Welcome to 2025
Alan Pollard, CEO, Civil Contractors Association. By now, most people will have returned to work and will be planning for the year ahead. I hope...
Category : Contractor
NZ contractor in the running for global award
Taylors Contracting is in the running for a global award for its Challies Island Bridge project. The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Award for Innovation...
Producer statements liability
Engineers and builders could face new liability for producer statements, says Kate Cornege, Partner, and Morgan Brady at Tompkin Wake. The recent Court of Appeal...
Vocational education concerns
The Government says it will “reshape vocational education and training to return decision-making to regions and enable greater industry input into work-based learning.” Tertiary Education...
A river and a rainbow
Image: One of the two units used for the house relocation was a Kenworth W924 hauling a three-axle TRT fully hydraulic house moving trailer. The...
Advocating for heavy haulage and oversize
Image: Transporting essential resources to the State Highway 5 repair sites in cyclone-stricken Napier. Photo by Ben from Hick Bros Heavy Haulage. The celebration of...
Challenging but equally inspiring
Vanessa Browne, Interim Group General Manager Transport Services, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, looks back on 2024 and forward to the rest of this year....
Nothing happens without aggregate
Let’s keep the momentum going says Wayne Scott, CEO of the Aggregate and Quarrying Association (AQA). I’ve commented more than once that ministerial policy announcements are...
Here we go again
Image: The Construction Manager leading the way on site. Taken by Shona from Pipeline & Civil. Jeremy Sole, from the Business Performance Team, reviews the...
NZS 3910: 2023 wrap-up
Brendan Cash (Partner) and James Sanderson (Solicitor) in Dentons’ Major Projects and Construction team has covered six core areas of change introduced in the new...