Micro-TBM project
Wellington Water and contractor McConnell Dowell are involved in a project at Barber Grove in Lower Hutt using micro-tunnelling for the first time in the...
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Creating world records
Built by McConnell Dowell, award-winning Army Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Replacement at Shakespear Regional Park north of Auckland city makes a big improvement in...
A proud history of achievement
By Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, CCNZ Nominations for our national awards programmes are open. And I must admit, I’m looking forward to seeing this year’s...
Solving it with containers
by Vijay Naidu
A lot of the innovative work has gone into replacing Queenstown’s iconic Kawarau Falls Bridge with a two-lane bridge including the use of containers. THE...
Underground tactics: City Rail Link update – Contract 2
The Connectus JV team is delivering Contract 2 for City Rail Link, which represents about 10 percent of the 3.45 kilometre length of the twin-tunnel...
Roger McRae: The ConstructSafe Champion
The Construction Safety Council is ramping up its activities, especially the ConstructSafe programme, under its new chairman Roger McRae. Hugh de Lacy catches up with...
Business on a handshake
Over four decades ago two industry veterans, one in extraction, the other in civil contracting, crossed paths and sealed a huge deal on a handshake...
Connectus JV keeps city moving
The Connectus JV is constructing a bridge to maintain traffic and people flows while protecting Auckland’s utility services. Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) is the...
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...
High tech monitoring in CRL construction
The construction of the City Rail Link (CRL) tunnels underneath Auckland’s city centre is a major challenge requiring a robust and innovative approach to construction...