For Beca’s team of specialists from many disciplines who worked on the design of Napier Port’s 6 Wharf, the AUD 75 million projects has been a success story in collaboration, innovation, and keeping a watchful eye out for the resident kororā, little blue penguins. 6 Wharf was opened with a karakia at dawn on 22 July and will be known as Te Whiti, meaning to transfer, or the place where cargo is transferred from Hawke’s Bay to the world. Measuring 350m in length, it has been designed to increase capacity at the Napier Port by accommodating larger container and bulk cargo ships and improve availability across all of Napier Port’s five other wharves. In addition, it will host the biggest cruise ships currently in operation, which will help support economic growth and increased tourism in the region. It has also provided a success story in sustainability, with the establishment of a thriving “penguin motel” and two new artificial reefs using limestone from the dismantled revetment seawall.For Beca’s John Youdale, the project proved ideal for bringing together a diverse team from across Australia and New Zealand to produce an efficient and cost-effective wharf design.Collaboration was key to implementing innovative design and achieving construction efficiencies during the ECI process – Beca worked with Napier Port and the contractor, HEB Construction, to adopt unique design elements to mitigate the impact of future rising sea levels and the risk of liquefaction in the event of a large earthquake. Examples of that innovation were the use of ~4,300 precast cuboidal blocks for the revetment slope armour, and the application of CSM to form a lattice structure to provide seismic resistance in the weak soils.The suspended reinforced concrete wharf deck is supported by 400 reinforced concrete piles. Napier Port worked with Cavotec, who supplied the latest in automated mooring technology that will improve safety and speed in cargo operations. Beca provided all structural, marine and geotechnical works design. During the construction phase, Beca provided full time construction monitoring and Engineer to the Contract services.Some key statistics of 6 Wharf project include:390m in length, 35 m wide13m berth depth with provision to dredge to 14.5m in the future400 concrete piles10 MoorMaster mooring system units1.2 million cubic metres of material dredged over two yearS
For Beca’s team of specialists from many disciplines who worked on the design of Napier Port’s 6 Wharf, the AUD 75 million projects has been a success story in collaboration, innovation, and keeping a watchful eye out for the resident kororā, little blue penguins. 6 Wharf was opened with a karakia at dawn on 22 July and will be known as Te Whiti, meaning to transfer, or the place where cargo is transferred from Hawke’s Bay to the world. Measuring 350m in length, it has been designed to increase capacity at the Napier Port by accommodating larger container and bulk cargo ships and improve availability across all of Napier Port’s five other wharves. In addition, it will host the biggest cruise ships currently in operation, which will help support economic growth and increased tourism in the region. It has also provided a success story in sustainability, with the establishment of a thriving “penguin motel” and two new artificial reefs using limestone from the dismantled revetment seawall.For Beca’s John Youdale, the project proved ideal for bringing together a diverse team from across Australia and New Zealand to produce an efficient and cost-effective wharf design.Collaboration was key to implementing innovative design and achieving construction efficiencies during the ECI process – Beca worked with Napier Port and the contractor, HEB Construction, to adopt unique design elements to mitigate the impact of future rising sea levels and the risk of liquefaction in the event of a large earthquake. Examples of that innovation were the use of ~4,300 precast cuboidal blocks for the revetment slope armour, and the application of CSM to form a lattice structure to provide seismic resistance in the weak soils.The suspended reinforced concrete wharf deck is supported by 400 reinforced concrete piles. Napier Port worked with Cavotec, who supplied the latest in automated mooring technology that will improve safety and speed in cargo operations. Beca provided all structural, marine and geotechnical works design. During the construction phase, Beca provided full time construction monitoring and Engineer to the Contract services.Some key statistics of 6 Wharf project include:390m in length, 35 m wide13m berth depth with provision to dredge to 14.5m in the future400 concrete piles10 MoorMaster mooring system units1.2 million cubic metres of material dredged over two yearS
