Under Auckland City
This article first appeared in Contractor February 2017. Aucklanders knew the disruption was coming and now it is upon them as Albert Street becomes a...
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Under Auckland city : Building City Rail Link(CRL)
Aucklanders knew the disruption was coming and now it is upon them as Albert Street becomes a temporary construction site. But after the pain will...
Highway rebuilding in war-torn Liberia
This article first appeared in Contractor‘s December 2016 issue. A 180-kilometre road reconstruction project in the Republic of Liberia on Africa’s west coast has presented...
Preparing for Waterview’s opening
Contractor magazine was invited into the new Waterview tunnels in Auckland to witness a safety feature test, which was one of many to be carried...
Get your skates on!
A multimillion-dollar overhaul of Napier’s iconic waterfront will revive the city’s coastal amenities and create a public skate park space for both locals and visitors...
Downtown disappears on Ward Demolition watch
It’s all go at the site of Auckland’s old Downtown Shopping Centre as Peter Ward and his Ward Demolition team prepare the site for the...
Stopping a slip
slip-sliding away
This massive slip took ingenuity, logistics and careful planning to clear and stabilise.
RICHARD SILCOCK reports on how working safely was paramount on the highly...
Foxbox cage for sewer project
Even the most straightforward of projects will have its challenges, as Higgins discovered when building the Havelock North Relief Sewer.
By MARY SEARLE BELL. HAVELOCK...
High tech monitoring in CRL construction
The construction of the City Rail Link (CRL) tunnels underneath Auckland’s city centre is a major challenge requiring a robust and innovative approach to construction...
New era from Lafarge and Holcim merger
The merger of the world’s biggest cement makers, Lafarge and Holcim, has had a significant impact on the way this country sources its cement. CHRIS...