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Exterior of New World Mount Maunganui, where Morgan Steel completed seismic strengthening in 2024
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Live-site seismic strengthening · 2024

New World Mount Maunganui

A demanding seismic-strengthening rescue delivered through night shifts while the supermarket continued trading.

LocationMount Maunganui, TaurangaMorgan’s clientAlaska ConstructionAsset ownerNew World Mount MaunganuiDeliveryFabrication · Supply · Installation
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Project scope

Responsibility carried through the steel package.

Morgan Steel was brought in during August 2024 when the original steel package could no longer be completed. The team mobilised hired night crews, established and cleared the work zone for every shift, and installed substantial overhead strengthening steel without requiring the supermarket to close. When the planned spider-crane methodology was removed, the installation was resequenced around chain blocks and the access available inside the live store.

Rescue and completion of the seismic steel packageLarge overhead strengthening beamsReid bracing and structural connectionsChain-block installation inside the operating storeNight-shift mobilisation and reinstatementCoordination around uninterrupted supermarket tradingAdditional external and parking-area steelworkFabrication, supply and onsite installation
Morgan Steel crew installing overhead seismic steel at night inside New World Mount Maunganui
Night-shift installation above the live supermarket floor, with the work zone contained for the shift.
Temporary night work zone established inside New World Mount Maunganui
A contained work zone established inside the store, then cleared before normal trading resumed.
Large seismic strengthening beams spanning the New World Mount Maunganui ceiling
The completed overhead strengthening beams integrated through the existing ceiling structure.
Bolted connection within the New World Mount Maunganui seismic strengthening steel
A substantial bolted connection within the overhead strengthening package.
New transverse seismic beam installed above the New World Mount Maunganui shop floor
A transverse strengthening beam installed above the existing shop floor and services.
Morgan Steel installing additional strengthening steel at New World Mount Maunganui
Additional steel installation around the building's service and parking areas.
Reid bracing connection installed at New World Mount Maunganui
Reid bracing and connection steel tied into the existing building structure.
Completed overhead structural steel inside New World Mount Maunganui
The finished strengthening steel coordinated around the existing roof, lighting and store services.

Known inside Morgan Steel as New World University

A rescue job that accelerated the company.

The combination of a live trading environment, nightly setup and reinstatement, changing access constraints and difficult overhead installation made this project an intensive lesson in sequencing and delivery. Morgan Steel carried that learning forward into every complex existing-building project that followed.

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What this demonstrates

Live-store deliveryRescue mobilisationNight-shift installationAdapted access methodology

More existing-building work

Steel measured, fabricated and installed around the building already there.

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