Off-Highway Trucks
A slice of our crane industry history
Liebherr New Zealand has now acquired Morrow NZ, former distributor of Liebherr tower and marine cranes here, and a new chapter in an interesting crane story begins. Richard Campbell explains. A look around any cityscape will reveal tower cranes, they are everywhere and pop up seemingly overnight in some places. A closer look will reveal that...
Subdivisions filling the gap
With no big road projects about to start, Goodman Contractors is reinvigorating its core business. Richard Silcock explains. Stan Goodman, managing director for Goodman Contractors, says at least 30 percent of the company’s work involves subdivisions. “With the earthworks for many of the big new road projects coming to an end over the next...
Bridging the Gully
Metre by metre, the longest bridge on the ‘greenfields’ Transmission Gully Motorway project north of Wellington is being incrementally launched across Cannons Creek. RICHARD SILCOCK reports on progress. IMAGES BY MARK COOTE PHOTOGRAPHY UNLESS MARKED OTHERWISE At 230 metres long and 24.5 metres wide, the Cannons Creek Bridge is by far the...
Polytech plans a looming disaster
The Government’s plan to merge 16 polytechnics and Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) into one national institute managing apprentices and trainees will be disastrous for the future of the building industry. By Andrew Bayly, Building and Construction spokesperson, New Zealand National Party. The industry and the ITOs are better placed...
Nevis Bluff – a work in progress
Controlling rock fall from Nevis Bluff alongside SH6 is a highly specialised undertaking and requires constant monitoring to ensure the highway is not blocked by slips. Richard Silcock reviews how this is being done. The 140-metre high, 880-metre wide Nevis Bluff is a geographical landmark bordering SH6 midway between Cromwell and...
Massive rubbish haul on Auckland foreshore
Organisers of The Hirepool Big Clean last month were shocked to learn volunteers collected over one and a half tonnes of rubbish in just two hours – on a foreshore so littered, plants were growing with their roots tangled in microplastics. The massive rubbish haul, which involved over 225 people, hauled about 9.2 cubic metres, 1700 kilograms,...
Classic machines: The Caterpillar 615 scraper
Filling a hole in the (then) lineup of Caterpillar elevating scrapers, the Caterpillar model 615 was a great little machine with some features unique to the Cat scraper product range. By RICHARD CAMPBELL First introduced in 1981, the Caterpillar 615 elevating scraper came as a bit of a surprise to the earthmoving industry. Rated at 16 cubic...
