New Opportunities for Equipment Hire Industry
The way construction companies focus on controlling costs and managing capital is creating new opportunities for the equipment hire industry, says Hirepool. HIREPOOL CHIEF EXECUTIVE...
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On Yer Bike Again
The country has gone ape with cycleways being built throughout the country. In Auckland a disused motorway off-ramp is about to get a new lease...
Malcolm McWhannell: Labouring for Others
For many years, after the humblest of starts, Malcolm McWhannell has undertaken a formidable workload for the betterment of the crane industry. By GAVIN RILEY....
The Normanby realignment project: fixing a killer bridge in South Taranaki
by Vijay Naidu
One of the most important NZTA projects in the South Taranaki District for decades is the State Highway 3 Normanby realignment project, which includes the...
Titan Cranes: Back from the brink
Titan’s leaders today … Bruce Whiley, Jan Coton, Owen Whiley and Vaughan Clark. The Titan group suffered a crisis after the death eight years ago...
Ferrymead Bridge: a classic lesson
The piles on Christchurch’s Ferrymead Bridge would never survive a decent earthquake, the experts said – and then one arrived and proved them right. Hugh...
CCNZ member profile: Bev and Erin Bowling
by Vijay Naidu
Sons following fathers into the construction industry is a fairly common practice, so it’s refreshing to see a daughter doing the same. But then again,...
Gordon Stone: An industry Veteran’s long stay with Titan
by Vijay Naidu
Gordon Stone explains exactly why he has spent the past 45 years working for one company. BY GAVIN RILEY. WHEN GORDON STONE travelled from his...
Network Outcomes Contracts: early maintenance and operations model results
by Vijay Naidu
Nearly halfway through the roll-out of the NZ Transport Agency’s network outcomes contracts (NOCs), early indications are that the new maintenance and operations approach is...
Night Moves
To prevent disrupting flights in and out of Gisborne, a specialist team from Downer recently resealed the town’s runway in sections, over 14 nights, while...