The largest section of the Waikato Expressway to bypass the city of Hamilton. This project requires the use of extensive barrier systems and some significantly detailed and complex TMP design around major interchanges. Parallaxx have been supporting the project since inception with complex Traffic Management design, barrier design, barrier installation and inspection, and Traffic Impact Assessments.
A major rising main (pipeline) installation through the Pakuranga Road / Panmure Bridge / Lagoon Drive corridor which carries in excess of 40,000 vehicles per day. Coupled with Auckland’s only tidal local road (Panmure Bridge) and a 6m+ wide working space requirement – we were faced with a significant spatial challenge requiring innovative ideas.
The first of the project that kicked off NZTA’s “Western Ring Route”. Starting back in 2011, with the replacement of Selwood Road Bridge the Lincoln Road Interchange Upgrade started the complex, narrow and challenging work of upgrading a functioning high capacity motorway whilst maintaining close to full function. Parallaxx joined on the journey providing TMP design and fulfilled the role of Traffic Manager for a period as well.
The Wynyard Quarter area has been a developing part of downtown Auckland for some time. With the obvious streetscape improvements comes significant underground utility improvements. Range of these upgrades are across the Wynyard Quarter area. With significant upright construction and other road improvement works – this means competing for workspace and overlapping worksite environments are almost guaranteed.
The section of this project currently under construction is from Snell’s Beach to Algies Bay. The route travels through urban and high speed rural areas, and the method of construction requires the work site to move constantly along the road. This poses challenges for maintaining safety and using temporary barrier systems
Downer were awarded the contract for this project right before Christmas 2019, with a start date of 27th December 2019 and a very ambitious completion target of the end of February 2020, to fall in line with a major change in bus routes throughout the central city. The project involved a major upgrade of the Victoria St/Wellesley St/Halsey St intersection, as well as kerb buildout, new bus stops and footpath widening along a 800m long section of road to provide for dedicated cycle lanes in both directions.
The Te Atatu Road Corridor Improvements project involved providing additional bus lanes along Te Atatu road and upgraded pedestrian and cycle lane facilities and full depth pavement reconstruction. This corridor was severely congested with Vehicles, Shops and schools and additional community services.
The St Lukes cycleway safety improvements will make it safer and easier for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the motorway ramps and St Lukes Road, and connect to the popular SH16 Northwestern Cycleway. Many of the project areas where situated alongside the motorway itself as well as on-ramps and off-ramps meaning major closures.
Construction of new widening on SH1 between Manukau and Papakura. This included adding at least one lane in each direction along the motorway, numerous new bridges, new ramps at the Takanini interchange whilst maintaining traffic flows on one of the busiest sections of the motorway network (significant peak flows each day, as well as weekends)
The project called for a major interchange upgrade on SH2 (connecting SH58) – dubbed “Haywards Interchange”. Walking and cycling upgrades, an alternative ‘floating cycle’ design and a close railway made for staging and TTM challenges that required compromise in many areas to maintain safety and productivity.