MMA Offshore has been awarded a $3.7 million provide and set up contract for habitat enhancement in Te Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington Harbor), Aotearoa, offshore New Zealand.
Positioned on the southern tip of New Zealand’s North Island, Te Whanganui-a-tara is dwelling to Te Ara Tupua – a big infrastructure undertaking being delivered by Te Ara Tupua Alliance in partnership with iwi mana whenua Taranaki Whānui and Ngāti Toa.
The undertaking will enhance transport resilience between Wellington and Decrease Hutt whereas creating a brand new strolling and biking hyperlink.
MMA Offshore has been awarded a contract to assemble an engineered reef within the harbour to boost the marine habitats throughout the surrounding area.
The multi-ecosystem reef is particularly designed to draw fish and improve present marine habitats, with MMA fabricating and putting in 54 Reef Pyramids to create a reef halo space of roughly 5ha.
Alongside MMA Offshore’s crew of engineers, the corporate will even make the most of an area labor workforce and native provide chain to manufacture the Reef Pyramids, supporting the financial system within the Wellington area.
Works are anticipated to start in March 2024 and can proceed by to Could 2024.
“With over 35 synthetic reef tasks the world over put in to this point, MMA is delighted to be partnering with the Te Ara Tupua Alliance to supply our specialised habitat enhancement options to Wellington Harbor. With sturdy alignment to MMA’s environmental and sustainability goals, we sit up for delivering a protected and profitable undertaking for our shopper,” mentioned MMA Offshore’s Managing Director, David Ross.
