July 2010 Features:

In this issue : July 2010

	EDITORIAL: Top ten green building trends to watch for in 2010 A very interesting report landed in my inbox a couple of months ago. Written by Sean Penrith, the executive director of the Earth Advantage Institute, a notfor- profit organisation in the USA that certifies green buildings, the report highlighted the author’s top ten green building trends to watch for in 2010. Read article »
	COVER STORY: Massive crawler crane gets to work on the East Coast The NZ Transport Agency’s SH2 Matahorua Gorge Realignment has become the first job for a massive crawler crane fresh off the boat from the United States. The brand-new 450 tonne crane, recently imported from the US by owners and project subcontractors Concrete Structures, is now in action at the $30 million project just south of Wairoa, and is putting in place the components of the new bridge that will traverse the gorge. Read article »
	NEWS: NZIA awards & Architecture Medal Ironbank, by RTA Studio, is the 2010 winner of the New Zealand Architecture Medal, and the highly innovative building has quickly become established as an Auckland landmark. The stacked box towers of Ironbank – described by medal jurors as a “rich, groundbreaking and thrilling tour de force” – provide a striking foil to neighbouring historic buildings on Karangahape Road. Read article »
	SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: Sustainability is our future New Zealand’s housing stock is a legacy of unsustainable building practice – 900,000 homes which don’t meet World Health Organisation minimum standards, a housing affordability crisis, and now a leaky building epidemic. Read article »
	HEIGHT ACCESS: 800 tonnes of steel … it’s enough to turn the air blue Big, blue and capable of managing up to six ‘erections’ in one night, it’s small wonder that the ‘Big Blue’ overhead launching gantry – the show-stopping construction equipment used on the NZTA’s Newmarket Connection Viaduct Replacement Project – has become such a conversation piece around Newmarket. Read article »
	QUARRYING & MINING: Strategic location delivers benefits for Kiwi Point Quarry Kiwi Point Quarry, situated in Wellington’s Ngauranga Gorge to the west of State Highway 1, is now among the quarries operated by one of the world’s leading producers of cement and aggregates, Holcim. Today Kiwi Point Quarry produces around 350,000 tonnes of greywacke each year for use across the Wellington region. Read article »
	PROJECTS: New waterfront attractions at Wynyard Quarter on track for 2011 Five new attractions in Wynyard Quarter on Auckland’s waterfront are planned to be complete by mid-2011, all around the boulevard of Jellicoe Street, which will be the destination’s cultural and social heart. Read article »
	HARD COPY MAGAZINE TABLE OF CONTENTS: News 4 Sustainable construction Sustainable construction is our future Bayfair Shopping Centre – balancing sustainable initiatives with commercial outcomes Sustainable building practice stacks up for Queenstown company Southland builder embraces sustainability practices Simple house, acceptable solution Sustainable construction with building information modelling New integrated steel fabrication facility for Auckland Changing the way fibre optic networks are deployed Height access 800 tonnes of steel … it’s enough to turn the air blue Going above and beyond the call of duty Planning for safety around height access UNIC mini crawler cranes to the rescue 390 tonne milestone – all in a day’s work for Forsyth Barr Stadium construction team Crane Sales NZ wins Army contract New leadership team for JLG Quarrying & mining New planning guidelines for the aggregate and quarry industry Cone crusher performs for wind farm contract Strategic location delivers benefits for Kiwi Point Quarry Keestrack fills a gap in the screening market Straterra welcomes Australian mining report Eagle Equipment tackles the mobile crusher and screens market Legal & labour Building Act review looking at liability Removing the ‘stop’ from the ten-year long stop period The right space for training The growing reliance on labour hire Spanning the leadership gap the key to success in 2010 Roading Call to solve excavation woes Caterpillar soil compactors Improved cable barrier system increases road safety Road traffic noise – new acoustics standard publishe Fibre reinforcement for asphalt mixtures Completed river works help secure Awakino Gorge route Get smart this winter – not wet Building a future within the civil construction industry NZTA commissions new centre to manage traffic Projects Products & developments Opinion Commentary from leading organisations in the New Zealand construction, infrastructure, contracting and extractive sectors Get all these articles in the magazine. Subscribe here »