Paying respect to Arnold Downer’s legacy
Of the handful of family names indelibly etched in the history of our civil contracting industry is Downer, founded by engineer Arnold Downer over 80...
Category : Comment
Concrete masonry – the silent workhorse
by Vijay Naidu
ROB GAIMSTER, CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION (CCANZ) NEW ZEALAND READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSOCIATION (NZRMCA) I’LL GET STRAIGHT to the point, concrete masonry doesn’t receive the...
In praise of roundabouts
ALAN TITCHALL explains why roundabouts are not just about junctions in our roading systems, but represent a cultural link with communities and cities. IT SHOULD...
Opening up about suicide
Australian construction-industry statistics are an alarming reminder of our ignorance about mental stresses in our own workplaces and being alert to the signs, writes GAVIN...
A woman’s aptitude for altitude
At 21 years of age Johanna Hofmann is thought to be the youngest female portainer crane operator in the world and is one of a...
Nelmac’s water woman
Raewyn Philbey admits to getting the odd strange look from homeowners when she responds to callouts in her role as a Water Service Person with Nelson...
Parting words from Jeremy Sole- a final column
…much of what the organisation does is not obvious to outside observers and you can only get the value and wider knowledge by participating....
Smoko antics
Paul ‘Dizzy Hips’ Blair sets a world record by hula hooping a 45 kilo tractor tyre! ...
When perception influences reality
One of the cleverest pieces of old-fashioned politicking to gain traction in New Zealand still annoys me. And the fact it still does shows...
Waterview snap
Just to prove the staff of Contractor magazine don’t spend their whole time in the Contrafed Publishing office, here’s a Waterview snap of the editor Kevin Lawrence...