Kensington Swan Comment: Changing the perception?
The Infrastructure Transactions Unit looks at issues with the NZS Conditions of Contract. A new report, titled ‘An examination of issues associated with the use...
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All in the family
Three civil engineers in the Browne family from left: Mary (grandmother to Katrina), Allen, Murray, Katrina, Nathan (Katrina’s brother who is in year three Civil)...
Hauling on a handshake
The Waimea Heavy haulage driver team (from left): Andrew Brown; Lee Wiren; Grant Schroder; and Steve Gilmore. Richard Silcock talks with Peter McIntyre, the co-owner...
Preventing Tarmageddon
Preventing Tarmageddon was New Zealand’s first full-day road surfacing and pavement workshop in the five years since the last Auckland Asphalt Forum event. After almost...
All-terrain moving is their forte
Finding a niche market, providing a service at a competitive price and making a profit are the hallmarks of most successful businesses and Rough Terrain...
Heavy hauling 2019
The Heavy Haulage Association conference has always been a very popular and well-organised one, but this year it added peanut butter to its content recipe....
Dramatic 68-hour bridge rebuild
With perhaps the exception of a bailey bridge, it is not often the demolition and re-build of a bridge is completed within three days. Richard...
Enhancing Napier’s sporting status
Above: One of the first rugby games to be played on the new ground gets underway. McLean Park has undergone a significant upgrade with specially...
Employment education and training shakeup
After a brief five months of industry consolidation, the Government is pushing ahead with its big shakeup of work education and training it claims will...
Built tough, built to last
Bill Perry has led a varied and tough life: Pest control, contract fencing, an army service with frontline combat duty, farming, civil contracting – and...