Trucking awesome – loving life as a concrete truck driver
He had only been on the job for two months before Manawatu cadet truck driver Ryan Pickering was handed the keys to a brand new...
Author : Contractor Magazine
Paving the way for new aircraft
In a contract with the Ministry of Defence, Fulton Hogan and two other contractors are involved in ripping up an old taxiway, recycling the concrete...
The dream job
Huck McCready sadly passed away this month, but not before sharing his passion for tow trucks with Mary Searle Bell. Huck McCready’s destiny as a...
Legal pot: what happened overseas?
In a typical Kiwi way we are struggling with our own debate over Cannabis reform while ignoring the fact it has been legal in Canada...
Director’s liability in the construction sector
The ‘limited’ aspect of a limited liability company, or the idea that a company is a separate legal person whose liabilities do not extend beyond...
Kensington Swan Comment: Letters of what intent?
LIAM BULLEN, LAW GRADUATE, HELEN BROWN, SPECIAL COUNSEL, KENSINGTON SWAN’S CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR PROJECTS TEAM. Construction works often begin under a letter of intent when...
Recovering costs in adjudications – shifting the presumption
It is no secret that dispute resolution is a costly exercise. However, most forms of dispute resolution recognise this expense and include a mechanism where...
The thin black line
A precis of a presentation by Clare Dring, national product manager at Fulton Hogan, on asphalt thickness and are we paving layers too thinly? At...
Creating world records
Built by McConnell Dowell, award-winning Army Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Replacement at Shakespear Regional Park north of Auckland city makes a big improvement in...