Dealing with tight tolerances
A family run contractor employs the latest surveying technology to build a council roading project with challengingly tight tolerances. IN OCTOBER LAST year Jilesen Contractors...
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Government procurement rules
CAROLINE BOOT, PLAN A TENDER SPECIALISTS SINCE FEBRUARY THE Government’s Rules of Sourcing have been mandatory for a whole bunch more organisations than...
Lest we forget
The land wars in New Zealand were preparation for the terrain-tortured European battlefields of WW1 in that Maori defences featured ramparts, bunkers and trenches...
Consideration of oversize load movers
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION season is well underway and this time of the year this Association receives...
A case for concrete pavement intersections
ROB GAIMSTER, CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION AND NZ READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSOCIATION EVER PULLED INTO the car park of your local shopping precinct, come to...
Why Government needs to take water funding seriously
JOHN PFAHLERT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WATER NZ IT TOOK OUR Prime Minister less than 12 hours to dismiss the latest request by Local Government New...
Contract retention provisions
MALCOLM ABERNETHY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CIVIL CONTRACTORS NZ. RETENTIONS ARE A HOT TOPIC at the present time with the Minister for Building and Housing, Dr...
Runway Innovations
Lawrence Schäffler looks back on how the looming threat of WWII kick-started the development of the NZ Air Force’s infrastructure and how a shortage of...
National Excavator Operator Competition 2015
“This year’s event was a great success..” Each year CCNZ provides the opportunity for excavator operators to compete for the national title of ‘best...
Ramping up Auckland’s housing supply
Ross Reid Contractors provides the motorway connection for residential and business developments vital to Auckland’s growth in what has turned out to be a privately...