A tank called FRED
Watercare’s new $30 million Fred Thomas Drive Storage Tank and Pump Station in Takapuna helps prevent wastewater overflows into Shoal Bay. Around 30 Fulton Hogan...
Category : Project
BLANCHE sets tunnelling record
A new Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) was used at Army Bay, Whangaparaoa to help install a new outfall pipeline, as part of $31 million upgrades...
Russley Road and stressed lobsters
Cathy Forrest and Aidan Brannan were engineers on the McConnell Dowell-Downer Joint Venture that completed the SH1 Russley Road Upgrade in Christchurch. They made a...
More than a highway
Akin to a giant jigsaw, a transport project made up of interlinking and diverse parts is being constructed in Auckland. Richard Silcock reports. Known as...
Award winning water treatment plant
In south Auckland, the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant has recently been upgraded and the project has collected at least two major CCNZ Awards so far....
Tight site and a tight frame
For Fulton Hogan, tasked with constructing a new section of road, installing stormwater pipes and upgrading the sewer on a narrow site near Queenstown Airport,...
Reshaping a city with passion
As one of the country’s largest council-owned maintenance and construction companies, Citycare Group was one of the major contractors to contribute to the Christchurch rebuild....
Kapiti Expressway heads north
The second section of the Kapiti Expressway is advancing northwards with construction well underway. Richard Silcock went to check on progress. PHOTOS: MARK COOTE PHOTOGRAPHY...
End in sight for London’s Crossrail
New images released by London’s new Crossrail underground highlight construction progress across the route to deliver the city’s newest railway, the Elizabeth line. CONSTRUCTION OF...
Building a new city precinct
Mary Searle Bell looks at a redevelopment project of an old area of the Queen city that started in 2011 and won’t be completed until...