After a year of reviews – we now need action Contractor

After a year of reviews – we now need action

The 2018 year was interesting for a lot of reasons and this year could be a game changer. By Peter Silcock, chief executive officer, Civil Contractors New Zealand. Last year (2018) major projects came into shape, and we saw new bridges and roads spring into being on Puhoi to Warkworth, Transmission Gully and the Waikato Expressway. The...
Not such a Bella Vista Contractor

Not such a Bella Vista

by CHARLOTTA HARPUR, HEANEY & PARTNERS In March 2018, a number of families living in newly built houses within the Bella Vista subdivision in Tauranga were told by the Tauranga City Council that they had to leave their properties due to safety concerns. Twenty-one properties at various stages of completion were affected and the...
Looking after the industry Contractor

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 Contractor

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 Contractor

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...
Highest bridge required biggest dig Contractor

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 Contractor

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...
The right attitude Contractor

The right attitude

Engineer Amy O’Donnell was named 2018 Young Engineer of the Year by the Auckland branch of Civil Contractors New Zealand. MARY SEARLE BELL catches up with her Winning Young Engineer of the Year is an accolade of which Amy is justifiably proud, yet humbled to receive. “My project manager wanted to nominate me for the award, so I...
A functional public venue Contractor

A functional public venue

Constructing an award-winning, terraced amphitheatre on an extremely steep site alongside the Waikato River was not without challenges. Richard Silcock explains. Demolishing derelict building foundations, removing contaminated earth and constructing a unique public amphitheatre suitable for staging outdoor concerts and events on a...
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