SoCal Earthmovers sets the bar for footage of machinery working on huge projects in Southern California. This clip is a recent example of Socal’s skill. Pretty impressive watching these machines move in and out of shot. There are over 100 machines working on this project, with Caterpillar 651B and 657E/657 scrapers to the fore. Cecil…
The largest production twin engined motor scraper to be offered by any earthmoving equipment manufacturer, the Caterpillar model 666, was introduced in 1962 along with a raft of other ‘600 series’ motor scrapers that Caterpillar had been developing. Boasting a whopping 54 cubic-yard-heaped bowl, the 666 was also offered as a single engined scraper, which…
Talk about a stranded bulldozer had been circulating in the Taihape District for years. One day Finn Wallis set out to find the machine… Find it he did, perched precariously on the edge of 250 metre bluff, more than a kilometre from the nearest walking track. This clip shows the recovery operation that ensued. The…
CivilShare is on a mission to revolutionise an age-old construction industry. Sparked by the country’s growing landfill problem, brothers Regan and Mike Burke believe they can deliver higher profit for the industry and solve an environmental issue at the same time. “Materials, manpower and machinery are being wasted and landfill remains high on the radar…
The 27-kilometre, $850 million Transmission Gully Motorway (TGM) is expected to open next year following five years of extensive construction. At 230-metre long and 24.5-metres wide, the Cannons Creek Bridge is by far the longest bridge to be constructed along this new motorway. This selection of photos includes a number of progress shots from the…
SH6 on the West Coast was closed last Thursday- Feb 21st, after a sudden downpour sent tons of debri cascading down a creek bed and across a 500 metre stretch of road. Local contracting crews spent two full days clearing up almost 40,000 cubic metres of mud, trees and gravel. This video clip was taken…
Blair Hartle was named the Wellington / Wairarapa region’s top excavator operator following a close-fought Regional Excavator Operator Competition held at the Upper Hutt Summer Carnival at Trentham Memorial Park on Saturday. Hartle, 29, works as an excavator operator on the Transmission Gully project for Kāpiti-based civil construction company Goodman Contractors. Despite the win, he…
Condor Pumps had added MobyDick Truck Wheel Washing Systems to its growing product range. Since 1985, Swiss-based MobyDick has set a global standard for high performance cleaning, durability, and reliability. The company’s engineers have developed the most effective wheel wash installation to solve environmental and stormwater problems caused by tire track-out of dirt and sediment…
Sandvik has recently appointed Porter Group as its distributor for Mobile Crushing and Screening for the whole of Australia Porter Group has acted as Sandvik’s New Zealand distributor for sales and aftermarket support of its mobile crushing and screening range since 2009. The company will now also act as mobile distributor for the entire Australian…
If you’ve ever wanted your work hard hat to make a statement then you are in luck.. Cool Hard Hats NZ makes and sells cool-looking, custom designed hard hats. The company has its own graphic design team and will create you a hard hat which differs from your normal kit. Says company owner Jamie L’Huillier…
Short-term gaps in the infrastructure pipeline are causing long-term headaches for the country’s civil infrastructure contractors, who have criticised a vague forward work programme that sees roading projects down nearly three billion dollars in the next two years. Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Peter Silcock says that despite promises of ‘record investment’ and a…
Here is some drone footage of the CNC site taken just before Christmas 2018. In between the gravel you can really see the structures starting to take shape. For more information on the CNC project, visit http://www.nzta.govt.nz/cnc
