Our $? billion industry celebrates 50 years
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...
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Meth spike a real worksite risk
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...
Learning on the golf course
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...
Putting in the hard yards
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...
The case for a smaller government executive
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...
Issuing incorrect producer statements
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...
Improving the approvals/consents process
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...
Stop shuffling the deck chairs and get on with the work
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...
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...
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,...