Welcome to the first of our construction updates! Things are hotting up.
The contract with HEB Construction kicks in on 1 August 2022. They are busy with their preconstruction work, such as traffic management planning and consent compliance paperwork.
Meanwhile, a lot of the hardwood timber is ready to be shipped from Brisbane, Australia. The whole of the substructure of the new jetty (piles, bearers, and beams) is Australian hardwood, which has amazing durability in the marine environment. We didn’t have enough jetty forest timber for all of the planks (we had to reject about 30% due to splitting or knots - this timber is being made into garden furniture), so around half of the planks and the timber for the two ramps are Australian hardwood.
For those who love data and ships, read on! You can track the ships online. Our timber is due to depart from Brisbane in the first week of August and should take a couple of weeks to arrive.
201 x 4.2m planks are coming on the Kota Lambang: Ship tracker
74 x 11.8m piles are coming on the CMA CGM Seattle: Ship tracker
15 x 8m piles, 8 x 6m piles, 59 x 4.2m planks and 850 x 3m planks are coming on the Rio Blanco: Ship tracker
360m of beams/bearers are coming on the Xin Zhang Zhou: Ship tracker
14,780kg of beams/bearers are coming on the Hyundia Tacoma: Ship tracker
Stay tuned for more construction updates. Our next one will be about the start of physical work and traffic management plans.