Craftsmanship wins EPIC Photo Competition for Topline
Skill, focus and artisan craftsmanship won the fourth round of the EPIC Photo Competition – themed EPIC People – for Ilona Turnbull of Topline [...]
Digital shields protecting workers and trains near Wellington
Digital shields sound like something straight out of Star Wars, but for a group of excavator operators working on the railway line north of [...]
An EPIC photo competition win for precision earthmoving
Max Goodman of Waikanae-based Goodman Contractors won the latest round of the EPIC Photo Competition (themed ‘EPIC Technology’), after sending in an awesome photo [...]
The five most in-demand jobs in civil infrastructure
There’s never been a better time to start a career in infrastructure. While some industries are buckling under the economic impacts of COVID-19, infrastructure [...]
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 [...]