A greater focus on domestic talent
By Rob Sellars, managing consultant, Eighty 4 Recruiting. Usually when I do a review of the previous year it can be challenging to remember the...
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End looms for Kiwi bitumen
Refining NZ says it will stop bitumen production at its Marsden Point refinery from the end of January leaving the industry reliant on imports. The...
Civil construction’s big challenge for 2021
Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. For many months now, the CCNZ has been asking central and local government to get on with things...
A winning professional attitude
King House Removals has a mantra for running a successful business and it’s called ‘Professionalism’ with a capital P. Richard Silcock caught up with one...
Knowing what is under your feet
By Goldie Walker, the geophysics team leader at Geotechnics who has been involved in the inception of the National Utility Locating Contractors Association of New...
Roading sites and oversize loads: never the twain shall mix?
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, Heavy haulage association. The increasing amount of new road construction and maintenance activities on the nation’s roading network this time...
Classic Machines: The Allis-Chalmers 12G loader
Allis-Chalmers, in their heyday, had always been a very innovative company. Be it in engineering or design, they could be counted on to provide the...
Getting on with it
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. The scale of Labour’s victory in last month’s election will have lasting impacts on us all. Labour...
Runway makeover
The main runway at Wellington Airport is being resurfaced – a project that will take four months as it can only be done at night....
EPIC round three photo competition – technology
Winner: Max Goodman, Goodman Contractors Max Goodman of Waikanae-based Goodman Contractors won the latest round of the EPIC Photo Competition (themes ‘technology’), after sending...