In the past, tender writing and procurement has often been a painful, expensive and even pointless exercise. Now a new Clever Buying course is lifting the lid on value at the tender box. Caroline Boot, from tender specialist company Plan A, explains.
My first dozen years in the business of writing tender responses revealed a...
Making the community a key priority has ensured the Waitaki Bridges Replacement project was a resounding success. Mary Searle Bell explains.
In 1881 two wooden bridges, meeting on Kurow Island mid-river, were built across the Waitaki River. They connected the communities of South Canterbury with Coastal Otago. Initially for rail, the...
McConnell Dowell Constructors of Auckland has won the design and construction contract from NZ Transport Agency for the new two-lane Kawarau Falls Bridge on SH6 near Queenstown. The company has teamed up with bridge design engineers Novare Design of Wellington.
Transport Agency senior project engineer Phil Dowsett says McConnell Dowell...
McConnell Dowell Constructors MD Roger McRae has spent his career helping build the infrastructure that shapes our lives and connects our communities. He tells Ruth Le Pla about the power of creative construction.
At McConnell Dowell Constructors even the bananas are laid out creatively. I’m not suggesting MD Roger McRae does this...
NZTA is fast-tracking its investment in LED street lighting. A rule change means existing road lights can now be replaced with more cost-effective and safer LED lighting immediately rather than at the end of their useful life.
Transport Minister Simon Bridges announced the move at the recent Strategic Lighting Partners’ Road...
A district council and NZTA agreement to form a business unit will save millions of dollars in road maintenance costs. But it’s a blueprint that won’t necessarily work in other regions, explains Gavin Riley.
A local authority is forming a partnership with NZTA to manage all its road maintenance, a move expected to produce annual...
