A long time in planning
The big Waioeka Gorge landslip of 2012 highlighted State Highway 2’s vulnerability and finally led to the replacement of its last one-lane bridge. HUGH DE...
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The day the trains started running
The massive Kaikoura earthquake largely spared population centres, but destroyed road and rail services. HUGH DE LACY tells how they got the trains running again...
Working better together
Chris Hunt delivered the Transport Agency’s update
at the Civil Contractors’ conference last month.
ALAN TITCHALL summarises his presentation. TOMMY PARKER, general manager of the...
Engaging with the environment at Taupiri
The Huntly section of the Transport Agency’s Waikato Expressway project had a couple of interesting challenges that have been overcome with great success. Engagement with...
Prequalification – Malcolm’s last word
By Malcolm Abernethy, ex-CCNZ Executive Director. PREQUALIFICATION HAS REMAINED a relatively hot topic over the many years I have worked with contractors. I can recall...
Working against the elements: Mingha Bluff realignment on SH73
Rain, wind and snow have conspired to delay a major realignment on SH73 between Canterbury and the West Coast. Hugh de Lacy gets his wet...
Transmission Gully Motorway progressing well
There’s been some significant progress made constructing the $850 million Transmission Gully motorway that is beyond the public gaze. RICHARD SILCOCK checks out progress. SCHEDULED...
Stretching motorway bottlenecks
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. A $268 million project in Auckland will address severe congestion issues plaguing the Southern Motorway that creates...
Hunua 4 – taking in communities
Auckland’s Watercare called for ideas and innovation to soften the impact on communities of its massive infrastructure building projects. Story supplied by Watercare. WITH 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...