Christchurch Netball Centre
Netball in Christchurch has a new, purpose-built indoor facility which forms part of the Nga Puna Wau sports hub at Halswell.
The 13,000sqm venue, constructed by Apollo Projects, opened in November 2023 and features a roof from Roofing Industries in ColorCote® ZinaCore® .55 Multirib® in Pacific White.
The project required the production and delivery of 38.810m long sheets of this material to site: this presented new but not unexpected challenges.
Sheet lengths like this are commonplace on large commercial/industrial builds but this contract threw up some precision timing issues from the roll forming of the sheets to the journey through Christchurch streets for delivery onto a difficult site.
Sheets in lengths of 38.810m posed the first problem – production of this length would extend several meters outside the parameters of the factory, creating the need to have the product produced, loaded and exiting the factory in a single workday.
A cycle of production was developed. Allowing for the production, loading and removal from the building within the single day target. This was required due to the fact that the building was unable to be secured with 10m of truck and loaded product outside the parameters of the Roofing Industries Christchurch factory.
Detailed planning on the movement and organization of materials on this scale was down to precision planning and timing, due to the factor that each sheet weighed 213kg and the limitations on crane lift weights, restricted that limited the pack size to only four sheets and a truck load of only 15 packs. Each load did include a 25m spreader bar for lifting on site.
Delivery of this oversize load through Christchurch to the build site – a 30-minute journey – needed a specialist truck with a remote controlled rear steer trailer. Pilot vehicles were deployed front and rear during the trip, assisting with the early morning navigation around some tough corners and inconveniently parked cars.
Over the course of five weeks the five loads were successfully delivered with a Card Roofing team contracted to Wayman Roofing Services assisting with the unload and then installation of the .55 Multirib® sheets, load by load.
Managing the successful flow of manufactured sheets from Sockburn to the large sports complex site in Halswell was an exercise in carefully timed logistics for the Roofing Industries team, Hanham Transport and Card Roofing – all of whom contributed to the planning and execution of the project – working together to ensure what amounted to 80 tonnes of material in total making it to site. Full credit to all those involved.
Opened in November 2023, the Christchurch Netball Centre (CNC), named Putahi Poitarawhiti ki Otautahi, is a multi-purpose centre for the whole community with ten international standard netball courts, a mezzanine floor for viewing, a café, multi-purpose meeting rooms, equipment storage facilities, changing rooms and 430 car parks.
Total cost of the centre was $16.5 million, fully funded by CNC which had a gift from a generous benefactor after the 2010/2011 earthquakes and again from the same benefactor as building costs increased markedly following the pandemic. $500,000 was also secured from New Zealand Lotteries and $750,000 from the New Zealand Community Trust towards sprung wooden flooring inside the stadium. The Hagley Park CNC centre has been sold but is still able to use the outdoor courts for competition and training.