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Crane chief executive calls time
For the past 12 months Crane Association CEO Rod Auton and his wife Kui (Kuimira) have been living in their motorhome in preparation for a retirement spent on the road. James Paul explains. Despite being married for more than four decades, they thought it best to test out the living arrangements – just in case. Currently parked up at the...
Building a winter diversion route
The stark prospect of the timber on which the town was founded running out was what drove the construction of the Ohakune Mountain Road. Hugh de Lacy tells its story. The railway through the central North Island had been finished, and the native timber industry that grew from it was running out of resources. So it seemed that the mountain town...
The Allis-Chalmers HD-20, last of A-C’s GM-powered Crawlers
A big tractor in its day, The Allis-Chalmers HD-20 was another part of the power struggle that took place between Allis-Chalmers and International-Harvester during the 1950s. By RICHARD CAMPBELL In previous issues we have looked at the track type tractor size and power race that took part between Allis-Chalmers and International...
Hire fast, fire faster – the new recruitment guide
Hiring the right people at the right point in time is often critical to the success of businesses and construction projects. Keeping the ideal balance of staff levels in line with programmes and budgets are something that very few firms can achieve effectively. Typically, firms are quite reactive when it comes to hiring staff, and the process...
Growing a successful business
Business success is all about risk, reward and knowing where you are going. With every contract there is risk, potential rewards and the opportunity to grow and develop. While successful businesses often grow, it is not a prerequisite for success. Growth comes with its own set of risks, and sometimes success is all about keeping things...
Widening the Waimakariri bridges
Capacity for extra lanes on a pair of Christchurch motorway bridges was built into the original structures, but the passage of time has complicated the job. Hugh de Lacy reports. The necessary headstocks jutting out from the piers are there from when the twin motorway bridges were first built over the Waimakariri River north of Christchurch in...
C. Lund and Son - Carrying on with tradition
If there’s one Canterbury company bound to survive the current post-quake economic tightening, it’ll be the old family firm of C. Lund and Son. Hugh de Lacy looks closer. A love affair with strut cranes Bruce Lund, pictured (above), with the 80-tonne Kobellco mobile strut crane he bought off the Marsden Point oil refinery in 1984, and...
