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Earthfill Compaction – A Brief History
Good compaction of fill is essential if you are to avoid subsidence. The Romans and Egyptians knew it and so did the so-called “primitive” tribes...
Putting the machines through their paces
It is simply billed as the ‘Expo’, but this legendary quarry and mining event this year, in the face of Covid, lived up to expectations...
Managing cost escalations is more important than ever
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. Global supply shortages, snap Covid restrictions and some of the worst disruption to shipping since the Second...
Where’s the light at the end of the tunnel?
By Nick Leggett, CEO, Transporting New Zealand, and republished from the association’s website. I remain an absolute optimist in life, but I do feel for...
The bidding game – how to win
By Stephen Mockett, general manager, Plan A. Trying to write a tender submission without clear win themes is like, well … herding cats. Most successful...
Once in a generation chance to nail infrastructure legislation
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, CCNZ. CCNZ is a passionate advocate of the power of well-considered infrastructure projects. These projects can propel a country forward...
From the home office
The October issue of Contractor will be winging its way to you soon. Meanwhile, over this long Auckland confinement, it has been interesting comparing the...
Classic Machines: The Caterpillar 657 and 657B model scraper
Creating quite a stir when it was first announced, the Caterpillar 657 has been the backbone of large capacity scraper fleets since 1962 and remains...
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...