High-tech simulators changing the face of civil trade training
Alex Bakker has just completed a two-week training course in excavator operation. But unlike those who learnt to operate an excavator in years gone [...]
Photo competition winners tell their epic stories
A photo of abseil cliff stabilisation 100 metres above the ground and a sunny snap of two excavator operators opening up a sandbar to [...]
Excavator operation all in a day’s work for Kiwi freestyle motocross legend
Levi Sherwood, the world-famous Kiwi freestyle motocross rider, is also a dab hand with an excavator. The Manawatu native’s love of heavy machinery stems [...]
Five of New Zealand’s most epic civil construction worksites
When you start a career in civil construction, you get the chance to work in some of the most epic places around the country. [...]
Ruby Farebrother: moving mountains in North Canterbury
Ruby Farebrother is making an epic difference as a rock access technician in North Canterbury, where she has been moving mountains and re-opening roads [...]
Waterview Tunnel
Reduces travel times and congestion. Opened in 2017 it had a price tag of $1.4 billion. New Zealand’s longest road tunnel. Not just about [...]
Kaikoura Earthquake Response
Close to 1 million cubic metres (about 400 Olympic-size swimming pools) of loose material was cleared away. More than 200 sites along SH1 and [...]
Auckland Harbour Bridge
Opened 1959 enabling massive population growth on the North Shore. The bridge is over 1,000 metres long and rises 43 metres above the harbour. [...]
