The Dunedin Law Court Building is one of News Zealand’s most beautiful historic building. Concrete solutions is proud to have been associated with this extensive structural retrofit of the unenforced masonry (URM) which made up the majority building. The specified product and product of choice was Tyfo® Fibrwrap® fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) systems. Both Tyfo Read More
SAINT LOUIS, MO., December 15, 2016 – Aegion Corporation (“Aegion” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq Global Select Market: AEGN) today announced the acquisition of Concrete Solutions Ltd, an innovative provider of structural strengthening and concrete repair solutions in New Zealand. Concrete Solutions® has been operating for 22 years, and has been the exclusive applicator Read More
Waterview Connection, Auckland The Waterview Connection is an important infrastructure development designed to ease congestion in Auckland. The tunnel measures 2.4km in length and the two side by side tunnels are 13.1m wide each. A challenge encountered in tunnel construction is the ingress of water from the surrounding soil, to combat this, the precast concrete Read More
Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch Cracking in concrete can allow water ingress in basement retaining walls. In Christchurch, Concrete Solutions® have been involved in many projects where excavation is not an economically viable option. Using specialised Injection systems from MC-Bauchemie, specialised Concrete Solutions® applicators inject a polyurethane resin MC-Injekt 2300NV and a MC-Injekt GL-95 hydro-gel through the Read More
Madras & Kilmore Bridges, Christchurch As part of the ongoing SCIRT effort in conjunction with Fletcher Construction, Christchurch’s transportation infrastructure is being repaired. Along with many other bridges in Christchurch,Concrete Solutions® similarly to Kilmore Bridge have worked to repair structural damages to the Madras Bridge as well as replacement of worn bridge joints. The Nafutekt Read More
Port Hills Bridge, Christchurch SCIRT has been repairing the bridge piers for the Port Hills road overpass in Christchurch. Concrete Solutions® was tasked by Fletcher Construction with the structural confinement of the supporting piers. Structural repairs to the bridge piers was required before the FRP system could be applied, this was achieved using an Epoxy Read More
Bridge 26 Midline Line, Christchurch The Midland Line is a 212km long section of railway which connects Rolleston and Greymouth in the South Island. This important piece of infrastructure is part of the KiwiRail Scenic Journeys and TranzAlpine routes as well as Freight including coal and even dairy products. Bridge 26 is over 80 years Read More
Bridge 27 Midland Pier No 8, Christchurch The Midland Line is a 212km long section of railway which connects Rolleston and Greymouth in the South Island. Bridge 27 runs along this line and is part of a series of bridges in this area constructed to allow the railway though the rough terrain. This bridge required Read More
HP House (2 Floors), Wellington HP House is an office building in Wellington Central, Fletcher Construction was tasked with the seismic strengthening of this building. Concrete Solutions®completed the initial installation application of 2 layers of Tyfo® SCH-41 and SCH Anchors to the concrete floors of Level 1 and Level 2 within the building. Tyfo®SCH-41 uses Read More
James Cook Hotel Carpark, Wellington Contracted by Hawkins Construction for the structural upgrade of the James Cook Hotel carpark in Wellington, Concrete Solutions® was sub-contracted to fulfil the FRP installation. Tyfo® SCH-41-2X was used due to the high tensile modulus and strength required by the engineer, it is twice as thick as standard Tyfo® SCH-41 Read More