Green technologies changing the face of NZ’s civil construction industry
There have been some epic and exciting developments in New Zealand’s civil construction industry as businesses adopt a more sustainable approach to getting things [...]
Trucking awesome: Ryan loving life as concrete truck driver
He’s been on the job for less than two months but already Manawatu cadet truck driver Ryan Pickering has been handed the keys to [...]
Free training creating unprecedented opportunities in civil infrastructure
“There’s never been a better time to get into civil infrastructure.” That’s the message from Connexis Chief Executive Kaarin Gaukrodger, who spoke to EPIC [...]
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 [...]