Constraining factors in construction
By ROB STUMMER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, IFS NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA IN OUR EXPERIENCE – reinforced by a recent construction industry roundtable discussion – there are...
Category : Technology
CivilShare: Bringing the market together
By Regan Burke, operations manager, ICB WE WORK IN AN industry that’s under the pump, especially now. Additional infrastructure and housing is urgently needed, there’s...
Buyers’ Guide for on-board scales and weighing systems
Onboard loader scales have long been a cornerstone of measuring equipment for quarry operators and other load-haul operations in construction, mining, waste management/recycling, logging and...
Protecting our infrastructure from corrosion
Asset managers and corrosion experts across the country gathered in Auckland recently to share experiences and the latest information on how corrosion impacts assets. THE...
Excavating without a bucket
Peter Owens talks with Blair Skevington about his success building a large hydro excavator for use in civil contracting. SKEVINGTON CONTRACTING formed in 2004, is...
Lessons in smart fleet management
This article first appeared in Contractor February 2017. Cutting costs was the original reason that Nelson-based Taylors Contracting looked for a GPS fleet management system....
Noggin 1000 GPR systems
This article first appeared in Contractor‘s December 2016 issue. What lies beneath …? Noggin 1000 GPR systems are regularly used for
shallow, high resolution imaging on...
Digging by remote control
The Canterbury earthquakes have generated a major technological breakthrough in digger operations. HUGH DE LACY reports. HE GOT THE HEAVE-HO from Ashburton High School at...