7 March 2024
Improving safety on State Highway 2 for Powerco
Northpower’s central contracting teams played a significant role in New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi’s $164 million SH2 Waihī to Ōmokoroa safety improvement project, enhancing safety by widening roads, new roundabouts, and safety barrier installation.
This was part of Powerco’s investment to enable relocation and/or overhead underground conversion of Powerco’s network (33kV, 11kV, and low voltage) at multiple locations along the highway. We delivered on time and to budget despite the scale of the works (11 sections with multiple subsections and 70+ worksites).
Co-ordinating many contractors required detailed planning and scheduling, with up to six overhead crews, eight fitters/jointers, technicians and civil crew working collaboratively.