Michigan’s Open Bowl Scrapers
While Michigan scrapers had been around for quite a while, as a scraper brand it didn’t really make an impression in New Zealand until it...
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Scania joins first cross-border convoy
On 29 March, three extra-long trucks will embark from Scania in Södertälje, Sweden, to drive in a close convoy to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The initiative...
2016 NEOC: Awards Dinner and Results
The 2016 NEOC was held in Palmerston North over weekend of March 18th and 19th. 2016’s NEOC winners were as follows: NEOC: Two Day Event...
2016 NEOC: Day Two
2016 NEOC was held in Palmerston North over weekend of March 18th and 19th. Day Two of NEOC Competition...
2016 NEOC – Day One
The first day at the 2016 NEOC competition....
Farewelling Geoff Dangerfield
NZ Transport Agency CEO Geoff Dangerfield recently stepped down from his role as leader of the agency, after taking the organisation through a complex merger...
2016 RIMS Forum – new ideas, new connections
The Road Infrastructure Management Forum has become a must-attend event for the broad roading infrastructure management industry. Contractor magazine was a guest at the 2016...
Upgraded road management solution in New Zealand
Soil stabilising has received a much needed upgrade, with some local New Zealand councils embracing a smarter, more efficient approach to road maintenance and construction....
A model approach to roading design – Ara Tuhono Puhoi to Warkworth
Auckland’s first state highway public private partnership, the Ara Tuhono Puhoi to Warkworth PPP project procurement is underway with contracts expected to be awarded in...
Iconic viaduct’s $13m revamp
CHRIS WEBB reviews a sizeable restoration project that has given an old classic and important viaduct a new lease of life. LOCATED 12 KILOMETRES south...