Stormwater Ponds
Stormwater ponds serve various critical functions in our towns and cities around New Zealand. They are essential to the biodiversity of our flora and fauna; reduce the risk of downstream flooding; support sediment and erosion control; trap contaminants and improve water quality, while keeping our beaches and harbours free of pollutants.
Glasgow Contractors have an extensive track record of successful stormwater pond maintenance and restoration projects. These include everything from pond desilting and sediment removal to complete pond renewals with rock armouring, forebay, spillway and outfall construction, as well as upgraded stormwater connections.
We have successfully delivered nearly 100 stormwater pond projects for Auckland Council and other local authorities around Aotearoa, as well as several golf course ponds and private estates. Some of our recent major stormwater pond renewal projects include Akoranga, Alnwick, Pukekura Park, Link Drive, and 770 Great South Road stormwater ponds.
Pond Renewal
In addition to pond maintenance, Glasgow Contractors specialise in pond remediation and renewal works, enhancing the performance, integrity and efficacy of our stormwater ponds. This typically involves increasing pond capacity.
Vegetation Removal
Glasgow Contractors’ specialist amphibious Truxor tool carriers can be fitted with a wide range of vegetation management tools, including various cutters, rakes, baskets, pumps and excavator attachments to effectively and efficiently remove aquatic vegetation, pond and lake weed, algae, and pollutants from New Zealand’s waterways.
Silt & Sediment Removal
Glasgow Contractors’ unique dredging methodology combines our specialist equipment, technology and operator expertise, allowing us to work in sensitive natural areas with minimal environmental impact all year round. We are very effective at servicing hard-to-reach waterways with our amphibious excavators and Truxor machines to remove silt and sediment from stormwater ponds, streams, channels, estuaries and various waterways.
Our unique silt and sediment removal, together with our onsite dewatering methods, significantly reduces the amount of wet material that needs to be transported and disposed of at landfill and tip sites - dewatered sediment material can even be repurposed on site in some cases.
We work closely with trusted specialist ecologists to carry out required fishing and native fish relocation, as well as install appropriate environmental controls before commencing any dredging work.
