SITE VISIT – “New Zealand International Convention Centre: site visit” by Barnabas Ilko of Fletcher Construction

When – 4.30pm - Wednesday 27 June//

Where – Fletcher Construction Site Office, 55 Nelson Street, Auckland Central.

Agenda –
16:15 Gathering
16:30 Health and Safety Short Site Induction & Site Visit

This site visit (limited to 20 engineers) to this world-class facility will include a short presentation, followed by a tour facilitated by the design engineers and main contractor, Fletcher Construction. A 2nd site visit will be organised later in August for further 20 engineers.

Please ensure you are there 15 minutes before the event starts for the compulsory Health and Safety short site induction facilitated by FCC. Everyone is to have Site Safe Passport (If you do not have one, an exception granted from Project Director and H&S Manager will be required.

The following site specific PPE is compulsory:
• hard hat
• safety glasses (not sunglasses or regular glasses)
• safety gloves
• long sleeves shirt and trousers
• hi-visibility vest or jacket (can be vest, shirt or jacket)
• steel-capped safety footwear
• safety gloves

Please register for the site visit below:

NOTE the first 20 people on this list will be secured a place.

The remaining 10 places will be on a shortlist and will be notified prior to 10am on the day of the visit if space has been made available. 

Abstract

The New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) will be New Zealand’s pre-eminent event venue when it opens in 2019, drawing audiences from around the globe to experience this country’s unique culture, unforgettable landscapes and innovative business approach to create a truly world-class facility. It will be the largest, purpose-built convention centre, capable of hosting conventions of around 3,000 people, or one-off events of up to 4,000 people on the exhibition floor. Beca completed the structural modelling, analysis and design. Fletcher Construction will build and complete the design of the NZICC that has a 32,000m² floor space above the 1327 carparks, the five-star, 300-room Hobson Street Hotel, the retail laneway linking Nelson and Hobson streets, the two air bridges and the state-of-art fit out of both facilities.
This construction site contains one of New Zealand’s largest commercial sites and it brings with it numerous technical challenges. One of them was to find a way to complete demolition and excavation works, while maintaining an access road through the construction site to service a carpark. After the completion of excavation the site has installed the country’s biggest tower cranes and concrete pumping towers to service this massive site. As construction work reaches the final stages of structural completion, a few major challenges will need to be resolved. These involve the construction and sequencing of the Spine Gallery (top down structure hanging from the roof) and the fabrication, transportation and erection of the Hobson Street Bridge, that is a 32m long, 150t bridge, which will be sitting over Hobson Street once installed.

Biography

Barnabas Ilko is the Engineering Manager at Fletcher Construction working on the New Zealand International Convention Centre and Hobson Street Hotel projects. He is a Chartered Structural Engineer with post-graduation work experience gained in consulting, construction, heavy engineering and resources industry. He gained his technical knowledge in multiple fields while working for Clients in sectors such as Government bodies, Australian Defence, various private developers and major resources companies. In his current role he prepares construction methodology plans, temporary works designs, construction sequencing drawings/plans and works together with other project members to solve contractibility issues.