Editorial

When I took over as editor of NZCN six months ago, one of my aims was to visit some of this country’s leading construction and infrastructure projects. Easier said than done … it’s no longer possible simply to walk on to today’s building sites and say g’day to the gaffer. Health and safety requirements and risk management procedures involve a lengthy signing-in, an explanation of the current hazards on site, and then the usual scramble into hard hats, high-vis apparel, steel-toe-capped boots and (occasionally) protective eyewear.

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