14.8 C
Auckland
  • CONTRACTOR INFO
    • About Us
    • Subscriptions
    • Advertising
    • Contact Us
  • CONTRAFED PUBLISHING
  • OUR MAGAZINES:
    • LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    • Q&M
Trending now

We offer practical knowledge to policymakers

Mulder joins Executive Council to ‘give back’

Heavy Haulage conference 2025

Avoiding a Fast-track fail

A wish list for upcoming elections

The Caterpillar DW10: Cat’s first motor scraper

Water services reform: What’s happening, and when?

Farewell to Jim 

50th Anniversary a celebration beyond the ordinary

Le Tourneau model D Tournapull

FacebookTwitterInstagramPinterestYoutube

Contractor Magazine

  • Feature
    • Feature

      Heavy Haulage conference 2025

      September 29, 2025

      Feature

      50th Anniversary a celebration beyond the ordinary

      August 27, 2025

      Feature

      Luxon paints positive picture, contractors remain sceptical 

      July 28, 2025

      Feature

      Our $? billion industry celebrates 50 years

      May 26, 2025

      Feature

      Learning on the golf course

      May 26, 2025

  • COMMENT
    • Contractor

      We offer practical knowledge to policymakers

      September 29, 2025

      Contractor

      Mulder joins Executive Council to ‘give back’

      September 29, 2025

      Contractor

      Heavy Haulage conference 2025

      September 29, 2025

      Contractor

      Avoiding a Fast-track fail

      September 29, 2025

      Contractor

      A wish list for upcoming elections

      August 27, 2025

  • Profile
    • Profile

      Mulder joins Executive Council to ‘give back’

      September 29, 2025

      Profile

      The epic guy every crew wants 

      July 28, 2025

      Profile

      Working with friends

      June 25, 2025

      Profile

      Learning on the golf course

      May 26, 2025

      Profile

      Putting in the hard yards

      May 26, 2025

  • Classic Machines
    • Classic Machines

      The Caterpillar DW10: Cat’s first motor scraper

      August 27, 2025

      Classic Machines

      Le Tourneau model D Tournapull

      August 27, 2025

      Classic Machines

      Clark-Michigan wheel dozers

      April 28, 2025

      Classic Machines

      The Wabco 101 series elevating scraper

      March 26, 2025

      Classic Machines

      John Deere’s first elevating scrapers

      March 26, 2025

  • Project
    • Project

      A tight squeeze

      April 28, 2025

      Project

      Unblocking the infrastructure pipeline

      August 27, 2024

      Project

      Micro-TBM project

      November 17, 2022

      Project

      Into the wild weather with innovative machines

      January 27, 2022

      Project

      Expressway delays explained

      December 13, 2021

  • Archives
  • Advertising
  • SUBSCRIPTIONS
Contractor Magazine
  • Home
  • economic downturn

Tag : economic downturn

CCNZ updateContractor

Supporting clients to understand the industry

Contractor MagApril 28, 2025August 25, 2025
by Contractor MagApril 28, 2025August 25, 2025
The CCNZ team, supported by our Executive Council, continues to monitor civil construction work, or lack of it, across the country. By Alan Pollard, CEO,...
Alan Pollardbridge worksCCNZ updatecivil constructionconstruction industryconstruction innovationconstruction waste managementcontractor advocacycontractor challengescontractor-client relationshipscost escalationeconomic downturninfrastructure deficitinfrastructure fundinginfrastructure investmentinfrastructure planninginfrastructure policylocal government projectsmaintenance projectsNZS3910:2023NZTAprocurement efficiencyprocurement practicesproject deliveryproject efficiencyproject pipelinePublic-private partnerships

Social Media

On Pinterest

@ContractorMag

Recent Posts

We offer practical knowledge to policymakers

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025September 30, 2025
September 29, 2025September 30, 2025

Mulder joins Executive Council to ‘give back’

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025October 1, 2025
September 29, 2025October 1, 2025

Heavy Haulage conference 2025

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025September 29, 2025

Avoiding a Fast-track fail

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025October 1, 2025
September 29, 2025October 1, 2025

A wish list for upcoming elections

Contractor MagAugust 27, 2025October 1, 2025
August 27, 2025October 1, 2025

Popular Posts

Heavy Haulage conference 2025

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025September 29, 2025
Image: Association CEO Jonathan Bhana-Thomson and Rotorua Mayor, Tania Tapsell. The NZ Heavy...

We offer practical knowledge to policymakers

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025September 30, 2025

Avoiding a Fast-track fail

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025October 1, 2025

Mulder joins Executive Council to ‘give back’

Contractor MagSeptember 29, 2025October 1, 2025

50th Anniversary a celebration beyond the ordinary

Contractor MagAugust 27, 2025September 2, 2025

Instagram

Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from A Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor⁣
⁣
Caption: J. C. (Jack) Anderson has this British-built Terex 82-40DAB at work on river flood control duties in Southland.⁣
The Andersons were yet another loyal, repeat user of Euclid (and later Terex) equipment. ⁣
⁣
To read the article clink link in our bio⁣
#earthmoving #heavyequipment #heavymachinery #contractormagazine #classicmachines  #euclid #heavytractors #tractors
Sneak preview of our November 2025 classic machine Sneak preview of our November 2025 classic machine profile- on the Cat 215 excavator.⁣
⁣
Caption: Early production 96L series Caterpillar 215 with eight-roller track frame and a two-piece main boom. It also has the early style “V” front cab which only lasted a couple of years before Caterpillar updated it to the flat front type.⁣
 ⁣
#earthmoving #heavyequipment #heavymachinery #oldiron #contractormagazine #classicmachines #caterpillar #hydraulic #excavator
Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from A Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor⁣
⁣
Caption: Terex publicity photo of an 82-40CA push loading another of the company’s products, an S-24 motor scraper, in fairly easy dirt on the Illinois Toll Road extension.⁣
The 82-40 is equipped with a push block on the rear so it can be tandem pushed.⁣
Someone in Terex’s publicity department has airbrushed safety helmets on the operator’s heads although there is not a ROPS in sight!!⁣
⁣
To read the article clink link in our bio⁣
#earthmoving #heavyequipment #heavymachinery #contractormagazine #classicmachines  #euclid #heavytractors #tractors
Sneak preview of our November 2025 classic machine Sneak preview of our November 2025 classic machine profile- on the Cat 215 excavator.⁣
⁣
Caption: This is the machine that the Caterpillar 215 was broadly based on, an Eder R815. These Deutz powered excavators were reasonably well regarded in their native Germany and were used as the starting point for the new Cat 215 that was only manufactured at Caterpillars new production facility in Belgium.This is the machine that the Caterpillar 215 was broadly based on, an Eder R815. These Deutz powered excavators were reasonably well regarded in their native Germany and were used as the starting point for the new Cat 215 that was only manufactured at Caterpillars new production facility in Belgium.⁣
 ⁣
#earthmoving #heavyequipment #heavymachinery #oldiron #contractormagazine #classicmachines #caterpillar #hydraulic #excavator
Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from A Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor⁣
⁣
Caption:  This was one of several Terex 82-40DAs owned by New Zealand Forest Products.⁣
With extensive modifications for working amongst the timber, this Terex 82-40DA is fitted with a Carco J-series logging winch.⁣
Photo taken near Kinleith, 1970.⁣
⁣
To read the article clink link in our bio⁣
#earthmoving #heavyequipment #heavymachinery #contractormagazine #classicmachines  #euclid #heavytractors #tractors
Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from A Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor⁣
⁣
Caption: John Feast was a loyal Euclid/Terex user over the years and owned this Terex 82-40DA model seen here ripping in windy conditions at the Kingston Heights subdivision in Wellington, in October 1973.⁣
⁣
⁣
To read the article clink link in our bio⁣
#earthmoving #heavyequipment #heavymachinery #contractormagazine #classicmachines  #euclid #heavytractors #tractors
Follow on Instagram

Categories

  • Annual Survey (4)
  • Budget (4)
  • Classic Machines (193)
    • Allis-Chalmers (14)
    • Caterpillar (39)
    • Euclid (22)
    • Forgotten companies (16)
    • International-Harvester (16)
    • LeTourneau (11)
    • Scrapers (44)
    • Terex (8)
    • Tractors (16)
    • Wabco (7)
  • Contractor (926)
    • Archives (7)
    • Awards (3)
    • Business Matters (8)
    • CCNZ update (42)
    • Cement and Concrete Association (CCANZ) update (4)
    • Comment (177)
    • Company Profile (20)
    • Conferences & Exhibitions (14)
    • Health & Safety (14)
    • Heavy Haulage (52)
    • Heritage NZ (8)
    • Heritage Trails (12)
    • Historical (20)
    • Innovations (16)
    • Legal Comment (33)
    • Network Outcomes Contracts (NOCs) (9)
    • NZTA project (13)
    • On The Cover (19)
    • Profile (67)
    • Recruitment (11)
    • RIMS (4)
    • Roading (39)
    • Roads of National Significance (8)
    • Technical (7)
    • Technology (18)
    • Training (14)
    • Video clips (7)
    • Workplace Safety (11)
  • Covid-19 (22)
  • Crane Association of New Zealand (4)
  • Feature (72)
  • Legal (21)
  • Model Collector (4)
  • National Politics (4)
  • Obituary (3)
  • Paid Content (2)
  • PayLine (3)
  • Policy (4)
  • Politics (10)
  • Project (109)
  • Tendering (4)
  • Traffic Management (2)
  • Uncategorized (1)

Our Magazines

Newsletter

Subscribe my Newsletter for new blog posts, tips & new photos. Let's stay updated!

Menu

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Subscriptions

Contrafed Publishing Co. Ltd

The Voice of the Industry – Contrafed Publishing Co. Ltd has been producing magazines for New Zealand’s infrastructure industries for more than 48 years.

@2024 - contractormag.co.nz. All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by PublicEye Creative
Contractor Magazine
FacebookTwitterInstagramPinterestYoutube
  • Feature
  • COMMENT
  • Profile
  • Classic Machines
  • Project
  • Archives
  • Advertising
  • SUBSCRIPTIONS