Christchurch Southern Motorway Stage 2 (CSM2) project shows traffic using the new Weedons Road bridge and southbound traffic now travelling across the Shands Road bridge- great milestones achieved for the project during July 2019. The Robinsons Road Overpass continues to progress well and vast amounts of landscaping is currently being undertaken along the alignment. Construction…
Drone footage of earthworks progress, courtesy of the Northern Express Group.
Civil Contractors New Zealand, the New Zealand Roadmarkers Federation and the Roadmarking Industry Association of Australia have arranged 44 amazing speakers for #Navigatingthefuture – 2019’s national conference for civil contractors and roadmarkers – which takes place in Rotorua from 31 July – 3 August. An intriguing discussion on the state of civil construction and roadmarking…
The current climate in construction is shifting, to change. A guest blog by Regan Burke New Zealand’s infrastructure is experiencing a predicted long and busy boom. Auckland has more cranes up on the skyline than any other city in the south east Asia area. But at what cost? Perception of convenience and disregard for long term…
Komatsu New Zealand has launched myKomatsu, a new online parts customer portal that makes ordering parts a quick and easy process. Available 24/7 throughout New Zealand, myKomatsu has been designed to ensure that customers order the right parts for their machines and are through to checkout as quickly as possible. It is completely cross-platform, allowing…
Carl Vaughan contacted us with these new suggestions. Tyre disposal is obviously a major issue in New Zealand and throughout the world. Around 6 million tyres come into New Zealand each year. They can’t be buried, as they rise back out of the ground, and they can’t be burned. A lot of tyres are shipped…
The Winners have been named in the 2019 civil construction awards A record-breaking pipeline in Auckland, a Napier roading upgrade to make a busy intersection safe, an Auckland wastewater station and a stormwater restoration in Wellington won respective category awards at the 41st CCNZ Hirepool Construction Excellence awards in Rotorua on 2 August. McConnell Dowell…
The Engineering School at the University of Canterbury is currently undergoing research to determine the ‘optimal stage’ to involve the contractor in pre-construction services. Previous research has shown that engaging in pre-construction services can provide benefits to all stakeholders (I.e. contractors, clients, and consultants) when performed correctly. The Engineering School has created a short survey…
Ground-breaking local ingenuity is giving Smart Dig the advantage when it comes to quieter hydro excavation. Rob Southey set up in business back in 1997 with a single truck cleaning effluent ponds for farmers. From there, his company has grown quickly to the point where Southeys Group has now cornered the market in not only…
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Clark-Michigan rolled out it’s twin-engined scraper- the 110HT, in 1970. The machine was a reasonable success for C-M and over 1000 were produced. A small number trickled into NZ, although no-one is sure exactly how many arrived, or where they ended up working. In 2009 Richard Campbell wrote about the NZ imports in a Classic…
NZ company Vault Intel has recently added a new tool to complement its wearable software technology product Vault Solo. SoloDrive is a fleet management software product that uses a matrix system to assess user performance under categories and scores each journey undertaken with a performance total. Any manager responsible for a fleet of vehicles will…
Join Civil Contractors New Zealand at Energy Events Centre in Rotorua to get in-depth information on how new innovations, new technologies and a new generation are changing the way civil construction works. This year’s conference features keynote speakers New Zealander of the Year Mike King, City Rail Link Chief Executive Dr Sean Sweeney, BNZ Chief…
The Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) Alliance is the head contractor on a $240 million project which sees the Main North Road and the Western Belfast By-Pass converge with the new Northern Corridor just south of the Waimakariri River. Currently the Alliance is engaged in a 16 month long project adding additional traffic and cycle lanes…
Q&M editor Alan Titchall attended the 2019 Minerals Forum. These pictures were taken over the two day event.
