Expressway delays explained
Completion of the Peka Peka to north of Otaki (PP2O) section of the Kapiti Expressway has, like many other large road projects in the country,...
Category : Project
Escalated cost and climate policies compromise NZUP
The Government’s New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) has been in limbo while the NZTA has been doing project baseline cost analysis. The results were released...
Last piece of Auckland’s SCI project finished
The Southern Path connecting communities along the Southern Motorway and built by CPB Contractors opened May 24, 2021. This specific project was designed to provide...
As normal Transmission resumes, problems will be forgotten
Above: One of the asphalt paving machines working along a section of the motorway. Photo by Mark Coote Photography. When the first sod was turned...
Paving the way for new aircraft
In a contract with the Ministry of Defence, Fulton Hogan and two other contractors are involved in ripping up an old taxiway, recycling the concrete...
World first for Westport water woes
In 2018 Westport had a problem. A collapsed supply tunnel meant the northern West Coast town of about 4600 people was having to constantly pump...
Kaikoura rebuild reaches finish line
Work to restore and improve Kaikoura’s roads and rail after the 2016 earthquake reached an end before Christmas. At a ceremony to mark the departure...
To build a windfarm – first prepare the site
Of two windfarms being constructed in the North Island, one will be the largest while the other will have the tallest turbines in the country....
Transmission Gully- back up and running with more funding
Construction of the 27-kilometre Transmission Gully Motorway has suffered a number of setbacks and delays even before the pandemic and has required additional funding to...
Designing a safer highway
State Highway 58 is undergoing an extensive safety upgrade in preparation for it becoming a link to the Transmission Gully Motorway. Richard Silcock updates the...