The road and rail rebuild along the Kaikōura coast has taken out civil engineering's "prize of prizes" after a surge of votes from the New Zealand public. READ MORE:* Kaikōura road and rail rebuild up against fantastic feats of engineering* Kaikōura earthquake a one in 5000-10,000 year event* Kaikōura one year on after 7.8 magnitude earthquake: success and stagnationICE director of membership Sean Harris, who headed the competition, said the Kaikōura earthquake recovery project was a "worthy winner". About 70,000 people voted around the world for their favourite civil engineering project, with the Kaikōura earthquake rebuild triumphing over its competitors by a total of 8 per cent. SUPPLIED ICE director of membership Sean Harris says the Kaikōura earthquake recovery project is a "worthy winner". RICKY WILSON/STUFF It took about 2 million work hours to rebuild the road and railway, including between Clarence and Kaikōura.

Source: Stuff November 06, 2018 18:01 UTC