Technical
Kaimai Tunnel rail slab re-level innovation
Ground engineering and asset preservation specialist Mainmark filled voids and lifted the slab and re-levelled the railway line in the Kaimai Tunnel. The Kaimai Tunnel first opened in 1978 and plays an important role as the only rail link from the Port of Tauranga. Its location within the North Island’s Kaimai Range creates unique conditions...
End of a Christchurch icon
Holy ground to Cantabrians, Christchurch’s iconic sports stadium Lancaster Park was levelled in the biggest post-earthquake demolition yet. Hugh de Lacy explains. It was a small mercy that Charles Luney died before the earthquakes that destroyed much of his life’s work, including his beloved Lancaster Park. Previously known as Jade Stadium...
Continuing a family legacy
There’re a few conversations going around about university relevance and the benefits of learning on the job that has school-leavers thinking twice about their options. As an apprentice or trainee, you can land a job in your chosen industry and earn while you learn. There is also no student debt mountain to pay off once your studies are...
Northland bridges finally underway
Northland is experiencing its largest ever programme of work on its State Highways. Among the numerous projects the Transport Agency has underway in the region, a number of existing single lane bridges are currently being replaced. By Mary Searle Bell. IN MATAKOHE, two new bridges are being built and 2.5km of road realigned. The bridge at the...
Classic Machines: LeTourneau's Model A Tournapull
R.G LeTourneau conceived the idea of the self-propelled motor scraper while recovering from a near-fatal auto accident. He approached Caterpillar with the concept but they rejected the idea, so LeTourneau decided to go it alone. The rest, as they say, is history. By Richard Campbell One wonders how long it would have taken another company to...
A ‘people’ person
Richard Silcock talks with Graeme Johnson, Fulton Hogan’s chief for New Zealand, who has been with the company since 2003. At 37 years of age, Graeme Johnson heads the New Zealand operation of privately-owned contracting company Fulton Hogan, a position he has held since the beginning of last year following a period as chief executive for...
Contractor signed for new busway
A $100 million contract was signed with Fulton Hogan for stage one of the AMETI Eastern Busway between Panmure and Pakuranga in East Auckland. The project is separated into four stages: Panmure to Pakuranga (stage 1); Pakuranga Town Centre and Reeves Flyover (stage 2); Pakuranga to Botany Busway (stage 3); and a new interchange at Botany Town...
