Beyond the pour with low-carbon concrete
Image: Collaborative Mix Design. Suppliers like Holcim offer high-performance concrete engineered for a wide range of conditions. Early collaboration between suppliers, contractors, and placers is...
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Pipes – a good time to open the discussion
Image: Pipeline & Civil Project Engineer Darsh Shah inspecting a concrete-lined steel pipe. The current fuel crisis, however long it lasts, should force a rethink...
Bishop reveals actions to strengthen corridor management
Transport Minister Chris Bishop spoke at the Apopo Congress 2026 (May 21 2026), for infrastructure asset management professionals, on the subject of improved corridor management...
Keeping our heads under pressure
By Alan Pollard, CEO, CCNZ. How the world has changed since the US and Israel attacked Iran. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to understand...
Bitumen – the move to emulsion
Bitumen is predominantly used for our road surfacing, featuring a mix of chipseal on lower-volume roads and asphalt on high-traffic roads; used as hot mix,...
O2NL on a fast track
Image: A Goodman’s CAT 374F excavator shifting tonnes of soil at a time near a residential area – near the alignment. After 12 years of...
A very large motor scraper
Image: Following their removal from production for engine and structural upgrades, a model 562B series was introduced and this is one of them. Even fewer...
Learn and wash responsibly
Image: At the TopCon Positioning booth (Left to right): Charles Fairbairn, Contractor magazine; Corey Prutton, Aptella; and Chris Groll from TopCon. Charles Fairbairn from Contractor...
Welcoming the EIISB
Vocational training has been reformed again, with the replacement of Te Pukenga by 10 new polytechs and eight Industry Skills Boards, including our own Energy...
The very British self-propelled motor grader
Image: An Austin-Western Pacer 300, the motor grader on which Aveling-Barford’s highly successful model 99-H was based. Over 60 years old, this example is having...