A winning professional attitude
King House Removals has a mantra for running a successful business and it’s called ‘Professionalism’ with a capital P. Richard Silcock caught up with one...
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Knowing what is under your feet
By Goldie Walker, the geophysics team leader at Geotechnics who has been involved in the inception of the National Utility Locating Contractors Association of New...
Roading sites and oversize loads: never the twain shall mix?
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, Heavy haulage association. The increasing amount of new road construction and maintenance activities on the nation’s roading network this time...
Classic Machines: The Allis-Chalmers 12G loader
Allis-Chalmers, in their heyday, had always been a very innovative company. Be it in engineering or design, they could be counted on to provide the...
To build a windfarm – first prepare the site
Of two windfarms being constructed in the North Island, one will be the largest while the other will have the tallest turbines in the country....
Getting on with it
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. The scale of Labour’s victory in last month’s election will have lasting impacts on us all. Labour...
Runway makeover
The main runway at Wellington Airport is being resurfaced – a project that will take four months as it can only be done at night....
EPIC round three photo competition – technology
Winner: Max Goodman, Goodman Contractors Max Goodman of Waikanae-based Goodman Contractors won the latest round of the EPIC Photo Competition (themes ‘technology’), after sending...
Classic Machines: The Wabco 252 scraper
As it transpired, the Wabco 252FT was the last in a long line of C-series Tournapulls, and was an excellent machine, but debuted at the...
The challenge with more compliance requirements
The challenge with more compliance requirements By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, Heavy Haulage association. The Oversize transport sector already has a significant number of extra...