2018-2019
Sustainability Report
Delivering CRL Sustainably
Contents FOREWORD 1 CRL PROJECT OVERVIEW AND BENEFITS
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SUSTAINABILITY VISION
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Targets 4 AT A GLANCE
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Highlights from the year
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Sustainable Development Goals
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CONTRACTS
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INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY (IS) RATING FRAMEWORK
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MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE
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Sustainable Procurement USING RESOURCES
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Energy 14 Materials 18 Water/Wai 20 EMISSIONS, POLLUTION AND WASTE
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Waste 22 Noise Emission Reduction
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PEOPLE AND PLACE
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SOCIAL LEGACY
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ECOLOGY 32 HERITAGE 34 MANA WHENUA
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FOREWORD CHIEF EXECUTIVE I am proud to share City Rail Link Ltd’s annual sustainability report. It provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on our progress over the last year, celebrate our successes and acknowledge the areas we can do better. We share our story and learnings so that others who are on the sustainability journey can benefit from the CRL project’s experiences. Building a 3.45km underground rail link through the city centre is not without challenges, including the potential to consume significant resources and create substantial waste and carbon emissions if measures are not in place. While we build the CRL, we remain committed to the sustainability targets we’ve set for the benefit of future generations. We thank contractors, Downer Soletanche Bachy Joint Venture on the C1 – Britomart/Lower Queen Street contract, and Connectus Joint Venture on the C2 – Lower Albert Street contract for their work to drive sustainability. Over the years, both contractors have wholeheartedly embedded sustainability into their work culture. They continue to rise to challenges and think outside the box to meet the sustainability targets we have set. CRL Ltd and our C1 and C2 contractors’ commitment to sustainability was further evidenced this year by our winning the 2018 Sustainable Business Network’s Efficiency Champion Award and taking out the Supreme Award for our achievements. CRL Ltd also won the Large Energy User Initiative of the Year category of the 2018 Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards. The CRL project has made excellent progress on our sustainability journey. There is, however much more opportunity to come over the next five years as the Link Alliance begins building CRL’s main stations and tunnels. During the tendering and contract negotiation process, CRL Ltd ensured that sustainability and social outcomes were incorporated in the Project Alliance Agreement we signed with the Link Alliance. The sheer scale of work to be undertaken means that their potential to do good is equally as immense. We have also increased our drive to deliver on our social responsibility, particularly looking to create employment opportunities, enhance social procurement practices and provide training opportunities for rangatahi. This year we launched a progressive employment programme pilot, where work experience, mentoring and pastoral support was provided for six rangatahi over a 19-week period. We embraced these rangatahi within the organisation and were so proud that the five who graduated from the programme now have full time roles with the Link Alliance. The pilot’s success means that the Link Alliance will continue to deliver this programme. CRL Ltd thanks Mana Whenua for our continued partnership. It is a partnership that shapes the sustainability outcomes we seek, both through support in designing the CRL’s sustainability framework and with continued engagement through the CRL Mana Whenua Forum. Finally, we thank our sponsors, Auckland Council and the Government, for their support of our journey to maximise sustainability outcomes.
HE WAKA EKE NOA We are all in this together.
Sean Sweeney CEO, City Rail Link Limited
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Continues to Eastern Line
Parnell Station
Newmarket Station Redeveloped Britomart Station Grafton Station
New Aotea Station
Continues to Southern and Onehunga Lines
New Karangahape Station CRL/Underground Track
Redeveloped Mt Eden Station
Existing Track New/Redeveloped CRL Stations Continues to Western Line
Existing Stations
CRL PROJECT OVERVIEW AND BENEFITS The CRL is the largest transport infrastructure project ever undertaken in New Zealand. When it opens in 2024, Auckland will have new world-class stations and a modern rail service, delivering immense benefits for the communities it serves and reducing Auckland's reliance on vehicles. The CRL will double the capacity of the entire rail network, enabling it to carry up to 54,000 passengers an hour at peak times, the equivalent to 16 extra lanes of traffic. It also doubles the number of people within 30 minutes of Auckland’s city centre. Think of the CRL as a link, rather than a loop, linking together existing western and southern lines. By removing the dead-end at Britomart, trains will be able to travel in both directions through the station. A new service running between west and south Auckland will also allow rail passengers to avoid the city centre all together. The travel time savings from the CRL will be significant for commuters, with up to 17 minutes saved, and trains running at least every 10 minutes during peak times. The project also creates significant commercial and residential development opportunities around stations,
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with more than 70 large building projects underway or proposed along the CRL route to create new homes, offices and community spaces.
DOUBLE the number of people within
30 of the city minutes
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SKY TOWER
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Connection with Western Line
Central Motorway Junction
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AOTEA CENTRE
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*Scale is accentuated
Cut and Cover Tunnel Driven Tunnel Existing Western Line
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Albert Street 3600m 0m
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Britomart Station CONNECTS TO EXISTING RAIL NETWORK
will become a through
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busiest train station with entrances near Wellesley and Victoria Streets.
3200m
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Karangahape Station will be CRL’s deepest station and have entrances at Mercury Lane and Beresford Square.
direct services.
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Re-developed
Mt Eden Station will be expanded and re-developed to cover both the existing Kingsland to Grafton line and new CRL
CONNECTS TO EXISTING RAIL NETWORK
Mt Eden to Karangahape Line. Platform 13m below ground
Platform 11m below ground
Platform up to 33m below ground
Platform in an open trench
CRL scope • 3.45km twin-track underground tunnels up to 42m deep, connecting Britomart to Mt Eden • Two new underground stations Aotea and Karangahape • Britomart Station redeveloped into a two-way through station • Mt Eden Station redeveloped to include the new CRL line and a new station building • Wider rail network improvements at The Strand, Henderson, Ōtāhuhu and Newmarket • Streetscape upgrade on Albert Street, Lower Queen Street and around new stations • Provision for nine-car electric trains and 48 trains per hour at peak • 100-year asset life
Between
2003 - 2017
Public transport patronage in Auckland
increased by
63%
Concept design for interior threshold at Karangahape Station
The design in and around stations will create beautiful new public spaces for Auckland’s communities. Each station that is part of the CRL will have its own character unique to Tāmaki Makaurau, embedded with Mana Whenua design principles. The streetscape upgrade and enhancement work on Albert Street, Lower Queen Street and around the stations will also benefit all who live, work and visit these spaces.
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SUSTAINABILITY VISION The CRL will be designed, constructed and operated to the highest sustainability standards and will set the benchmark for delivering sustainable infrastructure in New Zealand. Once built, the CRL will be a game changer for Auckland. It will future-proof Auckland's rail network for years to come and help to reduce the city's reliance on carbon. The project focuses on minimising the use of materials, energy and water, striving for zero waste to landfill during construction and targeting an ‘Excellent’ Infrastructure Sustainability rating. CRL Ltd also continues to support local economic development by identifying opportunities for training, employment and supply chain diversity during project delivery.
Targets For the current C1 and C2 construction works at Britomart and Albert Street, CRL Ltd is working on four key sustainability targets with its contractors. An “Excellent” Infrastructure Sustainability rating
Aspiring to zero waste to landfill
Developing a carbon footprint
Monthly reporting to track progress
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City Rail Link strategic objectives Improve transport access into and around the city centre for a rapidly growing Auckland • Future-proof for expected growth Improve the efficiency and resilience of the transport network of urban Auckland • Improve journey time, frequency and reliability of all transport modes • Maximise the benefits of existing and proposed investment in transport • Release the rail capacity constraint at Britomart Significantly contribute to lifting and shaping Auckland’s economic growth • Support economic development opportunities • Provide the greatest amount of benefit for cost • Enable a more productive and efficient city Provide a sustainable transport solution that minimises environmental impacts • Limit visual, air quality and noise effects • Contribute to the country’s carbon reduction targets • Contribute to the well-being of Auckland Contribute positively to a liveable, vibrant and safe city • Enhance the attractiveness of the city as a place to live, work and visit • Protect our cultural and historic heritage for future generations • Help safeguard the city and community against rising transport costs Deliver the project with a ‘best for Auckland’ approach • Minimise disruption to the city and its people • Provide accessible and timely information • Proactively engage with stakeholders
Concept design for Aotea Station 5
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AT A GLANCE
CO2 Over
4,122 tCO₂e
of energy-related GHG emissions saved
Promotion of supplier diversity and “He Waka Eke Noa”
Engagement with rangatahi to improve employment options
98% of all waste
diverted from landfill
Nearly
7 million litres of water saved
A robust relationship with iwi through the Mana Whenua Forum
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Over of re-useable items on-sold through community recycling facilities
Commitment to Sustainable Procurement is advancing the market understanding of sustainability
Sustainability requirements included in contract documents
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE YEAR August 2018 CRL Ltd welcomed students from Liston College and King's College as part of Engineering Week. Students participated in team engineering activities before touring the construction area.
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August 2018 CRL Ltd won the Large Energy User Initiative of the Year category of the Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards 2018 for outstanding energyrelated initiatives. The win acknowledged the energy-saving projects undertaken by CRL and its contractors. (Pages 14 - 17)
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The CRL project directly supports a number of the United Nations' sustainable development goals:
SDG 6
SDG 8
SDG 9
Clean water and sanitation
Decent work and economic growth
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• Implementing water-efficiency measures for stations and surrounding project areas during construction and after the CRL is operational.
• Employing youth currently not in training, education or employment • A strong focus on ensuring a safe working environment • Resource efficiency is contributing to decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation.
• Developing high quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure • Upgrading existing infrastructure to enhance sustainability.
SDG 11
SDG 12
Sustainable cities and communities
Responsible consumption and production
• Enabling access to safe, accessible and sustainable transport systems
• Achieving the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
• Contributing to a lively, vibrant city.
• Reducing waste generation, encouraging contractors and their supply chain to adopt sustainable practices.
November 2018 CRL Ltd and its contractors won the Sustainable Business Network’s Efficiency Champion Award and the Supreme Award – the NZI Transforming New Zealand Award.
May 2019 #ConnectNZ – NZ IS Summit As ISCA’s flagship project in New Zealand, CRL was involved across this year’s #ConnectNZ summit. Attendees got a behind-the-scenes tour of CRL construction works, CRL Ltd CEO, Sean Sweeney was on the Leaders Breakfast sustainability panel and CRL Mana Whenua forum members opened and blessed the event. Attendees also heard from Nick Braxton, CRL’s Sustainability Advisor. (Page 10)
May 2019 CRL began a pilot of the progressive employment programme. Six rangatahi were provided 19-weeks work experience and mentoring. (Pages 28 - 29)
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CONTRACTS
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Contract 1 - Britomart Station/Lower Queen Street
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The CRL project was initially split into eight delivery contracts. Three of these – C1, C2 and C8 – are underway and C6 is now complete. Contracts C3, C5 and C7 have been combined to form the final C3 contract package which will deliver the CRL stations and bored tunnels. This report focuses on the construction packages currently underway.
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Contract 2 - Albert St (Customs to Wyndham St)
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Contract 1 - Britomart Station/Lower Queen St
Contract 6 - Mt Eden Stormwater Main
Stations and Tunnels
Contract 9 - Britomart East
• Strand & Ōtāhuhu improvements • Newmarket improvements • Henderson improvements
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Backfilling underway under Albert Street
tunnels and needed to be shifted so that the main tunnels and stations works could begin. The micro tunnel boring machine, which the public named Jeffie, successfully completed her works in seven weeks, half the amount of time expected. During this contract, 2000sqm of spoil was removed and 208 segments of concrete pipe were installed. The new stormwater main has now been handed to Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters team.
Contract 2 Albert Street (Customs to Wyndham St)
Delivered by McConnell Dowell & Downer Joint Venture (Connectus)
Works include trenching and tunnelling from the Downtown Shopping Centre site (corner Customs and Albert St) to the Wyndham Street intersection on Albert Street, the pipe-jack contract for the relocation of the stormwater main on Albert Street and strengthening the Ōrākei Main Sewer that intersects it. Now that 350m of tunnel box from Customs to Wyndham Street has been completed under Albert Street, the contractor is focusing on street level enhancement works. This includes wider paved footpaths, new street furniture and trees and new underground utilities infrastructure.
Contract 6 Mt Eden Stormwater Main
Delivered by March Bessac Joint Venture (MBJV) Works included stormwater line replacement in Mt Eden prior to the start of C3 Contract works. A 423m section of stormwater main 17m underground has been installed, as well as launching and receiving shafts for a micro tunnel boring machine. The existing line lay in the way of the CRL
With Jeffie’s work done for the CRL project, she has been shipped to Ecuador where she has begun digging a 4km long tunnel to take water from a river estuary to a new treatment station.
Contract 3 Alliance – Delivered by the Link
Alliance (Vinci Construction Grands Projets SAS, Downer, Soletanche Bachy, WSP Opus, AECOM and Tonkin+Taylor) A Project Alliance Agreement was signed between CRL Ltd and Link Alliance in July this year. The Link Alliance will build the section of twin-tunnels from Albert Street up to Mt Eden as well as stations at Aotea, Karangahape and Mt Eden. They have begun early works, which includes mobilisation, utility investigations, design and consents. 9
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Nick Braxton, CRL's Sustainability Advisor presenting at #Connect NZ
INFRASTRUCTURE SUSTAINABILITY (IS) RATING FRAMEWORK CRL Ltd has adopted and adapted the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia’s (ISCA's) rating framework as a basis to evaluate and improve sustainability performance. Its success in first adapting the framework to fit the Aotearoa context, and then meeting the criteria has meant the CRL has become ISCA's flagship project in New Zealand. The Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) framework is a comprehensive rating and certification tool for evaluating sustainability across project design, construction and operation. EMISSIO NS, P OLLUTIO N AND WASTE
• Management and Governance
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ECOLOGY
The CRL project works towards meeting criteria across six of the framework’s themes:
NT & ME GE ANCE A AN RN M OVE G
• Using Resources • Emissions, Pollution and Waste • Ecology • People and Place • Innovation
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View down one of the two tunnels constructed under Albert Street as part of C2 works 11
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CRL Ltd’s Senior Leadership Team for 2018/2019
MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE City Rail Link Ltd is a Crown entity established in 2017 by its sponsors – Auckland Council and the New Zealand Government. It has full governance, operation and financial responsibility for the CRL project and is governed by a board chair and independent directors, with operations led by its Senior Leadership Team.
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CRL Ltd sets out its key focus areas for the project – including the activities, objectives, performance expectations, performance measures and forecast financial statements in two annually published documents – a Statement of Intent (SOI) and Statement of Performance Expectation (SPE). The SOI and SPE sets out CRL Ltd’s sustainability and social outcome targets, which include reducing resource consumption, striving for zero waste and delivering on its social outcomes strategy. CRL Ltd reports on sustainability work through its Annual Report. CRL also takes every opportunity to share its sustainability journey with industry and through media channels. Sustainability targets are driven through CRL Ltd's procurement strategy, supply-chain management and contract management.
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SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT By using procurement as a tool, CRL Ltd is tapping into the immense potential to create positive social, environmental and cultural benefit beyond purchasing the goods and services required by the project. For C1 and C2, sub-contracts with a high value, or with a potentially high environmental or social impact, have sustainability targets relevant to their business and the services they provide built into their contracts. An annual performance review is undertaken as part of the contract management process.
Steve Urquhart (right) Sales Manager, receiving Allied's award from DSBJV Project Director, Dale Burtenshaw
Render of the reinstated public realm on Albert Street
Contract 1
Contract 2
DSBJV awarded Allied Concrete with ‘DSBJV Sustainability Award – Champion of Change for 2018’ in recognition of their efforts to use synthetic oils in their concrete fleet. By using synthetic oils, Allied Concrete improved their fuel efficiency by up to 4.5 per cent and reduced oil consumption by 78 per cent across their fleet.
Connectus has increased its focus on supporting subcontractors to achieve sustainability objectives and targets during public realm work by including activityspecific goals in sub-contract agreements. These goals include salvaging existing materials and street furniture, maximising reuse of materials, such as basalt kerbs and measures to further minimise noise during construction to reduce impact for stakeholders. They also focus on recycling specific waste categories and encourage their workforce to use public transport.
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USING RESOURCES: ENERGY, WATER AND MATERIALS
A key objective of the project is to optimise resource use over the lifetime of the CRL through efficient design and construction. To measure CRL’s success in meeting this objective the energy, materials and water footprints were calculated for the early design (the business-as-usual “base case”), with the detailed design compared against these footprints to quantify improvements. CRL Ltd set a goal to stay within the projected detailed design footprints for C1 and C2, and ideally improve on them. With construction now well underway, resource use is being tracked against these targets. The following sections outline progress to date and initiatives being undertaken.
ENERGY During detailed design, the team was able to reduce the projected construction and operational energy-use footprints for C1 by 29 per cent and for C2 by 25 per cent. This is a projected saving of nearly 2,500 tCO2e of greenhouse gases (GHGs) during construction and nearly 15,000 tCO2e over the 100-year operational design life. Since then, the focus has been on implementing constructionphase initiatives, such as replacing diesel generators with electricity sourced from the national grid and collaborating with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) to implement a fuel efficiency programme for the haulage of spoil excavated from CRL's Albert Street trench. Read more about these initiatives on pages 16-17.
Tracking Progress This year both C1 and C2 contractors completed the energy-intensive work of excavating large trenches to build the tunnel boxes. This required significant diesel use to excavate the spoil and lift it from the trench, and then haul it to Three Kings where it was used to backfill the quarry in preparation for a new housing development. Initiatives such as implementing a truck driver training programme focussed on fuel efficiency and using grid-connected transformers instead of diesel generators helped keep diesel use down. Recycled crushed concrete was used as backfill above C2’s Albert Street tunnels instead of virgin aggregate (refer page 18), which contributed to reducing haulage emissions as the crushed concrete could be sourced nearby rather than from quarries further afield. 14
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As illustrated below, both C1 and C2 have remained within their projected footprints and are currently on track to improve on the projected savings. Next year we expect lower energy-related emissions on both contracts as work progresses to complete tunnel boxes, place backfill and reinstate and upgrade at street level.
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Grid Electricity Using electricity sourced from the national grid rather than diesel generators reduces the carbon footprint of the energy used. This is because New Zealand’s electricity is mainly produced from low-carbon sources such as hydro, wind, and to a lesser extent geothermal. It is also more cost-effective in the long-run, even though connecting transformers to the high voltage network involves a significant lead time and has a higher up-front cost. The CRL project installed three transformers: one at Britomart to power the bentonite and jet grouting plants in the Britomart Station underpinning, another to power the micro tunnel-boring machine used by Connectus to divert the Albert Street stormwater main, and a third to power all the electrical equipment needed to construct the Albert Street tunnels. With all three of these stages of work now complete, these transformers have been decommissioned and returned to Vector for use elsewhere on their network.
Britomart
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274,463 LITRES
Albert Street pipe-jack tunnel boring
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By using the three transformers 624tCO2e of greenhouse gas emissions and over 274,000 litres of diesel have been saved. This is enough to drive from Cape Reinga to the Bluff 1,545 times or to the moon
over 9 times!
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) partnership Hauling approximately 200,000 tonnes of spoil from under Albert Street as part of the C2 contract was identified early on as a significant source of energy related carbon emissions. CRL Ltd and Connectus, in partnership with EECA, implemented a successful driver training and truck monitoring programme with haulage sub-contractor, Gleeson & Cox, to reduce these emissions. Gleeson & Cox reduced its fuel usage by 5.7 per cent during its work on the C2 contract – saving almost 7,000 litres of diesel and 19 tCO2e of greenhouse gas emissions. They have now implemented this training programme for drivers across their 100+ fleet of trucks, creating a flow on effect of energy savings beyond what was anticipated for the CRL project.
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MATERIALS There is a large amount of carbon associated with the production and transportation of building materials. This “embodied carbon” is a much larger contributor to the CRL project’s construction carbon footprint than on-site electricity and diesel use. The materials used in construction accounts for approximately 40 per cent of total emissions – even when the energy needed to run the asset for its 100-year design life is taken into account. Manufacturing processes for concrete and steel use large amounts of fossil fuel in their production and include chemical processes that release greenhouse gases. MATERIALS STEEL
29%
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY
40%
CONSTRUCTION ENERGY
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14%
CONCRETE
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OPERATIONAL ENERGY
53% C1 & C2 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO JULY 2019
Before construction started, the CRL design team working with C1 and C2 contractors, were able to achieve an 1,800 tCO2e reduction in the projected embodied carbon footprint of the project; a reduction of about five per cent. Actual material use is now being tracked. The charts over the page show that both contracts remain on target to achieve at least the projected reductions. On C1 the bulk excavation underneath the CPO building and in Lower Queen Street in late-2018 and early-2019
PROJECTED C1 & 2 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OVER 100 YEARS
meant only relatively small quantities of materials were needed. However this was followed by large quantities of concrete and steel required to build the tunnel boxes. On C2, the completion of the tunnel box under Albert Street resulted in reduced materials use as the tunnel was backfilled and work began on reinstating the streetscape above. For both contracts the incorporation of fly-ash (a partial cement replacement and waste product from coalfired power stations) into the tunnel box concrete has helped reduce the project’s carbon footprint.
Reducing consumption under Albert Street Rather than consuming virgin materials, crushed concrete is being used to backfill the trench in Albert Street, now that the 350m twin tunnels have been constructed. Around 29,000 cubic metres of backfill has already been placed. Over three quarters of that has been ‘recycled’ from other projects where concrete has been removed (around 22,500 cubic metres). This not only contributes to reducing the footprint of CRL, but also provides a use for materials others might consider to be waste. Recycled crushed concrete used as backfill above the Albert Street tunnel by CRL Ltd’s contractor, Connectus
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C1 MATERIALS GHG EMISSIONS
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As with energy and materials, a reduction in the amount of water needed during construction was forecasted during the project’s design and construction planning phase. The projected reduction equated to a 20 per cent decrease in water use for C1 and 30 per cent decrease for C2. These projected reductions now form the reduction targets for construction. As noted in last year’s report, both C1 and C2 found it challenging to stay within their targeted water footprints. For C1, this was because of higher-than-expected water use during jet-grouting (part of the underpinning works for Britomart) between April and July 2018. On C2 there was an unanticipated need to cool the micro tunnel-boring machine with water while it bored a new stormwater main under Albert Street.
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Even with these challenges, over five million litres of water have been saved across both contracts when compared to the businessas-usual base case. Although the overall reduction targets are now unachievable, in the last year both contracts have used less water than projected.
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Turning off the tap – nearly! It is a requirement to treat all water – including rainwater and groundwater that has seeped into the site – before it is discharged to the sewer or stormwater system. C1 contractor DSBJV have gone one step further. They've installed pumps and piping to allow treated water to be re-used on site rather than discharged. Prior to installation, the site used 120,000-150,000 litres of fresh water each month. Since the re-use system was set up, this usage that has dropped to an average of 6,000 litres a month. This means that 99.7 per cent of all site water is now re-used water that’s been pumped from the treatment plant.
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EMISSIONS, POLLUTION AND WASTE
WASTE Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of construction and demolition materials are sent to landfill every year in New Zealand – making up around half of all waste to landfill. The CRL project has an aspirational goal of zero waste to landfill, and challenges its construction partners to think outside the box to meet this objective. CRL Ltd and its contractors implement the waste hierarchy in their activities to avoid, reduce, reuse, recycle and recover as much construction and demolition material as practicable.
recycled, reduces the amount of new material that needs to be produced. This also reduces the associated negative impacts related to material extraction, processing and transportation.
CRL Ltd’s drive to reduce waste has two goals: reduce the large amount of waste going to Auckland’s landfills and encourage more efficient resource use – thus contributing to a circular economy.
206,000 tonnes of waste from landfill.
By adhering to the waste hierarchy, the CRL project ensures that any waste that is avoided, reused or
WASTE DIVERSION
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Across the CRL project, CRL Ltd and its contractors continue to be successful in diverting waste from landfill. The C1 and C2 contracts have diverted over
This includes 199,000 tonnes of spoil, 7,300 tonnes of construction and demolition waste and 32 tonnes of office waste (which is the smallest, but most difficult waste stream to divert).
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Spoil The CRL team are often asked where spoil (the material excavated during tunnelling) ends up. Clean spoil from C1 and C2 is taken to the Three Kings Quarry site, which is being rehabilitated to enable future housing development. This solution ensures that spoil is not sent to landfill and also means that virgin materials are not sourced to rehabilitate the quarry. In addition, the Three Kings Quarry site is closer to CRL works than Auckland’s landfills, reducing the distance that spoil is transported.
Waste audits For CRL, part of implementing good waste management and governance is having assurance over waste diversion activities. Waste audits to final destination are undertaken annually as part of the C1 and C2 contracts to satisfy ISCA rating requirements and to ensure confidence in waste management contractors’ practices. Audits involve tracking disposed items from source (the construction site) to destination (the waste processing facility) and verifying reported material weights and disposal points. Management systems and site procedures are also reviewed to ensure that resources are handled and processed in line with expectations and that the ‘waste’ is transformed, or recycled, into something ready for future use. Over the last year, Phoenix Metal Recyclers and Three Kings Quarry and Controlled Fill were audited as part of the C1 contract. WeCompost, Green Gorilla and Three Kings Quarry and Controlled Fill were also audited as part of the C2 contract.
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CPO light re-fit In July, 460kg of light fittings in the heritage Chief Post Office building were replaced with new efficient LED lights. Removed light fittings were given to the Waitākere Community Recycling Centre for resale and all fluorescent tubes were separated and sent for recycling.
Sharing waste reduction knowledge CRL Ltd and C1 contractor DSBJV presented a case study at the Sustainable Business Network ‘Towards Zero Waste – Construction and Demolition’ workshop in April. Learnings, including practical ways that waste to landfill has been diverted on the contract, were shared.
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The further up the “waste hierarchy” diversion occurs, the more benefit there is to the environment and the project. A good example of this is on C2 where large steel struts and walers that were used to support the excavation while the tunnels were built under Albert Street will be reused on another project. So far on C2, 675 tonnes of steel have been sent for reuse rather than being cut up for scrap, meaning the embodied carbon associated with its manufacture (1,045 tCO2e) is not wasted. The price received for reusable, rather than scrap steel, is also higher, providing additional financial benefit.
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PEOPLE AND PLACE
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE CITY RAIL LINK Once the CRL is built, its benefits will be significant. However, CRL Ltd recognises that building a project of this scale in the middle of a busy city comes with significant impacts on neighbouring businesses and communities. CRL Ltd takes its responsibility to be a good neighbour very seriously. It continues working with contractors and stakeholders to find ways to manage the impact of the project when faced with programme delays, changed construction environment and streetscape reinstatement. A number of measures have been implemented to support businesses affected by CRL works. This includes providing business support packages with mentoring and training, developing a Trader Directory for CRL workers, increasing the level of face-to-face engagement with businesses, increasing street cleaning and maintenance, improving wayfinding and signage for businesses and activating the street.
CRL Ltd supported an Oxfam initiative that raised funds for a new water and sanitation project in Papua New Guinea. It offered Auckland street artist Misery hoarding space at 1 Queen Street to display a mural made up of five panels. Prints of this artwork were sold, and once removed from CRL's hoardings, the panels were auctioned off, with all proceeds going to Oxfam.
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CRL Ltd also works with neighbours and communities through its Community Liaison Groups (CLGs) which include neighbouring residents, property owners and businesses. CLG meetings provide an opportunity to discuss what’s happening in the community and monitor and receive feedback on CRL project construction.
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Share the road training C1’s bulk haulage drivers received ‘Share the Road’ training. This training focused on truck drivers, bus drivers and bike riders to help them better understand each other and to share the road together safely.
Public Safety Survey To build the CRL, we are working on some of Auckland’s busiest city centre streets, so it’s important that the public feel safe when moving around our construction sites. As the C1 and C2 contracts finalise tunnel box construction and move to streetscape works, the interfaces between construction sites and public spaces are becoming increasingly tight. Every year we invite Auckland’s communities to provide feedback on how safe they feel while moving in public spaces around CRL construction sites. The annual survey provides the project with insights and suggestions from the public, enabling us to address specific concerns and keep everyone feeling safe. The 2019 Public Safety Survey indicates that 88 per cent of respondents feel “safe” or “very safe” around our sites. We also received useful feedback and a number of positive comments on how things are being managed in these busy areas:
“Personally, I feel safe in those areas” “Every step seems to be being taken to ensure safety” “Staff working around the sites are very conscious of the general public and helpful”
CRL Cindy You may have seen CRL Cindy around Albert Street, a friendly face designed to help point people in the right direction and keep them safe as they pass by the construction fencing separating pedestrians from CRL construction.
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SOCIAL LEGACY
CRL Ltd is committed to leaving a positive legacy for the communities of Auckland. It’s delivering on this commitment by providing targeted training and employment, creating supply chain opportunities and by engaging its future workforce. Progressive Employment Programme This year, CRL Ltd piloted its Progressive Employment Programme, where six rangatahi (youth) were given the opportunity to work on the CRL project.
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Interns trialled six different roles; IT Intern, Sustainability Intern, Trade Assistant, Spotter, Administration Assistant and Traffic Controller. They were supported in each role by an on-site buddy who taught them the skills required for their role and how to keep themselves safe while working. Interns also received formal training specific to the roles they had chosen to focus on. Some interns chose to take on practical skills training such as working at heights or within confined spaces, while others chose sustainability or safety training. Weekly sessions were also held where the interns learned skills such as money management, goal setting and juggling different priorities. Following the pilot, five interns were offered full-time employment on the CRL project. The learnings from this pilot are now being evaluated, and will be used to develop a Progressive Employment Programme being delivered by the Link Alliance.
“Where I am now is amazing. The internship with CRL was one of the best experiences in my life and now I’m a full-time employee on the project working in a job I like doing.” – CRL Intern
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“There’s more to it than learning a work skill. It’s also about learning to be work fit – balancing life at work with life at home. We are incredibly proud of our first five interns who graduated from the pilot programme, and look forward to the Link Alliance ramping this programme up in the future.” - Dr Sean Sweeney, CEO for CRL Ltd
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School Engagement CRL Ltd partnered with a number of schools across Auckland this year, inviting students to visit CRL’s construction sites and learn more about the project. Site visits are an opportunity for students to see first-hand what’s involved in building infrastructure and the kind of roles that are available in the construction sector. Students hear from staff with a variety of backgrounds in order to build understanding of the different pathways that they can take into the construction industry. Students are also taken to CRL construction sites. They've witnessed concrete pours, excavations and crane lifts and in turn they ask staff in-depth questions about specific parts of the project like soil contamination, excavation depth and movement monitoring of buildings.
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“One key thing I learnt was that you don’t entirely have to know what you want to do when you leave school, sometimes it’s better to learn on the way.” - Student
CRL Graduate Engineer Isaac Devanney-Bray showing students around the CRL site
“It’s amazing to see the interaction and enthusiasm we get from the students and teachers we take around. They’ve really surprised me with their general understanding of basic engineering concepts and the scale and size of this project.” - Isaac Devanney-Bray, CRL Ltd Graduate Engineer
“It was so amazing seeing these students realise that their own career aspirations and dreams are worthwhile and achievable.” - Olivia Maxwell, CRL Ltd Systems Assurance Intern
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CRL Gifts Laptops and Hardhats CRL Ltd donated a number of underutilised laptops to Kura Kaupapa Māori ō Hoani Waititi. Laptops are now being used by students at this Glen Eden-based school which provides Te Aho Matua, Māori immersion education, from Year 1 to Year 13. CRL Ltd’s Technology Manager, Chris Chong, says that while the market value of the laptops would not have been much, their value to the school was huge. “As a parent myself I know that computers are important tools in the classroom these days, but they don’t come cheap. This was a great opportunity to refurbish the CRL laptops and give them a new life that will be useful for the school’s intermediate and college students.” CRL Ltd also donated a number of hardhats to Manurewa High School this year. The hardhats could not be used on CRL construction sites because they didn’t have the chinstraps it requires. However, they were in perfect condition for use at the high school’s Trades Academy.
Chris Chong, Dr Sweeney and Berenize Peita at the hui a marae, Hoani Waititi
“I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for the generous donation of the hard hats. When you asked me would I like some, I was not envisaging enough for a full class or that they would be in such good condition”. - Manurewa High School teacher
DSBJV hosted Auckland committee members of the Women's Infrastructure Network NZ on a tour of works at Britomart and Lower Queen Street. The group's purpose is to grow the visibility of women in the infrastructure sector, increase the number of women in leadership roles and provide networking and support opportunities.
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ECOLOGY
GREENING THE CITY RAIL LINK Eden Terrace’s Organic Market Garden The Organic Market Garden (OMG) in Eden Terrace operates as a market, data collection centre, teaching hub and composting site for local communities and businesses. The gardens are an asset held by the community and much of the food grown there – such as kale, tomatoes, peas and herbs – is sold to neighbouring residents, businesses and visitors. This helps to ensure the sustainability of staff and volunteers’ continued efforts to teach and share regenerative growing practices. The gardens also improve local soil microbiology, feed our bees and feed our people. The OMG site, along with other land in Eden Terrace, was acquired by CRL Ltd in 2013. In 2018, community organisation For the Love of Bees was provided use of 600sqm of space, which is now a completely functional market garden including garden beds, a shed, greenhouse, irrigation, terracing, composting facility and covered wash station. For the Love of Bees and New Zealand Box have also developed a service which collects and composts organic waste from local residents and businesses, with funding provided through Ministry for the Environment.
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Totara trees in the nursery
Growing an urban forest CRL Ltd has been growing around 40 native trees for the past couple of years at BlackBridge nursery, ready to be placed in the upgraded streetscape and surrounds in central Auckland. Trees, including pohutukawa, totara, puriri and maire, will be placed on Albert Street, Queen Street, and around Britomart. More trees will be grown for the three new rail station surrounds, Aotea, Karangahape and Mt Eden.
for C1 and C2 works. Native trees were chosen to bring more balance to the species diversity in the inner city. In these areas there will be 10 more trees planted than there are now and a number of trees in planter boxes installed. When planted, tree canopies will sit above the buses, adding to shade and amenity in the street, providing green infrastructure and creating habitat for fauna.
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The Chief Post Office building will be reinstated to its former glory and returned to communities at the end of 2020
HERITAGE
The Chief Post Office building is an iconic and significant part of Auckland's history. Constructing two underground tunnels below the building required a great deal of planning to protect its heritage values.
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As a part of the work leading up to the strip out of the CPO, a Salvage Strategy was developed, identifying the raised timber floor within the ground floor of the building as one of the key items to be salvaged. The raised floor hasn't always been there though. Before it was constructed, the ground floor was all one level and it used to be the original banking chamber. The entire ground floor was removed during works in 2002 and reconstructed at a lower level with a suspended concrete slab. The raised floor was constructed in the location of the original public area of the banking chamber, finished with original jarrah from the chamber floor, with a border of kauri flooring recycled from the original building. Once the works begin to reinstate the CPO building, the salvaged jarrah will be reused on the column plinth tops and also as a dado rail on the external walls. At this stage, the kauri flooring does not have a specific end use in mind, but the team are exploring different options to integrate it into the final design.
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Chief Post Office foundation pile tip The cast iron steel tip or ‘shoe’ was a crucial part of CPO building foundations. It protected the building’s many precast concrete piles as they were driven through the ground. The 14,000-tonne, category 1 heritage listed CPO was built more than 100 years ago on reclaimed land. Dates on the piles indicate they were fabricated in October 1910. All the foundations within the alignment of the rail tunnels were removed and replaced with new permanent foundations as part of early CRL construction. CRL is looking at incorporating some of these piles into the resulting urban realm in lower Queen Street as outdoor street furniture.
Mt Eden’s ancient forest While digging the 423m section of stormwater main at Mt Eden for C6, micro tunnel boring machine, Jeffie, encountered ancient tree fragments estimated to be over 20,000 years old. CRL’s Mana Whenua Forum believe the tree is likely to be whau (Entelea aborescens). They are discussing the fragments’ inclusion in the Maungawhau (Mt Eden) station to keep the tree as close as possible to where it was found, enhancing its mauri.
When we identify heritage items during construction, works are stopped and an archaeological assessment is carried out. This enables us to ensure that Auckland's heritage is protected.
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MANA WHENUA Established in 2012, CRL Ltd’s partnership with the eight Iwi Mana Whenua represented on the CRL Mana Whenua Forum (the Forum) continues to add integrity to the CRL project.
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"Our expectation as Iwi Mana Whenua is that our holistic values and principles are reflected and embedded in the designs, and that the unique point of difference we bring to Tāmaki Makaurau is there for all to see and appreciate” Adrian Pettit, Kaitiaki for Te Ākitai Waiohua. Concept design for redeveloped Mt Eden (Maungawhau) Station
World Architecture Festival CRL has won international architectural recognition for its inclusion of Mana Whenua cultural narratives in the concept designs for the project’s stations. All three stations will reflect the stories and designs representing the historic and cultural ties Mana Whenua have with Tāmaki Makaurau and wider Aotearoa. The design concept draws on the Māori Creation story and the emergence of the natural world from Te Kore (the nothingness) to Te Pō (the darkness) and Te Aō Marama (the light). This year, CRL won the international WAFX cultural identity award which is part of the World Architecture Festival 2019 – festival judges described the CRL as New Zealand’s largest public arts project. The CRL project has also been chosen as a finalist in the Future Projects – Infrastructure category, and is a contender for the Festival’s Supreme Award. The CRL project was selected from more than 1000 projects from 70 countries, with winners to be announced in the Netherlands in late 2019. 36
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Cultural inductions on site Cultural inductions are organised for onsite staff prior to new major construction phases beginning, reflecting the value placed on workers’ cultural safety and knowledge. The induction provides an overview of the history of the area, its significance to Māori, and the protocols that must be followed if evidence of Māori occupation or remains are found. Hero Potini, Kaitiaki for Ngāti Tamaoho and CRL Mana Whenua Forum member has led two cultural inductions for DSBJV staff at the C1 Britomart/Lower Queen Street site.
CRL Ltd staff learn Te Reo Graduates from CRL Ltd’s first Te Reo class reflect not only the widespread diversity of the CRL Ltd team but its willingness to embrace and learn from the project’s long-standing partnership with Mana Whenua. Led by Jamie Cowell (Ngāti Whātua o Ōrakei and Ngāti Te Ata) from Auckland University of Technology, the class enthusiastically accepted her learning challenge and spoke, sang, counted, played and applauded its way through weekly hour-long lessons. Staff commitment to recognise Iwi ties to Tāmaki Makaurau and the project is reflected in this Te Reo incubator. Language classes underlined a
CRL Ltd's Te Reo graduates with teacher Jamie Cowell in the centre
CRL Ltd guiding principle, whākaro ā iwi: acknowledging diversity and cultural responsibility, and connecting our past to our future.
CRL Mana Whenua Forum members bless the signing of the Project Alliance Agreement between CRL Ltd and Link Alliance
Mana Whenua opening this year's ISCA conference, #ConnectNZ
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MANA WHENUA Nō tōna whakarewanga i te tau 2012, e whanake tonu ana ngā mahi a CRL nā te mahi tahi ki ngā iwi e waru e whakakanohihia ana ki te CRL Mana Whenua Forum.
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"Our expectation as Iwi Mana Whenua is that our holistic values and principles are reflected and embedded in the designs, and that the unique point of difference we bring to Tāmaki Makaurau is there for all to see and appreciate” Adrian Pettit, Kaitiaki for Te Ākitai Waiohua. Te mahere hoahoa mō te whakahounga o te Teihana o Maungawhau
Te Ahurei Hoahoa ā-Ao Kua whakawhiwhia ki a CRL he tohu hoahoa ā-ao hei whakamana i tana āpiti atu i ngā kōrero o te Mana Whenua i roto i ā rātou whakahoahoanga hukihuki mō ngā teihana o te tūmahi. Ka kitea i ngā teihana e toru ngā kōrero me ngā tauira hei whakakanohi i te hītori, hei whakamana hoki i ngā herenga ahurea o te mana whenua ki a Tāmaki Makarau, otirā, ki a Aotearoa whānui. Kua whakaurua mai ki te whakahoahoatanga hukihuki ngā kōrero mō te oroko tīmatanga o te ao me te whanaketanga o te taiao Māori mai i te kore, ki te pō tae noa atu ki te ao mārama. I tēnei tau, i toa i a CRL te tohu tuakiri ahurei a WAFX arā, he wāhanga o te Ahurei Hoahoa ā-Ao 2019 – e ai ki ngā kaiwhakawā ko CRL te mahi toi tūmatawhānui nui rawa atu o Aotearoa. I tohua hoki te mahi nei ki ngā whiringa whāiti i te wāhanga Future Projects – Infrastructure, ā, e whakataetae ana hoki ki whakawhiwhia ki te tohu whakaharahara o te whetiwara. I tohua mai ai te tūmahi nei mai i ētahi mahi e 1000 nō ngā whenua e 70, ā, ka whiriwhiria ngā toa ki Netherlands hei te hiku o te tau 2019. 38
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Wānanga tikanga ki te mahi Whakaritea ai ngā wānanga tikanga mā ngā kaimahi i mua mai i te tīmatatanga o ngā mahi hangahanga, e whai wāhi ai ngā kaimahi ki te maimoa i te ahurea me te mātauranga Māori. Ko tā te wānanga he whakamārama i te hītori o te wāhi nei me tōna hirahira ki te Māori, otirā ko ngā tikanga me ngā kawa me whai mēnā ka huraina ētahi taonga Māori, he kōiwi rānei, he taonga kē atu rānei ki te whenua rā. Kua whakahaerehia e te kaitiaki o Ngāti Tamaoho me te kainoho poari o CRL Mana Whenua Forum, e Hero Potini ngā wānanga e rua mā ngā kaimahi o DSBJV ki te tari kei te tiriti o Lower Queen ki Britomart.
Ka ako ngā kaimahi o CRL Ltd ki te Kōrero Māori Ko ngā whakaputanga o tēnei karaihe tuatahi a CRL Ltd, ko tā rātou mahi he whakaaroaro ki te whānuitanga o te kanorau o ngā kaimahi me ō rātou hiahia ki te ako mō ngā akoranga tuku iho ka puta i te mahi tahitanga ki te mana whenua. Arahina ai e Jamie Cowell o Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei me Ngāti Te Ata, nō AUT, i aro pū atu te akomanga ki a ia i tana wero i a rātou ki te kōrero, ki te waiata, ki te tātai, ki te takaro me te whakanui i te whakahaeretanga o ō rātou akoranga kotahi haora i te wiki. Ko te ū a ngā kaimahi ki te whakamana i ngā hononga o te iwi ki a Tāmaki Makaurau me te mahi nei e kitea ana i roto i tēnei whai ā rātou i te reo. Ko ngā akoranga
Ko ngā whakaputanga o te akomanga Reo o CRL Ltd tahi ki tō rātou kaiako ki a Jamie Cowell kei waenganui.
reo tētahi mea i whai hāngaitanga ki ngā aria matua o CRL, arā, ko te whakaaro ā-iwi: ko te whakamana i te kanorautanga me te haipapa ā-ahurea, e hono nei i te onamata ki te anamata.
Ngā mema o te CRL Mana Whenua Forum e waitohu ana i te Project Alliance Agreement i waenga i a CRL Ltd me Link Alliance.
Ko te mana whenua e whakatuwhera ana i te hui a ISCA #ConnectNZ
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