Category : Contractor

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WSP adds to triaxial testing fleet

Contractor Mag
WSP has expanded its national fleet of soil testing technology with the addition of a new automatic static triaxial testing machine in its Petone research...
ContractorRoadingTechnical

New WSP testing trailer hits the highway

Contractor Mag
Drivers in the central North Island may recently have noticed a large, WSP-branded trailer parked up near road crews and wondered what it contains. While...
ContractorHealth & SafetyLegalPolicy

Reviewing the new standards 

Contractor Mag
In their review of NZS 3917:2013, Brendan Cash (Partner) and Miles Rout (Solicitor) in Dentons’ Major Projects and Construction team, review the key proposed changes...
CCNZ updateContractor

Infrastructure investment may exceed expectations

Contractor Mag
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...
CommentHistorical

Lest we forget

Contractor Mag
Image: “Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, May/June 1944. Back on 26 January David Seymour spoke at an event hosted by...
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A message from the new NZTA chief

Contractor Mag
Brett Gliddon, Chief Executive, NZ Transport Agency Last month, I officially started as the new Chief Executive of NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) after...
ContractorFeature

Northland operator claims victory 

Contractor Mag
Image: Winning line-up (from left) Michael Brown (third place); 2025 NEOC champion Steven George; and John Rohloff, runner-up. Steven George, representing Northland, demonstrated his grit...
ContractorLegalLegal Comment

A year of reform 

Contractor Mag
Image: Anchor Testing at Waimakariri Bluff. Taken by Charles from Abseil Access. It has been another difficult year since our last review, write Brendan Cash (Partner),...
CCNZ updateContractor

Resolving years of change in vocational education

Contractor Mag
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...
NZTA project

Integrated Delivery Model

Contractor Mag
Image: Work taking place on a section of State Highway 1 between Tirau and Waiouru, where a risk based traffic management approach has been utilised....