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Advocacy & Submissions

Civil Contractors New Zealand gives members the opportunity to have their views heard and their interests represented at both local and national levels.

Civil Contractors New Zealand provides a strong voice for the civil construction industry, identifying the opportunities and challenges faced by members and communicating these to government, business, communities, organisations and the general public. The organisation works at a national and local level to make sure the voice of civil contractors is heard by decision makers in local and central government. The Healthy Construction Sector Statement forms the basis for much of our advocacy. Members: if you have an issue you would like us to tackle, get in touch.

LATEST

Road cone obsession distracts from better safety outcomes

Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan Pollard said a growing national obsession with road cones was an unhealthy distraction from the need to keep workers and road users safe on and around road work sites.

Submission - Tasman District Council Long Term Plan

CCNZ made a submission on the Tasman District Council's draft Long Term Plan.

Submission: Industry Classification Codes

CCNZ made a submission to Statistics New Zealand on industry classification codes, calling for better relation to the work people do and highlighting where the codes can be misleading for decisionmakers.

Media release: Changes to civil construction immigration short-sighted

Recently announced immigration changes are short-sighted, risk undermining the New Zealand’s ability to deliver on its infrastructure work programme and will inevitably increase the cost of delivering transport and water infrastructure.

Submission - Draft Government Policy Statement for Land Transport 2024-34

CCNZ made a submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement for Land Transport 2024-34.

Land transport policy needs long-term stability

Civil Contractors New Zealand welcomes an increased focus on maintenance and renewals in the draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2024-34, but warns against the long-term dangers of an increasingly politicised work programme.

Submission - initial consultation on RMA fast track consenting

CCNZ, along with other industry organisations, engaged with Ministry for the Environment to help inform the government’s preliminary resource management reform policy around fast tracked consenting of infrastructure projects.

RMA reform - the next steps

CCNZ, along with other industry organisations, is engaging with Ministry for the Environment to help inform the government’s Resource Management Reform policy.

Briefing for incoming government

CCNZ provided a briefing to key ministers in the coalition government, including the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Ministers for Infrastructure, Transport, Finance, Regulation, Education, Immigration, Building and Construction, Emergency Management, Mental Health and Social Development.

NZ’s civil contractors welcome incoming government

New Zealand’s civil contractors welcome the formation of New Zealand’s next government and congratulate the incoming Ministers across the three coalition partners.

Submission: Emergency Management Bill

CCNZ submitted on the draft Emergency Management Bill, based on feedback from members. The submission calls for more recognition of the role contractors play in responding to emergencies, including examples from severe weather events earlier this year. It also calls for a wider review of the emergency management system.

Retentions changes come into force today

A new amendment to the Construction Contracts Act comes into force today, providing further protection to contractor retention money.

Upcoming submission: Emergency Management Bill

CCNZ will be making a submission on the The Emergency Management Bill, which will replace the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.

Retentions changes to Construction Contracts Act come into force 5 October

The Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Act 2023 will come into effect on 5 October 2023, and will become part of the Construction Contracts Act 2002. There are key changes civil contractors should be aware of.

Draft National Engineering Design Standards in progress

CCNZ is working to inform the draft National Engineering Design Standards. These standards are a technical code for drinking, waste and stormwater reticulation infrastructure is being developed to create national alignment on methods of design and construction and to provide more efficient and productive delivery of water of water infrastructure.

CCNZ Submission: Government Policy Statement on Land Transport

CCNZ made a submission on the Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport, agreeing with the strategic focus, increased funding, renewed focus on network condition. However, ongoing issues around how the transport network was funded in the long term and huge variances in the upper and lower spending limits for some activities were raised.

Upcoming submission: Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport

The government has released its draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2024/25-2033/34. Submissions on the draft GPS close 15 September 2023. CCNZ will be making a submission.

Confidence in infrastructure resilience going underwater

New Zealand’s infrastructure is not able to cope with increased severe weather events. That’s one of the key findings from the annual Construction Industry Survey, a partnership between Teletrac Navman and Civil Contractors New Zealand.

Government transport policy gets back on the rails

New Zealand’s civil contractors welcome the focus on consistency, resilience and maintenance in today's Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2024/25-2033/34 - but caution there is a long road ahead to resolve historic underfunding and build resilience into the country’s transport network.

Submission: Lifting the resilience of New Zealand’s critical infrastructure consultation

CCNZ made a submission on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's stage one consultation on Lifting the resilience of New Zealand’s critical infrastructure.