| 65 CONTRACTING GHD Dunedin A constrained budget encouraged innovation amongst the DCC, GHD and the main contractor Fulton Hogan. Award winning company Isaac Construction has a long history of delivering solutions for a wide range of civil construction and engineering needs, combined with an inherent passion for the environment. Isaac Construction is also a substantial business; its construction division alone combines 24 teams of highly skilled construction and drainage sta that consistently deliver a high quality result. With this synergy, and its directors also being trustees of The Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust, it is itting the company was awarded the contract for the Dunedin Peninsula Connection Portobello Seawall project in the environmentally sensitive Otago Harbour. Isaac Construction chief executive Jeremy Dixon and his team are justi iably proud of the result the company achieved on this legacy project for the city of Dunedin, capped o by being recognised as the Civil Contractors New Zealand Category 1 Award Winner for Project of the Year up to $2 million. “We entered the project because we felt it had a number of quite unique aspects and we were very proud of the outcome,” Jeremy says. ‘The team had done an amazing job delivering the project and we felt their e orts needed to be recognised by the wider contracting community.” “To win a signi icant award for a project was recognition that our team had constructed the best project for under two million dollars in the entire country. That’s great industry kudos for our sta .” The project was one of the Dunedin City Council’s major projects for connecting the peninsula to the city making it accessible and safe for people including pedestrians and cyclists. Isaac Construction's work required some interesting engineering and practical construction solutions to build a retaining seawall from the seabed up to about eight metres high over a length of several hundred metres. This required working in a narrow, con ined space while maintaining public access while working around the tides and harsh coastal environment. Forty-two wet days during summer made construction di icult as ground conditions were poor. As the project progressed into the more complex areas of the site, there was a high level of collaboration with the designer to create practical solutions to ensure a successful outcome. Not only was this achieved but the project became a beachhead for building Isaac's reputation in the region. Since completing the Portobello seawall project, Isaac Construction has established a permanent base in Dunedin, employing a mix of Christchurch and local sta and, building on the presence and goodwill already established, has subsequently won several more projects in Dunedin. Passion and expertise to the fore
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