This year’s Hire Industry Association of New Zealand (HIANZ) conference is being hailed as “one of the best” following positive feedback from delegates. Over 200 hire company owners, staff, equipment and service suppliers to the industry from New Zealand and Australia attended the event in Rotorua in late August, enjoying an extensive programme of workshops, […]

Four companies were honoured at the Hire Excellence Awards Dinner, which closed the 2016 HIANZ conference in Rotorua. Hirepool Wellington and Stella Hire of Invercargill received Gold Awards, while Timaru Hire, and Tool Hire Taranaki were the recipients of Silver Awards. “We congratulate the four winners, who have met the rigorous standards required to rightly […]

Phil Tindle, HIANZ CEO, says the Association provides robust industry training as well as an innovative ‘business partner’ programme that helps its members run their business more sustainably and profitably. “The hire industry is no different when it comes to issues such as health and safety compliance, business sustainability and profitability. Through our business partner […]

“Like many suppliers to the trade sector the hire industry is in growth mode, aided by the construction boom,” says HIANZ CEO, Phil Tindle. “There are always pockets in regions that will be a little quieter as they may be more reliant on what local government is doing in terms of roading infrastructure. The hire […]

By Jo Bailey Members of Steel Construction New Zealand have voted unanimously at the organisation’s AGM to introduce Steel Fabricator Certification as a compulsory requirement for all structural steel fabricator members. Steel Fabricator Certification (SFC) is an industry-led quality assurance scheme developed jointly by SCNZ and the Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA) in line with […]

More than 100 SCNZ members and their partners descended on The Old Church in Napier in mid September for the 2016 Steel Construction New Zealand Conference and AGM, which formed part of the organisation’s 10th anniversary celebrations. Delegates enjoyed a packed programme in the Art Deco capital, which included a mixture of forums, the SCNZ […]