The old narrow concrete bridges over the Manawatu River and surrounding floodplain just south of Foxton on SH1 are both being replaced at a cost of $75 million. Richard Silcock makes a site visit.
The Manawatu River rises in the nearby Ruahine Range and flows 180-kilometres westward through the Manawatu Gorge and out across the Manawatu...
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The five kilometre Waterview Connection is to date the largest and most complex road infrastructure project undertaken in this country. The most significant feature is the two tunnels which are the longest road tunnels in the...
Goodman Contractors’ purchase of two new Cat 637K wheeled tractor scrapers from Gough Cat is a once in a generation addition to its fleet. Cameron Officer explains.
THIS KAPITI COAST construction company needed to be 100 percent sure it was investing in both the right machine technology for the ultimate performance, and the right...
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine's December issue.
He drove a motor scraper at age 15 and now drives a multimillion-dollar business. RICHARD SILCOCK profiles Stan Goodman, MD of Goodman Contractors.
SECOND GENERATION family owned and run business Goodman Contractors is in good hands. Located in Waikanae on the Kapiti...
Diverting the flow of a major river to stop erosion is no easy task. RICHARD SILCOCK takes a look at an ambitious project that is near completion on the Manawatu River.
THE MANAWATU RIVER, at 180 kilometres in length, is one of the main rivers draining the southern part of the North Island. Originating in the Ruahine Ranges in southern...
The Le Tourneau-Westinghouse D Tournapull was one innovative machine, says Richard Campbell.
Descended from the original Le Tourneau ‘D’ Pull which dated back to 1946 and before the sale of the company to Westinghouse in 1953, the Model D was marketed as a general purpose all-round scraper for small jobs, clean ups, county roading...
A genuine success story for Wabco, the model 222 elevating scraper could trace its ancestry right back to the electric steered Model C Tournapull of the late 1940s. By Richard Campbell
Wabco’s first experiments with fitting an elevating scraper to a model C Tournapull were conducted in 1962 when a Hancock type 216, 16 cubic yard...
Construction of the $630 million, four-lane Kapiti Expressway is forging ahead and despite technical challenges and a very wet winter contractors are rejoicing over progress. RICHARD SILCOCK reports.
DESPITE THIS WINTER being one of the wettest and coldest, with extreme weather in the area (115mm of rain fell in just one day during...
