Is cut price bidding undermining our infrastructure?
PETER SILCOCK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CCNZ CIVIL CONTRACTORS NEW ZEALAND recently worked with Major Associate member Teletrac Navman and Colmar Brunton to complete the 2018 Construction...
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Leaky buildings and bodies corporate
WHEN CONTRACTING with a body corporate to carry out a leaky building remediation, contractors may not be aware of what is going on behind the...
Salary increases thinner on the ground this year
Civil construction skills remain in demand, but tight margins mean salaries fail to reflect this in all bar a few cases. By Jason Walker, managing...
Concrete ideas to get Auckland moving
ROB GAIMSTER, CEO, CONCRETE NEW ZEALAND. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY across New Zealand, and particularly the Auckland region, is running at record levels. This is a welcome...
Ransomware can cripple your business
KEN SHIRLEY, CEO, ROAD TRANSPORT FORUM NEW ZEALAND. ALMOST EVERY 21st century business has become totally reliant on the integrity and functionality of its IT...
NZTA works with industry on transport shift
IT HAS BEEN a busy few weeks for the Transport Agency, says Fergus Gammie, chief executive, NZ Transport Agency, as we have worked with local...
Skill shortage – lessons from the past
By Alan Titchall, managing editor, Contrafed Publishing. In the October 2004 issue of Contractor magazine, the then chief of Roading New Zealand (which later merged...
Sobering light rail lessons from Sydney
If you have been to Sydney over the past year you would have experienced the construction upheaval along Circular Quay and George Street, the city’s...
Impact of the new political environment for road transport
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, NZ Chief executive, Heavy Haulage Association. THE LABOUR-LED coalition has already brought in a number of changes in direction in policy compared to the...
Hard hats vs bump caps
By Rod Auton, CEO, Crane Association of New Zealand. SOMETIMES WE forget the little things when we are trying to turn a business strategy into dollars...