A milestone for contracting
The re-opening of SH1 between Christchurch and Picton on December 15, 2017, albeit only during daylight hours, was a PR coup for the South Island...
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Christchurch International Airport – an ongoing story
Since its inception in 1936, Christchurch International Airport has been an unfinished project in terms of ongoing development. Richard Silcock traces the history and recent...
Recognising Kaikoura earthquake work
By TOMMY PARKER, GENERAL MANAGER, SYSTEM DESIGN & DELIVERY, NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY NOVEMBER MARKS THE first anniversary of the Kaikoura earthquake and it’s timely for me...
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...
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...