Tag : local authorities

Contractor

Solving pavement water damage

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...
Heritage NZNew Zealand roads

A concise history of Kiwi roading

Gill Prentice
Richard Silcock explores the development and construction of the country’s first roads. WHEN THE FIRST Europeans settled in New Zealand their attention was largely given...
LeTourneau

LeTourneau’s LW12 Tournatractor

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LeTourneau was first off the blocks with a wheeled bulldozer, a roadable and manoeuvrable machine suited to many earthmoving jobs. Here we take a closer...
Contractor

2016 RIMS Forum – new ideas, new connections

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The Road Infrastructure Management Forum has become a must-attend event for the broad roading infrastructure management industry. Contractor magazine was a guest at the 2016...
ContractorRoading

SCRIM trucks: Sharp Eyes on the Road

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The SCRIM trucks were back on our highways over the summer, with the last surveying completed over the lower North and South Island regions in January....
ContractorNetwork Outcomes Contracts (NOCs)Profile

Dad’s idea – as realised by his son (Chris Olsen)

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The idea of bundling performance contracts had an interesting beginning – it started with a Hutt Valley contractor and his son. By ALAN TITCHALL. TODAY’S...
ContractorInnovations

Smart Shelter equals smart business

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  Ask three different people in the construction sector what comes to mind when they think of Downer and they’ll typically tell you the same...
ContractorNetwork Outcomes Contracts (NOCs)

Local authorities teaming up with NZTA – how is the NOC model impacting local government?

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  The NZTA’s new NOC model has affected contract work from contractors’ other main source of work – local governments which, around the country, are...