Maybe for local government 2015 will be remembered for the things that didn’t happen, says Civil Contractors NZ CE Peter Silcock. The big question is will 2016 be any different?
The past year will be remembered as a time when local government amalgamation proposals took a major step back – or should I perhaps say, a step sideways...
Aggregate & Quarry Association (AQA) chief executive Roger Parton says councils need to ensure ongoing quarry production in 2016 and watch for new health and safety requirements coming into force.
The quarry industry often puts councils between a rock and a hard place. That very rock (or river stone) that councils need for their...
Civil Contractors New Zealand chief executive Peter Silcock says council support is critical to new H&S competency framework.
The lack of a nationally recognised and accepted competency standard is a significant barrier to improving the health and safety of people working in the construction sector. We all know that a construction...
Issues around PCBUs – a person conducting a business or undertaking – under incoming new health and safety legislation could prove tricky for organisations employing lone workers, says Guardian Angel Security MD Petra Hakansson.
Petra says she is not a lawyer but has spent enough time around health and safety industry professionals...
Bill Conroy reports on a dramatic find said to have been made among the Dead Sea scrolls and reflects on the possibility that Noah defied planning law when he built the ARC.
Archaeologists have found papyrus scrolls in caves near the Black Sea that have excited much discussion in academic circles. The scrolls are the remains of...
