Civil construction’s big challenge for 2021
Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. For many months now, the CCNZ has been asking central and local government to get on with things...
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A winning professional attitude
King House Removals has a mantra for running a successful business and it’s called ‘Professionalism’ with a capital P. Richard Silcock caught up with one...
Knowing what is under your feet
By Goldie Walker, the geophysics team leader at Geotechnics who has been involved in the inception of the National Utility Locating Contractors Association of New...
Roading sites and oversize loads
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, Heavy haulage association. The increasing amount of new road construction and maintenance activities on the nation’s roading network this time...
Getting on with it
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors NZ. The scale of Labour’s victory in last month’s election will have lasting impacts on us all. Labour...
Runway makeover
The main runway at Wellington Airport is being resurfaced – a project that will take four months as it can only be done at night....
EPIC round three photo competition – technology
Winner: Max Goodman, Goodman Contractors Max Goodman of Waikanae-based Goodman Contractors won the latest round of the EPIC Photo Competition (themes ‘technology’), after sending...
The challenge with more compliance requirements
The challenge with more compliance requirements By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, Heavy Haulage association. The Oversize transport sector already has a significant number of extra...
Election reflections under Covid-19
A month is a long time in politics and with the general election moved from 19 September to 17 October, we are seeing more of...
Construction machinery is in his blood
There will be few in CCNZ who don’t know Ewen Major. For the past 15 years he’s been Auckland territory manager for the Cat rental...