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Sumner Surf Life Saving Club to be demolished

Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:28 pm | Aurecon

Demolition of the Sumner Surf Life Saving Club in Christchurch is scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 29, with the club hoping to have a new pavilion built next year. The club, situated on its current site since the 1950s, was irreparably damaged by ... More >>

Aurecon cadetship with Ngai Tahu likely to expand

Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 11:05 am | Aurecon

Such has been the success of the cadetship programme between Aurecon and the South Island Ngāi Tahu tribe, that Aurecon is looking to increase the number of cadets it takes on board during the next financial year as well as investigating the establishment ... More >>

Green Frame Exhibition Opens to Public At Wigram

Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 10:34 am | Aurecon

Christchurch people will gain a clear perception of the CBD’s Green Frame and Avon Precinct from an exhibition next week of a large polystyrene model at the Air Force Museum at Wigram. More >>

Volunteered engineering work for ‘Burning Temple' design

Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:39 pm | Aurecon

Five Aurecon engineers and a drafter are volunteering hundreds of hours to develop the structural concept for the creation of a 6.3m high wooden temple that will be built in Christchurch only to be set on fire a couple of weeks after completion. More >>

Giant polystyrene model of possible Green Frame design

Friday, 8 March 2013, 2:10 pm | Aurecon

A 1.100 scale model of what the Green Frame could look like as outlined in the CCDU Plan will be on display in Christchurch this weekend. The model is 15 metres by 12 metres and covers two warehouses in Waltham Road. More >>

Aurecon Wins International Award at IChemE 2012

Thursday, 8 November 2012, 9:07 am | Aurecon

Aurecon has won the Food and Drink Award in the annual IChemE awards 2012 at the ceremony held in Manchester, England on Thursday 1 November 2012. More >>

Christchurch buildings ignoring our own technology

Monday, 15 October 2012, 12:01 pm | Aurecon

World-leading earthquake engineering technology emanating out of Christchurch is being ignored by some owners in their haste to erect new buildings in the city. More >>

Chch earthquake engineers go to international conference

Thursday, 20 September 2012, 10:56 am | Aurecon

Five seismic engineers from Christchurch’s Aurecon office are heading to Lisbon to benchmark their knowledge and skills at the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. More >>

NZ benefits from energy, transport, environment innovations

Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 5:08 pm | Aurecon

Aurecon has won three silver awards at the prestigious Innovate NZ Engineering Awards which were held in Nelson over the weekend. More >>

NZstudents seek win in Aurecon bridge building competition

Wednesday, 25 July 2012, 11:08 am | Aurecon

170 students from 26 New Zealand schools are putting their maths and science skills to the test, in a Trans-Tasman bridge building competition for high schools, organised by engineering and project management company Aurecon. More >>

Aurecon’s energy saving design wins innovation award

Friday, 25 May 2012, 6:43 pm | Aurecon

Aurecon’s process design for Dominion Salt’s Mt Maunganui plant upgrade that is saving $500,000 a year in energy costs has been recognised with an innovation award by New Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) at the ... More >>

Trans-Tasman competition inspires future engineers

Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 4:24 pm | Aurecon

Aurecon, a top engineering, technical and management consultancy, today launched its 2012 Bridge Building Competition for secondary school students across New Zealand and Australia. More >>

Aurecon’s local knowledge combines with Swedish know-how

Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 4:19 pm | Aurecon

Aurecon’s local knowledge combines with Swedish know-how to support the Christchurch district energy system As part of a consortium which included Swedish companies Bizcat and FVB, Aurecon undertook one of three studies, commissioned by Christchurch Agency ... More >>

Aurecon appoints new Planning Manager

Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 10:59 am | Aurecon

Aurecon appoints new Planning Manager 13 March 2012 Damien McGahan, Planning Manager, Environment & Advisory Aurecon is pleased to announce that Damien McGahan has been appointed Planning Manager, Environment & Advisory, based in Auckland. Damien ... More >>

‘Courage under fire’ wins NZ’s Young Engineer of tthe Year

Monday, 19 December 2011, 1:11 pm | Aurecon

Aurecon’s Camilla Gibbons, a team leader during the Christchurch earthquake recovery effort, beat off fierce competition from across New Zealand to win IPENZ’s Young Engineer of the Year at the New Zealand Engineering Excellence awards. More >>

Sustainable timber seismic design shows the way for new era

Thursday, 13 October 2011, 12:09 pm | Aurecon

New Zealand’s landmark timber structural demonstration building has won further acclaim at Tuesday night’s New Zealand Wood Timber Design awards held at Auckland. The Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Arts and Media Building (NMIT) picked ... More >>

Golden victory for Aurecon in this weekend’s ACENZ awards

Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 4:22 pm | Aurecon

It was a golden Saturday night for Aurecon, with the business picking up four gold, one silver and three merit awards at the engineering fraternity’s prestigious ACENZ awards ceremony held at Rotorua. More >>

NZ triumphs in Trans-Tasman Bridge Building Competition

Monday, 8 August 2011, 3:04 pm | Aurecon

This year’s Aurecon Bridge Building competition finished on Friday with first time entrant, King’s College in Auckland, beating high schools from across Australia and New Zealand with an astonishing 128kg load held by its bridge built from balsa ... More >>

NZ high schools take on Australia in bridge-building battle

Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 3:17 pm | Aurecon

108 students participating, 36 teams from 21 New Zealand schools, registered to compete in only national bridge building competition. Bridges built of balsa wood, string, cardboard and glue will be tested to destruction at the Te Papa Museum in Wellington ... More >>

Aurecon receives accolade for seismic contribution

Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 12:33 pm | Aurecon

The New Zealand Institute of Building has announced Aurecon’s Sean Gledhill as the winner of the James Hardie Innovation Award for his world-first seismic bracing system contribution to the Te Puni Village project. The awards programme acknowledges ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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