FEATURE DIVERSITY IN FENCING
Construction by numbers
Barakat Contractors Limited (BCL) were approached to complete a challenging project at the beginning of 2020. The scope of the project was to construct a baseball structure at Fowlds Park, Auckland for Auckland Council. It was essential that it could be assembled and dissembled annually to coincide with seasonal sport as the area of construction is also used as a rugby field. Architectural concept drawings were provided to BCL from Auckland Council, outlining the structural requirements.
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BCL engaged JP Marshall Engineering to provide the engineer design drawings. BCL was already committed to other projects and with tight time frames BCL made the decision to outsource the steel fabrication to JP Marshall Engineering as well. Steel fabrication comprise of columns, panels and dugouts. The structure at its highest point is 6 meters with a total length of 51 meters, along with 3 meter wide x 9 meter long dugouts that sit behind the panels at each end. Design and Fabrication work took approximately four months to complete. In August, the galvanised steel frame arrived at BCL yard ready to be clad
with chainlink netting. Timber seating was fixed inside the dugout frames. In October 2020 our team arrived on site to complete the initial installation. Six truckloads of materials were delivered to site. Using our 6-tonne excavator, Bryce
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The structure at its highest point is 6 metres with a total length of 51 metres, along with 3 metre wide x 9 metre long dugouts that sit behind the panels at each end
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