South Port – Bluff

  • On February 28, 2026
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Piledriving in February  for the installation of the Bluff Coastguard pontoon, designed by OCEL, in South Port Bluff
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South Bay – Kaikoura

  • On September 30, 2025
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Geotechnical investigation work in the submarine canyon off South Bay Kaikoura for Whale Watch Kaikoura as part of work to design deep water moorings (300 m deep) for sonar buoys to track whales.
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Ocean Beach

  • On August 31, 2025
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Ocean Beach seawall nearing completion. The seawall designed by OCEL for DOC protects the previously eroding face of an historic dump at the old Bluff Freezing Works site.
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Bluff Launchway

  • On October 2, 2024
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Bluff Launchway upgrade west side complete, jetty for east side yet to be completed.
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Bluff Launchway

  • On August 31, 2024
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New floating steel pontoon and accessway established on the West side of the Launchway August 2024.  Installation of a new steel pontoon on the East side in progress.
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OCEL wave buoy off Ulva Island

  • On August 10, 2022
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OCEL wave buoy off Ulva Island in Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, on a calm day, collecting wave data for the design of a new pontoon to replace the existing wharf on Ulva Island.
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Dong Won

  • On August 27, 2021
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OCEL developed the Scuttling Procedure/Blast Plan for the scuttling of the Dong Won 701, a fire damaged 91 m long Korean Deep Sea trawler and implemented the plan in July 2021. The vessel was sunk using explosive charges set by OCEL at an EPA approved disposal location 25 nautical miles offshore Dunedin. OCEL designed the […]
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Dominion Salt Works Seawater Intake

  • On January 15, 2021
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Dominion Salt works seawater intake structure installation and intake pipe extension to reinstate intake volumes reduced by tectonic uplift during the Kaikoura Earthquakes. November/December 2020.
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