Traffic Management should prepare for oversize
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. We are already well into this construction season, but it is always time to think about...
Category : Contractor
A new era begins for Caterpillar
After celebrating more than 90 years shaping New Zealand, a new era is beginning for the Caterpillar dealership in our country. It’s an exciting time...
Director’s liability in the construction sector
The ‘limited’ aspect of a limited liability company, or the idea that a company is a separate legal person whose liabilities do not extend beyond...
Kensington Swan Comment: Letters of what intent?
LIAM BULLEN, LAW GRADUATE, HELEN BROWN, SPECIAL COUNSEL, KENSINGTON SWAN’S CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR PROJECTS TEAM. Construction works often begin under a letter of intent when...
Recovering costs in adjudications – shifting the presumption
It is no secret that dispute resolution is a costly exercise. However, most forms of dispute resolution recognise this expense and include a mechanism where...
The thin black line
A precis of a presentation by Clare Dring, national product manager at Fulton Hogan, on asphalt thickness and are we paving layers too thinly? At...
Creating world records
Built by McConnell Dowell, award-winning Army Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Replacement at Shakespear Regional Park north of Auckland city makes a big improvement in...