Underground tactics: City Rail Link update – Contract 2
The Connectus JV team is delivering Contract 2 for City Rail Link, which represents about 10 percent of the 3.45 kilometre length of the twin-tunnel...
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Cleared for landing
After 13 nights resurfacing Palmerston North Airport’s ageing runway, it was cleared for aircraft landings. RICHARD SILCOCK takes a look at this award-winning project. WHAT...
Engaging with the environment at Taupiri
The Huntly section of the Transport Agency’s Waikato Expressway project had a couple of interesting challenges that have been overcome with great success. Engagement with...
Fijian assignment
Contracting company, Higgins, has been involved in infrastructure projects in Fiji for the past four years. Currently, it is involved in upgrading a section of...
Crowley Excavators: Saving the Maketu Estuary
Alan Titchall catches up with Crowley Excavators to talk about their work on a major BOP wetlands project. I MEET CRAIG and his son Brandon...
Puhoi earthworks start in three months
Despite a wet couple of months there’s been good progress on the Puhoi to Warkworth Project, the first stage of the new Puhoi to Wellsford...
Working against the elements: Mingha Bluff realignment on SH73
Rain, wind and snow have conspired to delay a major realignment on SH73 between Canterbury and the West Coast. Hugh de Lacy gets his wet...
Connectus JV keeps city moving
The Connectus JV is constructing a bridge to maintain traffic and people flows while protecting Auckland’s utility services. Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) is the...
Makatote Viaduct’s massive $13m refurbishment
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. A massive refurbishment of an historic viaduct demands the best technological and safety approach. LOCATED ON THE...
Stretching motorway bottlenecks
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. A $268 million project in Auckland will address severe congestion issues plaguing the Southern Motorway that creates...