Smart trench protection
Wellington-based Real Steel, supplier of advanced high strength Swedish Steel, has launched an innovative new line of trench shields under a new brand ‘Foxbox –...
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RoNS – a lesson in remedial work
Our second feature on the Roads of National Significance looks at the completed Tauranga Eastern Link and the protracted settlement over local network rehabilitation, which...
A Virtual Tour: MIMICO’s Matamata Factory
MIMICO has created a video clip that takes you on a virtual guided tour of the company’s Matamata site. The site includes a modern 1100...
The original seven RoNS for dummies
ALAN TITCHALL looks at the origins of the ‘Roads of National Significance’ (RoNS) in part one of a three-part article series that will also cover...
Realigning the Manawatu River
Diverting the flow of a major river to stop erosion is no easy task. RICHARD SILCOCK takes a look at an ambitious project that is...
Scrapers reign supreme
Motorised scrapers are enjoying a huge resurgence, and the smartest earthmovers are cashing in on the productivity, and profitability, they offer. For some, such as...
Good Bye Alice TBM
Alice Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), which has built two 2.4km underground tunnels on the Waterview Connection project, is dismantled and delivered to the Ports of...
Erie Steam shovel at Threlkeld Quarry
The Erie steam shovel has been fully repaired to operating status. Here is a clip of it operating at Threlkeld Quarry in 2015....
Steam Digger from the deep
The Eerie Shovel steam digger was submerged in a quarry until the 1970s and has been restored to operational capacity....
The Mississippi Road Supply Company (M.R.S)
Specialising in assembled machines, primarily for the US military, the Mississippi Road Supply Company (MRS) produced a range of motorscrapers including the monstrous Model 250,...