Category : Contractor

ContractorCrane Association of New ZealandFeature

Our $? billion industry celebrates 50 years

Contractor Mag
In this world of Trumponomics, fake news and artificial intelligence it’s getting hard to work out what to believe any more, but the headline above...
CommentContractorHealth & Safety

Meth spike a real worksite risk

Contractor Mag
Glenn Dobson, CEO of The Drug Detection Agency, writes that something has changed in our workplaces, and it’s not good. TDDA’s drug and alcohol screening...
FeatureProfile

Learning on the golf course

Contractor Mag
From building prestige golf courses to futureproofing the Capital’s water and sewer mains, and being crowned Wellington Wairarapa’s best excavator operator, Corey Olson’s career has...
ContractorFeatureProfile

Putting in the hard yards

Contractor Mag
Image: L to R: Garth Taylor, MIMICO’s Material Processing Business Manager; Nathan Gibbons, Stevenson Quarry Manager; and Rex Davies, MIMICO’s Managing Director, at the IOQ...
CommentContractorPolitics

The case for a smaller government executive

Contractor Mag
Based on a speech David Seymour gave to the Tauranga Business Chamber last month where he floated an idea about how we could transform government...
CommentLegalLegal Comment

Issuing incorrect producer statements

Contractor Mag
Yet another consequence of wrongful producer statements is liability under section 40, which is explained by Brendan Cash (Partner) and Matt Murray (Law Graduate) in...
CommentContractorLegalLegal Comment

Improving the approvals/consents process

Contractor Mag
Christine Gordon, Senior Associate and Briana Lyons, Solicitor at Simpson Grierson look at legislative reforms aimed at streamlining the approvals/consents process, increasing competition in the...
CCNZ updateContractor

Stop shuffling the deck chairs and get on with the work 

Contractor Mag
Alan Pollard, CEO, CCNZ As I write this column for the June issue of Contractor magazine, we are yet again engaged in dialogue with the...
Classic MachinesContractor

Clark-Michigan wheel dozers

Contractor Mag
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...
CCNZ updateContractor

Supporting clients to understand the industry

Contractor Mag
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,...