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Contracting and camaraderie

An industry association man from the outset, Harrie Harris attributes the success of his company, and many of the friends he has made over the years, to his membership of the Taranaki branch of CCNZ. BY MARY SEARLE BELL. By rights, Graham ‘Harrie’ Harris should have been a dairy farmer. He was born in Stratford in 1942 to dairy...
Wayne Scott: Bringing together ‘us’ and ‘them’ Profile

Wayne Scott: Bringing together ‘us’ and ‘them’

The Mining Extractives Health and Safety Council’s (MinEx) new chief executive Wayne Scott says he’s a realist when it comes to industry safety compliance. Richard Silcock talks to him about current safety issues, the outlook for the future and what he will bring to the job. Wayne Scott was appointed to the position at the beginning...
Working the dream Profile

Working the dream

When your childhood passion is making things, the choice between following your father into a career in accountancy, or opting for an engineering degree is an easy one. By Mary Searle Bell. AFTER COMPLETING HIGH school, Paul Herbison left his hometown of Whakatane and headed north to begin a Bachelor of Engineering degree at the...
Roger McRae: The ConstructSafe Champion Profile

Roger McRae: The ConstructSafe Champion

The Construction Safety Council is ramping up its activities, especially the ConstructSafe programme, under its new chairman Roger McRae. Hugh de Lacy catches up with him on the eve of his departure from McConnell Dowell after three decades. AS THE KEY LINK in the tightening chain around construction site health and safety,...
Samantha Gain: The new face of public works engineering Profile

Samantha Gain: The new face of public works engineering

Samantha Gain, the newly elected president of IPWEA, is also the manager, legal and procurement at the Greater Wellington Regional Council. She talks with Ruth Le Pla about her priorities for her new role, how IPWEA NZ is evolving, and the significance of being the first female president in the group’s 108-year history. What’s IPWEA...
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Business on a handshake

Over four decades ago two industry veterans, one in extraction, the other in civil contracting, crossed paths and sealed a huge deal on a handshake and trust. By Alan Titchall. GEORGE CUNNINGHAM started work in the quarry industry at Horokiwi Quarry in Wellington in 1952 and has recently retired after over six decades in...
Arnold Bayliss: The king of airports Profile

Arnold Bayliss: The king of airports

How many runways do you need to build to be crowned ‘the king of airports’? MARY SEARLE BELL talks to Arnold Bayliss about his career with Downer, and all those airports. ARNOLD BAYLISS first joined Downer & Co back in 1950 as a 19-year-old. His job had him driving motor scrapers and bulldozers, stripping overburden at Black...
Tim Dodge: Filling the cracks Profile

Tim Dodge: Filling the cracks

When Kaikoura was severely shaken in the massive earthquake last November, Hawkes Bay contractor Tim Dodge was moved in a completely different way. He was compelled to get down there and help. 
BY MARY SEARLE BELL. WHEN CANTERBURY WAS hit with several big earthquakes, Tim had wanted to go down to Christchurch and help with the...
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heavy mover Profile

Sandy Southcombe: Taranaki’s 
heavy mover

At last year’s Heavy Haulage Conference, industry veteran Sandy Southcombe sat with MARY SEARLE BELL to reflect on his long career as a house mover. SANDY SOUTHCOMBE HAS been moving buildings in Taranaki for very nearly 50 years. His first move, in late 1967, was an office building, which he hauled on a Thames Trader truck and a...
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