Chatswood Reserve Track Upgrade

Hot off our Sustainability and Silver awards win at the ACE New Zealand Awards for Kauri Dieback Mitigation in Northland's Walking Tracks.

13 October 2023

Drew, our Senior Designer / Project Manager, has just undertaken a final site walk over for Stage 2 upgrade works within Chatswood Reserve located on Auckland’s North Shore.

Frame Group was engaged by Auckland Council for professional services to prepare a walking track renewal programme. Subsequently, Frame Group was engaged for design documentation and construction management for the staged upgrade of tracks and structures in Chatswood Reserve. Due to the presence of kauri trees in parts of the reserves particular attention was taken in implementing mitigation measures to reduce the risk of spread of Kauri Dieback, caused by Phytophthora taxon agathidicida (PA), a fungus-like disease that can kill kauri trees of any age.

Project features:

• Re-surfacing of aggregate track.

• Other track upgrade works e.g. timber retaining walls, track drainage, boxed steps and geoweb.

• Timber staircases.

• Timber boardwalks.

• 6 new timber bridges of varying lengths.

• Timber koru platform.

Built by: Milton Harward Construction Limited