Jonathan Whittaker

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Looking after the industry Comment

Looking after the industry

by PETER SILCOCK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CCNZ The need for a strong organisation and a powerful voice for contractors remains as important today as it was when Civil Contractors New Zealand’s predecessor the Contractors’ Federation advocated for more work to be tendered on the open market in the days of the Ministry of Works and council...
NZTA’s new way forward CCNZ update

NZTA’s new way forward

Fergus Gammie, chief executive of the NZTA, spoke to delegates at the 2019 CCNZ conference about the new direction of the agency and the start of the light rail project in Auckland. By Alan Titchall. Led by the Government’s own transport agenda, Transport Agency chief Fergus Gammie spoke on the different path the NZTA has set before...
Looking back on an on-going project Historical

Looking back on an on-going project

As work progresses on extending the (current) New Plymouth Airport and building a new terminal, Neil Ritchie looks back on its chequered, 55-year-old history. Local company Clelands Construction is the main contractor for the construction of the new terminal building that will almost treble the size of the current terminal at New...
Southland’s big roading project Project

Southland’s big roading project

It says something for the growth of our dairy industry that they’ve had to build a new road round the original Edendale factory, and this roading project is the biggest in the Southland region for many years. Hugh de Lacy checks it out. A herd of 300 cows was the basis for the country’s first dairy factory, at Edendale, 40...
Highest bridge required biggest dig Roading

Highest bridge required biggest dig

The highest bridge to be constructed on the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway required 144,000 cubic metres of earth to be excavated beneath it. Richard Silcock talks with those involved in the project. This 18.8 metre high curved bridge on the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway straddles an excavated cutting through...
In the depth of the forest Company Profile

In the depth of the forest

Forestry roading contractors work out of public sight and usually do not have high visibility. In the first feature we have ever published on a forestry contractor, Alan Titchall talks to Malcolm Edridge, the managing director of Edridge Contracting, one of the larger earthworks contractors in the Nelson/Marlborough region. Your...
Have you got a plan? Comment

Have you got a plan?

By Charlotte Henley, Partner and Ruvini Rendle, Associate, Kensington Swan When a giant in the construction industry, like Ebert, fails it affects a large part of the sector and leaves much to deal with and be concerned about. Will subcontractors be paid? Who will complete the unfinished construction project? But also of potential...
Trial and error Comment

Trial and error

ROB SELLARS, EIGHTY4 RECRUITMENT At the CCNZ conference in Hamilton during my Q&A session, I was asked what the implications will be for recruitment of staff with the introduction of the New Zealand Employment Relations Amendment Bill. This question was directed mostly at the potential abolishment of the 90-day trial period. My...
Avoiding the disconnected jobsite Contractor

Avoiding the disconnected jobsite

The future of the construction industry is not only dependent on developments in large construction equipment but also digital technologies. By James French, Construction Industry Specialist, Teletrac Navman. This is a theme that shone through in the recently released technology section of the Construction Industry Survey 2018,...
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