The road to recovery
By Brett Gliddon, Group General Manager, Transport Services, Waka Kotahi, NZ Transport Agency. Five weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle left many of our North Island communities...
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Bat challenger with highway tree removals
When a Fulton Hogan team in Hamilton removed more than 100 trees to allow for construction of the Wairere Drive extension project they were faced...
Our land transport under Industry 4.0
Based on a RIMS presentation by Myles Lind, Senior Project manager Complex Projects, NZ Transport Agency, who is leading the agency’s digital engineering programme. If...
Perspectives 2019: Infrastructure and transport
BY HON PHIL TWYFORD, MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT The Coalition Government remains committed to delivering a modern and efficient transport system. It’s...
Committed to working with contractors
BRETT GLIDDON, GENERAL MANAGER, SYSTEM DESIGN AND DELIVERY, NZTA THIS IS MY FIRST COLUMN as the NZ Transport Agency’s new general manager, System Design and...
Concrete ideas to get Auckland moving
ROB GAIMSTER, CEO, CONCRETE NEW ZEALAND. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY across New Zealand, and particularly the Auckland region, is running at record levels. This is a welcome...
An exercise in logistics
A new cargo wharf and breakwater have recently been completed at Waitangi on the Chatham Islands. Logistics and the severe weather were some of the...
Raising the road: Causeway Upgrade
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. The $220 million Causeway Upgrade project is vital to the improvement of Auckland’s roading network and...
Southern hospitality: NZTA/NZIHT annual conference
This article first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. The NZTA/NZIHT annual conference is a gathering of roading industry specialists. The 17th event was held...
The ‘Kaikoura’ Quake
These articles first appeared in Contractor magazine’s December issue. Restoring our lifelines after last month’s monster quake By Tommy Parker, group manager Highways and Network...