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CAPABILITY AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED AIRPORT LIMITED New Zealand’s airports are vital to the Working in partnership with Higgins practices, airport safety experience and flexibility working • FY15-17 Concrete Pavement Upgrade/Pier B Pavement Works/ • Runway 07-25 Resurfacing, $2.6M country’s tourism, defence and global to maintain and improve airport in with airport operations ensure a high quality and value Stand 19 Extension, $10M • Freight Apron Reconstruction, $477K trade networks. Not only are they the infrastructure will ensure you gain for money outcome. • Hardstand Repair, $470K gateway for a wide range of imports, the benefits of our value for money • Taxiway-Runway CN3.2.1 Stg 9-12, $3.31M exports and tourists they also provide innovations and over 60 years of New PLANT AND EQUIPMENT • FY 13 Asphalt Repairs, $0.56M • Taxiway Charlie and Bravo Reconstruction, $1.7M valuable jobs to support communities Zealand experience. Higgins total plant and equipment is extensive. We operate • FY 14 Repairs, $2M a number of specialised plant items to help us deliver “From top to bottom in the Higgins team, each person knew and business activities. • R3 Runway Rehabilitation, $0.18M NEW ZEALAND-WIDE pavement and surfacing work throughout New Zealand. and consistently performed their role very well and entered For at least 20 years Higgins have been Higgins has over 1600 employees • Taxiway to Runway Gate 76 & 77 Hardstand, $0.78M into a collaborative relationship with the other parties.” throughout New Zealand. We are based This includes: 11 fixed asphalt plants, a mobile asphalt plant assisting Airport Authorities in their quest • Stand 75 & FY18, $1.5M to modernise, expand and add resilience in 12 contracting branches and able to ready for deployment to large projects (with another on Tristan Hughes, Technical Director - Airport Engineering, • A/A8 Taxiway Slab Replacements and A9 Fillet Widening, $4.9M to their infrastructure. We are one of bring our regional knowledge to projects. order), 14 front-line Vogele Pavers, a Vogele for aggregate Beca Ltd. New Zealand’s leading civil construction We have the capacity to mobilise our fleet paving, a CAT paver and 6 Bitelli pavers, 3 in-situ Reclaimer • Fuel Network Upgrade Stage 1, $2.06M companies. Our breadth of capabilities of modern equipment to wherever it is Stabilisers (RS) able to inject various enhancing additives needed. “An excellent response to a problem area that occurred over and resources means we can deliver such as cement, lime, foamed bitumen and emulsion. night. Higgins performed a design build contract that was a fully integrated complement of civil A SKILLED TEAM DELIVERING SOLUTIONS completed in a short time frame to enable the freight aircraft construction services and infrastructure Higgins also have a modern stationary Pugmill (KMA200) Higgins brings a wealth of experience from with two aggregate feeders and the ability to include movement to return to normal.” products. machine operators to Project Managers various additives. Higgins are committed to operational and Technical Engineers. Together they Glen Pleasants, Airport Engineering, PN Airport Ltd. efficiency and compliance with all provide an onsite presence to coordinate HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL relevant legislation, industry standards, and manage daily operations. Our Health and Safety system has been audited by Site and best practice as demonstrated by WE HAVE THE PLANT AND KNOW HOW Wise and achieved Green Status, the highest. our achievement of the 2016 standard Higgins is one of New Zealand’s most Higgins has a very comprehensive Health and Safety, of AS/NZS ISO9001 & AS/NZS ISO14001 AIRPORTS FIJI LIMITED experienced civil engineering contractors Quality and Environmental system. This is designed to while also being certified to AS/NZS providing physical design services and ensure we can deliver on the standards required while • Nadi Airport 5 Year Maintenance Plan Phase 1 and 2, FJD $3.9M 4801 Occupational Health and Safety physical pavement construction works for: ensuring the safety of our team and all those who come Management Systems. Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Hawke’s Bay, into contact with the work we are doing. “Higgins is easy and convenient to work with. Well-equipped Moving heaven and earth is a core value Palmerston North, Wellington (airside and and managed.” landside), Christchurch (landside) airports AUCKLAND QUALITY for Higgins. Our team in New Zealand Ashley Kumar, Airports Fiji Limited. in New Zealand, Nausori and Nadi airports The quality of our work has, and will continue to be, a and Fiji regularly go the extra mile to TAURANGA develop solutions to meet the needs of our in Fiji, as well as Woodbourne, hallmark of the Higgins approach to business. We aim for and Ohakea for the Defense Industry. HAMILTON ROTORUA customers and stakeholders. Our airport 100% compliance with all contract specifications. We work projects are no exception. Having worked on an extensive range TAUPO to achieve this through our ISO 9001 accredited quality of projects, Higgins has a thorough system and materials testing laboratory. However, if we Airport Authorities are able to collaborate NAPIER understanding of the nature of airport ever get something wrong, you also know that we will be with Higgins to refine construction operations and the experience to balance PALMERSTON NORTH there, without argument, to make it right. programmes for flexibility, seasonal needs, the design of refined pavement solutions KAPITI MASTERTON to minimise environmental impact and NELSON WELLINGTON with the maintenance of long-term SPECIALTY PRODUCTS achieve project-specific designs. Being performance. Higgins offers an extensive range of speciality high innovative in finding solutions for client performance and durable products for all types of airport needs is a specialty of Higgins’ capable Our specialist resources, understanding of applications, from asphalt bottom bases to final asphalt engineers, supervisors and workers. airport security measures, diligent work CHRISTCHURCH surfacings. These specialty products consist of leading edge modified performance binders such as HiModR, HiFlex and HiLife. PEOPLE HAWKE'S BAY AIRPORT LIMITED These make up specifically On the ground Higgins have experts who guide our airport operations. • Runway 16-34 Resurfacing, $2.6M designed airport asphalt Allison Endemann - National Asphalt Paving Manager materials that are able to • Runway 16-34 Extension, $4.5M tolerate the very heavy Allison is highly-experienced in asphalt surfacing and structural “The specification that we put together for the material asphalt construction as well as chipseal and membrane localised and slow aircraft for the project is very, very tight and it needs to be when a construction. Her success stems from her focus on quality. She loadings of today. develops robust quality management plans, stringently monitoring product is going to last for 12 - 15 years. The way that Higgins and updating them to make sure issues are identified and dealt with before they become These airport asphalts are have produced that material and monitored the testing has problems. precisely engineered with been excellent. We’ve had compliance throughout the project aggregate gradations and in terms of all the parameters that go with the asphalt so that Robert Patience - Group Technical Manager volumetrics. Along with has been very good.” During the last 20 years Higgins Group Technical Manager Robert the specialist binders, they Patience has been the principal consultant providing continuity maximise all performance Tristan Hughes, Technical Director - Airport Engineering, over this time. He has led all of Higgins port projects throughout characteristics in Beca Ltd. the country. combination such as very high stiffness and flexibility, fracture and deformation resistance and ultimately long life With his 37 years of experience and industry-leading approach, Robert Patience is an expert in material characterisation, pavement analysis, design and modelling. Robert is arguably and durability. the most experienced asphalt designer in the country.

HIGGINS 2018 5 HIGGINS 2018 6 HIGGINS 2018 OHAKEA AIRFORCE BASE • Takatini Airside, $5.5M. • Ohakea Apron Manhole Replacements, $90K • Runway 15-33 Reconstruction, $18M • Ohakea Taxiway Bravo and Foxtrot Overlays and Runway 15-33 Subsoil Drainage, $2.83M • Ohakea Base Watermain Renewals, $1.04M • Ohakea Delta and Golf resurfacing, $1.89M • Ohakea Explosives Process Facility Site Works, $442K

“From the outset the workmanship, health and safety, and environmental systems employed by Higgins were to the highest of standards, and they ensured that all regulatory and compliance requirements were addressed. Higgins endeavoured to make decisions that were best for the project and were proactive in putting RNZAF’s requirements first.” Neal Garnett, Chairman of the NZ Defence Industry Advisory Council.

“Higgins has ensured better wear characteristics within the aircraft manoeuvring area by adding polymer to the asphaltic concrete and their initiative to carry out subgrade lime stabilisation has increased the stability, permeability, and load-bearing capacity of the subgrade in certain areas. The new roller trialled by Higgins has provided the required density for the aircraft pavement at RNZAF Base Ohakea.” Neal Garnett, Chairman of the NZ Defence Industry Advisory Council.

WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED • WIAL Terminal South Extension (Subcontractor to Hawkins) Project, Work Package 1-3, $1.6M • Work Package 4, $4.6M

“Without your commitment, drive and calming approach at times I'm certain we would not have achieved anywhere near what we have over the past several months. You have certainly endorsed and represented the Higgins brand well.” Rob Taggart, WIAL Project Manager.

HIGGINS 2018 EXAMPLES OF LANDSIDE PROJECTS AIRPORTS OHAKEA AIRFORCE BASE OHAKEA AIRFORCE BASE APOLLO PROJECTS - CHRISTCHURCH Airport infrastructure • Takatini Airside, $5.5M. expertise and capability • Ohakea Apron Manhole Replacements, $90K Quality results and value for money • Runway 15-33 Reconstruction, $18M • Ohakea Taxiway Bravo and Foxtrot Overlays and Runway 15-33 Subsoil Drainage, $2.83M • Ohakea Base Watermain Renewals, $1.04M • Ohakea Delta and Golf resurfacing, $1.89M • Ohakea Explosives Process Facility Site Works, $442K

“From the outset the workmanship, health and safety, and environmental systems employed by Higgins were to the highest of standards, and they ensured that all regulatory and compliance requirements were addressed. Higgins endeavoured to make decisions that were best for the project and were proactive in putting RNZAF’s requirements first.”

Neal Garnett, Chairman of the NZ Defence Industry Advisory • Takatini Landside, $8.80M • AeroDrive Rentals, $350K (to date) Council.

“Higgins has ensured better wear characteristics within CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL the aircraft manoeuvring area by adding polymer to the AIRPORT LIMITED AIRPORT LIMITED asphaltic concrete and their initiative to carry out subgrade lime stabilisation has increased the stability, permeability, and load-bearing capacity of the subgrade in certain areas. The new roller trialled by Higgins has provided the required density for the aircraft pavement at RNZAF Base Ohakea.” Neal Garnett, Chairman of the NZ Defence Industry Advisory Council.

WELLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED • Dakota Park Link Road Development, $1.3M • Multi-Level Carpark, $1.8M (to date) (Subcontract to • Ron Guthrey Road Car Park, $1.7M Fletchers after previous subcontractor removed) • WIAL Terminal South Extension (Subcontractor to Hawkins) Project, • Europcar Yard Extension, $230K Work Package 1-3, $1.6M • Air New Zealand Cargo Yard Extension, $140K • Work Package 4, $4.6M

“Without your commitment, drive and calming approach at Contact our specialist teams for more information or visit us online. times I'm certain we would not have achieved anywhere near ROB MACKIE HIGGINS EXPERTISE AND CAPABILITY - 2018 what we have over the past several months. You have certainly CAPITAL PROJECTS - BD & PROJECT MANAGER M: 027 220 2371 E: [email protected]

endorsed and represented the Higgins brand well.” AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE SIMON POLLARD Rob Taggart, WIAL Project Manager. MIDDLE NORTH AREA MANAGER M: 027 411 1027 E: [email protected] MARK BANFIELD UPPER NORTH & SOUTH ISLAND MANAGER M: 027 480 8008 E: [email protected] MARK HALL LOWER NORTH AREA MANAGER M: 027 220 2371 E: [email protected] Airport Projects

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