Essential oils
Essential services need essential oils to keep them operational, Reuben Thickpenny, director of Oil Intel, the appointed distributor of Total Lubricants, reminds us. Before the...
Category : Contractor
Construction recovery plan
Since the Level 4 lockdown the Accord Steering Group (ASG) within the MBIE has been working on urgent advice for Government and has brought in...
Working together to build Auckland’s future
Land development alliance Piritahi is delivering build-ready land faster across Auckland by bringing people together in new ways, with better communication and clearer results. Owairaka’s...
Government must invest more in local roads and structures
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, CEO, Heavy Haulage Association. The Government’s NZ Upgrade Programme allocates $5.3 billion in roading upgrades for State Highway networks, which our association...
A West Coaster at heart
Peter Owens reviews one of the largest independent contractors in the South Island. Rosco Contractors is owned by Ross Moore (Rosco) who originally left the...
No job is too small, or too difficult
Blenheim-based and family-owned Coffey House Removals (2007) carry out some unusual moves when it comes to building relocation work and put their success down to...
A perspective on the initial national lockdown
The enormity of the government’s task in defining the scope of the national lockdown has been highlighted by the confusion over what constitute essential services...
Great projects in history: the St Lawrence Seaway
A near-contiguous waterway stretching halfway across the widest part of the continent massively accelerated North American development. Hugh de Lacy reflects. While other countries relied...
The first to respond
Contractors are often the first to step up in a disaster. Some of you may have seen images from China of sites covered in hundreds...
Raising the tide for contractors
Six months into his new role at Infrastructure NZ, Paul Blair talks to MARY SEARLE BELL about where he’s come from and where he plans...