A day at Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary
Repairing and widening the roads around Christchurch’s iconic Avon-Heathcote Estuary posed many interesting challenges, not all of them anticipated, as CHRIS MACANN explains. FOR MANY,...
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Upskilling ourselves – Tommy Parker
ROAD MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS has been under the spotlight in recent years. The sector as a whole has recognised there were opportunities to review delivery...
Making good State Highway 58
An upgrading and widening programme on State Highway 58, which began in February, is being done in various stages. Costing $25 million, the first stage...
Chasing new challenges
At 24, David Kingham wants to ensure he keeps getting a few curved balls thrown his way in what has already proved a winning career...
Hamm Compaction Quality technology launches in NZ
Fulton Hogan has recently taken delivery of two new Hamm HD80+ eight ton twin drum vibratory rollers; among the first such machines in New Zealand...
French giant steps up its Kiwi presence
One of our biggest privately-owned contractors, HEB Construction, has been sold to French construction group Vinci for an undisclosed sum. The sale is consistent with...
When the surveying begins- an update from Pokeno
by Vijay Naidu
When State Highway 1 bypassed Pokeno just south of the Bombay Hills, many believed that would be the end of the little town. INSTEAD, A...
Going the distance in the Deep South
by Vijay Naidu
The latter half of last century was a boom era for Southland contractor A G Hoffman, but the long-established company has had to adapt to...
Skid Resistant Roading Material: looking for the God particle
AQA technical advisor BILL BOURKE updates the continuing search for the ideal skid resistant roading material. The AQA’s technical group has been consulting with the...
Taking the high road
DR BRYAN PIDWERBESKY, Fulton Hogan’s resident pavement and surfacing expert, reviews the country’s current approach to roading design. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING the country’s roads...