Jonathan Whittaker

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Subdivisions filling the gap Project

Subdivisions filling the gap

With no big road projects about to start, Goodman Contractors is reinvigorating its core business. Richard Silcock explains. Stan Goodman, managing director for Goodman Contractors, says at least 30 percent of the company’s work involves subdivisions. “With the earthworks for many of the big new road projects coming to an end over...
Bridging the Gully Project

Bridging the Gully

Metre by metre, the longest bridge on the ‘greenfields’ Transmission Gully Motorway project north of Wellington is being incrementally launched across Cannons Creek. RICHARD SILCOCK reports on progress. IMAGES BY MARK COOTE PHOTOGRAPHY UNLESS MARKED OTHERWISE At 230 metres long and 24.5 metres wide, the Cannons Creek Bridge is by...
Earthquake claims rumble on Comment

Earthquake claims rumble on

By Charlotta Harpur, Heaney & Partners The February 2011 earthquake disaster was massive, not only for those directly affected, but later for the insurers dealing with claims for thousands of properties. Due to the high incidence of home insurance in New Zealand it became a large international event for insurers and their...
A proud history of achievement Comment

A proud history of achievement

By Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, CCNZ Nominations for our national awards programmes are open. And I must admit, I’m looking forward to seeing this year’s entries and finding out about the stories and people behind the fantastic work our members do every day. At our annual conference last year, we saw some magic moments of...
Repaying business debt 
too quickly? Comment

Repaying business debt 
too quickly?

By Phil Herbert, general manager, Speirs Finance Is repaying debt quickly smart thinking, or an old-fashioned notion that is putting significant strain on your cash-flow for little benefit? With the ever-increasing pressures on businesses of tightening margins, increasing costs, staff retention and needing to invest in technology to...
Gender pay gap revealed in construction Recruitment

Gender pay gap revealed in construction

OneStaff has released its ‘What’s My Rate? New Zealand Industrial and Trades Wage Report’ which provides some interesting insights into our core industrial sectors including the construction industry.  At $24 p/h, the construction and infrastructure sector is smack bang in the middle when it comes to median remuneration. There...
Steep hillside hauling with two TA300s Technology

Steep hillside hauling with two TA300s

Deep in the Omaio Forest, Gaddum Construction is using two TA300 Terex Trucks articulated haulers to move end material and metal for road-building as well as shift logs. The small coastal town of Omaio takes its name from the Maori word for a ‘place of peace, quiet and tranquility’ – and it’s not hard to see why. It is about 57...
Replacing old bridges Project

Replacing old bridges

The old narrow concrete bridges over the Manawatu River and surrounding floodplain just south of Foxton on SH1 are both being replaced at a cost of $75 million. Richard Silcock makes a site visit. The Manawatu River rises in the nearby Ruahine Range and flows 180-kilometres westward through the Manawatu Gorge and out across the Manawatu...
Speaking frankly Profile

Speaking frankly

Many men in the construction industry wonder (some out loud, some silently) whether the push for things like stricter health and safety regulations and the drive to get more women into the industry are a bit over the top. Mary Searle Bell talks to ex Connexis chair Frances Hague about ‘PC gone mad’. Many in this industry ask if...
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