Election reflections under Covid-19
A month is a long time in politics and with the general election moved from 19 September to 17 October, we are seeing more of...
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Transmission Gully- back up and running with more funding
Construction of the 27-kilometre Transmission Gully Motorway has suffered a number of setbacks and delays even before the pandemic and has required additional funding to...
Construction machinery is in his blood
There will be few in CCNZ who don’t know Ewen Major. For the past 15 years he’s been Auckland territory manager for the Cat rental...
Classic Machines- The Caterpillar No.16 Motor Grader
Sometimes bigger really is better, especially when it comes to construction equipment. Case in point, Caterpillar’s No.16 Grader. By Richard Campbell Authors Note: Our featured...
Stability ahead for civil construction
The 2020 Construction Industry Survey recognises the pain the pandemic and electoral cycle will cause pain for civil contractors over the next year, but also...
Rapid repairs kept highway open
SH94 to remote Milford Sound was severely damaged during a savage storm and, despite the various pandemic lockdowns, the Milford Road Alliance worked tirelessly to...
Designing a safer highway
State Highway 58 is undergoing an extensive safety upgrade in preparation for it becoming a link to the Transmission Gully Motorway. Richard Silcock updates the...
The standard you walk past is the standard you set
Fraser May talks to Tim Ford about his long career in civil construction and his time as CCNZ president. Tim Ford says he is is...
The Euclid SS-40
The 1960s were the halcyon days of big motor scrapers. Most of the large equipment manufacturers had a machine in their sales catalogue with a...
The value of working together
By Peter Silcock, CEO, CCNZ. You may have noticed a surge in CCNZ membership featuring in the back page of Contractor magazine over the past...