Christchurch soldiers on
Construction activity in Christchurch may well have plateaued, but rumours of the demise of the earthquake-induced construction boom have been greatly exaggerated, says HUGH DE...
Category : Project
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...
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...
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...
Transport Agency projects: Higgins sets roundabout straight
Two and a half years after 31-year-old American tourist Kallan Stithem died at a notorious King Country intersection while on his honeymoon, the New Zealand Transport...
Causeway Upgrade Project
One of the largest roading projects in the country’s history is surging ahead in west Auckland and, although it’s progressing well, there’s still a lot...
D8R bulldozer comes in from the cold
A Caterpillar D8R Series II bulldozer was granted a respite from its decade-long duties clearing snow off the runways in Antarctica to undertake a well-earned...
Opening up a dangerous bottleneck
[pull_quote_right author=””] “The new culvert will be located at the base of an existing steep sided gully, with Stringfellows and subcontractors complying with the strict...
Slippery work in Auckland
CONTRACTOR DEMPSEY WOOD CIVIL is approaching the completion of the $2.3 million contract to create 10,000 lineal metres of uncovered, terraced, embankment seating above existing...