The Albany Regional Centre Development

The Albany Regional Development is located in Albany, about ten minutes north of Auckland City on Auckland’s North Shore. Some 200 hectares are being developed for a combination of residential, commercial and industrial uses. underway since 1994 with completion of the project expected to take another four to five years. Three stages have been completed Development has been to date, with Stage 4 to begin in the 1997/98 earthworks season. earthworks characteristics requiring detailed monitoring during fill placement. One area of the development was found to contain The site straddles quite different geological terrain with variable old timber treatment chemical contaminated filling which had to be removed and dealt with under strict health and safety guidelines. Several gullies have, or are to be filled to depths of up to 18 metres requiring detailed subsoil drainage specification, stability and settlement analysis. The site illustrates several problems encountered in undertaking earthworks on what is essentially “soft rock” terrain.