Tight design tolerances on a big roading job in Auckland saw contractor HEB return to Global Survey for its latest Leica PowerGrade 3D system.
Another piece of Waihi gold mining history is preserved for posterity.
A new transformer for the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter was no toy.
Creation of the Victoria Park Tunnel in Auckland is the final part of a plan to help a monster volume of traffic flow more smoothly between Newmarket and the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Not surprisingly, this “significant seven” roading project presents complex challenges.
Gordon and Netta Burnside, the husband and wife team behind Brand X, talk about the 40-year success of the New Plymouth-based machinery distributor.
A unique challenge saw KraneQuip don its thinking caps to design and build a 16 tonne crane for a tight space at NZ Steel.
E Carson and Sons has secured the New Zealand agency for an internal pipe sealing system that allows leaks to be repaired quickly, without having to expose the pipe.
It has become increasingly common for contractors to ‘tag’ their tenders requiring a clause stating that neither party can claim indirect or consequential losses against each other. But is such an exclusion clause really necessary?
The whole point of 3910 is that it should be easily understood by everyone – but in some areas now, with councils significantly modifying the standard, you need a lawyer and a Rubik’s Cube to figure it out.
The Government has recently passed into law the Infrastructure Bill that deals with the issue of utility companies carrying out work in the road corridor, however it does raise concerns for contractors.
Perhaps no other track type tractor has quite the aura of mystery, is spoken of in reverent terms or has had so much misinformation published about it quite like the Euclid TC-12.
