Record spend makes 2023 perfect year to pave a career in road maintenance
This year’s road maintenance season is the largest in New Zealand’s history, with a massive $400 million earmarked for road renewals. There’s never been [...]
Abseiling, helicopter rides and ‘digging really deep holes’ in Taranaki
At just 26 years of age, Te Amorangi Simeon can already lay claim to having better work stories than most. The New Plymouth local [...]
Working smarter on New Zealand’s West Coast
It’s not often the West Coast of New Zealand is spoken of in the same breath as cutting-edge technology, but the challenges of road [...]
Lewis’ balancing act: juggling football, family and a career in civil construction
In his position on the right wing for Tawa AFC, Wellington Capital Premier League Footballer of the Year Lewis Jackson is expected to see [...]
Keeping traffic flowing across the highs and lows of Central Otago
As the holiday season approaches, Central Otago’s road maintenance teams are busy making sure the region’s highways stay open whatever the weather may bring. [...]
Ten epic games to give you a taste of civil construction
Sometimes you just want to be out on site, digging a hole with an excavator or lifting deck sections onto a new bridge using [...]
The dynamic duo helping to keep roads open in Manawatū-Whanganui
If you’ve driven over a recently repaired section of highway in Manawatū-Whanganui, there’s a fair chance you have Steven Wilmshurst and Warren Wells to [...]
Pipe dreams: building a business from the underground up
From the small town of Brynmawr in Wales to Dunedin, Josh Keogh and Dean Carey have built a successful civil construction business from the [...]
‘Mr Dig’ wins Matariki round of the EPIC Photo Competition
Wairarapa infrastructure construction contractor Ollie Paterson won the Matariki round of the EPIC Photo Competition with a stunning photo of a rainbow over an [...]
Unsung heroes: the workers keeping roads open through winter
From the Far North to the West Coast, New Zealand has been hammered by heavy rain and flooding in recent weeks, brought on by [...]