Contract Description

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Skifield development of the Curvey Basin chairlift and trail, earthworks for the new base building & learners slope area.  Extensive earthworks for three new carparks and new access road alignment.  Intensive and detail tussock re-vegetation to all earthwork areas, working closely with DOC & NZSki staff.  With approximately 150,000 m3 of earthworks at Alpine altitude this was a serious project.

 

In the summer of 2013-14 NZSki undertook the development and installation of the Curvey Basin trail and new 6 seater detachable chair, along with extensive learners slope, carparking, earthwork and access road re-alignment. The site development, chairlift & infrastructure projects were in conjunction with the $24,000,000 new base building development a year later.  

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The Curvey trail with 90,000 m3 of rock cut to fill and 6.4 hectares of alpine re-vegetation was resource demanding with D9 bulldozers, a 60 tonne excavator and numerous dump trucks required.The learners slope, carpark and roading with a further 53,000 m3 of cut to fill and 5 hectares of tussock re-vegetation, 8,000 m3 of roading gravel and 560 m3 of gabions required further resourcing.

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All works were to be completed in a 7 month summer window period of October to May.  All works, and in particular the native alpine re-vegetation were finished to meet DOC’s alpine reserve standard and resource consent requirements.

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This was Base’s largest and most demanding alpine earthworks & civil project.  All works were completed in spite of an early winter arrival.

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Base staff

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Michael Stroud (Project Manager) , many others

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Subcontractors used

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• Contrax Central – Cromwell based earthmoving

• Alpine Drilling – extensive blasting 

• Fulton Hogan – pavement & gabion walls

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Suppliers used

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• Maccaferri 

• Mico 

• Hynds

• Scope Resources

• Clarke Machine Hire 

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Health & Safety

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7 months of heavy plant, intensive works – no incidents or issues.  An early May winter caused challenging conditions for all. 

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Further Notes 

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This project was followed the next summer by the construction of the new base building, further carpark construction and a new waste water retention in ground system by Base.