My top 10
Image: One of Dryden Construction’s two Euclid 16TDTs photographed at the building of Wellington Airport in the mid-1950s. These austere-looking beasts are the reason that...
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Reform, road cones and the road ahead
Image: Mack trucks on display at the NZ Heavy Haulage Conference, courtesy of the Gerard Dauldry Collection. Associate Minister of Transport James Meager told delegates...
The Ambitious Years
Image: The former editor of Contractor Alan Titchall, seen here after receiving a Service Award from Civil Contractors New Zealand in August. Alan Titchall was...
Titan buys NZ Cranes
Image: The Titan leadership team is excited to see the company grow. From left: General Manager Vaughan Clark, Chief Financial Officer Mark Ngan Kee, Business...
Champion infrastructure projects celebrated
Image: Former Contractor magazine editor Alan Titchall, who received a Service Award from CCNZ, says civil contracting is an essential, hardworking industry that’s not appreciated...
Keeping busy and helping people: Tribute to Morris McFall
Civil Contractors New Zealand members have lost one of their most energetic and high-achieving life members with the death of Morris McFall, writes former Contractor...
Made for the US military
Image: A 1962 factory photo of an M.R.S. model I-90 tractor unit with normal factory accessories (including the dozer blade). This is a Cummins C-160 CI-powered...
A short history of our cement industry
Image: Wilson Portland Cement Works, Warkworth, Rodney County [ca 1910]. Concrete has been a cornerstone of our construction industry for more than 150 years. Its...
Beyond the pour with low-carbon concrete
Image: Collaborative Mix Design. Suppliers like Holcim offer high-performance concrete engineered for a wide range of conditions. Early collaboration between suppliers, contractors, and placers is...
Pipes – a good time to open the discussion
Image: Pipeline & Civil Project Engineer Darsh Shah inspecting a concrete-lined steel pipe. The current fuel crisis, however long it lasts, should force a rethink...