Flying the dream
Being dyslexic has not stopped Craig Walker from forming and running one of the most successful building removal companies in the country. Richard Silcock spoke...
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Forgotten companies – Cletrac
In its heyday, Cletrac was quite an innovator and made a wide range of track type tractors which were very popular. Today, it is almost...
Remembering a bitumen savvy veteran
Remembering a bitumen savvy veteran Back in December 2021 John Dawson, the ex-director of the Bitumen Contractors Association (later Roading NZ, now CCNZ) from 1988-1997,...
‘I put my all into it’
CCNZ chief executive, Peter Silcock retired at the end of last year after six-and-a-half years in the job. Richard Silcock (no relation), who interviewed Peter...
Into the wild weather with innovative machines
Facing difficult ground conditions and dire weather, the team at Marais Laying has successfully laid optic fibre cable along the highway between Haast and Lake...
The Terex 82-50 – A Euclid TC-12 Replacement
Terex had very big shoes to fill when it replaced its iconic TC-12/82-80 track type tractor with the new model 82-50 in the company’s product...
Cost saving Cats Eyes covers for road resealing
By Bryan Ferguson, engineering officer Transportation, Taupo District Council. It is standard industry practice with chip reseal to remove all retroreflective RRPMs (Cats Eyes) and...
Roadworks detours are not always viable for oversize
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, Heavy Haulage Association. Roading contractors are becoming ambitious in the way they go about the upgrading and renewal of the...
Confused about vaccination policies?
FAQs answered by James Warren of Dentons Kensington Swan and organised by the CCNZ. There is some continuing uncertainty as to what guidance or rules...
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...