Construction staff will have to work round the clock, six to seven days a week, to get the America's Cup facilities built by late next year when the syndicates arrive.
The tight time frame to build six new bases and house Team New Zealand in the Viaduct Events Centre on the Auckland waterfront is set out in a new resource consent application lodged today.
It follows tortuous negotiations between the Government, Auckland Council and Team New Zealand going back to November, numerous proposals and an earlier resource consent application being dropped when the parties finally agreed on a location last month.
The $212-million project has five bases on the eastern side of Wynyard Point, a 74m extension of Hobson Wharf for one base and Team New Zealand in the Viaduct Events Centre on Halsey Wharf.
Last month, it was announced that McConnell Dowell, Downer, Beca and Tonkin & Taylor would form an alliance to build the facilities for the cup.
Up to 150 workers will be on various sites over 18 months on a six-to-seven-day, 24-hour work programme. At night, worksites will be lit by 12m to 18m lighting poles with a similar brightness to rugby training grounds on council parks.
The lights, tilted parallel to the ground, will have a minor effect from light spill to new apartment blocks in Wynyard Quarter, nearby hotels and motorists, the application said.
