Creating world records
Built by McConnell Dowell, award-winning Army Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Replacement at Shakespear Regional Park north of Auckland city makes a big improvement in...
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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...
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...