Clark-Michigan wheel dozers
Image: An earlier model Clark-Michigan 280-II sits in a field awaiting its next call to duty. It is fitted with the standard S-blade, a factory...
Category : Contractor
Supporting clients to understand the industry
The CCNZ team, supported by our Executive Council, continues to monitor civil construction work, or lack of it, across the country. By Alan Pollard, CEO,...
Cartel conduct in construction a lesson for contractors
In late 2024, we saw the first criminal prosecution for a cartel following the 2021 shift from civil liability to criminal liability for this conduct....
Potholes – a proactive approach
Simon Everett, the director of Solution-SE, has 40 years’ experience with technical and management roles associated with pavement maintenance, bitumen and asphalt. Potholes are the...
A tight squeeze
Image: The team entering a bridge beam. The height here is only 600mm. Working in tight spaces can provide a whole array of challenges for...
Talking hauling with Fulton Hogan
Fulton Hogan is one of this country’s most well-known and largest road and infrastructure contractors, with a history that goes back some 90-plus years. Richard...
Compliance for everyday oversize loads
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, CEO, Heavy Haulage Association The Association has always been seen as providing advocacy for the large, oversize end of the freight sector...
WSP adds to triaxial testing fleet
WSP has expanded its national fleet of soil testing technology with the addition of a new automatic static triaxial testing machine in its Petone research...
New WSP testing trailer hits the highway
Drivers in the central North Island may recently have noticed a large, WSP-branded trailer parked up near road crews and wondered what it contains. While...
Reviewing the new standards
In their review of NZS 3917:2013, Brendan Cash (Partner) and Miles Rout (Solicitor) in Dentons’ Major Projects and Construction team, review the key proposed changes...