Seeking clarity on infrastructure pipeline
PETER SILCOCK, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CIVIL CONTRACTORS NEW ZEALAND OVER THE PAST year many clients have asked CCNZ – ‘do contractors have the capacity and capability...
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Meeting today’s skills gap
by Vijay Naidu
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...
Crane Association Conference 2017
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...
CivilShare: Bringing the market together
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...
Working the dream
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...
Poor procurement holding us back
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...
Fulton Hogan & Endometriosis NZ: Working together for women
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. An unlikely relationship was cemented earlier last year when Fulton Hogan, a large company with 80 percent...
Network Outcomes Contracts – an industry game changer
The Transport Agency’s new Network Outcomes Contracts (NOCs) model represents a paradigm shift in the way our highway network is maintained, and it has changed...
Worthington Contracting: from strength to strength
It’s now a case of where to from here for a small family company that grew rapidly in the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes. HUGH...
Learning the basics at Tai Poutini
ALAN TITCHALL revisits a polytechnic dedicated to training basic skills for those looking for work in the civil construction and surface extraction industries, and explains,...