• Client
• Consultant
• Value

• Meridian Energy Limited
• Bloxham Burnett & Oliver
• $29.5 million

Project Scope: The Te Uku windfarm project consisted of the construction of the civil infrastructure for a 64MW wind power site including the road network and turbine foundations.

Major works involved in the construction contract included:

• 26km of road network, purpose built for access and the delivery of heavy and long load wind turbine components.
• Extensive erosion and sediment control design, construction, monitoring and decommissioning of up to 170 control devices.
• Establishment of an on-site concrete batching plant
• Construction of 28no turbine foundations consisting of 1335 tonnes of reinforcing steel and 12,000m3 of concrete.
• Positioning of electrical conduits and free issue holding down bolts and casting onto foundations.
• Installation of 70km of high voltage electrical cables between turbine sites and the substation
• Construction of substation platform and building foundations
• Construction and positioning of 28no transformers and 6no circuit breaker foundations.

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