North Harbour Development

Date
2017 to 2024
Client
North Harbour Holdings
Location
North Harbour, Burpengary East
Tectonic’s Role
Geotechnical & Environmental Consultant
Services Provided

Background

North Harbour is recognised as a Priority Development Area (PDA) by administering authorities and comprises the development of various marina heritage and business precincts as well as waterfront and non-waterfront residential homes, adjacent the Caboolture River.

The overall development covers about 570 hectares and has involved multiple bulk earthworks and civil works packages, culminating in the movement of millions of cubic metres of material from across varying geological and environmental settings, resulting and successful development of a vibrant new community. Tectonic has been involved with ongoing development since 2027. 

Scope

Tectonic has completed numerous geotechnical and environmental site investigations, for individual packages of work ranging from assessment of detailed structures to broad scale reports and management plans for precinct development.  Such works have been used to identify site specific opportunities and constraints, support application to administering authorities, and to safely complete construction and land development works, and provide confirmation of successful risk mitigation. 

Tectonic continue to provide support for the project. 

Challenges

Work has been designed to mitigate against a variety of the potential geo-environmental hazards at the site, which include:

Management of soft soils.
Acid Sulfate Soils
Adverse construction conditions mitigated through monitoring (e.g. water quaility and dust)

ASHLEY DAVEY

Principal Geotechnical Engineer / Managing Director

Ashley is the Managing Director and founder of Tectonic, being a Principal Geotechnical Engineer with 25 years of experience in providing geotechnical and geo-environmental services for the planning, design and construction of a wide variety of projects.  He has specialist skills in project management and technical direction of geotechnical engineering assessments for roads, hillside developments, coastal estates and all forms of urban development.

Certifications: Registered Professional Engineer, Queensland (RPEQ 8159)

Education: Bachelor of Geological Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 1995