Some big projects I’ve worked on include the Convention Centre and a library in Marlborough.
Outside of work… I’m busy with family, the kids, wife and golf.
Transport works approved by Council
Wider footpaths, landscaping and improved pedestrian crossings are some of the upgrades on the way for the streets surrounding Christchurch’s new stadium.
Christchurch City Councillors voted last week to carry out upgrades to the transport network on the streets immediately around Te Kaha, Canterbury’s Multi-Use Arena on Tuam, Barbadoes and Madras Streets, as well as some essential works on Lichfield Street west (from Madras Street to Manchester Street).
Works are already underway to upgrade the water infrastructure to future proof the network for the surrounding neighbourhood and the new stadium. The transport works will begin directly following the water works.
Further transport upgrades will be considered by the Council once the outcome of a funding application to NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is known later in the year.
August snapshot
Here are a few closer shots of the stadium taken over the last couple of weeks.
A view of the northwest stand, where steel work is wrapping up. Concrete seating plats will soon start to be installed here.
Radial trusses now curve right around the east stand, along Barbadoes Street.
Crews are busy each day working on the fit out of the west stand, which contains corporate boxes, event spaces, player and coaches' facilities, and media areas.
An aerial view of radial trusses (centre foreground), and roof modules being fabricated on site.
Site progress photos
If you want to regularly keep track of how the construction at Te Kaha is progressing, we regularly publish images on the News and Announcements page of our website.
There's also a library of monthly 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 the roof installation getting underway.
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 2024 - Radial roof column trusses will continue to be installed around the perimeter of the arena. Roof cantilevers will continue 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 continue to be installed progressively to the northwest stand and low levels of all stands.
Q4 2024 - Radial roof column trusses will continue to be installed at the northern end of the arena. Roof cantilevers will continue to be installed ahead of the roof steel erection that spans across the field of play. Cladding to the outside of the arena will commence and internal fit-out works will continue in all stands. Metalwork handrails will start being installed in the seating areas.
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