Adversity is good for networking but in limited doses
By Alan Titchall, managing editor, Contrafed Publishing. The lockdown came hard and fast but, unless we had applied the sort of border control imposed in...
Category : Contractor
Wellington, we have a problem
Caption: Infrastructure CEO Ross Copland By WAYNE SCOTT, CEO, AGGREGATE AND QUARRY ASSOCIATION. Our country has a $75 billon plus infrastructure deficit to meet, Infrastructure...
Winning against the recruitment crisis
By ROB SELLARS, EIGHTY4 RECRUITING. Recruitment has always been high on the agenda as far as significant challenges for the civil construction industry and has...
How well are you scoring on sustainability?
In the 2021 Construction Industry Survey respondents were asked whether sustainability practices will impact on them winning business: 48 percent of respondents said yes; 11...
Thomas lays the pipeline for an epic career
Thomas Reddiex turned his love of machinery into a dream career in civil construction, laying pipelines on high-profile projects such as the Peka Peka to...
Providing local roads for the oversize transport
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage association. The specialised sector of transport industry that moves large oversize freight provides a valuable service to...
Getting back to business with our conference
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. This year’s full NZ Heavy Haulage Association conference from 18 to 21 August is promising to...
Upgrade announcement short sighted
While the CCNZ applauds the extra $1.9 billion for the NZ Upgrade Programme it says it is still uncertain when many of the green-lit projects...
CCNZ Auckland branch awards night
Stellar People Awards Young Contractor of the Year: Cooper Murdoch, J&R Contracting. Young Engineer of the Year: Kristan Dantas, Fletcher/Acciona Joint Venture. Outstanding Individual of...
Celebrating 40 years of Kiwi mateship
Two Kiwi mates who started their business in a London flat reached the significant milestone of 40 years in business together this year. TransDiesel, the...