Recent trials test road markings
After a lot of research, newly developed road marker products are lasting longer on road pavement surfaces laid by roading contractors in this country. Richard...
Category : Roading
NZTA & NZIHT conference: The view of a major road user
These are highlights from a presentation by Ken Shirley from the Road Transport Forum, made to delegates at the NZTA & NZIHT conference last month,...
A long time in planning
The big Waioeka Gorge landslip of 2012 highlighted State Highway 2’s vulnerability and finally led to the replacement of its last one-lane bridge. HUGH DE...
The day the trains started running
The massive Kaikoura earthquake largely spared population centres, but destroyed road and rail services. HUGH DE LACY tells how they got the trains running again...
Connectus JV keeps city moving
The Connectus JV is constructing a bridge to maintain traffic and people flows while protecting Auckland’s utility services. Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) is the...
Transmission Gully Motorway progressing well
There’s been some significant progress made constructing the $850 million Transmission Gully motorway that is beyond the public gaze. RICHARD SILCOCK checks out progress. SCHEDULED...
Kaikoura slips – the work so far
The eventual clearance of $2 billion worth of slips blocking SH1 north of Blenheim could take until Christmas. By HUGH DE LACY. LIKE SH1, KIWIRAIL’S...
Slip lesson in Northland
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. Though not quite of South Island earthquake scale, the Hautapu slip in Northland was nevertheless a tricky...
Highway rebuilding in war-torn Liberia
This article first appeared in Contractor‘s December 2016 issue. A 180-kilometre road reconstruction project in the Republic of Liberia on Africa’s west coast has presented...
Welcome to the gateway to Christchurch
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. The Memorial Avenue flyover is the gateway to Christchurch from the international airport, so it has...