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New Lynn Town Center

| June 22, 2012
New Lynn Town Center

New Lynn’s Totara Avenue West is another one of Auckland’s latest developments in shared space streetscapes. Created by Auckland Transport, the shared space transforms Totara Avenue West into a slow-speed zone that creates a more pedestrian-friendly retail area and focal point for New Lynn’s town centre. The shared space will be complemented by the opening […]

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Rob Roy Plaza – Wai-atarau

| May 9, 2012
Rob Roy Plaza – Wai-atarau

Auckland’s newest inner-city open space will be called Wai-atarau Plaza. It’s the open space plaza in front of the Freemans Bay Rob Roy Tavern formerly the Birdcage which was moved twice during the recent construction of the Victoria St tunnel. The site marks the original foreshore of Freemans Bay, known as Wai-atarau, which means ‘place of […]

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Auckland Waterfront

| April 24, 2012
Auckland Waterfront

The Auckland Waterfront has come alive after revitalisation of Wynyard Quarter, a 36-hectare area of reclaimed land stretching from the eastern side of Viaduct Harbour to the Western Wall facing the Westhaven marina and previously known as the tank farm. The Urban Design Framework for Wynyard Quarter has been awarded in the 2012 New Zealand Institute of […]

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Exhibition Road London

| March 14, 2012
Exhibition Road London

A world-class streetscape. After three years of meticulous construction work in Exhibition Road and South Kensington, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s contractor, Balfour Beatty, completed a project this month to create one of the most exciting streetscapes in the country. Completed in November 2011, the Exhibition Road development is a £28m project to […]

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Crowne Plaza Auckland

| February 24, 2012
Crowne Plaza Auckland

Steintec provides the challenging solution with granite setts installed over a waterproofed suspended concrete slab receiving vehicular loading, buses included, to the Crowne Plaza entrance redevelopment complying to key performance criteria of BS7533-10. Engineering design considerations requiring high performance.

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