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 with the Contractors’ Federation to become Civil Contractors NZ), Chris Olsen, wrote a column on an initiative which had addressed a looming manpower shortage.
At the...
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 report on the association’s upcoming projects, and a message from president Brian Warren that had a note of ‘concern’ with the direction the government is...
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 years, to his membership of the Taranaki branch of CCNZ. BY MARY SEARLE BELL.
By rights, Graham ‘Harrie’ Harris should have been a dairy farmer. He was born in Stratford in 1942 to dairy...
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 him on the eve of his departure from McConnell Dowell after three decades.
AS THE KEY LINK in the tightening chain around construction site health and safety,...
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 and are praising the industry for its introduction.
ANTHONY RUDKIN (Rud) from Opotiki’s Waiotahi Contractors, Fulton Hogan Tauranga’s David Hurn, and Mt Maunganui based...
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...
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 the civil construction landscape. Having reached into its second year, with the sensitive tendering process almost completed, Alan Titchall reviews its progress.
The new...
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 desired.
A number of associations and members of the Auckland Business Forum are supporting the initiative of government to seek a negotiation with Auckland Council on an agreed 30-year programme...
MALCOLM ABERNETHY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CIVIL CONTRACTORS NZ.
RETENTIONS ARE A HOT TOPIC at the present time with the Minister for Building and Housing, Dr Nick Smith, proposing a Supplementary Order Paper for the Construction Contracts Amendment Bill.
Given the often large scale, complexity, cost and length of construction...
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...
