Committed to working with contractors
BRETT GLIDDON, GENERAL MANAGER, SYSTEM DESIGN AND DELIVERY, NZTA THIS IS MY FIRST COLUMN as the NZ Transport Agency’s new general manager, System Design and...
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Are wire rope barriers – barriers to oversize?
By JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CEO, NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION Wire rope median barriers have an excellent record for reducing head-on accidents in black-spot areas, however the requirements...
Harnessing the Construction Contracts Act 2002
BRETT MARTELLI, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, HEANEY & PARTNERS CONTRACTORS ARE WELL aware that under the CCA, if a payment claim is not paid or disputed by...
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...
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...