Poor procurement holding us back
By Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand. ONE OF THE CENTREPIECES of Finance Minister Steven Joyce’s Budget was the $11 billion per year...
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Prequalification – Malcolm’s last word
By Malcolm Abernethy, ex-CCNZ Executive Director. PREQUALIFICATION HAS REMAINED a relatively hot topic over the many years I have worked with contractors. I can recall...
Pressures on infrastructure – time to innovate
By Alan Peacock, Fulton Hogan’s executive general manager, Engineering and Technical Services and Chloe Smith, national innovation manager. WITH ALL THE CURRENT scrutiny on the...
Stuffed up? How to win your next contract
By Caroline Boot, Plan A and Clever Buying THE ROAD FROM purgatory to redemption is tough. Let’s face it, we’ve all made mistakes on contracts....
Not just a job, but a career in civil construction
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, CCNZ LAST WEEK CCNZ convened a meeting of branch chairs and the Executive Council. The clear message was that getting...
Conexpo 2017 : A massive occasion
A report on Conexpo 2017 As soon as you arrive at Las Vegas’s airport you’re greeted by a crane in the arrivals foyer. And as...
Update from the NZ Transport Agency
Tommy Parker, Group Manager, Highways, NZ Transport Agency I’VE JUST RETURNED from a period of time over in the UK – this time away was part...
Concerns over pavement quality
During the latter half of last year the Transport Agency commissioned a report on pavement quality in capital projects. This was carried out by Chris...
Next year’s highway programme and beyond – where to from here?
By Tommy Parker After robust discussions in recent weeks, we now have a pretty clear view of what our programme of works is going to...
3 Waters infrastructure planning
THE LATEST ITERATION of the New Zealand 30 Year Infrastructure Plan was launched late August to much acclaim in Christchurch. Most of the credit must...