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NZ Chapter Event: Puhinui Station Upgrade webinar

July 5, 2021 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NZST

Join the Railway Technical Society of Australasia online to hear about Auckland’s newest train station. The new Puhinui Station is in the final stages of construction and will open on 26 July. It will be an integrated facility with a bus interchange that provides a key link between Auckland International Airport and Manukau, and is the first phase of the Airport to Botany Rapid Transit project which will extend this through to Botany in the east.

This presentation will cover the strategic purpose and objectives of the new station as well as the technical issues and challenges encountered on this landmark project.

It will be delivered by Leon Thomas (Design Manager for Aurecon), with Renata Smit (Airport to Botany Rapid Transit Programme Director for Auckland Transport) and Adrian Price (Specialist Project Manager for Auckland Transport).

Leon is a Lead Project and Design Manager, and Chartered Engineer working for Aurecon with over 14 years of experience in delivering complex engineering projects in commercial, public and industrial sectors. He worked for 10 years in the United Kingdom before coming to New Zealand. As design manager for Puhinui Interchange, Leon led the development of the design and has provided oversight throughout the construction phase.

Renata oversees the development of investment cases for strategic transport projects in south and east Auckland. She has also been Auckland Transport’s Programme Director for the Airport to Botany Rapid Transit (A2B) programme since 2018, overseeing the development of two key business cases for the programme and delivery of A2B’s first stage of works.  Puhinui Station forms the largest component of the first stage and will be A2B’s first station to be operational. Renata has 19 years’ experience in leading transport planning projects in both local government and consultancies in New Zealand and the UK.

Adrian Price is a Project Management Consultant, and has been working on the Puhinui Station project since 2016 as project manager throughout the design and Early Contractor Involvement phases, and as Engineer’s Representative throughout the construction. He previously worked for Waka Kotahi and Auckland Transport, where he held several roles including Public Transport Development Manager in Auckland Transport’s infrastructure team. He was involved in a range of projects around Auckland including the Ōtāhuhu Station interchange project, grade separation of Sarawia Street level crossing in Newmarket, and numerous rail station upgrades. Prior to that he worked in London for several years at the Department for Transport and Booz Allen Hamilton’s transport advisory team.

An opportunity for Q&A with the team will follow the presentation.

  • Leon Thomas – Lead Consultant, Project Management, Aurecon
  • Glyn Moss – Specialist Project Manager, Auckland Transport
  • Renata Smit – Manager Strategic Projects (South & East) and Programme Director for Airport to Botany Rapid Transit Programme, Auckland Transport (AT)

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Artists impression of the Puhinui station upgrade at night

Artist’s impression of the Puhinui station upgrade, image from the Auckland Transport website: https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/airport-to-botany-rapid-transit/puhinui-station-interchange/

Details

Date:
July 5, 2021
Time:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm NZST
Event Categories:
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Website:
https://www.engineeringnz.org/courses-events/event/puhinui-station-upgrade/

Organiser

RTSA New Zealand Chapter
Phone
+64 4 473 9444
Email
tech.groups@engineeringnz.org