By Alan Pollard, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. Having access to a skilled and reliable workforce remains the most critical issue facing the civil construction...
A tool for accountability and learning, or a pain in the ….? Many managers I talk with admit they struggle to get good project completion/close reports...
Indemnities are powerful risk allocation devices. When you indemnify a party for a loss, you hold harmless and absolve that party from any responsibility for...
By Alan Titchall, Editorial Manager The industry welcomed the Infrastructure Commission‘s Infrastructure Strategy 2022-2052 as not only recognising our massive infrastructure deficit, but for calling...
By Alan Pollard, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors NZ The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission released its 30-year infrastructure strategy last month. It is sobering reading. The...
By Peter Dunne. An elaborate but ultimately irrelevant game of ‘pass the parcel’ is being played out at present about who is responsible for inflation...
By Mike Doesburg, partner at Wynn Williams, specialising in resource management and environmental law. The Government’s Essential Freshwater Package had admirable ambitions: halting degradation of...
Paul Buetow (partner) and James France (solicitor) in Dentons Kensington Swan’s Major Projects and Construction team. The NZS 3910:2013 standard is the most widely used...