Tossing aside a career behind a desk for one behind the controls of a big digger, Shannan Bell is thriving in the male-dominated civil construction industry. By Mary Searle Bell.
Shannan Bell has become a bit of a poster girl for women in the construction industry. The attractive brunette has more than proved her worth as an operator of...
PETER SILCOCK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CCNZ
For too long the civil construction industry has had an image problem. We are seen to be a last resort career with unskilled workers doing hard labour for minimum wages. Changing that image is a massive challenge. But that’s what we need to do and we all have a part to play.
It’s crazy, because...
Last month (May) this column highlighted the changes in investment signalled in the Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport. By PETER SILCOCK
For members who do central or local government transport work understanding the changes is critical to your future so it’s worth a bit of digging.
While, the overall investment...
At least two proposed roading projects, favoured by the former National-led Government, will now be funded by the Government bringing relief to major civil contracting companies needing security of work in the future.
Penlink, in the north of the city will provide a new and much-needed connection between the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and...
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, CCNZ
OUR ASSOCIATION HAS supported pre-qualification as it is a mechanism to exclude cowboys from bidding for work and to reduce compliance costs through not requiring contractors to present the same information repeatedly.
However, our objective of reduced compliance costs has not been realised....
Canterbury firm Bond Earthworks is an ‘earthquake company’ – established in response to the huge workload in the region following the quakes, the company continues to grow. BY MARY SEARLE BELL
BOND EARTHWORKS is a company born of the Canterbury earthquakes. Mark Bond had been working in the civil construction industry for 15...
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, CCNZ
LAST WEEK CCNZ convened a meeting of branch chairs and the Executive Council. The clear message was that getting enough people with the right qualifications is the biggest challenge the industry is facing.
That was certainly not a surprise. The infrastructure pipeline report regularly...
This article first appeared in Contractor Perspectives 2017.
A two-year view of the civil construction industry from its Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation (ITO). David Worsnop, interim chief executive, Connexis.
THE 2016 YEAR was one of growth and development for Connexis and the wider industry, particularly around Civil...
John Miller, Chief Executive Officer (National) – Civil Contractors Federation
John Miller provides an industry perspectives from the across the Tasman.
AUSTRALIA IS IN THE MIDST of an evolution in its economy as the country seeks to transition from what has been a heavy reliance on our mining sector. There was a lot written about...
For nearly six years Jeremy Sole lived alone in Wellington without his family while working on behalf of contractors. He talks about the experience to Civil Contractors life member GAVIN RILEY.
IF 2002 HAD NOT TURNED out to be the National Party’s worst-ever performance at the polls, Jeremy Sole would have become the MP for Northcote...
