Site Visit - Holcim Readymix Wellington

Ever wondered how concrete is made?

Join us on Thursday 4th September, for an exclusive NAWIC members-only site tour of the Holcim Readymix NZ plant. Grab a behind the scenes look at:

🏗️ The Process: How raw materials like cement, aggregates & water are mixed to create concrete

⚙️ Batching & Mixing: How mix designs are selected and adjusted

📏 Quality: Quality controls & production oversight, including testing & slumping

🚚 Dispatch:  Loading, scheduling & delivery coordination

🌱 Sustainability: Low carbon products and how Holcim is approaching driving a circular economy

The Details:

🕒 DATE and TIME: Thursday, 4th September, 1pm

📍 LOCATION: 121 Centennial Highway, Ngauranga Gorge

🚗PARKING: Parking is tricky! Please carpool if possible, limited parking is available at the front of the Holcim offices (2 car parks) and one more at the top car park. Alternatively, bus route #1 stops off at Ngauranga Gorge (Kiwi Point) stop and is a short walk away

🎟️ COST: Free to NAWIC members, with a maximum of 10 people on the tour, so please book your space consciously. Get in quick! You can join NAWIC here.

👷‍♀️PPE: Hard hat, hi-vis, steel-capped boots, glasses (Spare hard-hats/hi-vis are available if required, please make sure you advise us of what you need on your RSVP.)

ABOUT HOLCIM: Holcim is a global company across Europe, Asia, Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.  Holcim NZ  is a leading supplier of cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete in New Zealand dating back to 1888. You may have noticed their big silos on the Centre Port (near the Interislander). Holcim have a network of plants throughout New Zealand, and one of their main missions is around sustainability, where they actively promote low-carbon concrete solutions, including their premium range ECOPact ECOplanet.

Please note: NAWIC is a voluntary organisation, committed to its obligations as a PCBU under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.   Amongst other things, this requires NAWIC to take all practicable steps to eliminate, isolate or minimize hazards that our event attendees are exposed to. Health and safety is a shared responsibility.