Skill shortage – lessons from the past
By Alan Titchall, managing editor, Contrafed Publishing. In the October 2004 issue of Contractor magazine, the then chief of Roading New Zealand (which later merged...
Tag : Civil Contractors NZ
Stakeholder get-together
Stormy weather didn’t deter a good turnout to the Civil Contractors NZ annual stakeholders’ function in Wellington last month. Tuning into CCNZ chief Peter Silcock’s...
Contracting and camaraderie
An industry association man from the outset, Harrie Harris attributes the success of his company, and many of the friends he has made over the...
Roger McRae: The ConstructSafe Champion
The Construction Safety Council is ramping up its activities, especially the ConstructSafe programme, under its new chairman Roger McRae. Hugh de Lacy catches up with...
Latest Civil Trades achievers
This article first appeared in Contractor February 2017. A group of Bay of Plenty civil infrastructure workers have new industry Trade Certification to their name...
On board with Civil Trades
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...
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...
Auckland – a congestion nightmare
Auckland’s traffic is not as dense as many other cities such as Sydney and Beijing (pictured) but its traffic management leaves a lot to be...
Contract retention provisions
MALCOLM ABERNETHY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CIVIL CONTRACTORS NZ. RETENTIONS ARE A HOT TOPIC at the present time with the Minister for Building and Housing, Dr...
Contracting politics can be a lonely game
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...