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CablePrice Continues Strong Support For National Excavator Operator Competition

Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 7:40 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

Civil Contractors New Zealand National Excavator Operator Competition naming rights sponsor CablePrice will continue its longstanding support for the event, extending its support for a further two years. CablePrice has been the competition’s premier ... More >>

New Guide Signals A New Era For Temporary Traffic Management

Monday, 1 May 2023, 6:21 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

A new era of how road work sites are managed has arrived with the release of the New Zealand Guide to Temporary Traffic Management , which sets out how road work sites should be managed, replacing the Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management. ... More >>

King Of Heavy Metal Crowned At National Excavator Competition

Monday, 20 March 2023, 2:11 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

Otago’s Troy Calteaux has emerged as ‘top dug’ at the 2023 Civil Contractors NZ CablePrice National Excavator Operator Competition, showing the weight of his mettle to defend his national title against a formidable field of 12 regional finalists. ... More >>

Heavy Metal Mettle To Be Tested At National Excavator Operator Competition Finals

Monday, 13 March 2023, 10:21 am | Civil Contractors NZ

The elite ‘SAS’ of New Zealand’s excavator operators will be put through their paces in Feilding at the end of this week as they vie for title of New Zealand’s best at the Civil Contractors NZ CablePrice National Excavator Operator Competition. ... More >>

New Cyclone Visa Category Provides Relief From ‘crisis Mode’

Friday, 24 February 2023, 7:13 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

A new fast-tracked visa category to help with recovery efforts following Cyclone Gabrielle will enable the country’s civil construction companies to ramp up their efforts in the response and recovery following the massive impact of Cyclone Gabrielle ... More >>

NZ’s Top Infrastructure Construction Awards Open For Entries

Thursday, 9 February 2023, 11:59 am | Civil Contractors NZ

Entries are open for the annual Civil Contractors New Zealand Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards, which have recognised the outstanding projects and maintenance initiatives of New Zealand’s civil construction industry since 1978. The awards ... More >>

Recognition, Qualifications On The Way For NZ Road Workers

Thursday, 22 December 2022, 12:11 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

The skilled people responsible for road work sites will have more recognition to look forward to, thanks to a new industry group established to align temporary traffic control training with formal qualifications through the New Zealand Qualifications ... More >>

Immigration Changes Show NZ Will Be ‘Open For Business’ Once Again

Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 8:11 am | Civil Contractors NZ

After several years of closed borders, government moves to incorporate skilled civil construction trade roles into the Immigration New Zealand Green List can’t come soon enough, say New Zealand’s infrastructure construction contractors. Civil Contractors ... More >>

Government’s Infrastructure Strategy Response A Positive Start

Monday, 12 September 2022, 10:23 am | Civil Contractors NZ

The Government’s response to the national 30-year Infrastructure Strategy released by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Te Waihanga is a welcome starting point, but illustrates there is a lot of work to go to resolve the country’s infrastructure ... More >>

Civil Contractors New Zealand Elects First Female President

Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 11:02 am | Civil Contractors NZ

Civil Contractors New Zealand has elected the first female president in its 78-year history. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2208/9a9abfc0af5bfec48711.jpeg" width="576" height="720"> CCNZ President Bailey Gair Napier ... More >>

From Bridges To Underground Rail: Civil Construction Celebrated At National Awards

Monday, 8 August 2022, 12:21 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

Some of New Zealand’s most mind-blowing infrastructure projects of the past year were honoured on Friday night at the Civil Contractors New Zealand Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards. From an 86-metre-long suspension bridge on one of New Zealand’s ... More >>

Leadership, Dedication And Civil Construction Training Celebrated In Christchurch

Friday, 5 August 2022, 6:20 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

Young leaders, workers with a thirst for knowledge and outstanding employers behind some of Aotearoa’s top civil construction industry training were celebrated in Christchurch this afternoon at the Z Energy People Awards and Connexis Civil Industry ... More >>

Budget 2022: Good Start, But More Infrastructure Investment Needed

Thursday, 19 May 2022, 3:54 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

New Zealand’s national association for civil contractors has welcomed the $230 million investment in trades training programmes, increased funding for rail and rural broadband infrastructure, and support for Construction Sector Accord Transformation ... More >>

Strategy ‘A New Beginning’ For Kiwi Infrastructure

Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 11:22 am | Civil Contractors NZ

New Zealand’s civil contractors have welcomed a new 30-year Infrastructure Strategy as ‘a new beginning’ and look forward to working to address the country’s massive infrastructure deficit with increased support, better planning, and targeted investment ... More >>

New Report Sets A Path To Resolve Infrastructure Workforce Challenges

Tuesday, 12 April 2022, 10:30 am | Civil Contractors NZ

A new report on entering New Zealand’s civil infrastructure construction workforce has been published by national association Civil Contractors New Zealand, with support from the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Business, Innovation ... More >>

Alan Pollard Appointed Chief Executive Of Civil Contractors NZ

Thursday, 9 December 2021, 12:40 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

Alan Pollard has been appointed Chief Executive of Civil Contractors New Zealand, the national business association for New Zealand’s civil infrastructure construction industry. Mr Pollard comes to CCNZ following ten years at the helm of Apples and ... More >>

Best Of Hawke’s Bay East Coast Civil Construction Celebrated

Monday, 22 November 2021, 9:00 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

Black ties, big personalities and community-changing projects were in the spotlight at Friday night’s Civil Contractors New Zealand Hawke’s Bay East Coast Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards. More than 170 industry movers and shakers made their ... More >>

Civil Contractors: Work On NZ’s Water Networks Must Continue

Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 6:22 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

New Zealand’s national association for civil contractors has called for physical work on New Zealand’s water networks to continue smoothly and not be undermined by the creation of four new water entities to manage the country’s freshwater, ... More >>

National Infrastructure Strategy ‘long Overdue’

Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 2:51 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

A draft national 30-year Infrastructure Strategy has been released by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission Te Waihanga, setting a blueprint for the country to address its massive infrastructure deficit, improve resilience and streamline infrastructure ... More >>

Nelson And Marlborough’s Best In Civil Construction Revealed

Thursday, 12 August 2021, 3:14 pm | Civil Contractors NZ

A cycle track built in extreme conditions, a land reclamation project with exceptional environmental controls, and a talented young operations manager were among the outstanding civil construction projects celebrated at the Civil Contractors NZ Nelson Marlborough ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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