Invercargill has a new playground and there are no swings and slides in sight. Dig This Invercargill, New Zealand’s first heavy equipment playground, officially opened to the public on October 2nd. The giant playground is the brainchild of Ed Mumm, a Southland local who opened Dig This in Colorado and then replicated the concept in…
While attending Conexpo in March I did a day trip to the Hoover Dam, and befriended a fellow Conference delegate and his wife. When we weren’t looking at concrete and canyon walls my friend mentioned he was a Virginian. Being a history nut I asked if he lived near any of the Civil War battlefields.…
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…
In a press release circulated after yesterday’s Budget CCNZ’s CEO Peter Silcock welcomed the focus of 2017’s Budget on capital infrastructure investment and future resilience. However, the industry organisation says the spend will be more effectively used if local and central government improve how they contract infrastructure work. CCNZ represents more than 600 large, medium-sized and…
The majority of our published titles get sent directly to readers. Each month we do supply a small number for Koru Lounge members, and into retail channels. Contractor, Q&M and LG magazine were all in circulation at Wellington’s Koru Lounge this morning.Help yourselves!
We haven’t blogged about #BuildAKL till now. #BuildAKL is an initiative designed by leading Auckland employers and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED). Auckland is in the middle of a construction and infrastructure boom, and there is a manpower shortage. Despite this shortage there are parts of Auckland with high unemployment levels, particularly among…
Our top ten website stories in 2016 are a surprising and eclectic mix. They accurately reflect our ongoing editorial drivers; to provide our readers in print and online, with ‘on message’ content from industry. When your shareholders pour concrete, haul underground aquarium moulds and demolish vacant police headquarters the storyboard will always be a mixed…
