Road Infrastructure Management Forum
IPWEA and its specialist interest group – RIMS – are holding their annual forum on road management between 28-29 July at the Palmerston North Conference...
Category : Contractor
National politics and ministers of finance
By Peter Dunne. In our system of government, the Prime Minister is often described as “primus inter pares”, the first among equals, or the chair...
Flying the dream
Being dyslexic has not stopped Craig Walker from forming and running one of the most successful building removal companies in the country. Richard Silcock spoke...
Give us all the courage
By Andrew Olsen, CEO, Rural Contractors New Zealand. When he was Prime Minister in the 1990s Jim Bolger had a plaque in his Beehive office...
Regulatory efficiency the way to go
Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, CEO, New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association. The Oversize Freight Sector is one that has many extra layers of regulation on top of the...
Show me the money!
Rob Sellars, managing consultant, Eighty4 Recruitment. One of the main reasons we go to work is for the money. As Abraham Maslow theorised back in...
Comparing apples and contracting
Alan Pollard, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand As I write this column, I have been on the job at Civil Contractors New Zealand for...
Graphene proving itself in kiwi concrete
It’s been said that graphene is currently the world’s most promising material with a huge impact on strengthening construction materials. GtM Action is the Kiwi...
Heavy haulage perspective 2021-22
Oversize sector adaptability and tenacity by Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive officer, Heavy Haulage Association. Adaptability and tenacity are two traits that have come through for...
‘I put my all into it’
CCNZ chief executive, Peter Silcock retired at the end of last year after six-and-a-half years in the job. Richard Silcock (no relation), who interviewed Peter...