WHAT’S NEW AT ABSEIL ACCESS LTD
June 2011
Demolition of Timeball Station, Lyttelton
When the magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch on 13 June, Abseil Access was assisting with demolition of Lyttelton’s historic Timeball station. The building had been severely damaged in the February quake.
View of Timeball station from crane, shortly before earthquake.
We installed rockfall catchfences in the area below the building, to contain any falling blocks while demolition was carried out.
The building collapsed completely as a result of this earthquake.
Photos by Nick Groves
February 2011
Rockfall remediation on the Port Hills
Watch the full video by Gareth Hallam – called The Warriors of the Blue Staff – on vimeo.com.
Since the 22 February Christchurch earthquake, Abseil Access has been working on the Port Hills to stabilise dangerous rocks loosened by the quake. We are working with consulting engineers URS in the Sumner–Taylors Mistake–Godley Head area.
In May, with URS, we blew up a 40-tonne boulder that was threatenening the Summit Road.
After the big aftershocks in June, Abseil Access was profiled in the Press newspaper, which wrote:
“The team was gratified to find its previous work, which [Abseil Access worker Simon Middlemass] describes as repositioning dangerous rocks into ‘a new happy place’ on a flat piece of land or in a hole, had stood up to the big shakes.”
February 2011
Abseil Access heads to South America!
As a result of a successful construction project involving a suspension bridge for mountain biking in the Nelson area, Abseil Access has been awarded the contract to build a number of similar bridges in Chile this year. Watch this space for news and views – and how our Spanish lessons are going!
National Museum
We have been selected as a preferred contractor to New Zealand’s National Museum to complete various working at height projects, including:
- A 10-yearly review of all height safety systems on the museum building on Cable Street, in conjunction with a MIPENZ Chartered Professional Engineer.
- Refurbishment of steel sun-shades, weighing 50kg each, on the large external window.
- Refurbishment of structural steel members.
The projects are running concurrently this summer.
