A long time in planning
The big Waioeka Gorge landslip of 2012 highlighted State Highway 2’s vulnerability and finally led to the replacement of its last one-lane bridge. HUGH DE...
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The day the trains started running
The massive Kaikoura earthquake largely spared population centres, but destroyed road and rail services. HUGH DE LACY tells how they got the trains running again...
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...
Story of a small town sewer upgrade
In what is a major investment by the Marlborough District Council, the upgrading of the council’s ageing sewer infrastructure is progressing well. Stage one was...
Slip lesson in Northland
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. Though not quite of South Island earthquake scale, the Hautapu slip in Northland was nevertheless a tricky...
Fulton Hogan & Endometriosis NZ: Working together for women
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. An unlikely relationship was cemented earlier last year when Fulton Hogan, a large company with 80 percent...
Raising the road: Causeway Upgrade
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. The $220 million Causeway Upgrade project is vital to the improvement of Auckland’s roading network and...
GEM Awards 2016
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...
Robert Jones: Leading from the front
RICHARD SILCOCK profiles Fulton Hogan’s New Zealand chief executive Robert Jones, a Yorkshireman and natural leader who doesn’t hesitate to roll up his sleeves and...