The Caterpillar 627
The model 627 twin powered motor scraper marked a paradigm shift for Caterpillar in terms of design and sent a clear message to Terex that...
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Super-dozer – the Komatsu D455A
Second of the very large track type tractors, or ‘Super-Dozers’ to emerge during the 1970s (the first was the Allis-Chalmers HD-41), the Komatsu D455A went...
A new era for TransDiesel as TDX
TransDiesel has grown from small beginnings in the 1980s to now employ about 300 people across a nationwide network of 18 branches and is entering...
The LeTourneau LS and LP Carryalls
We’re going right back in time to celebrate two icons of earthmoving, the LeTourneau model LS and LP Carryalls. In the 1940s and 1950s you...
A perspective on national security
By Peter Dunne. In many ways, the essential story of New Zealand over the last hundred years or so has been our search for security....
Supporting workers and the businesses they work for
By Alan Pollard, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. The past couple of years have been tough. Following two years of a global pandemic, we have...
CCNZ Workforce development
Year on year, the civil construction industry has faced a shortage of skilled workers. Last month a new report on entering the civil infrastructure construction...
Unlocking the value of standardised transport data
Supplied by the Asset Management Data Standard Programme Team at the NZ Transport Agency. Picture a world where data is easily described and recorded, readily...
A modern-day version of borrow and hope
By Peter Dunne. An elaborate but ultimately irrelevant game of ‘pass the parcel’ is being played out at present about who is responsible for inflation...
Transmission Gully – the pathway to the Wellington region’s future
Caption: At the very beginning and the Transmission Gully projects Sod-turning in September 2014 were from left: David Jurd, Leighton Contractors managing director; Ohariu MP...