Civil Contractors New Zealand

Awesome discussion at the Construction Centre of Vocational Excellence - Tūhura forum in Auckland today. The day focussed on workforce research and innovations, and rounded out with a panel discussion on how to address the industry's skilled labour shortages, including comment from CCNZ Chief Executive Alan Pollard.

Civil construction businesses - have your say on the Connexis review of the NZ Certificate in Infrastructure Works qualifications (including earthworks, road construction and road maintenance) now at https://www.connexis.org.nz/employer-info/connexis-programme-reviews/ !

🗣Call for feedback - Civil industry programme👷‍♂️

The New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Works (Civil) (Level 4) with strands in Earthworks, Road Construction, and Road Maintenance is currently under review by Connexis.

We are seeking input from members of the civil infrastructure industry to help with updating this programme to ensure it meets the needs of employers and learners.

An updated programme draft is available for review and feedback. To provide feedback and find out more about the review, click the link below ⬇️

https://lnkd.in/gVzV7Qwr

📺 THE CIVIL CONTRACTORS CONFERENCE: BRIAN PERRY CIVIL THEMED DINNER - THE 50'S👠

🕒 Thursday 15 August, 7pm - midnight
📍 Motorcycle Mecca, Invercargill

🎸Conferencegoers - have you got your costumes good to go for the Brian Perry Civil Themed Dinner yet? We have a a great band booked in 🥁 and even better company for this part of civil construction's event of the year - The Civil Contractors Conference 2024🎤

This year's theme is 'The 1950's', so think Happy Days, Grease and get ready to Rock n Roll and come along for a great night out at Classic Motorcycle Mecca 🏍️

Not booked in yet? Register here: 👉 https://contractorsconference.nz/registration

Did you catch last week's edition of CCNZ's Civil Talk e-newsletter? Read it now at https://civilcontractors.co.nz/CivilTalk

Civil Contractors New Zealand publishes Civil Talk fortnightly as an e-newsletter to share the latest industry news, events, updates and special offers for CCNZ members.

Civil Talk helps CCNZ members and supporters keep their finger on the pulse of the civil construction industry.

In the latest edition, we saw:

• Notice of CCNZ Annual General Meeting

• Final GPS Land Transport released

• Civil Trades e-newsletter: Winter 2024

• Alan Pollard: Supporting our mates

• Welcome to our new members

• Welcome to our new Major Associate - Enviro NZ

• Health and Safety reform - consultation launched

• Your feedback - reviewed Infrastructure Works Level 4 qualification programme

• Waihanga Ara Rau update

• The Civil Contractors Conference - 50s Themed Dinner

• Bay of Plenty Excavator champion named

• Your region, your story - Otago

• Clash for Construction 2024 registrations closing soon

• CCNZ Wellington Wairarapa Award entries close 5 July

• Taranaki training opportunity on offer

• Civil construction news media stories

• Upcoming industry events

• Webinar: AI in construction

• Father's Day Raffle with Hirepool

Past editions of Civil Talk are available online at: https://civilcontractors.co.nz/CivilTalk

CCNZ Civil Talk e-newsletters The latest news from across NZ's civil construction industry

🌟💫✨Manawatia a Matariki 🌟💫✨

From all of us here at Civil Contractors New Zealand!

Check out this sparkling shot of a windfarm construction team installing a turbine submitted to the EPIC Work NZ photo competition!

📸 Photo credit: Alana from Smith Crane and Construction, at Kaiwera Downs Windfarm, Gore

🚨🚨CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SURVEY 2024 CLOSES TODAY! 🚨🚨
COMPLETE IT AT https://www.my2cents.co.nz/c/a/6LvQzRWvcwFLD9c80Eb1n0 & BE IN TO WIN A $500 PREZZY CARD!

This survey is an annual partnership between CCNZ and Teletrac Navman New Zealand. It provides vital feedback on the state of the civil construction industry, and shows us what we need to do to speak up for our members.

Complete it now - your perspective will shape CCNZ's work and inform decision makers across the country.

Make sure you complete the survey now at: https://www.my2cents.co.nz/c/a/6LvQzRWvcwFLD9c80Eb1n0

SOUTHERN EXPERIENCE - PARTNERS PROGRAMME

⏰ Thursday 15 and Friday 16 August!

Contractors: register for conference and take your significant other along for the ride on our awesome ⛰️ Southern Experience tour 🦪 to experience the best of NZ's southern hospitality at The Civil Contractors Conference 2024 in Southland!

The Southern Experience includes great tours and classes for each day and social events. The Southern Experience also includes:

📍 CCNZ Southland Welcome event
📍 Brian Perry Civil Themed dinner
📍 CCNZ Hirepool Ltd Construction Excellence Award Dinner

Learn more about the Southern Experience by clicking the link below: 👇https://contractorsconference.nz/uploads/eaa8a3a632271691a9ed574e534bf79f.pdf

Register for the Southern Experience by clicking the link below: 👇
https://contractorsconference.nz/registration

Find out about The Civil Contractors Conference at: https://contractorsconference.nz/

📢CCNZ WAIKATO AWARDS ENTRIES CLOSE THIS SUNDAY❗

A friendly reminder that there is less than 1 week left until entries for the CCNZ Waikato Branch Hynds Construction Awards. Your entry needs to be registered and submitted by 🌙 midnight on Sunday 23rd June.

You can register online right now, and load content progressively right through to when entries close at midnight.

There are two types of awards that you can enter 🏅
• Project Awards
• People Awards

For more info click on the link below! 👇https://civilcontractors.co.nz/filescust/CCNZ%20Waikato%202024%20Entry%20Information.pdf

To enter click on the link below! 👇
https://hyndsconstructionawards.awardsplatform.com/

REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

🚧 The registrations are now open for the final three Temporary Traffic Management Industry Steering Group and CCNZ 2024 TTM roadshows!🚧

📍 Tue 18 Jun - 4pm to 6.15pm - New Plymouth
📍 Thu 18 Jul - 4pm - 6.15pm - Dunedin
📍 Mon 22 Jul - 8.30am to 4.30pm - Hamilton*
(* Note: Please select TARMAC '24 P.I.C.K.L.E. Day 22nd July)
📍 Thu 8 Aug - 4pm - 6.15pm - Nelson
📍 Wed 14 Aug - 9am to 12 - Invercargill
📍 Tue 3 Sep - 4pm to 6.15pm - Wellington
📍 Wed 4 Sep - 4pm to 6.15pm - Christchurch

Join us for an look at all things risk-based TTM, explored through an interactive presentation, 🔎case studies, breakout activity and 🗣️ local panel discussion. Each event finishes with some light refreshments🍹 and an opportunity to connect with other local people involved in the TTM sector.

These roadshow events are FREE but numbers are limited so make sure you don’t leave it too late.

Click the link below to register! 👇

https://www.ttm-isg.org/news/registrations-open-for-invercargill-wellington-and-gisborne-roadshows

It's great to see our Nelson Marlborough members
Downer NZ, Donaldson Civil, Edridge Contracting, Nelmac, Independent kerb and Concrete and Pumps and Filters recognised in the Nelson Mail 📰 for getting behind Natureland's efforts to improve the habitat 🌳 for their troop of capuchin monkeys!🐵

Read all about it, below 👇

Monkey business brings Nelson businesses together Several local companies have banded together to upgrade Natureland’s capuchin monkey enclosure.

OTAGO CONTRACTORS: SEND YOUR STORY TO CONTRACTOR MAGAZINE 📖

NZ Contractor magazine is working with Civil Contractors New
Zealand to bring a new Regional Focus segment to the pages of NZ’s civil construction industry magazine.

This segment will rotate around CCNZ’s 12 regions 📍, with a
different region featuring each month 🗓. Contribute now and show the world 📷 what’s great about the industry in your region.

This months region is Otago!
Submissions due 1 July 2024

📷 Photo credit - Whitestone Contracting Limited
Lake McKay subdivision trenching

Email 👉 [email protected]

Apologies - we had a brief web server outage this evening, right at the time our CCNZ Northland Branch Award tickets were closing!

Hopefully this didn't affect you - but if it did, the site is back up and running again, so make sure you get your tickets for the CCNZ Northland Branch Awards while you can, at https://civilcontractors.co.nz/ccnz-northland-construction-awards-2024/10922-a837e97a-c6f7-4484-8e4b-84650632c384/

OUR WAIKATO & BAY OF PLENTY COMPETITION IS KICKING OFF TODAY! 👷🏆

Huge thanks so our national sponsors CablePrice, Attach2, Connexis, Firstgas, Hirepool Ltd and Humes Pipeline Systems, and all the regional supporters and organisers who make this event possible.

If you're at this year, make sure you come and check out the event and chat to our amazing Civil Contractors NZ Bay of Plenty and Civil Contractors Waikato team at Fieldays on H street.

Tickets to Fieldays can be purchased here: 👇
https://tickets.fieldays.co.nz/tickets/

KNIGHTS IN SHINING EXCAVATORS: COMPANIES JOIN FORCES TO CREATE NEW HOME FOR NELSON’S ONLY CAPUCHINS

A troop of cheeky capuchin monkeys 🐒 is set to enjoy a larger, more natural environment at Nelson’s Natureland Zoo after local civil construction companies banded together to donate their time, machinery and materials to build them a new enclosure. 🏡

Click on the link below to read more: 👇

https://civilcontractors.co.nz/knights-in-shining-excavators-companies-join-forces-to-create-new-home-for-nelsons-only-capuchins/10912-96d893f8-a39f-4d70-bc4e-f2a57948d7ba/

Connexis Industry Training and Development Awards 🥇

closing date 📅 extended until 👉 Midnight Wednesday 12 June.

These awards recognise those employers that understand the importance of building their business by building their people.

So get your entries in now!

Here's a photo of one of last year's winners, Topline Contracting Limited.

WE NEED YOUR INPUT ON INDUSTRY ISSUES, WORKFORCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

Now in its eighth year, we’re asking for your views on the state of the civil construction industry in our annual Construction Industry Survey. 📝

This is the first Construction Industry Survey since the NZ General Election, and we want to make sure the voice of civil contractors is heard by central and local government decision-makers around the country. 🌎

Your perspective helps us stay informed, shape the industry’s direction for the coming year and directly influences how we support the industry at all levels.

The survey runs until 14 June. One lucky participant will win 🎉👏 a $500 prezzy card, and early bird participants will go in the draw to win other great prizes!

Take the survey now click on the link below: 👇
https://www.my2cents.co.nz/c/a/6LvQzRWvcwFLD9c80Eb1n0

CCNZ Z People Awards extended until 👉5 June 12pm!

Our CCNZ Hirepool Ltd Construction Excellence Awards 🏅have closed, with more than 50 entries to go through to our expert judges. But by popular demand we have extended entries for the Z Energy People Awards, which recognise emerging leaders and staff who have dedicated themselves to personal development, until tomorrow night 12pm.

The Connexis Civil Industry Training and Development Awards 🏅are also open till the 👉10 June , These recognise amazing training programmes and excellent trainers.

Here's one of last year's winners - Ta**us Taurima from Topline Contracting Limited

Get your entries in and recognise the top people and trainers on your team for a job well done! Enter now at : 👇

https://civilcontractors.co.nz/ccnz-national-awards-2024/10925-s121264/

FREE IMMIGRATION WEBINAR TOMORROW

The government has proposed changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa. ️🌎

CCNZ Major Associate Absolute Immigration is here to support members in navigating the changes, and is hosting a civil construction-focused webinar tomorrow.

🕒 When: 5 June at 12pm.

Make sure you attend to find out about the changes and what they may mean for hiring migrant workers in your business.

Register now at: 👇
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1517155787553/WN_wRAMrZ6uRHSK2tvbjQoDTQ #/registration

Awesome to see Katareina Kaiwai of CCNZ member Tairawhiti Contractors recognised in the King's Birthday Honours for her services to women, and the civil construction industry. Thanks for all your amazing mahi Kat, you are a legend.

King's Birthday Honours: Medal recipient almost deleted the email Katareina Kaiwai thought it was a prank, but it was an award for her services to women and the civil construction industry.

BUDGET CLARITY WELCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS URGENCY 📰

Civil Contractors New Zealand welcomes the clarity of the government’s future infrastructure funding plans provided by Budget 2024 but warns projects and work programmes may still be too far in the future, and immediate stimulus is needed to sustain the industry.

Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Alan Pollard said while the budget provided much-needed clarity about the future work programme, and the government should be congratulated for its focus on delivering infrastructure, urgency was needed to bring work to restore confidence to the market, so infrastructure constructors could be ready to go when projects – both large and small - came online.

Click the link below to read the full article. 👇
https://civilcontractors.co.nz/budget-clarity-welcome-infrastructure-construction-needs-urgency/10912-2ef27a98-8af9-40b7-bebe-669457963f1f/

Have you registered for The Civil Contractors Conference yet?

Time is running out to take advantage of our special 80th anniversary offer, and we wouldn't want you to miss out.

🎟️ YOUR LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR FREE! 🎟️

As part of our 🎉 80th birthday celebration 🎉, Civil Contractors New Zealand is offering the first 200 contractor members FREE conference registration. And with over 100 of these golden tickets already snapped up, the remaining spots are going fast!

Remember, this one-time-only birthday shout is ✨ FOR CCNZ CONTRACTOR MEMBERS ONLY ✨It’s valid until 31 May and is limited to three registrations per company, so talk to your team, see who wants to come along for civil construction’s event of the year and register now.

This special offer is a token of our appreciation for your commitment and contributions to the Civil Contractors New Zealand community. We’re excited to celebrate this milestone with you and would love to see you there. This year’s conference isn't just any old conference. It's a milestone marker of the industry, celebrating the legacy, achievements, and future of civil construction, tracking 80 years of history, and looking to the future of civil construction in New Zealand.

Here's what you need to know:
📍 Where? ILT Stadium, Invercargill
🕓 When? 14-16 August 2024

Why? To connect, learn, and celebrate the shifts and shapes of our industry, from historic feats to future innovations. Don’t let this opportunity pass by. Secure your spot today and be part of something historic!

👇 Clink on the link below to register 👇
https://contractorsconference.nz/

A great showing and massive amounts of audience engagement at our Auckland TTM Roadshow last night with the Temporary Traffic Management Industry Steering Group! What a cool event.

Next up are Palmerston North, which has sold out, and Napier, which still has a few tickets left. At this rate, we may be back by popular demand.

Check out the details for our upcoming events at https://www.ttm-isg.org/news/2024-ttm-roadshows-registrations-open-for-four-new-locations

✨Final call for CCNZ Hirepool Ltd Construction Excellence Awards and CCNZ Z Energy People Awards entries!✨

Don’t miss the final chance to showcase your achievements in civil construction and development this year! Just two days left to get those nominations in! 🏆Remember, entries close 31 May

Click the link below 👇 to enter
https://civilcontractors.co.nz/ccnz-national-awards-2024/10925-s121264/

** CCNZ NATIONAL AWARD DEADLINES EXTENDED - enter now at https://civilcontractors.co.nz/ccnz-national-awards-2024/10925-s121264/ ** Great news for all those companies who are out there working hard to get your national awards entries in for civil construction and maintenance projects, (big or small), or to enter your star performers for recognition on the national stage!

We've extended the entry deadline for the CCNZ Hirepool Ltd Construction Excellence Awards and CCNZ Z Energy People Awards until 31 May 2024, with the deadline for the Connexis Civil Training and Development Awards remaining 10 June.

Make sure your company and your people get the recognition they deserve for a job well done - enter now.