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The launch of the modular concept motor scraper

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Insurance – a year of pressure and adjustment

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Terex’s medium-sized elevator

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We need a ‘collaborative’ Parliament

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Work on existing structures – are they insured?

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Mulder joins Executive Council to ‘give back’

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Heavy Haulage conference 2025

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The Caterpillar DW10: Cat’s first motor scraper

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Water services reform: What’s happening, and when?

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Farewell to Jim 

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50th Anniversary a celebration beyond the ordinary

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Le Tourneau model D Tournapull

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The right steps for economic recovery

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Question for the new Infrastructure Plan

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Luxon paints positive picture, contractors remain sceptical 

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A tinker’s budget

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Our $? billion industry celebrates 50 years

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Meth spike a real worksite risk

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The case for a smaller government executive

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Stop shuffling the deck chairs and get on with the work 

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Clark-Michigan wheel dozers

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Supporting clients to understand the industry

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Cartel conduct in construction a lesson for contractors

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The demise of meaningful political debate

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Potholes – a proactive approach

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A tight squeeze

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Talking hauling with Fulton Hogan

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Compliance for everyday oversize loads

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WSP adds to triaxial testing fleet

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New WSP testing trailer hits the highway

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Infrastructure investment may exceed expectations

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Lest we forget

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A message from the new NZTA chief

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Northland operator claims victory 

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A year of reform 

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Resolving years of change in vocational education

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Integrated Delivery Model

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NZS 3916:2013 review

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Welcome to 2025

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NZ contractor in the running for global award 

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Producer statements liability

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Vocational education concerns

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A river and a rainbow

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Advocating for heavy haulage and oversize

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Challenging but equally inspiring

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Nothing happens without aggregate

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Here we go again

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NZS 3910: 2023 wrap-up

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John Deere celebrates 75 years

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Reflecting on 80 years of industry service

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Spotlight on the crane industry

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A cautionary tale about retentions

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It’s all about the people

Classic Machines

Garwood Scrapers

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A Capital celebration

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Artificial intelligence in construction

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The 1970s the go-ahead decade

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Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel

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The Euclid/Terex 82-40

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Unblocking the infrastructure pipeline

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A golden age for the association

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Construction Industry 2024 survey insights

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Creating infrastructure that better serves communities

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1950s – the pursuit of industry representation

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Dumb tunnels and dumb laws

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NZS 3910:2023 Final Account mechanism

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The Curtiss-Wright CW-27 & CW-28

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A history of the CCNZ: Part One

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Stronger together – the value of membership

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A risk-based TTM approach

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Infrastructure from the top

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Health and safety conference in Christchurch

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Virtual tour of CRL station

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On the frontline of traffic management

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Re-shaping training and qualifications

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New dispute resolution scheme in NZS 3910:2023

CCNZ update

Time to THINK BIG again

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Engineer under spotlight

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Fast-track Approvals Bill

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The rise of the small scraper

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Fourth title makes history in Otago

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A legendary tractor – the Caterpillar D8

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Auckland’s very competitive 2024 REOC

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Changes to engineer under NZS 3910:2023

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Looking back on 80 years of history

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Don’t forget Cyclone Gabrielle

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The Allis-Chalmers TS-160

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‘Reset’ needed to fix infrastructure crisis

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Infrastructure urgently needs a rethink

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Vocational education – a tortured path

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Oversize-freight sector musters in Invercargill

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The Infrastructure Comission’s recent findings

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Tougher government scrutiny for infrastructure

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A legal perspective for 2023/24

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Let’s remember people build New Zealand

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A big brute of a machine

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Moving forward with political change

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Cost of uncertainty for civil construction

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Emerging leader makes his mark

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A contractor bride’s report

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Easy moving over two decades

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Please consult us over your road project plans

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Can AI write your tender response?

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Medicinal cannabis –  wake-up for contractors

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What it takes to make transformational change

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Behind the party leader’s clash

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Stepping up for mental health

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Broader outcomes has lost its way

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Lessons for directors from the death of a titan

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Poaching staff – is it good or bad?

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Taking a moment to enjoy the good stuff

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Looking for a $3.5b programme partner

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What the polling entrails tell us

CCNZ update

Finding out what matters in an election year

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Birth of a legend, the early Caterpillar D8

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Key trends from recent CCA case law

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Potholes and funding issues

CCNZ update

Thinking differently about immigration

Heavy Haulage

Adherence to bridge restrictions the key to maintain access

Classic Machines

Schield C-35 Bantam excavator

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Less is more … 

Contractor

A new way to do Temporary Traffic Management

Contractor

Temporary traffic management embracing the leap

Recruitment

Record salary levels in the tightest ever labour market

Comment

Where are we at with the water reform programme?

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The long-awaited contract update one step closer to reality

Heavy Haulage

LATERAL THINKING key to house relocation

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Informing reforms with practical know-how

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Talking with a technical diplomat

Training

Leadership training lesson from modern battlefields

Conferences & Exhibitions

What happens in Vegas …

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The road to recovery

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Skills shortage needs urgent action on multiple fronts

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Pilot power recognised and awarded

Comment

Supporting the recovery

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Demanding times ahead for a tough industry

CCNZ update

Fast tracked visas

Comment

Responding in times of crisis

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A love of engineering and earthworks 

Legal Comment

Making wet weather claims

Contractor

Hard work and devotion pays off

Contractor

Electric mobile asphalt crusher

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Why getting your payment claims right matters

Comment

Turning the tide on abuse from the public

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Immigration changes after industry lobbying

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Should the Government apologise for Dome Valley?

Recruitment

Looking at recruitment trends

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The worthy procurement policy most have never heard of

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‘Sorry’ seems to be the hardest word

National Politics

RMA reform needs to be done right

Legal Comment

The NZS 3910 interim review

Business Matters

Fair Pay Agreements are here, like it or not

Project

Micro-TBM project

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Providing for oversize at your roading work sites

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The Michigan 210 series

Annual Survey

Taking the pulse of the industry

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Exclusions of loss and consequential confusion

Legal Comment

Friend or foe? The engineer’s representative

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Inspiring younger generations

CCNZ update

CCNZ Wellington office sold

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Salvaging suction slurry

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More Government information on its RMA reform

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Winners of latest EPIC photo competition

Recruitment

Retention – supporting staff to stay with your business

Contractor

The Allis-Chalmers HD-15

Legal

Getting your payment claims and schedules in order?

National Politics

Aspirational versus practical

Legal Comment

Liability for issuers of Producer Statements under Section 40 of the Building Act 2004 

Business Matters

Business; A tug between Chaos and Order

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A man of many talents

CCNZ update

Changing of the chair at CCNZ

Comment

Time for bold action to get the skills we need

Legal Comment

Changes to independent contractor’s status?

Tendering

Inside resources versus outsourcing

Comment

Project completion reporting 

Contractor

Do it once and do it well

Comment

Indemnities in construction contracts

Contractor

Cost fluctuation provisions and their implications for contractors 

Contractor

Super-dozer – the Komatsu D455A

Legal

A role for extrapolation in making claims on large construction projects

Contractor

Is the Government listening?

Roading

New Zealand’s most challenging NOC

Recruitment

Recruiting staff in a tight labour market

Comment

Infrastructure challenges must be addressed

Business Matters

A new era for TransDiesel as TDX

Comment

A perspective on national security

CCNZ update

Supporting workers and the businesses they work for

CCNZ update

CCNZ Workforce development

Roading

Unlocking the value of standardised transport data

Comment

A modern-day version of borrow and hope

Comment

It’s land and its wet but is it a wetland?

Contractor

Transmission Gully – Wellington region’s future

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Good claims rely on good evidence

Comment

NZS 3910 – the standard is changing

Comment

Industry-led, with government support

Conferences & Exhibitions

Road Infrastructure Management Forum

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National politics and ministers of finance

Heavy Haulage

Flying the dream

Comment

Give us all the courage

Heavy Haulage

Regulatory efficiency the way to go

Comment

Show me the money!

Comment

Comparing apples and contracting

Technology

Graphene proving itself in kiwi concrete

Crane Association of New Zealand

Kiwi women in cranes

Heavy Haulage

Heavy haulage perspective 2021-22

Profile

‘I put my all into it’

Project

Into the wild weather with innovative machines

Comment

The great relocation?

Contractor

BIM technology – a powerful tool to save lives

Company Profile

Celebrating 50 years

Profile

A lifetime love for the D8 bulldozer

Profile

Introducing Alan Pollard

Contractor

 Cost saving Cats Eyes covers for road resealing

Heavy Haulage

Roadworks detours not always viable

Covid-19

Confused about vaccination policies?

Contractor

Putting the machines through their paces

Contractor

Managing cost escalations

Contractor

Where’s the light at the end of the tunnel?

Tendering

The bidding game – how to win

Comment

A chance to nail infrastructure legislation

Comment

From the home office

Comment

Adversity good for networking in limited doses

Comment

Wellington, we have a problem

Recruitment

Winning against the recruitment crisis

Contractor

 How well are you scoring on sustainability?

Tendering

Shortlist tender presentations

Profile

Thomas lays the pipeline for an epic career

Heavy Haulage

Providing local roads for the oversize transport

Heavy Haulage

Getting back to business with our conference

Contractor

Upgrade announcement short sighted

Awards

CCNZ Auckland branch awards night

Company Profile

Celebrating 40 years of Kiwi mateship

Contractor

SkyPath morphs into expensive standalone bridge

Contractor

Last piece of Auckland’s SCI project finished

Contractor

Leading the charge for female workers

Contractor

Icing on the cake ready for new motorways

Contractor

Privacy Act changes and your company policy

Project

Transmission Gully problems will be forgotten

Policy

Procurement and contracts 2021 update

Profile

Stepping up to the challenge

Comment

Once more unto the breach – or maybe not

Contractor

The VR180, Vigor & Vikon track type tractors

Comment

We want to see Transmission Gully built properly

Recruitment

Change is coming so make wise choices now

Policy

A climate step too far

Comment

Treat us as adults please

Contractor

World class in our own backyard

Contractor

Investment and promotion to capitalise on the boom

Profile

Loving life as a concrete truck driver

Feature

Gorge highway slip repairs prove a long haul

Training

Always use the right machinery for the job

CCNZ update

Education and employment – the great divide

Project

World first for Westport water woes

Contractor

Changing the client mindset

Legal Comment

Bringing mediation back in style

Heavy Haulage

Aiming for a coherent approach to road management

Comment

Waitangi Day 2021 employment obligations

Contractor

The Clark-Michigan 180 Wheel Dozer

CCNZ update

When the going gets tough – looking back at 2020

Legal Comment

Perspectives 2020 – a legal report

Contractor

A greater focus on domestic talent

Contractor

End looms for Kiwi bitumen

Contractor

The weight of H&S responsibility falls on you

Comment

Civil construction’s big challenge for 2021

Heavy Haulage

A winning professional attitude

Contractor

Knowing what is under your feet

Heavy Haulage

Roading sites and oversize loads

Contractor

Getting on with it

Contractor

Runway makeover

Technology

EPIC round three photo competition – technology

Heavy Haulage

The challenge with more compliance requirements

Comment

Election reflections under Covid-19

Profile

Construction machinery is in his blood

Feature

Rapid repairs kept highway open

Comment

Hold on – the long-term outlook is brightening

Project

Designing a safer highway

CCNZ update

The standard you walk past is the standard you set

CCNZ update

The value of working together

Project

First expressway project to restart

Profile

Welcoming the CCNZ new president

Legal Comment

The good, the bad and the ugly

Tractors

Classic Machines: The Allis-Chalmers HD-5

Contractor

Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway photo- June 2020

Contractor

Drug warning from an expert

Contractor

End in sight for Waikato Expressway

Contractor

Channelling the Waikato development

Project

A highway under repair

Contractor

Lockdown political reflections

Contractor

Road transport needs clarification

Covid-19

Financial stability concerns

Contractor

The key to recovery

Covid-19

Rapid construction restart key to economic recovery

Forgotten companies

Forgotten companies: Austin-Western

Contractor

Essential oils

Contractor

Construction recovery plan

On The Cover

Working together to build Auckland’s future

Comment

Invest more in local roads and structures

Contractor

A West Coaster at heart

Heavy Haulage

No job is too small, or too difficult

Comment

A perspective on the initial national lockdown

Contractor

Great projects in history: the St Lawrence Seaway

Contractor

The first to respond

Contractor

Raising the tide for contractors

Contractor

CCNZ COVID-19 Coronavirus Response Plan

Contractor

Congratulations to our EPIC photo competition entries

Comment

Balancing our infrastructure upgrade

Contractor

Former All Black suicide prevention educator

Contractor

The Fiat-Allis 161 Elevating Scraper

Contractor

Growing pains need careful management

Heavy Haulage

The dream job

Feature

Legal pot: what happened overseas?

Heavy Haulage

Traffic Management should prepare for oversize

Contractor

The Michigan 110-9 & Hancock 192 elevating scrapers

Contractor

Working smarter on the Waikato Expressway

Contractor

A new era begins for Caterpillar

Contractor

Transmission Gully Motorway update

Legal Comment

Director’s liability in the construction sector

Legal Comment

Kensington Swan Comment: Letters of what intent?

Company Profile

A winning specialist contractor

Legal Comment

Recovering costs in adjudications

Contractor

The thin black line

Innovations

Creating world records

Legal Comment

Kensington Swan Comment: Changing the perception?

Contractor

The Engineering Browne Family

Heavy Haulage

Hauling on a handshake

Heavy Haulage

All-terrain moving is their forte

Contractor

Dramatic 68-hour bridge rebuild

Feature

Lifting for the America’s Cup

Technical

Enhancing Napier’s sporting status

Training

Employment education and training shakeup

Profile

Built tough, built to last

Technical

Making plastic pavements

Contractor

Let’s Make A Big Loader- the Cat 983 loader

Profile

Southern contractor takes out best rig award

Conferences & Exhibitions

Quarry NZ 2019 Invercargill- picture album

Feature

A near miss

Company Profile

Change of guard

Contractor

A reminder of days past – Opiki suspension bridge

Profile

A veteran well-travelled

Comment

Talking infrastructure with Stephen Selwood

Legal Comment

Unsafe workplace case study

Project

Huge infrastructure project gears up

Contractor

Building a winter diversion route

Contractor

Road Science wins safety award

Profile

Crane chief executive calls time

Recruitment

Hire fast, fire faster – the new recruitment guide

Comment

Growing a successful business

Company Profile

C. Lund and Son – Carrying on with tradition

Profile

Safety at heart

Contractor

Common bonds and challenges

Contractor

Bat challenger with highway tree removals

Legal Comment

Contract clauses to look out for

Workplace Safety

The real cost of a workplace injury

Contractor

West Coast challenge – 50,000 cubic metres of it

Profile

From the rugby field to Downer’s management

RIMS

Our land transport under Industry 4.0

Company Profile

A slice of our crane industry history

Comment

Polytech plans a looming disaster

Contractor

Nevis Bluff – a work in progress

Contractor

Massive rubbish haul on Auckland foreshore

Comment

Earthquake claims rumble on

Comment

A proud history of achievement

Comment

Repaying business debt 
too quickly?

Contractor

The Clark-Michigan 110-15 scraper

Recruitment

Gender pay gap revealed in construction

Technology

Steep hillside hauling with two TA300s

Project

Replacing old bridges

Profile

An industry advocate

Contractor

Nelson fires: contractors to the rescue

Legal Comment

Retentions and the lessons learnt from Ebert

Comment

Building a healthy public image

Technical

Building for a one-in-2500yr shake

Technical

Resisting seismic disturbance

Technical

Accurate paving with no strings attached   

Contractor

End of a Christchurch icon

Profile

Continuing a family legacy

Profile

A ‘people’ person

Contractor

Contractor signed for new busway  

Contractor

Perspectives 2019: Legal Report

Contractor

Perspectives 2019: construction health and safety

Contractor

Economic situation remains a contradiction

Contractor

Perspectives 2019: Building concrete confidence

Contractor

Crane Industry aims for best practice

Contractor

Oversize advocacy-building on big steps

Contractor

Let’s not become a BANANA republic

Contractor

Perspectives 2019: New agenda for land transport

Contractor

Perspectives 2019: Infrastructure and transport

Contractor

The discussion for 2019

Contractor

After a year of reviews – we now need action

Comment

Not such a Bella Vista

Comment

Looking after the industry

CCNZ update

NZTA’s new way forward

Historical

Looking back on an on-going project

Roading

Highest bridge required biggest dig

Company Profile

In the depth of the forest

Profile

The right attitude

Project

A functional public venue

Heavy Haulage

Heavy Haulage Conference lands in Brisbane 

Comment

Have you got a plan?

Comment

Trial and error

Contractor

Avoiding the disconnected jobsite

Training

NZIHT gets Josh on the road

Profile

Country girl turned heavy haulage pilot

Contractor

Delivering and installing heavy equipment

Contractor

Rescuing a vital container wharf

Contractor

Collapsed retaining walls – risks and remedies

Technology

Top place for Levi in Singapore

Profile

Building a reputation on asphalting

Contractor

How do you want to read Contractor?

Project

More than a highway

Contractor

Digital access to Contractor magazine and archives

Project

Tight site and a tight frame

Comment

Now is the time for exponential growth

On The Cover

Urban efficiency at the touch of a button

Contractor

A 55-kilometre engineering feat

Comment

A case for e-training

Comment

Committed to working with contractors

Comment

Are wire rope barriers – barriers to oversize?

Comment

Harnessing the Construction Contracts Act 2002

Comment

Is cut price bidding undermining our infrastructure?

Contractor

Australasian focused infrastructure review

Company Profile

FOUNDED ON RED ROCK

Conferences & Exhibitions

Updating IPWEA

Contractor

CCNZ EPIC industry careers launch

Heritage Trails

A road a long-time in the making

Comment

Leaky buildings and bodies corporate

Contractor

NEW ENGINE technology line-up

Technology

An Irish encounter

Comment

Salary increases thinner on the ground this year

Contractor

Waikato CCNZ Excavator Operator Competition 2018

Comment

Concrete ideas to get Auckland moving

Comment

Ransomware can cripple your business

Comment

NZTA works with industry on transport shift

RIMS

REG data quality project

Roading

Mt Messenger to Awakino Gorge improvements

Profile

A passion for health and safety

Contractor

Cat excavators raise bar for industry

Comment

Skill shortage – lessons from the past

CCNZ update

Digging into Government’s transport investments

Comment

Sobering light rail lessons from Sydney

Technology

Thinking outside the box

Contractor

Logbook rules causing financial headaches

Comment

Impact of the new political environment for road transport

Conferences & Exhibitions

Stakeholder get-together

RIMS

A focus on roading data

Comment

Hard hats vs bump caps

Contractor

Reality of oil in New Zealand

Contractor

First major roading projects welcomed

Contractor

The scrapers of Curtiss-Wright

Comment

Water bores and casings

Comment

What can we learn from Carillion UK collapse

Comment

Farewell and hello again

Contractor

What is the fatigue risk in your workplace?

Legal Comment

FIDIC suite changes 2017

Feature

Corrosion impact on bridge infrastructure

Historical

A highway taken out of obscurity

Heavy Haulage

A family affair

Contractor

Before you dig..

Profile

At your service: Stacy Goldsworthy

Heavy Haulage

Better communication needed over project impact

NZTA project

Transmission Gully taking shape 

Roading

Explaining REG and its role in roading

Comment

Leadership needed on pre-qualification

Contractor

2018 NEOC: Results

Contractor

2018 National Excavator Operator Competition – Day Two Album

Contractor

2018 National Excavator Operator Competition – Day One Album

Comment

Greg Sheehan: A long hot summer made worse by PPE

Heavy Haulage

Logistic overload

Contractor

Turning a dream into reality

Profile

A passion for modelling

Profile

Farewell to a top civil contractor and gold miner – Sam March

Legal Comment

Don’t get caught out on cartel conduct

Contractor

Auckland’s boulevard: Tamaki Drive

Workplace Safety

PPE comments from the readership

Historical

Award-winning crane project … from the past

Training

Strong case for a NZQA generic procurement qualification

Feature

Skills shortage – a company perspective

Contractor

Tendering trends

Contractor

Skill shortages 
– we have been there before

Contractor

12 years of 
foamed bitumen … a contractor’s perspective

Technology

UAS case study

Project

More CRL 
innovations and updates

Contractor

Stay agile – adapt, and adapt now

Contractor

Digitising the civil construction process

Project

Rai Saddle 
realignment

Profile

Cross examination

Contractor

Legal report

Contractor

Reaching milestones

Contractor

In terms of industry equipment

Contractor

The water challenge

Contractor

Pushing for the oversize industry in 2018

Contractor

Cranes and our economic environment

Contractor

Connecting construction with technology

Workplace Safety

A long hot summer made worse by PPE

Roading

A milestone for contracting

Contractor

Building resilience

Contractor

Taking control of hazardous substances

Contractor

Review of 2017 – Mind the Gap!

Contractor

Strengthening relationships

Contractor

Infrastructure and transport

Contractor

Change and challenge ahead for quarry sector

Comment

Does the industry need to be more tech savvy?

Comment

Seeking clarity on infrastructure pipeline

Historical

Christchurch International Airport – an ongoing story

Technology

What full automation can do for asphalt plants

Profile

A day with a crane driver

Project

Second stage of the Kapiti Expressway underway

Roading

NZTA & NZIHT conference: Delivering our highway network

Roading

Recent trials test road markings

Contractor

NZTA & NZIHT conference: The view of a major road user

Heavy Haulage

Is NZTA’s 2017-2021 strategy relevant?

Comment

Skills a continuing issue

Legal Comment

Direct agreements – back from the dead?

Comment

Recognising Kaikoura earthquake work

Comment

Constraining factors in construction

Health & Safety

Health and Safety through NEBOSH

Comment

Simple steps to better procurement

Contractor

From the Archives: The Game Changer

Project

A long time in planning

Health & Safety

Learning the ropes

Contractor

The day the trains started running

Profile

Contracting and camaraderie

Legal Comment

High stakes – are you covered?

Contractor

Equipment selection with the use of basic maths

Heavy Haulage

Heavy Haulage Conference 2017

Contractor

Solving pavement water damage

Contractor

Quarry contract awarded

Contractor

Meeting today’s skills gap

Contractor

Growth from adversity

Contractor

Connected thinking

Contractor

Supply risk calls for new water treatment plant

Heritage NZ

Our first road

Contractor

Solving it with containers

Legal Comment

Introducing the new CCNZ Subcontract

Contractor

On the side of the mighty Waikato

Comment

And after all – we are only ordinary men

Comment

Spotlight on precast concrete floors

Comment

Time for tough decisions around 
water funding

Comment

DIY drug testing not the answer

Contractor

Crane Association Conference 2017

Legal Comment

Is there a perfect engineer?

Contractor

Working better together

Conferences & Exhibitions

In the PM’s words

Conferences & Exhibitions

CCNZ conference opens with tough messages

Profile

Wayne Scott: Bringing together ‘us’ and ‘them’

Contractor

RedBull Powder’s proud legacy – and bright future

Legal Comment

Risk management in construction

Heritage NZ

A concise history of Kiwi roading

Heavy Haulage

On top of their game

Heavy Haulage

Oversize on motorways and tolled roads

Technology

CivilShare: Bringing the market together

NZTA project

Engaging with the environment at Taupiri

Profile

Working the dream

Profile

Roger McRae: The ConstructSafe Champion

Profile

Samantha Gain: The new face of public works engineering

Technology

Buyers’ Guide for on-board scales and weighing systems

Comment

Skills in demand but salary increases are sedate

Historical

Old scrapers in action 

Feature

Wasps and other challenges

Training

New qualification a hit with trainees

Comment

Lessons from the tendering court

Feature

Container crane reshuffle at Fergusson Container Terminal

Comment

Poor procurement holding us back

Technology

Protecting our infrastructure from corrosion

Profile

Business on a handshake

Comment

Prequalification – Malcolm’s last word

Video clips

POA Video: Moving two 1,100 tonne cranes

Comment

Pressures on infrastructure – time to innovate

Technology

Excavating without a bucket

Project

Working against the elements: Mingha Bluff realignment on SH73

Contractor

Swinging from the job

On The Cover

Bigger than big – the new Cat 637K wheeled tractor scraper

Contractor

Early Kato Excavators

Roading

Connectus JV keeps city moving

Comment

Stuffed up? How to win your next contract

Contractor

Transmission Gully Motorway progressing well

Company Profile

Alpha Specialised Movers: Moving in a new direction

On The Cover

Ammann expands compaction range

Comment

Not just a job, but a career in civil construction

Contractor

Guidelines for resilient underground utilities

Profile

Arnold Bayliss: The king of airports

Roading

Kaikoura slips – the work so far

Profile

Tim Dodge: Filling the cracks

Profile

Sandy Southcombe: Taranaki’s 
heavy mover

On The Cover

Hamm and Vögele smoothing the road ahead

Heritage NZ

Auckland International Airport: A work in progress

Conferences & Exhibitions

ConExpo 2017 experience

CCNZ update

ConstructSafe – providing powerful information

Workplace Safety

H&S is killing us softly

Training

Building the talent pipeline

Legal Comment

CCA update: Demonstrating ‘reasonable value’

CCNZ update

Lowest price seldom delivers outcomes

Contractor

National Excavator Operator Competition 2017: Day One slideshow

Comment

Conexpo 2017 : A massive occasion

Roading

Slip lesson in Northland

Heavy Haulage

A matter of logistics

Health & Safety

Fulton Hogan & Endometriosis NZ: Working together for women

Archives

Heritage Trails: Skippers Road

On The Cover

Hitachi ZW-5 wheel loaders hit NZ

CCNZ update

Making and taking opportunities in 2017

Workplace Safety

Aggregate matters and concerns

Heritage NZ

Raising the dough to build New Zealand

Training

Time to talk about training

Video clips

Manapouri Power Station- construction slideshow

Heritage NZ

Manapouri Muscle

Heritage NZ

Heritage NZ: The Otira rail tunnel

Training

Latest Civil Trades achievers

Heritage Trails

Heritage Trails: Building the Backbone

Heritage Trails

Heritage Trails: Through mist and mystery

Technology

Lessons in smart fleet management

Awards

2016 NZRMCA Awards

Business Matters

Improving the contract market

Company Profile

For the good of energy

On The Cover

Fully loaded 

Conferences & Exhibitions

bauma 2016 Shanghai

Contractor

In memory of Pauline

Contractor

Last word: our changing place in a changing world

Contractor

Advancements and opportunities in civil engineering market

Contractor

Skilled professionals in short supply in civil job market

Contractor

Savvy technology: savvy contractors

Contractor

Tackling future challenges

Contractor

Under Auckland city : Building City Rail Link(CRL)

Contractor

The critical place of water

Contractor

On board with Civil Trades

Contractor

Crane technology – integral to development

Contractor

A robust landscape for the concrete industry

Contractor

Legal report card

Contractor

Moving forward in heavy haulage

Contractor

Compliance requirements increase

Contractor

Sharpening the H&S focus: managing workplace risk

Contractor

Building infrastructure network resilience

Contractor

On the cusp of a transport revolution

Contractor

Transport infrastructure: the view from the top

Contractor

Capital intentions + infrastructure investment

Heritage Trails

The Auckland-to-Waikato Great South Road

Technology

Noggin 1000 GPR systems

Contractor

Highway rebuilding in war-torn Liberia

Contractor

Welcome to the gateway to Christchurch

Contractor

Built for water fun: Wero Whitewater Park

Contractor

Strong client supplier relationship

Contractor

Raising the road: Causeway Upgrade

Contractor

Downer trainee wins Connexis Trainee of the Year

Contractor

Keeping it local

Contractor

A good man at Goodman

Contractor

Southern hospitality: NZTA/NZIHT annual conference

Contractor

The ‘Kaikoura’ Quake

Contractor

Auckland’s top excavator operator

Contractor

Innovative in-ground engineering

Contractor

Digging by remote control

Contractor

Hunua 4 – taking in communities

Contractor

Forgotten companies: Eimco

Contractor

Luxury load: transporting a high-spec sleeper train

Contractor

The making of Christchurch’s Western Corridor

Contractor

Who’s heard of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979?

Contractor

GEM Awards 2016

Contractor

Infrastructure contracts – the debate continues

Contractor

The dissolution of SCIRT

Contractor

Robert Jones: Leading from the front

Contractor

Best road maintenance contract model

Contractor

Heavy Haulage Conference 2016

Heavy Haulage

Greg Sheehan Top flight pilot

Contractor

Get your skates on!

Contractor

Downtown disappears 
on Ward Demolition watch

Legal Comment

Right to suspend left dangling

Contractor

The new CCNZ president: Brian Warren

Comment

Update from the NZ Transport Agency

Contractor

Stopping a slip 
slip-sliding away

Contractor

Road Asset Management (RAM) contracts

Contractor

Mark Pizey 
at the coalface of health and safety

Contractor

CANZ 2016: A conference to remember

Contractor

Foxbox cage for sewer project

Contractor

Hugh Johnstone – award winner

Contractor

Prosecutions and the HSWA 2015

Contractor

Pile integrity testing

Roading

Waikanae image gallery

Contractor

High tech monitoring in CRL construction

Contractor

New era from Lafarge and Holcim merger

Contractor

Giant crawler-crane helps construct long bridge

Contractor

Western Belfast Bypass project

Contractor

Alarm bells over buying low-cost steel

Contractor

An eye on Bathurst

Contractor

By the Dry Cardrona

Contractor

Fergus Gammie: In charge of our transport

Contractor

RoNS: The issue of pavement quality

Contractor

World focus for NZTA/NZIHT conference

Contractor

Upgrading the Remarkables ski-field access road

Contractor

New Police Interaction and Inspection Process

Contractor

Flood mitigation in Toowoomba

Comment

Concerns over pavement quality

Contractor

Towards a zero harm target

Contractor

The long reach of the Liebherr R9250

Heritage Trails

Saving Paekakariki Hill Road

Contractor

It’s all changing at interchange

Contractor

A lesson in road contract collaboration

Heavy Haulage

Heavy Haulage: In praise of industry members

Contractor

Realising dreams

Contractor

Robot assists Christchurch rebuild

Comment

Next year’s highway programme and beyond – where to from here?

Cement and Concrete Association (CCANZ) update

Concrete roading – internationally proven

Contractor

Smart trench protection

Contractor

RoNS – a lesson in remedial work

Contractor

A Virtual Tour: MIMICO’s Matamata Factory

Contractor

The original seven RoNS for dummies

Contractor

Realigning the Manawatu River

Company Profile

Scrapers reign supreme

Contractor

Good Bye Alice TBM

Classic Machines

Erie Steam shovel at Threlkeld Quarry

Contractor

Steam Digger from the deep

Contractor

The Mississippi Road Supply Company (M.R.S)

Contractor

Eating with the fishes- thanks Tranzcarr

Contractor

Man on the move – Frank Riddell

Euclid

The S-12 scraper

Contractor

The BBA PT Series – revolutionary new pumps

Contractor

The International-Harvester 412 scraper

Contractor

The Clark-Michigan 110 HT scraper

Contractor

The John Deere 5010 scraper

Contractor

Volvo at 50

Contractor

Michigan’s Open Bowl Scrapers

Heavy Haulage

Scania joins first cross-border convoy

CCNZ update

2016 NEOC: Awards Dinner and Results

CCNZ update

2016 NEOC: Day Two

CCNZ update

2016 NEOC – Day One

Contractor

Farewelling Geoff Dangerfield

Contractor

2016 RIMS Forum – new ideas, new connections

Contractor

Upgraded road management solution in New Zealand

Contractor

A model approach to roading design – Ara Tuhono Puhoi to Warkworth

Contractor

Iconic viaduct’s $13m revamp

Contractor

SCRIM trucks: Sharp Eyes on the Road

Contractor

Construction technology predictions

Contractor

Water infrastructure opportunities

Contractor

Better Big Wipes

Contractor

Projecta battery charger for all types

Contractor

The Caterpillar 933 Traxcavator

Contractor

Managing road networks

Contractor

Gordon MacDonald: Working safer together

Contractor

Dad’s idea – as realised by his son (Chris Olsen)

Contractor

Smart Shelter equals smart business

Contractor

Drilling under the mighty Waikato

Contractor

Getting to know CCNZ’s new CEO: Peter Silcock

Contractor

Alice strips down and says farewell

Contractor

Takaka Hill: The Marble Obstacle

Contractor

Kaeser Mobilair distribution appointment

Contractor

Lube Shuttle’s improved greasing system

Contractor

A new behaviour programme: Navman’s Wireless Director

Contractor

The view from the top

Contractor

Investing in roading construction: National Land Transport Programme

Contractor

NOC finer points – the new contract model

Contractor

Gauging success of the NOC model

Contractor

The first NOC contract in action

Contractor

NZTA’s cultural change ( embracing NOCs)

Contractor

Local authorities teaming up with NZTA – how is the NOC model impacting local government?

Contractor

Network Outcomes Contracts – an industry game changer

Contractor

Kensington Swan: The legal perspective on construction sector in 2016

Contractor

A new civil trades qualification

Contractor

Matatoke Viaduct upgrade

Contractor

Baypark to Bayfair (B2B) link upgrade begins

Contractor

High-end inverter enhanced

Contractor

Industry and the broader economy

Contractor

Commemorating 60 years – The Rimutaka Rail Tunnel

Contractor

On the job front: a recruitment perspective

Contractor

All about relationships- CCNZ’s contracting industry assessment

Contractor

Design-Construct – a consultant’s view

Contractor

Engineers as trusted advisors: An ACENZ perspective

Contractor

A new road stabilising enzyme from Firmament NZ

Contractor

Hensley Bladesaver benefits

Contractor

Opportunity for infrastructure investment

Contractor

Mr Dependable – Lewis Clotworthy

Contractor

Chocks away for Transmission Gully

Contractor

Contractors’ challenges – may common sense prevail

Contractor

Keeping on the move

Contractor

Civil Trades regime launched

Contractor

Lyttelton Port expansion

Contractor

Devonport’s Calliope Drydock – favored by fate

Contractor

Innovative infrastructure

Contractor

Catching up with Joe Edwards

Contractor

Linking communities: The Waitaki Bridges Replacement project

Contractor

A day at Christchurch’s Avon-Heathcote Estuary

Contractor

Kapiti’s Expressway forges ahead

Contractor

Intelligent Transport Systems: changing the way we move

Comment

3 Waters infrastructure planning

Comment

Upskilling ourselves – Tommy Parker

Contractor

Balancing risk and reward in the tender phase of design-construct contracts: How to have a...

Contractor

Home and Dry – a complex haulage exercise

Contractor

Iconic Motorway Engravings – Wellington Motorway’s new median Barrier

Comment

Competitive Tenders: push-back on the paperless office

Legal Comment

Rising from the ashes

Contractor

Making migrant labour work for you

Contractor

Amarok Not Immune From Emissions Fall-Out

Contractor

Power Trip

Contractor

Keeping The Waters At Bay – Rangitaiki Floodway Scheme

Company Profile

Worthington Contracting: from strength to strength

Contractor

Contract to BLOW UP Christchurch Police HQ

Contractor

Making good State Highway 58

Profile

Chasing new challenges

Conferences & Exhibitions

The heartbeat of our industry

Awards

NZ Heavy Haulage Association awards

Contractor

World first manufacturing service launched

Contractor

SiteApp helps assess workplace risk from every angle

Contractor

Old dogs, new tricks: Nelson Civil Construction boosts output

Contractor

Ones, zeros and dollar signs – talking with Roger Ford

Contractor

A Social life at Contract Landscapes a.k.a CLL

Contractor

Navman Wireless instrumental in tracking progress

Contractor

Komatsu puts customers first

Contractor

Hamm Compaction Quality technology launches in NZ

Contractor

EROAD announces next-generation platform

Contractor

Early adoption key to profitability for Schick Construction

Contractor

Binding the metal with a simple solution

Contractor

Austin Asphalt fixes it in the field with FIELDFIX

Contractor

3D scanning technology in the palm of your hand

Contractor

Waikato Expressway’s Karapiro Gully bridge- Simple yet Unique

Heritage Trails

The canal that wouldn’t die- Corinth

Contractor

Heritage NZ Report: A historic road and landing rediscovered

Contractor

Transport Agency project: the Waikato Expressway

Contractor

When Elijah stepped up

Contractor

Frances Boyce- a boss with many hats

Contractor

The Allis-Chalmers 645 wheel loader

Contractor

Smart highways of the future

Contractor

East West Connections – Another roading project looms

Heritage Trails

The Rimutaka Heritage Trail- starting with an abduction

Comment

Breach of permit changes welcomed

Business Matters

The challenge with association memberships

Business Matters

Negotiated contracts vs tenders- a business coach’s perspective

Contractor

French giant steps up its Kiwi presence

Contractor

KiwiRail upgrade ‘007’ licenced to thrill

Contractor

Youth careers day at MOTAT

Contractor

McConnell Dowell’s leadership training programme

Contractor

Lessons in flood control

CCNZ update

2015 Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards: Category 5 & 6 Winners

CCNZ update

2015 Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards: Project Winners

Contractor

2015 Civil Contractors conference- sponsor booth and equipment pictures

Contractor

New Opportunities for Equipment Hire Industry

Contractor

On Yer Bike Again

Contractor

Malcolm McWhannell: Labouring for Others

Contractor

The Normanby realignment project: fixing a killer bridge in South Taranaki

Comment

Titan Cranes: Back from the brink

Contractor

Ferrymead Bridge: a classic lesson

Company Profile

CCNZ member profile: Bev and Erin Bowling

Company Profile

Gordon Stone: An industry Veteran’s long stay with Titan

Contractor

Network Outcomes Contracts: early maintenance and operations model results

Contractor

Night Moves

Contractor

Christchurch soldiers on

Comment

When the surveying begins- an update from Pokeno

Contractor

The Volvo LM841 wheel loader

Heritage Trails

Heritage Trails: The Pigroot

Contractor

New Zealand beckons for Aussies and returning Kiwis

Comment

zero harm safety app for association members

Contractor

Auckland – a congestion nightmare

Cement and Concrete Association (CCANZ) update

No concrete cancer says CCANZ

Business Matters

All in the family

Contractor

Auckland’s missing link

Company Profile

Going the distance in the Deep South

Comment

A night shift

Comment

McConnell Dowell – a view from the top

Heavy Haulage

Sorting haulage rules: Jonathan Bhana-Thompson comments

Contractor

Waterview off-casts make great Memorial

Comment

Profit and health and safety: comment from Malcolm Abernethy

Comment

Zero Harm Group: leading the industry through reform

Contractor

Transport Agency projects – Fixing SH20A

Contractor

The Masher – a seismic breakthrough

Contractor

Harsh lesson with non-payment

Contractor

Skid Resistant Roading Material: looking for the God particle

Comment

A winning change of direction

Contractor

Higgins sets roundabout straight

Contractor

Waterview Tunnel footage shot from UAV

Contractor

Please don’t stress the pipes

Contractor

Wirtgen Group extends its network in Australasia

Contractor

A new brand for Downer

Contractor

We shall not forget: the Kiwi pioneers and engineers on The Western Front

Comment

How financially secure is your project?

Health & Safety

New WorkSafe NZ regulations encourage cloud migration

Health & Safety

Health and Safety Reform Bill

Contractor

New Memorial Park for ANZAC Day

Feature

Unique engineering lessons from Christchurch

Contractor

War Memorial art display reach new heights

Feature

GPS lessons from Australia

Comment

EROAD sets Kiwi contractors on the right road

Contractor

Christchurch roading project on its way

Feature

The art of making swimming pools

Comment

Introducing Peter Silcock

Heavy Haulage

Heavy hauling through Northland

Comment

Working out whether you are a ‘quarry operator’

Comment

Quarry definitions: new flowchart resource

Feature

Cones: There’s more to them than you’d think

CCNZ update

Civil Contractors New Zealand appoints a new chief executive

Contractor

Resource development needs urgent reform

Feature

Dealing with tight tolerances

Comment

Government procurement rules

Comment

Lest we forget

Heavy Haulage

Consideration of oversize load movers

Comment

A case for concrete pavement intersections

Comment

Why Government needs to take water funding seriously

Comment

Contract retention provisions

Feature

Emily’s great bridge

Feature

Taking the high road

Contractor

Runway Innovations

CCNZ update

National Excavator Operator Competition 2015

Feature

From little boysenberries…. Big things grow

Contractor

Ramping up Auckland’s housing supply

Contractor

The go-between – investing in youth

Comment

Contracting politics can be a lonely game

Contractor

A rocky road for minerals

Comment

Common sense approach to claw back payments

On The Cover

The right gear for the job

Contractor

Causeway Upgrade Project

Comment

The power behind the president

Comment

The contractor’s new best friend

Comment

Increased funding and focus on cycling

Comment

The engineer and performance bond

Contractor

Roading Lessons from the UK

Feature

Road Science triumphs on the highway

Feature

Heritage Trail to Arthur’s Pass

Heavy Haulage

Keeping NZHHA wheels turning

Contractor

Crane technology advances

Contractor

A year for confidence

Contractor

Women to the rescue

Feature

Bauma China – a biennial feast of gear and culture

Comment

Doors of Opportunity

Comment

Paying respect to Arnold Downer’s legacy

Comment

Concrete masonry – the silent workhorse

Contractor

Pike River – the final chapter

Comment

In praise of roundabouts

Comment

Opening up about suicide

Feature

A contractor’s perspective

Comment

A woman’s aptitude for altitude

Comment

Nelmac’s water woman

Comment

Parting words from Jeremy Sole- a final column

On The Cover

Dedicated to Cat

Comment

Smoko antics

Comment

When perception influences reality

Comment

Towards a drug-free workplace

Feature

Watch it around those new lines

Historical

An electrifying leap of faith

Feature

On yer bike

Training

Learning the basics at Tai Poutini

Feature

Core benefits Ashley River bridge

Comment

The pipe dream that came true

On The Cover

Scale rule

On The Cover

Turning waste into treasure with Cat K Series wheel loaders

Comment

John Deere K-Series wheel loaders

On The Cover

Hirepool’s massive equipment investment

On The Cover

Making hard work easy

On The Cover

The sensational new CAT E-Series

Contractor

Celebrating mini excavators with cult status

On The Cover

Vögele paves the day

Heritage Trails

Heritage Trails: Waioeka Gorge

Contractor

No blame – yeah right!

On The Cover

John Deere makes the Grade

Contractor

Fishing for Mudfish – use Marmite

Archives

Underwater wonder

Contractor

Time for a rational debate