The Gisborne District is located in the northeastern corner of the central North Island, also referred to as the East Cape, East Coast, Eastland region and Tairāwhiti. Gisborne is the easternmost city in New Zealand.
Being the largest district council in the North Island, the district covers 8355 square kilometres of land with 1855 kilometres of local roads.The population is about 44,499 (2006 census), 41,922 live in Gisborne city.
Our Mission is "To lead and support the social, cultural, economic and environmental
development of our communities - Mo te Tairāwhiti"
Our Vision is "First to see the light, first choice for lifestyle and people, enterprise and the
environment - Ka mau te wehi"

"Council wants to have a strong collaborative relationship with the selected contractors for the project which will create a culture of innovation during the construction of the works."
 
We want the best possible result for the community, which means the best possible price and the ability to deliver the job by December 2010 as set out in the existing environmental resorce consents, Mr Peter McConnell said." 

Wastewater Project Manager

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Gisborne District Council is delighted with new plant. Peter McConnell says it's worked out exactly as planned, and we are particularly impressed with the commitment of the installation and commissioning crews. "All credit to them - they pulled out all the stops to meet what was a pretty narrow window of opportunity."

The ROI (registrations of interest) started early 2009 requesting the level of interest and competence of the applicants, this enabled GDC to pre-qualify suitable contractors to tender for the project.
The new plant design was awared to CH2M Beca, the total wastewater project was estimated to be completed within a $45M budget, including escalation and risk costs.
Tender documents where issued to pre-qualified tenderers in early August 2009.
Construction on the contract was programmed to start in November 2009 and finish by October 2010, with commissioning and handover of the works before the end of 2010.
 

The first stage involves the construction and commissioning of pre-treatment facilities, BTF (biological trickling filters), final effluent pumping station, an operations control/power centre and associated site works at Banks Street site completed by December 2010.
The second stage will see the addition of two clarifiers enabling secondary settlement, sludge handling facilities and UV disinfection by between 2012 and 2014.
 

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Saved time when costing and determining the size of equipment for pumps on ATV Drives

• Estimated how long it will take to get a return on your investment (results stated in general terms, non-contractual)
• Selected the most suitable Altivar drive for the installation
• Calculated the potential energy savings in kWh, NZ dollars and annual tonnes of CO2
• Compare energy consumption with and without a drive
• Calculated how long it will take to get a ROI (return on investment)

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