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What is the fatigue risk in your workplace?
By Janet Brothers, director, Life Care Consultants. FATIGUE IS MORE than feeling tired and drowsy. In a work context, it is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion, which reduces a person’s ability to perform, and to work safely and effectively. It can occur because of prolonged mental or physical activity, sleep loss and/or...
FIDIC suite changes 2017
By Duncan Halliwell, Special Counsel and Tamzin Dempster, solicitor, Kensington Swan MANY WORKING IN the construction industry will be familiar with the FIDIC suite of construction contracts. For the uninitiated, FIDIC is the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils, or the International Federation of Consulting Engineers. The...
Corrosion impact on bridge infrastructure
Throughout the region there are tens of thousands of bridges and related road and rail infrastructure and the variety of designs and construction material used to build these assets presents a wide range of challenges to the people charged with managing and maintaining them. DEGRADATION OF BRIDGES is caused by many different factors including...
A highway taken out of obscurity
A lonely grave on a remote Taranaki hillside is a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made to open up the precipitous North Island hill country. Hugh de Lacy pays it a visit. WILLIAM LAING AND his companions walked, and in places ran, the 50 kilometres from the Tangarakau Gorge in north-eastern Taranaki to Tongaporutu, on the North Island’s...
A family affair
Alan Titchall was there at the crack of dawn to celebrate the arrival of a couple’s new house in the northern Waikato. IT IS STILL DARK and the lights of the pilot vehicle beam down the access road and light up the back of the house trailer and its load. We are high up in the hills overlooking Miranda and the Thames estuary and the pre-built...
Before you dig..
Before you dig – Do you really know what’s below? It’s a Friday morning in a major North Island city and a water pipe has sprung a leak, the civil crew has been called outand they can see the water rising through cracks in the road seal. The time is 10am and the leak is near a school and a busy intersection. This work requires removal of...
At your service: Stacy Goldsworthy
Civil Contractors New Zealand has a new technical manager on its staff, working specifically to progress the interests of the membership and provide expert advice, gained through many years working in the industry. By Mary Searle Bell. STACY GOLDSWORTHY is the newest addition to the Civil Contractors New Zealand team. He has joined as the...
