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...
By Warner Cowin, CEO, Height
THE COLLAPSE OF Carillion has important lessons for New Zealand – it could happen here. Carillion, which went into liquidation in January, was the second largest construction company in the UK.
It was contracted to deliver major public works, including new railways and hospitals, as well as other...
Guy and Andy March, two of Sam March’s nephews, share a few memories of him and March Construction.
SAM WAS BORN on July 14 1945. He spent the first four years of his life in Lees Valley on the family farm before moving back to Christchurch and attending various primary schools including Ilam, Medbury and New Brighton District...
The 2017 year was a massive year for the civil construction industry with a full pipeline of work challenging the industry’s capacity and capability. Peter Silcock, chief executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand.
WE NEED TO acknowledge and congratulate all our people for the massive effort they have put in during 2017.
Civil...
PETER SILCOCK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CIVIL CONTRACTORS NEW ZEALAND
OVER THE PAST year many clients have asked CCNZ – ‘do contractors have the capacity and capability to deliver our infrastructure development programme’?
Often the focus is on whether we have enough people because issues of staff shortages and immigration are...
THE OUTLOOK FOR the New Zealand Civil Infrastructure sector is rosy.
Infometrics data shows our sector contributes around $4.7 billion to the economy every year and in 2016 it made up 2.1 percent of GDP.
The sector employs 49,000 people throughout the country whose average annual earnings of $70,500 are $12,700 higher than the...
A wet and wild Rotorua was host to this year’s Crane Association conference.
ASSOCIATION CEO ROD AUTON kindly gave delegates a heads up via email about the impending storm, advising that raincoats and umbrellas be included in the packing. I can attest from experience that the umbrella served no purpose in the sideways...
By Regan Burke, operations manager, ICB
WE WORK IN AN industry that’s under the pump, especially now. Additional infrastructure and housing is urgently needed, there’s a shortage of labour, a strain on resources and we’re incredibly time poor.
I reckon as an industry we need to make better use of the resources that are...
When your childhood passion is making things, the choice between following your father into a career in accountancy, or opting for an engineering degree is an easy one. By Mary Searle Bell.
AFTER COMPLETING HIGH school, Paul Herbison left his hometown of Whakatane and headed north to begin a Bachelor of Engineering degree at the...
By Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand.
ONE OF THE CENTREPIECES of Finance Minister Steven Joyce’s Budget was the $11 billion per year investment in new infrastructure over the next four years.
Naturally the civil construction industry and Civil Contractors New Zealand has welcomed the government’s...
