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...
Category : Feature
The go-between – investing in youth
ALAN TITCHALL talks to ALISTAIR MCINTYRE about his latest industry recruiting programme, Youth Into Industry. IT IS LATE AFTERNOON on New Year’s Eve at Russell...
Roading Lessons from the UK
by Vijay Naidu
After years of neglect, the UK government is spending an unprecedented £15 billion on Britain’s roading infrastructure in improvements, expansions and repairs. ALAN TITCHALL explains....
Road Science triumphs on the highway
by Vijay Naidu
How a Mt Maunganui company’s world-class laboratory expertise won a major award for enabling efficiency gains and cost savings to be made on a long-term...
Heritage Trail to Arthur’s Pass
by Vijay Naidu
Of all the mountain roads in New Zealand, none matches Arthur’s Pass for the complexity of its engineering. HUGH DE LACY finds out why. A...
Women to the rescue
The critical shortage of skilled truck drivers has been well documented in the news media, but not so well known is an equally threatening shortage...
Bauma China – a biennial feast of gear and culture
by Vijay Naidu
A report by ALAN TITCHALL who was a guest of Messe Reps & Travel IT WAS THE BIGGEST international trade fair for construction machinery, equipment...
A contractor’s perspective
Taylors Contracting was involved in the Tekapo Canal Remediation project. Repairing the canal, built in the early 1970s, was time critical. Every time the canal...
Watch it around those new lines
Auckland’s new electric rail infrastructure brings a more efficient service to commuters, but the new 24kV AC overhead power lines are also safety risks to...
On yer bike
A recently opened cycle link in Auckland city is innovative, smart and already a hit with the local biking community. BY MARY BELL. CONTRACTORS DON’T...