Who’s heard of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979?
This article was written by Stuart Robertson and Sam McCutcheon. Stuart is a partner and Sam is a solicitor in Kensington Swan’s construction team. The...
Category : Contractor
GEM Awards 2016
The NZTA’s GEM Awards are a way for the agency to celebrate its contractors’ and consultants’ successes. They also exhibit outstanding examples of the agency’s...
Infrastructure contracts – the debate continues
A recent workshop for NEC3 contracts project managers in Christchurch, and organised by NEC in the UK, rekindled an old industry debate and dilemma over...
The dissolution of SCIRT
Just as the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority was disbanded after five years of painstaking reconstruction, so too will SCIRT be dismantled and ‘normality’, of a...
Robert Jones: Leading from the front
RICHARD SILCOCK profiles Fulton Hogan’s New Zealand chief executive Robert Jones, a Yorkshireman and natural leader who doesn’t hesitate to roll up his sleeves and...
Best road maintenance contract model
This article is based on a presentation at the 2016 IPWEA conference by Jamie McPherson, chair of the REG Procurement SubGroup, and Chris Olsen, director,...
Heavy Haulage Conference 2016
Heavy hauliers gathered in Christchurch last month for their annual Heavy Haulage Conference. MARY SEARLE BELL was there. THE HOT TOPIC THIS year was the proposed...
Greg Sheehan
Top flight pilot
Greg Sheehan has been a stalwart of the heavy haulage industry for years. At this year’s HHA conference he received the Gus Breen Memorial Award,...
Get your skates on!
A multimillion-dollar overhaul of Napier’s iconic waterfront will revive the city’s coastal amenities and create a public skate park space for both locals and visitors...
Downtown disappears on Ward Demolition watch
It’s all go at the site of Auckland’s old Downtown Shopping Centre as Peter Ward and his Ward Demolition team prepare the site for the...