Lyttelton Port expansion
Earthquake-battered Lyttelton Port, our third largest and the South Island’s biggest container terminal, is a step closer to major expansion after Environment Canterbury commissioners approved...
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Devonport’s Calliope Drydock – favored by fate
When it opened 130 years ago Devonport’s Calliope drydock was the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Dug by hand in a little over three years,...
Innovative infrastructure
DR BRYAN PIDWERBESKY and CHLOE SMITH of Fulton Hogan explore innovation, sharing insights on how it is viewed within the infrastructure industry and providing examples of how it...
Catching up with Joe Edwards
After many years on the Contractor’s Federation national executive, Joe Edwards made a graceful exit at this year’s CCNZ AGM. He talks to Alan Titchall...
Linking communities: The Waitaki Bridges Replacement project
The Waitaki Bridges Replacement project is an example of both construction excellence, innovation, and outstanding community engagement. BY MARY SEARLE BELL. THE WAITAKI RIVER runs...
A day at Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary
Repairing and widening the roads around Christchurch’s iconic Avon-Heathcote Estuary posed many interesting challenges, not all of them anticipated, as CHRIS MACANN explains. FOR MANY,...
Kapiti’s Expressway forges ahead
Construction of the $630 million, four-lane Kapiti Expressway is forging ahead and despite technical challenges and a very wet winter contractors are rejoicing over progress....
Intelligent Transport Systems: changing the way we move
With Google, Tesla and other major vehicle manufacturers racing to develop driverless robot cars, trains and trucks, the future of transport has exciting times ahead...
3 Waters infrastructure planning
THE LATEST ITERATION of the New Zealand 30 Year Infrastructure Plan was launched late August to much acclaim in Christchurch. Most of the credit must...
Upskilling ourselves – Tommy Parker
ROAD MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS has been under the spotlight in recent years. The sector as a whole has recognised there were opportunities to review delivery...