Waiwera Viaduct
Location: New Zealand
Client: Northern Gateway Alliance
Owner: Transit New Zealand
Value: RM30M (US$8.5M)
The Waiwera Viaduct consists of 2no. 8-span variable depth continuous bridge decks supported on reinforced concrete piers and bored piles. The superstructure is a precast segmental box girder, to be cast using the short line method and installed by the balanced cantilever method using an overhead launching gantry with spans of up to 78m.
RB provided Alignment Control Services for Casting and Erection of the Bridge for a total of 356 segments of variable depth. All the work on this project was carried out in our Kuala Lumpur office allowing our contractor client to obtain an excellent service while benefiting from the lower cost base in Malaysia.
