Catching up with Joe Edwards
After many years on the Contractor’s Federation national executive, Joe Edwards made a graceful exit at this year’s CCNZ AGM. He talks to Alan Titchall...
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Linking communities: The Waitaki Bridges Replacement project
The Waitaki Bridges Replacement project is an example of both construction excellence, innovation, and outstanding community engagement. BY MARY SEARLE BELL. THE WAITAKI RIVER runs...
A day at Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary
Repairing and widening the roads around Christchurch’s iconic Avon-Heathcote Estuary posed many interesting challenges, not all of them anticipated, as CHRIS MACANN explains. FOR MANY,...
Kapiti’s Expressway forges ahead
Construction of the $630 million, four-lane Kapiti Expressway is forging ahead and despite technical challenges and a very wet winter contractors are rejoicing over progress....
Intelligent Transport Systems: changing the way we move
With Google, Tesla and other major vehicle manufacturers racing to develop driverless robot cars, trains and trucks, the future of transport has exciting times ahead...
3 Waters infrastructure planning
THE LATEST ITERATION of the New Zealand 30 Year Infrastructure Plan was launched late August to much acclaim in Christchurch. Most of the credit must...
Upskilling ourselves – Tommy Parker
ROAD MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS has been under the spotlight in recent years. The sector as a whole has recognised there were opportunities to review delivery...
Balancing risk and reward in the tender phase of design-construct contracts: How to have a successful experience with your design consultant
by Stuart Tucker, GM of civil infrastructure at Beca I’ve spent about 20 years working in design-construct contracts of one form or another, mostly in...
Home and Dry – a complex haulage exercise
Careful planning and management were key to a complex project that saw Global Transport bring 5000 cubic metres of drying equipment to New Zealand...
Iconic Motorway Engravings – Wellington Motorway’s new median Barrier
Richard Silcock looks at the arty side of a motorway project as the contractor works on some elaborate median barrier engraving in Wellington. Together with...