Contracting and camaraderie
Harrie Harris attributes the success of his company, and many of the friends he has made to his membership of the Taranaki branch of CCNZ....
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Keeping it local
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. A wife’s charitable nature sees an Ashburton contractor donating his time, money and equipment to his...