A key risk-spot on SH6 between Blenheim and Nelson has undergone a challenging realignment. Hugh de Lacy reports.
NO FEWER THAN 20 people have died and 93 have been seriously injured in the decade to 2016 along the length of SH6 at the top of the South Island, and the Rai Saddle, one of the two most challenging stretches on that...
Whatever it meant to the people of Kaikoura and North Canterbury, the re-opening of SH1 between Christchurch and Picton on December 15, 2017, albeit only during daylight hours, was a public relations coup for the entire South Island civil contracting industry. Hugh de Lacy explains.
A busload of workers and contractors being taken back...
Transporting massive concrete bridge beams over the precipitous Arthur’s Pass during the past winter has been a challenging project – and an eye-catching one too, captivating tourists and birdlife alike. BY MARY SEARLE BELL.
At Kumara Junction, where State Highway 73 joins State Highway 6, just south of Greymouth, the Taramakau...
New research is looking for affordable methods of waterproofing our road surfaces. RICHARD SILCOCK explains a four-year research project in progress.
WITH ROAD FREIGHT volumes increasing by 2.5 percent annually and extreme rainfall events perhaps becoming more prevalent, the New Zealand Transport Agency and local authorities are...
The Connectus JV team is delivering Contract 2 for City Rail Link, which represents about 10 percent of the 3.45 kilometre length of the twin-tunnel underground rail link in central Auckland.
CONTRACT 2 INVOLVES the construction of twin tunnels within the Albert Street road corridor from Customs Street West to Wyndham Street,...
The 12th IPWEA NZ Excellence Awards were presented at the Fulton Hogan conference dinner at the IPWEA NZ Conference in Dunedin recently. These are a few of the winning or commended entries related to civil contracting.
BEST PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT UNDER $5 MILLION
WINNER: Mangawhai Water Treatment Plant. Kaipara District Council and Opus...
Over four decades ago two industry veterans, one in extraction, the other in civil contracting, crossed paths and sealed a huge deal on a handshake and trust. By Alan Titchall.
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM started work in the quarry industry at Horokiwi Quarry in Wellington in 1952 and has recently retired after over six decades in...
The Connectus JV is constructing a bridge to maintain traffic and people flows while protecting Auckland’s utility services.
Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) is the biggest infrastructure project in New Zealand and is taking place in a busy inner city environment full of traffic and people. It’s essential to keep the city moving...
How many runways do you need to build to be crowned ‘the king of airports’? MARY SEARLE BELL talks to Arnold Bayliss about his career with Downer, and all those airports.
ARNOLD BAYLISS first joined Downer & Co back in 1950 as a 19-year-old. His job had him driving motor scrapers and bulldozers, stripping overburden at Black...
The NZTA's GEM Awards are a way for the agency to celebrate its contractors’ and consultants’ successes. They also exhibit outstanding examples of the agency’s diverse range of activities on our state highways. These annual Going the Extra Mile awards also acknowledge the NZTA’s suppliers’ commitment to its priorities and...
