Author Archives: Andrew Allison

Collaborative Challenge Leads To Greener Truck 

Innovation has always been central in our approach to delivering the City of Port Phillip civil infrastructure maintenance services.   Working in partnership with Council under the stewardship of Nick Canton, Southern Region Specialty Products Manager, Fulton Hogan recently applied RoadBotics A.I. technology and machine learning to complete a pavement condition assessment of the network, assisting City of Port Phillip to prioritise their available road funding.  The latest […]

Climbing A New Mountain…

Mark Ford seemed almost indestructible. A veteran of three Coast to Coasts and several ultra-marathons, the high performing senior manager at Fulton Hogan and father-of-two was about to compete in yet another ultra-marathon. Then he woke up on the morning of 6 February 2019. He was unable to speak, walk or keep his eyes open. […]

Fulton Hogan’s Employment Partnership In Tairāwhiti Bears Fruit

“As soon as I told my partner I was going to jump on a loader and start driving it around she could see my big beaming grin. It’s been fun, I’ve enjoyed it. I love it,” says Wiremu Wilson. Wiremu is one of 24 additional people Fulton Hogan has employed in Tairāwhiti (Gisborne/East Coast) as […]

A Busy Christmas/New Year For Many

While most of us have had our feet up, Fulton Hogan teams around New Zealand had their heads down working on projects that aren’t possible when the country isn’t on holiday. Among them was the team building the cycleway underpass on the railway line in Petone, Wellington. The project, part of the new Petone-to-Melling Cycleway, […]

Major Defence Force Contract Driving Growth In Manawatu

A once-in-a-generation project is driving further growth for Fulton Hogan in the Manawatu. Fulton Hogan’s $70 million RNZAF Base Ohakea project, 25km north of Palmerston North, is our largest ever Defence contract in New Zealand. Project Manager Reuben Saathof says it’s “a privilege” to be part of a legacy programme that will be a key part of […]

A Year Of Innovation

  (Click on the link below to see interactive version of Innovation 2020).  Innovation 2020 The year 2020 will be remembered for one thing above all others. However, amidst all the Covid-related disruptions, there has been an extraordinary amount of innovation within Fulton Hogan and with our clients and partners on both sides of the […]

Christchurch Northern Corridor Opens

The CNC Alliance (Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Christchurch City Council, Fulton Hogan, Jacobs and Aurecon) worked overtime over the last couple of months to get everything ready. In the weeks leading up to opening day on 17 December, around 150 people were working on the ground putting the finishing touches on landscaping, pavements, street […]

NCTIR Team Farewelled From Kaikōura

Exactly three years after State Highway 1 reopened following the Kaikōura earthquake, the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) Alliance have been farewelled from Kaikōura. Many NCTIR workers past and present gathered for the ceremony which included unveiling a new town entry sign and two tekoteko (carved pillars), both blessed by Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura. The […]

Water Harvesting Expands In Auckland

Fulton Hogan is making further strides to harvest water in Auckland. Here’s Safety, Quality and Environmental Advisor Allan Wright with four of eight new 30,000 litre rainwater storage tanks destined for Stevenson’s new concrete batching plant being built adjacent to the existing asphalt plant in Silverdale. Rather than being treated through a vegetated swale and […]

East Coast Clean Up At CCNZ Awards

Celebrations continue for Fulton Hogan, as the East Coast region win three awards at the Civil Contractors New Zealand (CCNZ) Awards. The CHBCD Otane Alternative Water Supply project picked up the award for projects $1-3M, Tairāwhiti Roads Emergency Works for over $3M, and Hastings District Council Rural Network Maintenance for excellence in the maintenance and […]