Tag: Concrete
Concrete NZ: Concrete inadvertently portrayed as defective material
Concrete NZ chief executive Rob Gaimster stresses the importance of enhanced collaboration between all of those involved in the construction supply chain to ensure...
Largest-ever New Zealand road project takes out Concrete Award
The Concrete NZ Learned Society’s prestigious 2019 Concrete Award has been won by Beca’s Waterview Connection entry.
The $1.4 billion project was the largest road...
Concrete NZ conference warmly received
Despite Dunedin’s chilly weather, proceedings at this year’s Concrete NZ Conference hummed with warmth during the event held in October.
The conference generated plenty of...
Reducing concrete’s carbon footprint
Concrete and sustainability are two words many think shouldn’t be used in the same sentence. However, the recent Concrete NZ conference in Dunedin focused...
Concrete’s journey towards (net) zero carbon
Concrete NZ launched in 2017, with one element of its Strategic Charter being to develop a sustainability position to help industry drive decarbonisation. A...
Dust health risk guidelines updated to address modern day site complexities
Construction site dust and associated health risks to workers have been debated for some time, with previous guidelines no longer adequate enough to address...
New rebar tier faster and more powerful
The new MAX TwinTier RB441T Rebar tier — a sixth generation tool from MAX Japan — can tie rebar faster and with more power...
Karcher extractors designed with builders in mind
Many forms of construction dust can be a health hazard. Whilst hazardous construction dusts such as silica are incredibly harmful and potentially life threatening,...
Concrete comes together
The New Zealand concrete industry has come together to promote concrete as the resilient construction material of choice for a modern New Zealand.
Concrete New...
Concrete forming and screeding system
The Beast is an innovative screeding and forming system for concrete slabs on grade and elevated slabs.
It is a unique patented system that solves...