Capital intentions + infrastructure investment
This article first appeared in Contractor Perspectives 2017. Hon Bill English, Prime Minister – written as Minister of Finance. GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE is critical to New...
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The Auckland-to-Waikato Great South Road
This article first appeared in Contractor‘s December 2016 issue. The Auckland-to-Waikato Great South Road is arguably the most important in
New Zealand history. HUGH DE...
Noggin 1000 GPR systems
This article first appeared in Contractor‘s December 2016 issue. What lies beneath …? Noggin 1000 GPR systems are regularly used for
shallow, high resolution imaging on...
Highway rebuilding in war-torn Liberia
This article first appeared in Contractor‘s December 2016 issue. A 180-kilometre road reconstruction project in the Republic of Liberia on Africa’s west coast has presented...
Welcome to the gateway to Christchurch
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. The Memorial Avenue flyover is the gateway to Christchurch from the international airport, so it has...
Built for water fun: Wero Whitewater Park
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. Some large community water infrastructure projects are built just for the recreational fun of it.
Based...
Strong client supplier relationship
A review of the relationship between councils and CCNZ members over the past year and a wish list for 2017, from Malcolm Abernethy, executive officer, Civil...
Raising the road: Causeway Upgrade
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. The $220 million Causeway Upgrade project is vital to the improvement of Auckland’s roading network and...
Downer trainee wins Connexis Trainee of the Year
Electricity Supply Industry trainee Andrew Kennett, who works for Downer NZ in Auckland, not only scooped the top Trainee of the Year, but also the...
Keeping it local
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. A wife’s charitable nature sees an Ashburton contractor donating his time, money and equipment to his...