Crane chief executive calls time
For the past 12 months Crane Association CEO Rod Auton and his wife Kui (Kuimira) have been living in their motorhome in preparation for a
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Hire fast, fire faster – the new recruitment guide
Hiring the right people at the right point in time is often critical to the success of businesses and construction projects. Keeping the ideal balance
Growing a successful business
Business success is all about risk, reward and knowing where you are going. With every contract there is risk, potential rewards and the opportunity to
C. Lund and Son – Carrying on with tradition
If there’s one Canterbury company bound to survive the current post-quake economic tightening, it’ll be the old family firm of C. Lund and Son. Hugh
Safety at heart
Richard Silcock interviews Nicole Rosie, the head of WorkSafe NZ, over industry safety. We are some years behind other countries when it comes to health
Common bonds and challenges
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. Attendance at the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association’s Transport Symposium in Houston recently by myself enabled
Bat challenger with highway tree removals
When a Fulton Hogan team in Hamilton removed more than 100 trees to allow for construction of the Wairere Drive extension project they were faced
Contract clauses to look out for
By Paul Buetow, partner, and Sonia Ginders, solicitor, Kensington Swan’s Construction and Major Projects Team. Our construction industry has been plagued with issues in recent
The real cost of a workplace injury
One company’s experience of worker injury, enforcement action from a Government regulator and their efforts to improve their own and others’ work in the glass
West Coast challenge – 50,000 cubic metres of spoil
It was a case of all hands to the pump – including the local fire brigades’ – as a massive slip closed SH6 north of