All in the family
Industry consultant JEREMY SOLE reflects on the trials and tribulations of the traditional family business. RUNNING FAMILY BUSINESSES can be smooth and satisfying but, as...
Category : Contractor
Auckland’s missing link
AUCKLAND’S $2.5 BILLION City Rail Link project passed a milestone in April, with the appointment of two construction consortia to commence the first phase of...
Going the distance in the Deep South
by Vijay Naidu
The latter half of last century was a boom era for Southland contractor A G Hoffman, but the long-established company has had to adapt to...
A night shift
Yet another great crane shot, this time a Terex Superlift 3800 crawler crane lifting a bridge over a French highway by a Belgium company called...
McConnell Dowell – a view from the top
by Vijay Naidu
Roger McRae has spent most of his working life with McConnell Dowell. He talked to our sister magazine Local Government recently about the industry from...
Sorting haulage rules: Jonathan Bhana-Thompson comments
by Vijay Naidu
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION THE POSITION OF an industry association can be a difficult one. First and foremost you are representing...
Waterview off-casts make great Memorial
In time for the 2015 ANZAC commemorations, a small rural town has built a monument to its people who fought for this country over...
Profit and health and safety: comment from Malcolm Abernethy
Malcolm Abernethy, Executive officer, Civil Contractors NZ This month (June 2015) I am writing this column in two sections that are loosely linked. It is...
Zero Harm Group: leading the industry through reform
by Vijay Naidu
MALCOLM ABERNETHY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CIVIL CONTRACTORS NZ AS WITH THE PREQUALIFICATION work that I mentioned in this column last month, there is considerable work and...
Transport Agency projects – Fixing SH20A
IN SIMPLE TERMS, the SH20A (Auckland) to Airport upgrade involves turning a current expressway standard intersection into a motorway standard one. A lot of readers...