Winners of latest EPIC photo competition
Wairarapa contractor Ollie Paterson won the ‘Matariki’ round of the EPIC Photo Competition with a stunning photo of a rainbow over an excavator, taken during...
Category : Contractor
Retention – supporting staff to stay with your business
By Alan Pollard, CCNZ CEO, and Ralph Suckling, RobLawMax. We hear frequent stories of staff poaching, sometimes by non-members, and this is despite the member...
The Allis-Chalmers HD-15
One of the last GM-powered track type tractors offered by Allis-Chalmers, the HD-15 was also a top performer and paved the way for the subsequent...
Liability for issuers of Producer Statements under Section 40 of the Building Act 2004
By Madison Dobie (Associate) and Brendan Cash (Partner) in Dentons Kensington Swan’s Major Projects and Construction team. Producer statements play a critical part in establishing...
Business; A tug between Chaos and Order
By Brett Crombie, Director, Straightedge Accounting As I write, yet another wave of Covid is sweeping through the country and impacting businesses in all the...
A man of many talents
Ollie (right) at the Brian Perry Civil themed dinner (Steampunk masquerade) at the CCNZ conference in Christchurch last month, with Paul Prendergast from Z Energy. ...
Changing of the chair at CCNZ
Following the CCNZ conference in Christchurch this month (August) Napier business consultant and former Gair Contracting managing director Bailey Gair was elected unopposed at the...
Time for bold action to get the skills we need
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...
Changes to independent contractor’s status?
By John Farrow from Anderson Lloyd. (first published October 2021) The Labour-led Government signalled that it would introduce statutory support and legal rights for dependent...
Project completion reporting
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...