Industry awards have become an important way to recognise and honour individuals or companies who have made a significant contribution. Across a two-year timeframe the wider concrete industry celebrates its own success in terms of ready mixed concrete, finishing and placing, engineering and architectural features, as well as its contribution to a sustainable built environment. […]

The Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand (CCANZ) provides a range of services and facilities that are available to the wider industry, says chief executive, Rob Gaimster. “We offer an enormous amount of resources, with around fifty documents available to be downloaded free of charge. We also run a helpline, with a team of […]

Representatives from the New Zealand Concrete Society (NZCS) have had significant input into amendments to the New Zealand Concrete Structures Standard (NZS3101) primarily intended to address recommendations from the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission. “Work on this important Standard has been ongoing for the last couple of years and is in the final stages of development. […]

An issue that has been brewing in the elevated work platform (EWP) sector for some time, could compromise safety and potentially cost contractors thousands of dollars. Mike Breen, board member of the Elevated Work Platform Association (EWPA) says second-hand bucket trucks that don’t meet New Zealand regulations (AS/NZS1418.10) are being imported from Japan and illegally […]

Safety has been the primary objective of the Elevated Work Platform Association (EWPA) since its inception in 2003, says its CEO, Phil Tindle. “Mobile elevating work platforms are useful but complex pieces of equipment that are often used for access in hazardous areas. The aim of EWPA is to promote the best and safest practices […]

There is no doubt that buying second hand is a cost effective way to become an owner of a Mobile Elevating Work Platform. However people must ensure their EWP meets New Zealand and Australian Standards (AS/NZS1418.10, 2011), otherwise the cost may be high, whatever the purchase price. Phil Tindle, CEO of the Elevated Work Platform […]