Harbour Links Last Beam

Well its been a busy week with Fletcher Construction placing the last beam on The NZ Transport Agency Harbour Link Project. Peter McLeod our structural engineer has had his hands full working closely with engineer Gareth Hole from Fletchers planning a very technically complex lift. Maximus (GMK5170) operated by Brian Short and Lofty (GMK5130) operated by Justin Martin with very short outriggers to place a 70 Tonne Steel Beam with the help of Roy Ogle dogging it gently into place. You can read the full story on SunLive or at the Bay of Plenty Times websites. "It will be quite an engineering feat," Harbour Link project manager Kevin Reid said.

Page and Macrae at Work

Quick video montage of the Page and Macrae team moving newly fabricated plant onto Tranzcarr ready for transport to site.

In the pictures the two yellow cranes are our 55 Tonne(GMK3050) and 80 Tonne (GMK4075) and outside in blue is Maximus 170 Tonne (GMK5170).

When height is not a problem

Picture our GMK4075 "Awesome" with Sully at the controls works with the team from JP Marshall Engineering. In the centre picture Mike directs a new conveyor into place at Inghams and shows us that height is not a problem as he works safely over looking the Mount wharf.

In the background of the second picture you can see one of the huge grain silos built by JP Marshall. As its almost finished but currently empty I managed to take a peak inside where I took this photo. Very cool.

Mt Engineering - Tanks

Mt Engineering complete construction of a tank at their yard in Newton street. The 80 Tonne (Awesome) was used to place the last section onto the tank.

Vessels - Culham Engineering

Pictured yesterday. The GMK5130 unloads 30Tonne tanks for Culhum Engineering Ltd after their voyage down from Whangarei. The new tanks are on their way to the new tank farm being constructed on Hewletts Road by Fletcher Construction. To be placed this friday.