Have you got a plan?
By Charlotte Henley, Partner and Ruvini Rendle, Associate, Kensington Swan When a giant in the construction industry, like Ebert, fails it affects a large part...
Category : Comment
Trial and error
ROB SELLARS, EIGHTY4 RECRUITMENT At the CCNZ conference in Hamilton during my Q&A session, I was asked what the implications will be for recruitment of...
Now is the time for exponential growth
PETER BENFELL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONNEXIS ALMOST THREE YEARS since the launch of Civil Trades, the nationally recognised accreditation programme for civil contractors in New Zealand...
A case for e-training
DARREN COTTINGHAM, DT DRIVER TRAINING I’M FREQUENTLY ASKED how such a manual and physical task as driving, or operating a piece of machinery can be...
Committed to working with contractors
BRETT GLIDDON, GENERAL MANAGER, SYSTEM DESIGN AND DELIVERY, NZTA THIS IS MY FIRST COLUMN as the NZ Transport Agency’s new general manager, System Design and...
Are wire rope barriers – barriers to oversize?
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CEO, NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION WIRE ROPE MEDIAN BARRIERS have an excellent record for reducing head-on accidents in black-spot areas, however the requirements...
Harnessing the Construction Contracts Act 2002
BRETT MARTELLI, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, HEANEY & PARTNERS CONTRACTORS ARE WELL aware that under the CCA, if a payment claim is not paid or disputed by...
Is cut price bidding undermining our infrastructure?
PETER SILCOCK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CCNZ CIVIL CONTRACTORS NEW ZEALAND recently worked with Major Associate member Teletrac Navman and Colmar Brunton to complete the 2018 Construction...
Leaky buildings and bodies corporate
WHEN CONTRACTING with a body corporate to carry out a leaky building remediation, contractors may not be aware of what is going on behind the...
Salary increases thinner on the ground this year
Civil construction skills remain in demand, but tight margins mean salaries fail to reflect this in all bar a few cases. By Jason Walker, managing...