Civil and Piling Works
Smith Cranes Civil Construction and Piling team carry out work on a wide and diverse variety of projects throughout New Zealand.
Our civil team is here for all of your piling, demolition, bridges, structures and marine needs.
Civil Construction
Piling and foundation works
Demolition works
Bridges and structures
Marine works
We're the right team for the job!
We pride ourselves on providing our clients the best value for money with the ability to explore any and every option, and to think outside of the square to provide clients with the right solution. Unlike most civil construction companies we can provide a wide range of plant and transportation services, making projects efficient and easy to manage.
We have a reputation for tackling projects which are technically demanding, so even with the most difficult projects we can provide innovative solutions to engineering problems, providing savings and benefits to the client. We have an extensive range of construction equipment to tackle every job and a dedicated, trained and experienced team to successfully carry out your project.
Piling and Foundations
The Civil Engineering division at Smith Crane and Construction have undertaken all forms of piling and foundations.
We specialise in three major categories: building foundations, structures foundations and marine piling.
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Driven steel/timber poles
Screw piles up to 0.9m helix diameter
Temporary/Permanent cased bore pile
Non-intrusive screwed temorary case bored piles
Polymer stabilised bored piles
CFA piles
Sheet Piling
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Temporary/permanent cased bored piles
Driven steel/timber piles
Sheet piling
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Driven steel/timber piles
Sheet piling - Coffer dams
Bottom driven tubes
Pre-stressed concrete piles
Bridges and Structures
One of New Zealand’s most experienced rail bridge construction company.
The company has built over 100 rail way bridges in recent years and has undertaken a number of emergency repairs throughout New Zealand making Smith Crane and Construction one of New Zealand's most experienced rail bridge construction companies. This continues our long standing working relationship with Kiwirail and its predecessors dating back to the 1970s. Our team understands that jobs like these require efficient working, we are well experienced in successfully completing large civil work under block of line parameters.
Our civil engineering team has also successfully completed a number of road bridge and foot bridges as well as bridge repairs such as:
Seismic upgrades
Under-pinning
Pier strengthening
Re-piling
Re-decking
Bridge widening
Demolition Work
Smith Crane and construction has been involved with numerous demolition projects following the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, specialising in deconstruction involving cut and crane techniques.
Some of the major projects that have been successfully completed include the demolition of the 67 meter chimney at Christchurch Hospital, the 18-storey Clarendon Tower Office block on Oxford Terrace involving five months of strengthening to make it safe and stable before it could be safely demolished and the demolition of the southern blood testing laboratory which was a bio hazard contaminated site where the demolition crew were able to retrieve and multi million dollar specialist blood analyser.
The civil division of Smith Crane and Construction takes pride in their work and understands the health and safety processes involved with demolishing a building; ensuring safety is top priority from start to end.
Marine
Marine works are a core part of our work connecting to our piling and foundation operation within the civil engineering division.
We offer the following services:
Wharf construction
Sheet piling
Wharf demolition and removal
Dredging
Full harbour development
Smith Crane and Construction own and operate the Joe Mann Tug and the 32 m x 11m Vulcan flat top construction barge, capable of Carrying an 80 Tonne Crawler crane along with a bolt together pontoon system the can be arranged in multiple configurations enabling demolition, maintenance and construction works from the water.
