The 2017 Waikato and B.O.P regional excavator operator comps were held at Mystery Creek on June 15 & June 16th. Fortunately Kade Croft from Geotechnics was present to photograph the action. Results as follows: Waikato winner – Mike Bowe (Fulton Hogan) 2nd – Josh McCarthy (Schick Civil) 3rd – Trout Harford (Hick Bros Civil) …
Readers will recall news of Euro Auctions in Northern Ireland selling over 100 classic tractors with many historically important models from the 1940s, 50s and 60s in a one-day auction this past Easter. Most of the collection had been amassed by John Flynn over the past four decades, with many of the tractors having been…
In what will be a relief for contractors, the Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court decision, and held that payments made to contractors by financiers pursuant to a direct agreement are not voidable transactions recoverable by a liquidator. While some may see this as a return to the previous position there are a […]…
ConstructSafe turned one year old in April 2017. The voluntary scheme is helping the New Zealand construction industry self-regulate around safety standards, providing basic tests that assess awareness of safety protocol and behaviour. The first tier of the scheme, a foundation level framework, has been successfully launched. In the next phase of activity the foundation…
Waterview Tunnel is about to open for business. There are ceremonial parades, ribbons and guided tours scheduled. Here’s a video clip of how the Tunnel journey unfolds, for those who can’t fit it in.
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Mainzeal was one of the largest construction companies in New Zealand when it was put into receivership in 2012, liquidation followed shortly afterwards. Fast-forward five years and the receivership stage process has just been completed with the Receivers retiring on 15 May 2017. The completion of the Receivership means that…
Winter is upon us and earthworks at Huntly have paused. Time to take stock off what has been accomplished at this section of the Waikato RoNS. The Huntly section involves 15km of four lane expressway, 3million m3 of earthworks, an 60m cutting through the Taupiri Pass, over 100ha of forest, bush and wetland enhancement and…
After months of delays the opening of the Waterview tunnels is finally in sight with Transport Minister Simon Bridges announcing it will open in early July and that there will be open days over the next two weekends. That follows the ribbon cutting on Sunday. Transport Minister Simon Bridges says Auckland’s Waterview Tunnel will open… via…
NZ Contractor magazine has a Facebook page with an engaged audience of followers. Today’s blog post is inspired by a couple of comments on the Facebook page. And a little nugget about our new admin resource. The comments were prompted by June’s magazine article- on the Mingha Bluff realignment project. This project has not only…
There is quite a fascination with things miniature, whatever they may be. Most folks have a hobby of some sort, from stamp collecting to Matchbox models, and most people have also had a collection of sorts from time to time of one thing or another. Then there are the poor souls who are afflicted with…
By the end of May 2017 Contractor website traffic has surpassed viewer numbers from 2016. There have been 40,000 unique visitors to the website in five months and the average day’s traffic equates to 470 views. The top five stories in 2017 thus far: 1/ Greg Sheehan’s H&S is killing us softly 2/ Kaikoura Slips:…
Position Partners now has a distribution agreement for RDS Technology industrial weighing systems that will see the company sell and support industrial scales for our construction, mining and quarrying markets. Pat Dougherty, owner of former distributor RDS Systems, made the decision to take a break after some 15 years in the business. As a result,…
