Eden Park - South Stand
The Demolition of Eden Parks South Stand was just one of the many stages in the revamping of the stadium in preparation for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Built in 1958, the stand was a large section of New Zealand’s largest stadium, Eden Park. The stadium has a rich history in NZ dating back to 1900. Ward Demolition were honored to be selected for the task, and to be part of such a successful, high profile project that will benefit visitors and locals for years to come.
Ward Demolition was allocated 6 weeks by Fletcher Construction to completely demolish and remove the old south stand at Eden Park. This task was completed on time.
Alan Gray, Project Director for Fletcher Construction, saw the demolition of this stand as a critical activity. “We recognised, at the tender stage, the programme and technical challenges of this demolition package as being of a significant risk to the success of the total project.”
This was a complex structure, three major alterations from over the years were identified as providing a challenge:
Corporate boxes were added over the top of the existing stand by a complex engineering design of cantilevered post tension concrete beams and columns.
Two very large frames were added to support sports flood lighting.
A large media structure was added above the corporate boxes.
“No team has done more damage at Eden Park than Ward Demolition.” -Peter Ward
Ward’s director Peter Ward took an optimistic approach. His onsite crew of up to 28, as well as the wider team of sub-contractors on the job, were determined to succeed. “Failure is never an option. If we had failed we’d have made headlines worldwide. People care about Eden Park, so you have to put your best foot forward and have faith in the system and the people you’re working with.”
Alan Gray went on to see the redevelopment project through to completion two months ahead of schedule. He credits Peter Ward and his team with eliminating the risk to the total project, putting it down to Peter’s extensive experience, 100% personal involvement in the day to day running of the project, and his team’s total commitment to the task. He also site’s Ward’s extensive selection of appropriate machinery and plant as key to the success of the demolition.
RECYCLING RATES
Ward Demolition have been passionate about recycling since well before it was trendy. It has been one of our core values since our Establishment in 1987. The 2008 demolition of Eden Parks South Stand is testimony to this. The 90.57% recycle rate was extremely impressive for its time and even by modern day standards. 7,196.88 tonnes of concrete was recycled, 1074.2 tonnes of steel and 60.61 tonnes of miscellaneous materials were Salvaged. In total 8331.69 of the 9199.13 tonnes of materials were recycled.
