After 55 years Hirepool has diversified its business model and now delivers a total-rental solution across the country.
Graeme Blackley takes a look at his career and the industry in general as he and his company mark a half-century in contracting.
As retired Auckland contractor Ivan Whale turns 100 he still manages to keep amazingly active.
More than just the clients were happy with Fulton Hogan’s performance on the East Taupo Arterial project.
This year’s crane project of the year was different to most – highly complicated and technically precise, and, unusually, a maintenance job rather than a new build.
Graham Liddell, of GT Liddell Contracting, gave a presentation at the crane conference about his niche company and specialised equipment developed to work in the rail corridor.
In conjunction with Tranzqual ITO the Heavy Haulage Association has been developing and getting recognition for new training and assessment for both grades of load pilot in the industry.
It is inevitable that the Health and Safety in Employment Act is going to change. Technical changes to the definition of serious harm will mean that employers have to report more injury incidents to the Department of Labour.
The Contractors’ Federation has consistently campaigned for fair and open procurement strategies which provide competition in the supply stream and growth opportunities for contractors at all levels.
In today’s market, pricing by contractors is very sharp with lean margins, and, in some instances, no margin at all. Contracts are being awarded well below the engineer’s estimate, resulting in strained contractual relationships from the start of the contract.
Getting the right information into the non-price attributes section of a tender response is critical for companies wanting to win contracts in today’s highly competitive tendering environment.
A logical development of its existing model 270 single engined open bowl PayScraper, International began design work on what was to become the E270 PayScraper in 1964, with the first production machines appearing in 1965.
The bridges of the ETA
Health and safety: raising the bar
