The new JLG Industries branch in Mount Wellington, Auckland was officially opened on March 31 with an event well attended by JLG customers and media who were more than impressed with the new facilities.
More than a century after his death, Sir Julius Vogel’s legacy lives on in every branch of New Zealand civil construction. Contractor retraces the career of the original big-thinker.
Construction of Nga Awa Purua, the second power station on the Rotokawa geothermal resource north of Taupo, has just been completed. Contractor reviews its unique design and construction.
High above Newmarket some amazing sleight of hand is unfolding – building a new viaduct, dismantling the existing one, and all the while allowing dense traffic to keep flowing over the twin-bridge structure.
New Zealanders should give a collective thumbs-up to the nation’s premier state highway finally being sealed from end to end. Completion of the last few kilometres to Cape Reinga was United Civil Construction’s biggest ever project, and the company has done the job in style.
Discussion continues about adopting the NEC3 contract as the standard form of contract and I still have strong reservations about doing this, as I believe the standard conditions of contract (NZS 3910) has many features that serve the New Zealand construction industry well.
Over the past three to four years most surfacing contractors have suffered losses because of the fluctuations in bitumen prices.
The Contractors’ Federation has developed a healthy industry statement to guide it in its work, and to inform stakeholders of the direction it is looking.
Even more than usual, this year the Heavy Haulage Association has come across roading projects on heavy haul routes that are simply not up top scratch.
Determined to break into the off-highway truck market, International Harvester introduced the model PayHauler 65 (18 ton capacity) and PayHauler 95 (24 ton capacity) in 1957.
Thinking big to build New Zealand
Full steam ahead
Reservations about NEC3
Defining a healthy and productive industry
The small PayHaulers - International's 65, 95 and 100