Author Archives: NZ Construction News

​The latest environmentally friendly fire suppression technology is being introduced to the New Zealand market by Hydraulink Fire Suppression, to protect lives, assets and product.

Steel, manufacturing and construction are not sectors that usually make us think of whizz-bang technologies and cool ‘apps’, but COVID-19 has meant crunch time – regardless of the sector – with customer and employee expectations of a seamless pivot to working and transacting online.

​Hydraulink hydraulic hose and maintenance expertise of “the type that keeps Australasian and Asia-Pacific industrial machinery performing 24/7 to global standards” will go on display to millions of people in 225 countries when the 36th America’s Cup begins in coming months.

RCT’s Industrial senior business development manager, Grahame Don talks about the importance of reducing the risks in forklift operations and the materials handling industry.

​Work commenced at Whakatane Wharf mid-August 2020 as well as on the Ohope Wharf September 2020 to remove existing concrete from the structural piles and beams via hydro-demolition and is planned for completion in 2021.

​A mining tradition hundreds of years old was observed at dawn when a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of miners, was blessed and placed in a small shrine near the tunnel entrance at the City Rail Link Mt Eden site.

​Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says State Highway 1 through the Mangamuka Gorge will open to light vehicles and camper vans before Christmas with a single lane past two slips on the northern side of the gorge.

Custom-fabricated structural bearings are being introduced by Hercules Engineering for extremely high stress applications requiring outstanding load-bearing performance, even in compact or wet spaces of buildings and industrial structures.

​Arrowes, a manufacturer of roading safety solutions, has launched its biggest innovation yet – the Automated Cone Truck (ACT) which will set entirely new safety and efficiency benchmarks for working in live traffic.

A novel approach to roofing the country’s largest industrial roof.