Thinking beyond the build
Local government holds the pen on many of our infrastructure planning and regulations and specifies the build materials. By Jeremy Sole, Executive Officer, Sustainable Steel...
Category : Infrastructure
Council – contractor: an essential relationship
The relationship between client and contractor has never been so important writes Alan Pollard, CEO, Civil Contractors New Zealand. With challenging economic conditions, pressure on...
More overseas building products – the risks
The Government is making it easier for overseas building products to be used here by providing assurance that building consent authorities will accept them as...
The right steps for economic recovery
For the past 18 months or so, the civil construction sector (like other parts of the New Zealand construction industry) has experienced a sharp decline...
It won’t happen overnight
According to Aggregate and Quarry Association (AQA) CEO Wayne Scott, councils face some interim, if not longer-term, challenges with supplying quarry materials for local roading...
New Zealand’s silent wealth transfer
The Government has proposed three funding and financing changes to deal with the historic problem of new development not paying the full cost of the...
Creating infrastructure that better serves communities
Photo: The new Pokapu Road bridge in Northland. Potholed roads, leaking pipes, and an electrical grid under strain. New Zealand’s aging infrastructure has been a...
Infrastructure from the top
Chris Bishop, the Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, spoke at the LGNZ Infrastructure Symposium in June. “I don’t need to tell an audience as smart...