All in the family
Three civil engineers in the Browne family from left: Mary (grandmother to Katrina), Allen, Murray, Katrina, Nathan (Katrina’s brother who is in year three Civil)...
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Hauling on a handshake
The Waimea Heavy haulage driver team (from left): Andrew Brown; Lee Wiren; Grant Schroder; and Steve Gilmore. Richard Silcock talks with Peter McIntyre, the co-owner...
Preventing Tarmageddon
Preventing Tarmageddon was New Zealand’s first full-day road surfacing and pavement workshop in the five years since the last Auckland Asphalt Forum event. After almost...
Forgotten companies: Champion
It was only 28 years ago that the name Champion vanished from the earthmoving scene, but ask someone today about Champion equipment and you will...
All-terrain moving is their forte
Finding a niche market, providing a service at a competitive price and making a profit are the hallmarks of most successful businesses and Rough Terrain...
Dramatic 68-hour bridge rebuild
With perhaps the exception of a bailey bridge, it is not often the demolition and re-build of a bridge is completed within three days. Richard...
Lifting for the America’s Cup on Auckland’s waterfront
NZ Crane Hire is providing a lift in lead up to America’s Cup as an official Team New Zealand supplier that is responsible for lifting...
Classic Machines: The Allis-Chalmers TS-260 scraper revisited
Sometimes persistence really does pay off. Even more rewarding when it was someone else’s idea. Getting stuck in and ironing out the bugs can be...
The Wheel Loader: A useful piece of equipment
When we ask our Contractor readers what they never miss in the magazine- it is the historical projects and Classic Machines which is written by Richard Campbell. So we...
End in sight for Kaikoura recovery transport project
The rebuild of the transport networks following the Kaikoura 7.8 magnitude earthquake in November 2016 is nearing an end. The NZTA, KiwiRail and the North...