Give us all the courage
By Andrew Olsen, CEO, Rural Contractors New Zealand. When he was Prime Minister in the 1990s Jim Bolger had a plaque in his Beehive office...
Category : Technology
Graphene proving itself in kiwi concrete
It’s been said that graphene is currently the world’s most promising material with a huge impact on strengthening construction materials. GtM Action is the Kiwi...
EPIC round three photo competition – technology
Winner: Max Goodman, Goodman Contractors Max Goodman of Waikanae-based Goodman Contractors won the latest round of the EPIC Photo Competition (themes ‘technology’), after sending...
Steep hillside hauling with two TA300s
Deep in the Omaio Forest, Gaddum Construction is using two TA300 Terex Trucks articulated haulers to move end material and metal for road-building as well...
Top place for Levi in Singapore
Hitachi construction machinery technician Levi Webster flew to Singapore last month to represent CablePrice at the 2018 Hitachi Top Technician Asia Pacific regional final. There,...
An Irish encounter
The official opening of Combilift’s new global headquarters and manufacturing facility in Monaghan, Ireland, was on an epic scale by our country’s standards. Ruth Le...
Thinking outside the box
Since 1971 Auckland-based Spiral Drillers Civil has earned a reputation for tackling some difficult piling work. Richard Silcock profiles the company and finds out why...
UAS case study
At the CCNZ conference last year, Edward Kelly from Fulton Hogan presented a case study on using an unmanned aerial system (UAS) for project work...
What full automation can do for asphalt plants
Imagine a future where asphalt pavement production is entirely automated. By James Careless. CONJURE UP self-driving trucks hauling raw materials to a fully-automated asphalt plant;...
Constraining factors in construction
By ROB STUMMER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, IFS NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA IN OUR EXPERIENCE – reinforced by a recent construction industry roundtable discussion – there are...