The fa\u00e7ade has been completed and the roof is only days away from being finished at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch.<\/p>\n
In a video released today, Christchurch City Council Project Director Kent Summerfield said the milestone \u201ccloses out a significant part of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entire roof system has been an extremely complex undertaking. We\u2019ve had a range of personnel working on the roof at different stages of the project, from crane operators through to welders and roofers,\u201d Summerfield said.<\/p>\n
The first steel roof module was installed in June 2024. Exterior cladding started in November 2024 and roof cladding began in January 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s now only a very small portion of roof cladding to complete in the northern end of the site,\u201d Summerfield said.<\/p>\n
The last piece is expected to be installed before the end of the month.<\/p>\n
\u201cBESIX Watpac and their subcontractors have done a fantastic job of keeping this challenging work on track,\u201d Summerfield said.<\/p>\n
As exterior work nears completion, preparations are underway for turf to be laid inside the stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe subgrade for the southern part of the field has been levelled and the under-pitch ventilation and pop-up irrigation systems are currently being installed,\u201d Summerfield said.<\/p>\n
The turf has been growing offsite since March and will be transported to the stadium and unrolled during the summer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will allow plenty of time for the turf to acclimatise to its new growing conditions ahead of the Anzac weekend Super Rugby Super Round,\u201d Summerfield said.<\/p>\n
The stadium is designed to host concerts and shows as well as sporting events. Sixteen speaker arrays, each containing 8 to 10 speakers, are being installed among the roof trusses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are positioned with precision to ensure the best possible sound quality for patrons, no matter where they are within the stadium,\u201d Summerfield said.<\/p>\n
Major construction is scheduled to finish by the end of the year, when attention will turn to a comprehensive testing and commissioning programme and operator training.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project remains on budget, and the stadium is on track to open in April 2026,\u201d Summerfield said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fa\u00e7ade has been completed and the roof is only days away from being finished at One New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[373,29479,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-30607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-featured","tag-featured-video","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}