Construction Features

Baulderstone Hornibrook – Jan de Nul are constructing the following port and related facilities.

Port Facility

• Five new shipping berths and container storage
• 1850m wharf frontage
• Reclamation of approximately 60ha of land requiring 7.8m cubic metres
• Concrete counterfort solution to create the wall of the new port
• 200 precast counterfort units weighing 620tn each will be assembled on site
• Precast yard producing one counterfort unit per day
• 270,000 tonne of revetment and scour protection rock for placement around the counterforts
• Rear crane rail founded on 300 bored piles of 1500 diametre
• Inter-terminal road rail corridor.

Other Works

• Upgrade and restoration of Foreshore Beach
• Two new lookouts at the eastern and western ends of Foreshore Beach including a bird lookout at the western end
• A pedestrian/cycleway with rest areas
• A new boat ramp with four lanes, pontoons, parking and public amenities
• A new pedestrian bridge over Foreshore Road linking Sir Joseph Banks Park with Foreshore Beach
• Improvement of the habitat for shore birds, providing a superior ecological area
• Penrhyn Estuary environmental enhancement works
• A pedestrian/cycleway with rest areas
• A dedicated road link from the new terminal directly to the heavy truck route on Foreshore Road, via a six span bridge.