Resolve Group would like to congratulate all the winners of the 2012 New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards, announced on November 30. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the quality of the engineering work done by Beca and Fletcher Construction Company Ltd on the New Lynn Rail Trench and Station, which deservedly won the Supreme Award for New Zealand Engineering Excellence along with the Transportation Infrastructure Award.

The project, completed in March 2010, has contributed to the rejuvenation of New Lynn and NZEE Awards Judges were impressed with the commitment of the project team to minimising the inevitable disruption to the community, to their proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues, and to their commitment to sustainability as evidenced through allowances made for future electrification. The architecturally attractive station building was another key factor in their selection.

Resolve Group was involved in the New Lynn project as Engineer to the contract.

Surpassing all performance indicators, delivering $23 million of cost savings, and developing innovative approaches to highway management that are being adopted all around the country, the Auckland Motorway Alliance has justifiably won this year’s Supreme Roading Excellence Award.

The competition’s judges commented that ‘the outcomes achieved by the Auckland Motorway Alliance in its first four years demonstrate it’s well on its way to leaving a positive and lasting legacy on the roading landscape across Australasia.’

Roading New Zealand chief executive Chris Olsen said, ‘The Alliance has exemplified the benefits of collaboration within larger performance-based maintenance contracts, bringing a team together to improve efficiency and value-for-money.’

Resolve Group has been involved with the Alliance since its inception, and is proud to work alongside the AMA partners: the New Zealand Transport Agency, Fulton Hogan, Opus International, Beca Infrastructure and Armitage Systems.

The AMA also won the Best Practice Award for Asset Management, and the Long Term Alliance Team of Excellence Award 2012 at the AAA Alliance Excellence Awards, whose program aims to encourage organisations to improve their performance and excellence in alliancing and collaborative contracting.