The Project

Design of the jetty was crafted by engineering company, Eliot Sinclair. The jetty Trustees had input, Lyttelton Port Company engineers made suggestions, and the design was peer reviewed by Structex (now Kotahi Studio).

The following extracts from the drawings show the design. When viewing the drawings below, note that:

• We were required by our resource consent not to touch anything that pre-dates 1900s - to do this, we built over the original “short jetty”.

• After the original jetty over-build (approximately 20m), the rest of the jetty was constructed alongside the old jetty. This was for construction efficiency - time is one of the biggest costs and building alongside provides a “clear run” where new piles will not strike old piles. It also meant that the old jetty could be used for storage of timber and access during construction.

• Some planned features, like benches and information boards, aren’t shown in the drawings because they were not needed in the design for building consent.