Eke Panuku brought RCP in to take over project leadership and run the job through procurement and delivery, client-side, as project manager and Engineer to the Contract. RCP steadied the contract administration under NZS 3910, tested the market with pre-tender contractor engagement to shorten the tender, and used 4D modelling to show stakeholders how construction vessels would sit and the work would sequence in the harbour.
Almost every part of the bridge was worked on. It was dismantled and lifted out on HEB Construction's jack-up barge for sandblasting, steel repairs and recoating, its mechanical and electrical systems overhauled, and more than half a kilometre of cabling, over a hundred light fittings and sixty-odd sensors installed before commissioning. A temporary ferry kept people moving while the bridge was gone, carrying more than 160,000 passengers.
Te Wero Wynyard Crossing Bridge reopened in December 2024, its structure, machinery and controls renewed to keep it serving the waterfront for years to come.
