Opening up about suicide
Australian construction-industry statistics are an alarming reminder of our ignorance about mental stresses in our own workplaces and being alert to the signs, writes GAVIN...
Category : Contractor
A woman’s aptitude for altitude
At 21 years of age Johanna Hofmann is thought to be the youngest female portainer crane operator in the world and is one of a...
Nelmac’s water woman
Raewyn Philbey admits to getting the odd strange look from homeowners when she responds to callouts in her role as a Water Service Person with Nelson...
Parting words from Jeremy Sole- a final column
…much of what the organisation does is not obvious to outside observers and you can only get the value and wider knowledge by participating....
Dedicated to Cat
“We are in the small excavator market, and currently have a Cat 308D and a Cat 308E. The new ‘E’ is a nice upgrade on...
Smoko antics
Paul ‘Dizzy Hips’ Blair sets a world record by hula hooping a 45 kilo tractor tyre! ...
When perception influences reality
One of the cleverest pieces of old-fashioned politicking to gain traction in New Zealand still annoys me. And the fact it still does shows...
Towards a drug-free workplace
Dr Wayne Severn of Scenttech drug detector services discusses ways of turning your business into a drug-free workplace. ALL WORKPLACES MUST comply with the Health and...
An electrifying leap of faith
At its completion in 1965, Lake Benmore was immediately hailed as a landmark piece of civil engineering and construction – for its height, capacity and...
Learning the basics at Tai Poutini
ALAN TITCHALL revisits a polytechnic dedicated to training basic skills for those looking for work in the civil construction and surface extraction industries, and explains,...