The 160 hectare scheme is one of New Zealand’s largest residential projects and the community will accommodate up to 5,000 people with a village centre, shops, recreational facilities and more than 2,000 homes. Almost 23 hectares of the site will be reserved for the public as a ‘green buffer’ to the adjoining North Shore regional park and beach.
Coffey Geotechnics had been carrying out work on the development since 2009. The new agreement provides for geotechnical and hydrogeological services until 2014.
The company has already started on the civil engineering design review. The wetland will be the first area developed, to provide essential stormwater capacity to existing development in Torbay and some of the new housing in Long Bay. Coffey Geotechnics will also focus on addressing land and beach slope instability and create embankments to provide the foundation for future development. The next stage of earthworks will involve moving more than 1m3 of cut and fill.
Coffey Geotechnic’s service line manager New Zealand, Neil Watkins, said that he was pleased to capitalise on the company's global knowledge as well as its local experience in large-scale developments. “We have worked on iconic global projects such as The Burj in Dubai as well as local projects in New Zealand such as the Kensington in Orewa. We look forward to continuing the application of our expertise to assist the Long Bay community,” he said.
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