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
Author : Charles Fairbairn
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
Built tough, built to last
Bill Perry has led a varied and tough life: Pest control, contract fencing, an army service with frontline combat duty, farming, civil contracting – and
Let’s Make A Big Loader – The Caterpillar 983 loader
Caterpillar’s model 983 Traxcavator is the largest track type loader the Company has ever produced in it’s 90+ year history. Due to the rise in
Dealing with waste on the City Rail Link project
A project the size of Auckland’s City Rail Link generates a huge amount of material waste in the centre of the country’s largest CBD. Getting
A near miss
A truck crashing through the side of a Desert Road bridge in 2017 threatened to shut the entire highway for months. It didn’t, but it