Fletcher Construction Company Limited (Fletcher) is the biggest construction company in New Zealand, with 20,000 employees and market capitalisation of $9 billion. In 2013, Fletcher was tasked with the development of the M2PP expressway, the first of the Wellington Corridor projects. The M2PP is an 18km, four-lane expressway that extends the State Highway 1 along …
Research into the cost of equipment theft in the construction industry indicates that it may be as high as $50 million a year across the country. Industry groups understand that organised crime is attractedRead More
Willy Schlacks is the president and co-founder of US-based Equipmentshare, a peer-to peer airbnb-type equipment rental marketplace that also offers telematics and equipment utilization services. In anRead More
In the second part of this two part interview, IFS president and chief executive officer Alastair Sorbie and managing director Australia and New Zealand Rob Stummer discuss how it’s still early daysRead More
CORRECTION: In February, when Inside Construction published this story, we quoted Konecranes’ director of industrial cranes for the Pacific region, Peter Monagahan as saying the crane is capableRead More
In November, we introduced Workfast, a new temp agency that promises to make hiring temps as effortless as booking an Uber. Inside Construction was intrigued and decided to get the low down on how theRead More
There is a certain expectation in the workplace that as technology progresses companies will embrace more efficient and cost productive ways of doing things. There’s a whole generation out thereRead More
Peter Cheney is the co-founder of Construction Computer Software, a software application that’s been designed specifically for the construction industry. Used in 54 countries, Peter’sRead More