2015 Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards: Category 5 & 6 Winners
Category 5: Excellence in the maintenance and management of assets Winner: Infrastructure Alliance for Hamilton City Council – Downer NZ Limited Two years ago Hamilton City...
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2015 Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards: Project Winners
The winners of the six awards categories were announced on August 7th at the black tie gala dinner marking the completion of the annual conference....
2015 Civil Contractors conference- sponsor booth and equipment pictures
Equipment and Sponsor Booth pictures taken at Civil Contractors’ NZ annual conference. To book your sponsor booth for the 2016 Conference contact Cassandra Snow at...
New Opportunities for Equipment Hire Industry
by Vijay Naidu
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...
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,...