Roads lead to opportunities: how Tony paved a career in road maintenance
If someone says there’s a problem that “can’t be fixed”, Tony Sena is ready to prove them wrong. The 39-year-old Albanian-Kiwi is an Asset [...]
Get hired! Tips for civil infrastructure career seekers from industry experts
From Auckland’s City Rail Link to major regional projects like Te Ahu a Turanga - Manawatu Tararua Highway, civil infrastructure is hotter than a [...]
Never too late to change: Ed Tuira’s journey into road maintenance
In his two decades working on New Zealand’s roads, Ed Tuira has almost seen it all. Dealing with fallen trees, debris, potholes and traffic [...]
A life less ordinary: tunnelling through the earth beneath Auckland
Deep below central Auckland, a giant machine will soon resume chomping its way through the sandstone soil to create a key piece of transport [...]
Wild weather and tricky terrain no problem for Wellington’s road maintenance workers
Battling slips, rock falls, high winds and flooding is all in a day’s work for the team maintaining the state highways around New Zealand’s [...]
Get amongst it: Learn the work, and do it well
At just 24 years of age, Carterton local James Sokalski has built his business JPS Earthmoving into a civil construction company with more than [...]
Hannah’s road to the top: from Stop-Go to management
Auckland Harbour Bridge has just been struck by a truck. Early reports suggest there has been structural damage and the bridge will have to [...]
Jeanne Vidal: The water engineer rebuilding New Zealand’s home in Antarctica
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. That's the situation Kiwi scientists at Scott Base in Antarctica face on a daily basis, [...]
Photo competition People’s Choice winner announced
The people have spoken! Shona Tokana's photo of her Pipeline & Civil colleague welding inside a steel pipe in Auckland has taken top spot [...]
The man building skate parks for a living
Twenty-nine-year-old Seb Jones is living every kid’s dream. He’s a site foreman with Hunter Civil and spends his days building skate parks around New [...]