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The excavator is based on a 2008 Liebherr 984 that was heavily modified by Kocurek Excavators Ltd for the Birmingham-based demolition Coleman & Company. It was bought for around NZ$4m and imported to New Zealand by Auckland-based demolition firm Nikau Contractors, and arrived in the Port of Lyttelton in September 2011. The tracked excavator weighs and has a maximum reach of . When the telescoping arm is not extended, the reach is . The excavator is not suited for demolishing the bottom two storeys of a building. At full reach, a demolition attachment can be fitted to the hydraulic boom. At reach, the machine can handle a concrete breaker. The excavator got its nickname following a naming competition on Christchurch radio station More FM.
Twinkle Toes is the largest excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fro ...
in the Southern Hemisphere. It was used in Christchurch
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to demolish tall buildings following the 2010
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and 2011 earthquakes before moving to Wellington following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake
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* '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
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History and description
The excavator is based on a 2008 Liebherr 984 that was heavily modified by Kocurek Excavators Ltd for the Birmingham-based demolition Coleman & Company. It was bought for around NZ$4m and imported to New Zealand by Auckland-based demolition firm Nikau Contractors, and arrived in the Port of Lyttelton in September 2011. The tracked excavator weighs and has a maximum reach of . When the telescoping arm is not extended, the reach is . The excavator is not suited for demolishing the bottom two storeys of a building. At full reach, a demolition attachment can be fitted to the hydraulic boom. At reach, the machine can handle a concrete breaker. The excavator got its nickname following a naming competition on Christchurch radio station More FM.
Demolitions
* Early November 2011 – Office building on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets in early November 2011. * Late November 2011 – Headquarters of AMI Insurance in Latimer Square. * Early 2012 – Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch, second tallest building in Christchurch. * September 2012 – PricewaterhouseCoopers building in Armagh Street. Largest building in Christchurch by mass. * September/October 2012 –Farmers
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car parking building in Gloucester Street.
* Mid/late October 2012 – Holiday Inn on the corner of Cashel and High Streets in mid October 2012.
* Late 2012/early 2013 – Westpac Canterbury Centre.
* Date unknown – Ibis House, Hereford Street.
* Late 2017 – Defence (Freyberg) House, Wellington.
*Date unknown – Work on Port Taranaki Power Station.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Christchurch
This list of tallest buildings in Christchurch ranks high-rise buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand by height.
The first high-rise was Manchester Courts, which was the city's tallest building from 1906 until 1967. Manchester Courts was demo ...
References
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