Business View Oceania | March 2020

81 82 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA MARCH 2020 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA MARCH 2020 MA INPOWER NEW ZEALAND L IMI TED to North Canterbury and positioning ourselves as community leaders.” MainPower also works with the local councils to support new developments in the community. Since the 2011 earthquake there has been a huge amount of development spread widely throughout Canterbury, particularly on the outskirts of the city. People have moved into areas like North Canterbury because it’s still easily accessible to Christchurch city. The Mt. Cass project aligns quite well in terms of the ways MainPower gives back to the wider community. The project is in a pre-construction phase at the moment with most of the detailed design work underway. Some additional consents are required through Environmental Canterbury and all the construction and environmental management plans will need approval for the project to be given the final Notice to Proceed. “It’s an exciting time,” says Voice. “Later this year we should be into construction proper. Construction will take around 12 to 18 months and then we’ll be into commissioning and generation. That’s the rough timeline – around 24 months – and there’s a lot of action happening. We’re not thinking about just the here and now with this project, we’re thinking about the future. What we’re trying to achieve from an environmental aspect will be a great benefit to future generations.” PREFERRED VENDOR n Beca www.beca.com