‘Lowest cost’ doesn’t equal ‘best value’
Contractors should be involved early on in council and government decision making, there is a lot to fix in regard to infrastructure and our involvement...
Tag : Roads of National Significance
Transmission Gully problems will be forgotten
Above: One of the asphalt paving machines working along a section of the motorway. Photo by Mark Coote Photography. When the first sod was turned...
Impact of the new political environment for road transport
JONATHAN BHANA-THOMSON, NZ Chief executive, Heavy Haulage Association. THE LABOUR-LED coalition has already brought in a number of changes in direction in policy compared to the...
Update from the NZ Transport Agency
Tommy Parker, Group Manager, Highways, NZ Transport Agency I’VE JUST RETURNED from a period of time over in the UK – this time away was part...
Next year’s highway programme and beyond – where to from here?
By Tommy Parker After robust discussions in recent weeks, we now have a pretty clear view of what our programme of works is going to...
RoNS – a lesson in remedial work
Our second feature on the Roads of National Significance looks at the completed Tauranga Eastern Link and the protracted settlement over local network rehabilitation, which...
The original seven RoNS for dummies
ALAN TITCHALL looks at the origins of the ‘Roads of National Significance’ (RoNS) in part one of a three-part article series that will also cover...
Transport Agency project: the Waikato Expressway
Construction work on the $2.1 billion, 102 kilometre-long Waikato Expressway is, according to the NZ Transport Agency, ramping up and moving along and is pretty...
Christchurch roading project on its way
The obligatory sod-turning for $112 million Christchurch roading project has been done and the project is on its way and due for completion in 2018....
Taking the high road
DR BRYAN PIDWERBESKY, Fulton Hogan’s resident pavement and surfacing expert, reviews the country’s current approach to roading design. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING the country’s roads...