From military training into construction
Every year up to 1000 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds graduate from a remarkable military-style programme with a determination to impress future employers. The Limited...
Category : Project
Underground overground and everyway that works
Mary Searle Bell updates the largest civil contract project in the country, Auckland’s City Rail Link. Auckland’s City Rail Link has a current budget of...
End in sight for Kaikoura recovery
The rebuild of the transport networks following the Kaikoura 7.8 magnitude earthquake in November 2016 is nearing an end. The NZTA, KiwiRail and the North...
New bridge connection
Aerial view at sunrise of the completed He Ara Kotahi cycle and walkway bridge over the Manawatu River, looking NE towards Palmerston North CBD and...
Purpose-built for cruise ships
Above: Reclamation and early construction work for the new cruise ship wharf, looking east towards the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour. Construction of this country’s only...
Dealing with waste on the City Rail Link project
A project the size of Auckland’s City Rail Link generates a huge amount of material waste in the centre of the country’s largest CBD. Getting...
Huge infrastructure project gears up
Construction of Watercare’s Central Interceptor will start with site works in August and the project is expected to be completed by 2025. On March 14,...
Widening the Waimakariri bridges
Capacity for extra lanes on a pair of Christchurch motorway bridges was built into the original structures, but the passage of time has complicated the...
Expressway build milestones
Construction of the Peka Peka to Otaki Expressway has reached a number of significant milestones over the past six months. Richard Silcock checks them out....