Lyttelton Port expansion
Earthquake-battered Lyttelton Port, our third largest and the South Island’s biggest container terminal, is a step closer to major expansion after Environment Canterbury commissioners approved...
Category : Feature
A day at Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary
Repairing and widening the roads around Christchurch’s iconic Avon-Heathcote Estuary posed many interesting challenges, not all of them anticipated, as CHRIS MACANN explains. FOR MANY,...
Intelligent Transport Systems: changing the way we move
With Google, Tesla and other major vehicle manufacturers racing to develop driverless robot cars, trains and trucks, the future of transport has exciting times ahead...
Contract to BLOW UP Christchurch Police HQ
Beyond economic repair after the devastating earthquakes in Christchurch almost five years ago, a fatally damaged icon of the city’s skyline finally succumbed to demolition....
When Elijah stepped up
Jane Warwick talks with young Waikato contractor Elijah Graham about his sudden take-over of his father’s business at the age of 19, home, family and...
Frances Boyce- a boss with many hats
Frances Boyce, an owner of one of the largest civil contracting businesses in Taranaki, talks to ALAN TITCHALL about taking over the company from her...
Smart highways of the future
JAMES CARELESS looks into the ‘smart’ and energised future of the world’s highways. SOLAR-POWERED SELF-LIGHTING roadways, with induction lanes that charge electric cars as they...
French giant steps up its Kiwi presence
One of our biggest privately-owned contractors, HEB Construction, has been sold to French construction group Vinci for an undisclosed sum. The sale is consistent with...
KiwiRail upgrade ‘007’ licenced to thrill
Starved of investment in recent years, the nation’s rail infrastructure renewal is back on track thanks to a significant financial shot-in-the-arm for KiwiRail in May’s...
Lessons in flood control
by Vijay Naidu
It’s a somewhat novel approach to flood prevention – making threatened buildings waterproof. HUGH DE LACY explains a Christchurch experiment. IT MAY NOT BE the...