Peter Silcock, Chief Executive, Civil Contractors New Zealand Over the past few months, Civil Contractors New Zealand has been working to develop new tools to represent and assist the industry. These efforts have resulted in the release of our new website at http://www.civilcontractors.co.nz, and the release to members of the EPIC Careers in Infrastructure toolkit.…
New images released by London’s new Crossrail underground highlight construction progress across the route to deliver the city’s newest railway, the Elizabeth line. Construction of the Elizabeth line has entered its final stages with fit-out of the new Elizabeth line stations and tunnels advanced with intensive work underway. From the summer, Crossrail will begin handing…
Hey guys, an open letter to all of you that do contracting work on our state highways. I know that it is an NZTA requirement that all STOP/GO operators are to be fully in ORANGE PPE while on site operating the traffic control, but why not pressure NZTA to change this colour to Hi-Viz Green/Yellow.…
The 2018 regional excavator operator competitions kicked off at Mystery Creek during FieldDays, 13 – 16 June last week. The CCNZ Waikato and Bay of Plenty Branches competed against operators in their regions, with registrations closing early to accommodate the 32 competitors over two days of competition. Congratulations to: Waikato Branch Winner Clayton Daldy (Brian…
Time for some visuals from Huntly, where bulk earthworks around Taupiri Pass have slowed down with the arrival of Winter. Kade Croft from Geotechnics Ltd paid a site visit to Huntly Bypass last week.
Komatsu has released the HD1500-8 mechanical drive dump truck, a 142 metric tonne capacity hauler designed to reduce cost per tonne through such features as highest payload in its class, faster cycle times, improved fuel efficiency, longer component life and enhanced maintainability. It replaces Komatsu’s HD1500-7, introduced in 2008 and with more than 50 units…
Three big Hitachi Zaxis excavators at work – a 480, 450 and 200 – demolishing a 21-year-old, multi-level Auckland apartment building on Mt Eden Road Auckland to make way for the new Mt Eden Railway Station on the city’s $3.4 billion City Rail Link. The 11 apartments cost the council $7.8 miliion to buy all…
