A large brute of a motor scraper, the International-Harvester model 495 was the only three-axle, open bowl scraper ever offered by the Company and it played a big part in New Zealand’s early hydro-electric dam projects. By Richard Campbell
We took a short look at the model 495 back in the December 2004 issue of The Contractor, but at...
By Charlotte Henley, Partner and Ruvini Rendle, Associate, Kensington Swan
When a giant in the construction industry, like Ebert, fails it affects a large part of the sector and leaves much to deal with and be concerned about.
Will subcontractors be paid? Who will complete the unfinished construction project? But also of potential...
The future of the construction industry is not only dependent on developments in large construction equipment but also digital technologies. By James French, Construction Industry Specialist, Teletrac Navman.
This is a theme that shone through in the recently released technology section of the Construction Industry Survey 2018,...
By ROB STUMMER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, IFS NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
IN OUR EXPERIENCE – reinforced by a recent construction industry roundtable discussion – there are five factors constraining Australasian construction businesses in their performance and ability to innovate.
Poor performance in any of these areas – visibility of...
A lot of the innovative work has gone into replacing Queenstown’s iconic Kawarau Falls Bridge with a two-lane bridge including the use of containers.
THE NEW 250-METRE long link will be located just downstream from the old one-lane bridge, which is perhaps best known as the country’s first bungy jumping destination.
The...
By KENT PERRY, associate, Heaney & Partners
THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS involving thousands of contractors are ‘on the go’ in New Zealand every day. These projects range from small, relatively simple and inexpensive construction jobs through to complex, labour-intensive and costly projects that sometimes take years to...
By Peter Silcock, chief executive, CCNZ.
Do you want to ensure that the people working on your sites have entry level health and safety knowledge?
If they don’t, would it be useful to know about the gaps in their knowledge so they can get the right training and development?
If the answer to either or both of those questions is...
John Deere was one of the pioneers of elevating scrapers in the USA. But what to do when your existing technology is out of date? The model 762 was the perfect answer. By Richard Campbell.
Deere introduced its first elevating scraper, the seven cubic yard model 840 in 1957. It was the result of mating an existing, highly modified John...
I RECENTLY COMPLETED a feasibility study for a client. At the conclusion of the project, I spent a few hours of my time at work sorting the project’s A4 lever arch folders into piles so they could be transferred into cardboard boxes, which would then be transferred to our head office before being transferred to a storage facility for...
AUCKLAND’S $2.5 BILLION City Rail Link project passed a milestone in April, with the appointment of two construction consortia to commence the first phase of the CRL in the Downtown area.
It signalled a welcome development in what has been a shaky start to Auckland Transport’s ambitious project. But funding uncertainties mean it...
