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Infrastructure workforce and sustainability in focus at The Contractors Conference

Media Release: Workforce, technology, sustainability and the state of New Zealand’s infrastructure construction industry will be in the spotlight at The Contractors Conference – NZ’s civil construction industry conference in Wellington from 29-30 July.

Submission on Infrastructure for a Better Future

The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission recently called for submissions on its 30-year Infrastructure Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand. Civil Contractors NZ made a submission on 2 July as part of this consultation process.

Best of Waikato’s civil construction industry revealed

The best civil construction projects in Waikato were celebrated recently at the 2021 CCNZ Waikato Hynds Construction Awards. A record 230 people attended the ceremony on 25 June at The Atrium on the Wintec campus in Hamilton, including Hynds Director Adrian Hynds and Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate.

Northland Awards celebrate region's top civil contractors

The Northland Branch of Civil Contractors New Zealand held its annual Construction Awards at Semenoff Stadium on 25 June, with a record attendance of 250 people at the event. The awards celebrated the last two years of projects due to the interruption caused by COVID-19 leading to the cancellation of the 2020 awards.

“Work experience for a lifetime”: Infrastructure Skills Centre launched

The civil construction and infrastructure industry has teamed up with government, industry bodies and employers to help meet New Zealand’s infrastructural skills challenge.

Waka Kotahi announces move to safer bitumen technology

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has issued a technical advice note indicating its intention to move from hot cutback bitumen to bitumen emulsion products. Civil Contractors NZ Technical Manager Stacy Goldsworthy said the change was positive and demonstrated Waka Kotahi's leadership to deliver better outcomes for workers handling and using bitume

Welcome changes to the Retention Regime under the Construction Contracts Act 2002?

Read our guest article about the changes proposed in the Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Bill. Kindly provided by Stuart Robertson (Partner) and James France (Solicitor) in Dentons Kensington Swan’s Construction and Major Projects team.

Contractors celebrated at CCNZ Auckland Excellence Awards

Winners of this year’s CCNZ Auckland Excellence Awards have been announced. Revealed during a spectacular Gala Dinner on Saturday 19 June at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland, recipients were recognised for their regionally-acclaimed projects, highlighting the best of Auckland’s civil infrastructure industry.

Waikato and Bay of Plenty Excavator operators dig deep for regional titles

Travis Rameka and Craig Crowley have been crowned winners of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty CCNZ CablePrice Regional Excavator Operator Competition. They were the best of 29 competitors across 14 companies at the contest, held earlier this month in front of big crowds at the Fieldays in Mystery Creek, near Hamilton.

Water projects clean up at Wellington Wairarapa Awards

The CCNZ Wellington Wairarapa Branch Awards were held at Te Marae in Te Papa Tongarewa - the Museum of New Zealand on Saturday 29 May. The awards were attended by more than 200 people from across the region's civil construction industry, to celebrate success and enjoy the entertainment and presentations.

Broken water systems need an urgent fix

Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Peter Silcock said bold action was needed to implement detailed solutions mapped out by recent studies under Three Waters Reform Programme to tackle the massive scale of the systemic issues facing its water networks.

2021 CCNZ Otago Hynds Construction Awards

The award winners from the Civil Contractors New Zealand Otago Branch Hynds Construction Awards 2021 were named on Friday 21 May.

Notice of 2021 AGM, call for Executive Council nominations

The CCNZ 2021 Annual General Meeting will be held as part of The Contractors Conference in the Amokura Gallery at the Te Papa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington on Thursday 29 July 2021 from 11 am to 12pm. CCNZ is calling for motions and nominations for four positions on the Executive Council.

Tōtika makes pre-qualification of H&S capabilities easier

Tōtika is now live, streamlining the pre-qualification process for buyers and suppliers in New Zealand's construction and civil infrastructure industries. The new scheme, launched by Construction Health & Safety New Zealand (CHASNZ), provides a uniform and easy-to-use framework for pre-qualification of suppliers’ health and safety capabilities

2021 Construction Industry Survey now open

Now is your chance to help set the civil construction industry’s direction for the next year and have your voice heard in the civil construction industry’s annual survey. The 2021 Construction Industry Survey will run from 12 May to 1 June 2021 for main contractors, subcontractors, and civil construction industry suppliers to complete.

Registrations open for premier civil contracting event

Registrations for New Zealand’s civil contracting event of the year opened this week, and conference hosts Civil Contractors NZ are promising an exciting programme packed full of expert speakers, masterclasses and networking opportunities. More than 600 people are expected at The Contractors Conference 2021 in Wellington on 29-30 July.

Conditions of contract standard needs repair work

A scoping report commissioned by the NZ Construction Industry Council (NZCIC) has recommended a revision of Standards NZ Conditions of contract for building and civil engineering construction (NZS 3910:2013) to ensure it is fit for purpose and widely accepted. CCNZ is a member of NZCIC and will play a key role in the review process.

New data standard an asset for civil infrastructure managers

Asset managers, service providers and other organisations in the land transport sector will soon be speaking the same language thanks to the Asset Management Data Standard (AMDS) project. Civil Contractors NZ is supportive of a common standard and is collaborating with Waka Kotahi to connect them with industry.

What do Privacy Act changes mean for company policy?

Recent changes to privacy legislation have implications for contractors, who often collect and store people’s personal information through a variety of avenues, including on site sign-in registers. We did some digging into what the updated Act means for civil construction businesses.

New housing infrastructure fund requires long-term thinking

New Zealand’s national civil construction industry association has welcomed the Government’s $3.8b Housing Acceleration Fund, but called for long-term thinking so infrastructure constructed through the fund can be well maintained in addition to well constructed.