Infrastructure investment may exceed expectations
Alan Pollard, Chief Executive, CCNZ. You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again – the most critical issue facing contractors remains the need for...
Category : CCNZ update
Resolving years of change in vocational education
The vocational education system has been the subject of substantial change and uncertainty over the past few years, as successive governments impose their own philosophical...
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...
Reflecting on 80 years of industry service
Image: Sir William (Alf) Stevenson (left) and Arnold Downer, 1967. Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan Pollard Last month (November), Civil Contractors NZ celebrated...
It’s all about the people
Whenever we talk about constructing and maintaining infrastructure, we must remember the people who carry out this important work. Alan Pollard, CEO, CCNZ. The association...
Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel
Alan Pollard, CEO, Civil Contractors NZ I want to start by acknowledging how tough it is for business right now. Many of our members are...
Unblocking the infrastructure pipeline
Alan Pollard, CEO, Civil Contractors NZ Wherever I travel across our branch network, the overwhelming issue that is at the top of members’ minds is...
A history of the CCNZ: Part One
Caption: From the archives: On his retirement Ron Tarr and his wife are presented with a silver tea set in 1972 (from the Auckland Branch)...
Stronger together – the value of membership
Alan Pollard, Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive. I have frequently written of late of the major challenges that the civil sector is facing, primarily...
Time to THINK BIG again
By Peter Tritt, an experienced manager, lawyer, writer and former CEO of the CCNZ (Contractors’ Federation), and director in the postgraduate legal education and training...