My top 10
Image: One of Dryden Construction’s two Euclid 16TDTs photographed at the building of Wellington Airport in the mid-1950s. These austere-looking beasts are the reason that...
Category : Contractor
Reform, road cones and the road ahead
Image: Mack trucks on display at the NZ Heavy Haulage Conference, courtesy of the Gerard Dauldry Collection. Associate Minister of Transport James Meager told delegates...
Introducing CCNZ’s new President…
The new President of Civil Contractors New Zealand, who’s been in civil construction since he was 18, wants everyone to know just how good the...
The Ambitious Years
Image: The former editor of Contractor Alan Titchall, seen here after receiving a Service Award from Civil Contractors New Zealand in August. Alan Titchall was...
Happy birthday Contractor magazine
This year, Contractor magazine celebrates 50 years of being a voice for the civil construction sector. During this time, many magazine labels have come and...
The Golden Years
It is a great honour to present this issue to mark Contractor magazine’s golden anniversary. I wonder if the founders imagined this magazine would endure...
Third generation CCNZ member honoured
Image: CCNZ Wellington Wairarapa Branch Chair David Philipson congratulating Vic Draper. The Wellington Wairarapa Branch of Civil Contractors New Zealand has recognised the outstanding career...
Titan buys NZ Cranes
Image: The Titan leadership team is excited to see the company grow. From left: General Manager Vaughan Clark, Chief Financial Officer Mark Ngan Kee, Business...
Beneath the BLACK ART
Proving aggregate quality properly, before the surfacing goes on, protects the whole pavement and everyone’s margin in it, writes Arne Corrie-Johnston, Civil Contractors New Zealand...
Dam culvert rehab project a winner
Image: The works included internal welding, jointing, seepage pipe connections, annulus grouting, flange construction and reinstatement, all completed while managing live water conditions and restricted...