Some of our ministries have been thinking
Wellington has solved the country’s 50-year ‘productivity’ puzzle, explains Roger Partridge. Republished from Plain Thinking at Substack.com. According to a new 60-page joint briefing from...
Category : Contractor
A life on the road
Sandy Walker started work at the age of 13, and despite his best efforts to retire, he’s still trucking on, using his experience and expertise...
Custom wheel trailer for heavy loads in action
Moving a turn-of-the-century weatherboard, double-storeyed house weighing 132 tonnes was something King House Removals successfully achieved using its 128-wheel special house-moving trailer explains Richard Silcock....
Keeping the oversize wheels moving
While a series of safety-focused videos on oversize loads was the most visible initiative of the past year, the Heavy Haulage Association has also been...
Insurance – a year of pressure and adjustment
Over the past 12 months, the insurance landscape for civil contractors has shifted more dramatically since the hard-market conditions that emerged after 2020, writes Brenden...
Terex’s medium-sized elevator
The Terex S-23E elevating scraper was a direct development of that company’s TS-18 twin-powered conventional scraper and also used the same 33TOT series tractor unit...
We need a ‘collaborative’ Parliament
It was ironic that the very week (December 2025) former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer lambasted Parliament and recent governments for too much rushed legislation...
Don’t underestimate your knowledge
With the 2025 local body elections out of the way, newly elected councils will get to the business of serving their communities, writes Alan Pollard,...
Caterpillar’s radical tractor scraper
Image: A New Zealand- based Caterpillar 630B s/n 14G468, ex W. Stevenson & Son, fleet no.344. It is equipped with the standard 630B scraper (s/n...
Work on existing structures – are they insured?
Insurance is an often overlooked aspect of construction contracts warns Brendan Cash (Partner) and David Newport (Special Counsel) in the Dentons’ Major Projects and Construction...