Contractor Magazine NZ

Image: The Titan leadership team is excited to see the company grow. From left: General Manager Vaughan Clark, Chief Financial Officer Mark Ngan Kee, Business Development and IT manager Bruce Whiley, Operations Manager Owen Whiley and Managing Director Jan Coton. Titan Cranes has purchased NZ Crane Hire, marking Titan’s move back to the upperNorth Island and the end of Deane Manley’s 40-year career in the crane industry.

Image: Former Contractor magazine editor Alan Titchall, who received a Service Award from CCNZ, says civil contracting is an essential, hardworking industry that’s not appreciated or credited enough by governments or local councils. He is flanked by outgoing CCNZ President David Howard and CEO Alan Pollard.

Image: Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan Pollard interviewing Transport, Infrastructure and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. Chris Bishop says we need to move away from the rhetoric of needing a bipartisan pipeline because political parties probably agree on 90–99% of the projects in the pipeline.

Image: Crane Association Chief Executive Sarah Toase. A new code of practice for the crane industry is being developed to prevent accidents like overloads, tip-overs and powerline strikes and an online portal of incidents is being built up so lessons can be learned. By Hugh de Lacy.

Image: From a Caterpillar promotional spec sheet dated 1979, the businesslike lines of the 639D elevating scraper are very apparent. To the best of my knowledge, all 639Ds were manufactured with the ROPS cab. PHOTO: AUTHOR’S COLLECTION They say that timing is everything.

Water reform and local government reform matter, but they mustn’t become another reason to pause physical work, writes Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan Pollard. Infrastructure debate often focuses on the biggest and most visible projects: rail links, harbour crossings, major highways and other headline-grabbing investments. These projects matter, but the real test of our infrastructure system is more immediate and personal.

Image: Former Contractor magazine editor Alan Titchall, who received a Service Award from CCNZ, says civil contracting is an essential, hardworking industry that’s not appreciated...

In south Auckland, the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant has recently been upgraded and the project has collected at least two major CCNZ Awards so far....

Image: Former Contractor magazine editor Alan Titchall, who received a Service Award from CCNZ, says civil contracting is an essential, hardworking industry that’s not appreciated...

Image: Former Contractor magazine editor Alan Titchall, who received a Service Award from CCNZ, says civil contracting is an essential, hardworking industry that’s not appreciated...