Aotea Square redevelopment
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Project background
Aotea Square was opened in 1979, three years after the Civic
underground car park was built. The Aotea Centre opened in 1990.
In 2000, landscape architects Ted Smyth and Associates won
a competition to redesign Aotea Square. Plans were put on hold when the council
identified damage to the Civic car park roof in December 2004 and introduced
load restrictions.
In February 2008, the council reassessed the Aotea Square
redevelopment plans and made $15 million in savings, bringing the budget to $80
million. The savings came from an innovative car park repair method and reduced
alterations to the Aotea Centre.
Construction facts - November 2009
- 500 tonnes of steel has been
laid into the new roof of the Civic car park. This equates to the weight of 100
male elephants.
- 24,000 holes have been drilled in the existing roof. Steel beams are
inserted into the holes to help with strengthening the structure.
- 140,000m is the total length of steel bars used to strengthen the Civic car
park roof. This is equivalent to 426 times the length of the Sky Tower or
137 times the length of the Harbour bridge. We expect to use about 180,000m
of steel bars by the end of the project.
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Poured approximately 2400 cubic metres of concrete, equivalent to 510 truck
loads
- 760
tonnes of the Civic car park roof was jacked and raised to replace bearings
in the old roof., The weight of the roof raised is equivalent to two fully
loaded Boeing 747 Jumbo jets.
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Worked approximately 220,000 hours
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View from the west side of the Auckland Town Hall,
looking towards the Civic Administration building. |
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Walkway beside Town Hall - view from Greys Avenue,
looking towards Queen Street. |
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Updated November 2009
