Water treatment schemes the big winners

Water treatment schemes the big winners at construction awards

Two large waste water projects have won the top two categories at this year’s New Zealand Contractors’ Federation Hirepool Construction Awards, held over the weekend in Paihia.

United Civil Construction Ltd won category 4 (for projects between $5 million and $20 million) for stage 3 of the Whangarei Heads sewerage scheme while McConnell Dowell Constructors took the category 5 award (for projects of more than $20 million) for the Tahuna Ocean Outfall project near Dunedin.

Other winners were:

•       Brian Perry Civil won Category 3 (projects between $2.5 million and $5 million) for the Cliff Road retaining wall project in St Heliers, Auckland;
•       Ross Reid Contractors Ltd won Category 2 (projects between $500,00 and $2.5 million) for the Pukekohe Hill East Gully stormwater detention dam;
•       Construction Contracts Ltd won Category 1 (for projects less than $500,000) for the Cockayne rd stormwater upgrade in Khandallah, Wellington.

There were three merit awards:

•       Northern Gateway Alliance for the Northern Gateway toll road (category 5);
•       Juno Civil Ltd for the Rangoon St bridge replacement, Khandallah (category 2);
•       Civilscape Ltd for the Waitotara Valley in erosion protection project, South Taranaki (category 1).

NZCF Executive Officer Malcolm Abernethy the large number of entries this year (21 over the five categories) demonstrated the confidence and pride contractors had in their projects.

“Contractors are paying considerable attention to planning, control and quality issues and we are seeing some excellent projects being delivered to all specifications. It’s this kind of close attention that results in repeat work.”

As well as a huge number of entrants, there was a wide variety of project type.

“We have projects ranging from pioneering spirit and methods of construction – such as the Papatotara Coast Road construction near Invercargill – through to highly technical, tightly organised and complex constructions like the Tahuna Ocean outfall in Dunedin and the Marstel tank facility at Mount Maunganui.

The annual awards, open to all members of the New Zealand Contractors’ Federation, cover major civil engineering, construction and general contracting projects completed during the past year.

Applicants are judged on key performance indicators such as construction methods, customer relations, human resources, teamwork, partnering, planning and control, quality control, pre-planning, financial controls, location and logistics, site control and risk.

This is the fifth year that Hirepool has been principal sponsor of the awards, which are now in their 31st year.

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