Adversity is good for networking but in limited doses
By Alan Titchall, managing editor, Contrafed Publishing. The lockdown came hard and fast but, unless we had applied the sort of border control imposed in...
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Wellington, we have a problem
Caption: Infrastructure CEO Ross Copland By WAYNE SCOTT, CEO, AGGREGATE AND QUARRY ASSOCIATION. Our country has a $75 billon plus infrastructure deficit to meet, Infrastructure...
Winning against the recruitment crisis
By ROB SELLARS, EIGHTY4 RECRUITING. Recruitment has always been high on the agenda as far as significant challenges for the civil construction industry and has...
How well are you scoring on sustainability?
In the 2021 Construction Industry Survey respondents were asked whether sustainability practices will impact on them winning business: 48 percent of respondents said yes; 11...
Forgotten companies: Ateco
Once the number one go-to organization for tractor rippers and a myriad of other useful attachments, the American Tractor Equipment Corporation (ATECO) enjoyed major success...
Shortlist tender presentations
By STEPHEN MOCKETT, PLAN A. We talked to a contractor recently and what they said, broke our hearts. “We had our review with the client...
Thomas lays the pipeline for an epic career
Thomas Reddiex turned his love of machinery into a dream career in civil construction, laying pipelines on high-profile projects such as the Peka Peka to...
Goodbye Covid blues
The construction industry is gearing up for a robust future, if only chronic labour shortages can be addressed, writes James French, Construction Industry Specialist, Teletrac...
Providing local roads for the oversize transport
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage association. The specialised sector of transport industry that moves large oversize freight provides a valuable service to...
Getting back to business with our conference
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. This year’s full NZ Heavy Haulage Association conference from 18 to 21 August is promising to...