Champion infrastructure projects celebrated
Image: Former Contractor magazine editor Alan Titchall, who received a Service Award from CCNZ, says civil contracting is an essential, hardworking industry that’s not appreciated...
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Fixing the system
Image: Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan Pollard interviewing Transport, Infrastructure and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Chris Bishop says we need to move...
Crane safety top of mind
Image: Crane Association Chief Executive Sarah Toase. A new code of practice for the crane industry is being developed to prevent accidents like overloads, tip-overs...
Right machine wrong timing
Image: From a Caterpillar promotional spec sheet dated 1979, the businesslike lines of the 639D elevating scraper are very apparent. To the best of my...
Reform must not put water infrastructure on pause
Water reform and local government reform matter, but they mustn’t become another reason to pause physical work, writes Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan...
Young leaders and training excellence celebrated
Image: Razia Mirzayi from Ghella won the Z Energy Personal Improvement Award. L-R: Fiona Morton (Connexis), award recipient Razia Mirzayi (Ghella) and David Howard (CCNZ)....
Civil contractors demand certainty
David Howard has used his last conference speech as Civil Contractors New Zealand President to highlight the importance of certainty in infrastructure planning, no matter...
Celebrations all round
It was great to attend the Civil Contractors Conference in Wellington in August, along with around 550 other people from the industry. I enjoyed catching...
Helping set the agenda
Politicians are shifting from governance to campaign mode ahead of the general election in November, writes Holly Bennett, the Managing Director of Awhi Group. Every...
Navigating the new RMA rules
Doing the right thing under the new RMA settings means asking the right questions before work starts, keeping controls in place while work is underway,...