We’re thrilled to be partnering with Transport for NSW and delivering the Kamay Ferry Wharves Project…rebuilding water connections across Botany Bay in New South Wales.
Read more about the project here...Kamay Ferry Wharves
In partnership with Wevo we’re using Starlink to keep our far faraway construction sites connected with the ‘mothership’.
Starlink is the world's first and largest satellite constellation using a low Earth orbit to deliver broadband internet.
Quick to launch, coupled with 'Millennium Falcon' speeds and 'Neil Armstrong' reliability, the system really is one giant leap for our remote construction teams!
The square dish in the picture below is the high gain antenna attached to one of our site offices in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
In partnership with Australian OEM, BlackStump Technologies, we have co-created the 'Solarator', a compact containerised power plant that combines solar panels, batteries and a small diesel generator.
When Sullivan Halaifonua arrived at Auckland Council Healthy Waters' Corban Reserve project in Tāmaki Makaurau [Auckland] New Zealand he had no idea about Amotai and the benefits Pasifika businesses can reap by becoming a member.
Sullivan Halaifonua (shown in the photo above on the right) is the Co-Director of Vava’u Contracting, a Pasifika-owned earthmoving business, with his wife Sita. They learned about the opportunity at Corban Reserve through Sullivan’s younger brother Josiah Halaifonua, the Grade A Tunnel Supervisor on the project (shown in the photo on the left).
When Sullivan and his team joined the team Quantity Surveyor Kathrine Juab could see there was potential for growth. She introduced them to Amotai, an organisation that connects Māori and Pasifika businesses to buyers committed to social procurement. As a member, Vava’u Contracting now has access to an extensive client directory, specialist resources to help gain new business, and networking opportunities online and in person.
Find out more about the million-dollar social procurement goal the Corban Reserve team have set or how Amotai can benefit Māori and Pasifika businesses.
Click on the video below to hear about the project from the team.
We recently enlisted the help of the Wangaratta District Men's Shed to build nesting boxes which are to be installed at one of our Inland Rail worksites near Seymour, Victoria.
We are installing 24 of these neat nesting boxes before we remove some vegetation in the area.
The boxes are intended to provide new homes for many native bird, bat and marsupial species such as the Crimson Rosella, Turquoise Parrot, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo and the Phascogale.
The boxes are constructed of marine ply so will be hardy enough to survive the harsh Australian conditions.
The Wangaratta District Men's Shed volunteers were thrilled to be a part of the program and are eager to hear how the successful uptake of the nests go.
The nest boxes will also play a crucial role in an upcoming Melbourne University ecological study about the implementation and successful uptake of prosthetic habitats in native environments.
