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End-to-end NZ steel

Do it once.
Do it right.

CH Steel gives complex New Zealand projects one accountable interface for planning, detailing, fabrication, coatings, logistics and erection.

  • Culham + Herrick, 50/50 since 2015
  • One CH Steel interface
  • Planning to erection
220T
Mobile crane capacity
8
On-site fabrication workshops in Whangārei
9HA
Whangārei site with laydown space
25,000M²
Approx. covered workshop footprint

Proof at scale

Commercial Bay

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A New Zealand First

High-rise CBD delivery, sequenced to the millimetre

8,500 tonnes
Structural steel package
39
Storeys, high-rise CBD delivery
Welded perimeter frame Steel lift cores Sequenced ahead of concrete

Commercial Bay shows CH Steel operating under real CBD constraints: heavy tonnage, tight sequencing, limited access and a programme that demanded steel erection ahead of concrete floor plates.

What we do

Four service lines. One delivery path.

ANZAC frigate modules being handled by Culham Engineering Project · ANZAC Frigate
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Marine

Wharves, jetties and coastal structures, plus construction, repairs and slipway work in corrosive environments.

  • Marine construction & repairs
  • Slipways
  • Corrosion-resistant steelwork
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Eastern Busway Panmure Bridge under construction in Auckland Project · Panmure Bridge
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Infrastructure

Bridges, civic and transport structures, long-span and complex geometry delivered with full documentation.

  • Bridges & lattice spans
  • Civic & transport
  • Precision cutting & modelling
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Commercial Bay structural steel construction in Auckland Project · Commercial Bay
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Structural Steel

High-rise, commercial and industrial frames, fabricated, coated and erected to programme.

  • High-rise & commercial
  • Industrial frames
  • Industrial coatings
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Mount Maunganui VLSO storage tanks at Culham Engineering Project · VLSO Storage Tanks
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Mechanical

Pressure vessels, piping systems and petrochemical maintenance—heavy engineering for plant and process.

  • Pressure vessels & piping
  • Tanks
  • Shutdown turnarounds: planning & execution
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The partnership

Two engineering heritages

One company, owned 50/50 by Culham Engineering and The Herrick Corporation, accountable from start to finish.

Fabricated steel

Culham Engineering · Whangārei, NZ

60+ years of NZ heavy engineering.

Culham brings New Zealand delivery knowledge, site execution and heavy engineering depth.

Herrick · California, USA

Advanced high-volume fabrication.

Herrick adds high-volume fabrication capacity and a century of structural-steel depth.