Young leaders and training excellence celebrated
Image: Razia Mirzayi from Ghella won the Z Energy Personal Improvement Award. L-R: Fiona Morton (Connexis), award recipient Razia Mirzayi (Ghella) and David Howard (CCNZ)....
Tag : civil construction industry
Civil contractors demand certainty
David Howard has used his last conference speech as Civil Contractors New Zealand President to highlight the importance of certainty in infrastructure planning, no matter...
Celebrations all round
It was great to attend the Civil Contractors Conference in Wellington in August, along with around 550 other people from the industry. I enjoyed catching...
Civil construction front and centre
Image: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on the conference expo floor in 2025. Some key players in New Zealand civil construction will gather in the capital...
Handing over the baton
The time has come, after 19-plus years, to hand over the editorial content and production of this great publication to Natasha Jojoa Burling, our new...
We offer practical knowledge to policymakers
Voting in the local body elections is in progress and we are already turning our attention to the national elections next year, with the three-year...
A legal perspective for 2023/24
Even with lockdowns a distant memory and a declaration that life was back to normal in 2022, 2023 has nonetheless still had a “crisis feel”...
Thinking differently about immigration
By Alan Pollard, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand. Access to a skilled labour force remains highly constrained for the civil construction industry. Even before...
Informing reforms with practical know-how
Photo: Poppi Tucker-Low of Russell Roads was the Epic Four (CCNZ Contractor Photo Competition) round runner-up with a photo of senior team member Johnny Bristol...
CCNZ Workforce development
Year on year, the civil construction industry has faced a shortage of skilled workers. Last month a new report on entering the civil infrastructure construction...