First 120t Mantis tele in NZ – CRANES TODAY
Tadano has delivered the first GTC-1200 into New Zealand to Fulton Hogan, a civil construction company servicing Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific since 1933. The 120t telescopic crawler will be placed on a Fulton Hogan/Taylors Joint… Read More
To rock or not? – WAIMEA WEEKLY
The Waimea Community Dam is being built, and last week Waimea Weekly published mayoral candidate Maxwell Clark’s argument about it. ‘Two drilling companies have been drilling on separate occasions for six weeks each. They have been unable to… Read More
Waimea dam build on track, rock found at site – NELSON MAIL
Bedrock has been found at the site of Waimea dam build in the Lee Valley, about 36km south-east of Nelson. Waimea Water Ltd chief executive Mike Scott said the geology at the site was as expected, even better… Read More
Waimea dam project divides Tasman mayoral and Richmond Ward candidates – NELSON MAIL
The Waimea dam project caused a division on Wednesday evening at a meet-the-candidates gathering for Tasman district mayoral and Richmond Ward hopefuls. More than 100 people filled Richmond Town Hall to listen to the four mayoral candidates –… Read More
Council quick to hush alarm over potential multi-million dollar liability to Tasman ratepayers – 1 NEWS
The Waimea Community Dam project in Tasman has yet again become the subject of controversy, with questions raised over its risk to ratepayers in the future. Work to build the 53-metre-high concrete-face rock filled dam is underway, with Waimea… Read More
Potential ratepayer liabilities of $100m revealed for Waimea dam project – NELSON MAIL
Tasman district ratepayers face potential liabilities of about $100 million for the Waimea dam project – on top of $29m in credit support already disclosed. Information released under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act (LGOIMA) reveals… Read More
Waimea dam project legacy spills over into 2019 Tasman District Council elections – NELSON MAIL
The controversial Waimea dam project was a hot topic of the 2016 Tasman District Council elections and it seems little has changed in 2019. A query on the $104.4 million dam, now under construction in the Lee Valley, was the first… Read More
Digging starts for Waimea Community Dam – WAIMEA WEEKLY
Building a more secure water future for Tasman is the goal of all those gathered at the Waimea Community Dam Lee Valley site, for the project’s ground-breaking ceremony, on Friday last. “Today is a very important milestone because… Read More
Ground-breaking milestone for Waimea Community Dam project – NELSON MAIL
There was excitement in spades for backers of the Waimea Community Dam with Friday’s ground-breaking ceremony signalling the start of excavation on the controversial $104.4 million project. It will take twice as long as initially expected and cost four times as much to construct,… Read More
Excavation work poised to start for Waimea Dam project – NELSON MAIL
Excavation work is set to begin in August on the multimillion-dollar Waimea dam project in the Lee Valley, about 36km south-east of Nelson. The geology at the site has been identified as one of the major risks for… Read More
