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A very productive couple of weeks on our Featherston, Whitmore & Bowen St Rising Main Upgrade project has seen us ram a pipe 50m across Lambton Quay.

A very productive couple of weeks on our Featherston, Whitmore & Bowen St Rising Main Upgrade project has seen us ram a pipe 50m across Lambton Quay. Amazing to think that a critical piece of this project has now been installed underneath the ground without digging any holes in this busy intersection

Never judge a job by what we leave on the surface

Never judge a job by what we leave on the surface.

This looks like a nice section of asphalt reinstatement and some kerbing. It's hard to believe that we just completed installation of two 6m deep chambers in this busy urban Wellington street.

Large Diameter Pipe Bursting

This week we successfully completed a 630OD Pipe Burst on Wallace St on behalf of Brian Perry Civil & Wellington Water as part of an Beca designed project.

Work underway on the Featherston, Whitmore & Bowen Rising Main Upgrade

The sun shone as we broke ground on the Featherston, Whitmore & Bowen St Rising Main Upgrade yesterday.We have been working hard on this one since early 2019 and were really excited to see it start on site.

How do you dig a 6m deep hole safely?

How do you dig a 6m deep hole in a busy Wellington CBD intersection where congested underground services mean that there is very little available space in the ground?

The mighty Grundoram Koloss at work

The mighty Grundoram Koloss at work ramming a 1065OD steel casing under Willis St in Wellington's CBD. This is our largest diameter pipe ram to date and was well within the capability of the tool.

Moir St Stormwater Culvert Emergency Repair

Urgent Response: On the night of Wednesday 23rd January a rain event caused an existing brick culvert to blow out under a property in Moir St. The culvert was a 640mm dia. brick structure pre-dating the property that was constructed in 1892. An amazing piece of engineering that is at the end of it’s life.

Wallace St Pipe Bursting

A great week here at GPFL as we completed our pipe bursting programme on Wallace St. 430m of online renewals completed by pipe bursting the existing 150 Cast Iron main with a new 180OD PE100 SDR11 pipe.

Wallace St - Trenchless Technologies Deliver Carbon Savings

There is more to the Wallace St Pipeline Corridor than just a big bulk watermain. The project includes renewals of Stormwater, Wastewater and Potable Water reticulation networks across Mt Cook.

Porirua Branch Extension: Update

Progress is good on the Porirua Branch Extension project that we are undertaking on behalf of Wellington Water. This project will provide resilience and cater for growth in Eastern Porirua.

A huge night for GPFL at the CCNZ Construction Awards

A huge night for GPFL at the CCNZ Construction Awards night last weekend. We were stoked to win the Hynds Pipe Systems Limited Image Award, the John Carson Memorial Award for Health and Safety and the Holcim Australia & New Zealand project award for our work on the Victoria St & Waterloo Quay Wastewater Renewals project for Wellington Water.

We are proud to have sponsored Avalon Wolves Rugby Football Club

We are proud to have sponsored Avalon Wolves Rugby Football Club under 11's team where one of our staff is part of the coaching team.