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provided by RMD New Zealand:
When it came to providing viewing platforms
and pit facilities for the V8 Super Cars race at the 2.8-kilometre
Pukekohe Park Raceway, 45 kilometres south of Auckland the contractor,
Carton Group Ltd, needed an access and platform specialist that
would provide full throttle performance. In RMD New Zealand,
it found a company that understood the deadlines that this type
of high profile project imposed; one that had the expertise,
commitment and solutions to carry out the project safely and
successfully.
The race - one of the top events in New Zealand's motor sport
calendar - was spread over three days and attracted daily crowds
in excess of 40,000. RMD's main challenge was to design, supply
and erect the 146-metre long by eight-metre wide and six-metre
high pit platform. This was divided into 20 individual pit areas
where the V8 giants of the track were prepared prior to battling
it out with each other for the winner's laurels. The top of
the pit structure was utilised as a viewing platform for up
to 400 corporate and VIP visitors.
RMD New Zealand was also responsible for constructing the support
structure for a further six corporate viewing platforms around
the track. These ranged in length between 38 metres and 145
metres, between nine metres and 12 metres wide, and from 1.5
metres to 4.5 metres high. All of the platforms had four ten-stair
towers for access.
The project utilised RMD's Rapid Scaffold with slab beams and
Rapid Ply panels, and Rapid Scaffold with Alform aluminium beams,
Super Slim Soldiers and plywood decking. The trusses were constructed
from Super Slim Soldiers - one of the company's flagship products
- Bar Ties and tube and fitting scaffolding. RMD supplied two
erection teams, one for the platforms and one for the pits,
and the design was a collaboration between engineers in RMD
New Zealand and colleagues in Australia. |
