No job is too small, or too difficult
Blenheim-based and family-owned Coffey House Removals (2007) carry out some unusual moves when it comes to building relocation work and put their success down to...
Tag : NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION
Traffic Management should prepare for oversize
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. We are already well into this construction season, but it is always time to think about...
Common bonds and challenges
By Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association. Attendance at the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association’s Transport Symposium in Houston recently by myself enabled...
Replacing old bridges
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...
Better communication needed over project impact
Two recent Bridge upgrade projects on State Highway roads have caused angst for the freight industry – particularly the oversize sector. by Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, chief executive,...
Logistic overload
Restoring six SH1 bridges damaged in the Kaikoura quake involved a very complex heavy haulage programme to get over 100 concrete beams from the North...
Oversize on motorways and tolled roads
By JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, chief executive, NZ Heavy Haulage Association I WANT TO PUT the case for allowing oversize loads onto the motorways and toll roads around...
Alpha Specialised Movers: Moving in a new direction
Alpha Specialised Movers is moving in a new direction now that one of its founders has retired. RICHARD SILCOCK talks to its remaining director about...
H&S is killing us softly
By Greg Sheehan, Sheehan’s Transport Assistance. A few months ago, I celebrated 50 years of working in the road transport industry, so I feel that...
Breach of permit changes welcomed
by Vijay Naidu
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NZ HEAVY HAULAGE ASSOCIATION CHANGES HAVE RECENTLY been made to the Vehicle Dimensions and Mass Rule relating to the enforcement process...