Contractor magazine (July 2017) Archives

Contractor magazine (July 2017)

On the cover: BBA Pumps step up in Transmission Gully Coverlines: A story of trust – between two industry veterans … Puhoi to Warkworth project – work preparations begin … Repairing the Midland Line – bad weather and wasps … Old scrapers in action (again) – Auckland Airport 1964 ...
Contractor magazine (June 2017) Archives

Contractor magazine (June 2017)

On the cover: Bigger than big – the new Cat 637K scraper Coverlines: Swinging from the job – working at extreme heights ... Ready for the summer – replacing the Kawarau Falls Bridge ... Working against the elements – realigning wind-blown SH73 ... Hydro excavation – investment in large machine pays off. ...
Contractor Magazine (May 2017) Archives

Contractor Magazine (May 2017)

On the cover: Ammam expands compaction range Coverlines: Talking with the King of Airports – Arnold Bayliss in profile ... National Excavator Operator Competition – behind the scenes ... Transmission Gully – a major motorway project in progress ... Moving in a new direction – Alpha Specialised Movers update ...
Contractor magazine (April 2017) Archives

Contractor magazine (April 2017)

On the cover: Hamm  and Vogel – smoothing the road ahead Coverlines: 2017 National Excavator Operator Competition – highlights … ConExpo in Las Vegas – not just abut big machines … Kapiti Expressway – reviewing the first complete section … A work in progress – Auckland International Airport ...
Contractor magazine (March 2017) Archives

Contractor magazine (March 2017)

On the cover: Hitachi ZW-5 wheel loaders hit NZ Coverlines: Working together for women – Fulton Hogan steps up … Stretching bottlenecks – Auckland's southern motorway … Slip lessons in Northland – a tricky repair underway … Killing us softly with H&S – a veteran's personal view ...
Heritage Trails: Skippers Road Archives

Heritage Trails: Skippers Road

Arguably the scariest if not the most dangerous roading in the country, Skippers Road, is as much an engineering as a scenic gem, as Hugh de Lacy discovers. It may not be the most dangerous road in the world – you’ve got to go to Bolivia for that – but Otago’s Skippers Canyon road has enough of a fear factor to whiten the...
Contractor magazine (February 2017) Archives

Contractor magazine (February 2017)

On the cover: Fully loaded ... Purpose-built Hyundai excavator getting the job done at Lyttelton Port Coverlines: bauma Shanghai – a big machinery show in pictures ... Auckland's City Rail Link – the initial construction ... Taylors Contracting – GPS fleet management in review ... Burgess & Crowley Civil and energy –...
Raising the dough to build New Zealand Archives

Raising the dough to build New Zealand

More than a century after his death, Sir Julius Vogel’s legacy lives on in every branch of New Zealand civil construction. HUGH DE LACY retraces the career of the original big-thinker. He stands out like a beacon in New Zealand politics in the second half of the 19th Century, catapulting the infrastructure of Britain’s most remote...
Heritage Trails: Building the Backbone Archives

Heritage Trails: Building the Backbone

From military beginnings to tourist day-trip, the Napier-Taupo Road cuts across the backbone of the North Island. Hugh de Lacy checks out its colourful history. When the 21-year-old 11th Duke of St Albans, Lord Burford, set a record for the fastest trip from Napier to Taupo in 1891, it took a Pony Express-style relay of speedy horses...
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