Making plastic pavements
Using waste materials for road paving may not be unheard of, but a recent combination of minds has seen the use of waste plastic trialled...
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Rai Saddle realignment
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...
A milestone for contracting
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...
Mountainous moves
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,...
Solving pavement water damage
by Vijay Naidu
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...
Underground tactics: City Rail Link update – Contract 2
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...
IPWEA NZ Excellence Awards
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...
Business on a handshake
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...
Connectus JV keeps city moving
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...
Arnold Bayliss: The king of airports
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...