Author Archives: Andrew Allison

Many Hands Make Light Work On AMETI

Pictured: Jess McLennan (centre) with engineer Michael Lorrigan and Zone Supervisor Justin Dougal at the Church Crescent Busway crossing.   Lighter traffic flows during Level 3 meant major progress on milling and resurfacing on the AMETI project in east Auckland, with a burst of six-day weeks on the Church Crescent and Lagoon Drive intersection. Site […]

NCI project crosses another bridge

Another milestone on the Northern Corridor Improvements (NCI) has been reached – a new vehicle/pedestrian/cyclist bridge over Northern Motorway on SH1. Finished under COVID Levels 3 and 2, the iwi blessing – normally a major event – was restricted to just 10 people. The new McClymonts Road Bridge replaces a lower, narrower bridge to allow […]

Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month 2020

Fulton Hogan is proud to support MND New Zealand and their awareness month this June. We have put together a short video of some of the team sharing their experience with MND. Fulton Hogan supports MND NZ It takes a team to support people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND): family/whānau, friends, carers, researchers, employers, health professionals, MND […]

Bruce Highway Upgrade Team Shine A Light On Mental Health And Wellbeing

During May, the Bruce Highway Upgrade – Caloundra Road to Sunshine Motorway (CR2SM) project is participating in Mental Health Awareness Month, raising awareness about the importance of looking after our mental health and wellbeing. To shine a light on suicide awareness and prevention, the project has provided Trade Mutt PPE shirts for all employees. These […]

CNC Providing Pedalling Power For The City

​​The CNC Alliance (Fulton Hogan, NZTA, CCC, Aurecon, Jacobs) is getting many people excited about the new Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC) motorway extension, due to open mid-2020. What not many people know is that along the motorway is a full-length shared-use path that takes cyclists from Cranford Street in Papanui over the Waimakariri Bridge into […]

Simeon Quay Pump Station Takes Shape

​Contrary to belief, Friday the 13th brought good luck to the project team working on the Lyttelton Wastewater work package 3 project. A warm, dry autumn morning provided perfect conditions for the concrete roof pour on the Simeon Quay pump station. The team are 22 months into construction of the four pump stations situated in Simeon Quay, […]

Waipoua Forest Provides A Unique Sealing Environment

Of all New Zealand’s kauri forests, none is more famous than Waipoua Forest on the west coast, just north of Dargaville. As the largest remaining tract of native forest in Northland, Waipoua is an ancient green world of towering trees and rare birds. The highway through the forest is memorable for the natural gateways created […]

542 metre Feat Of Engineering

On Saturday 29 February, the Lyttelton Wastewater Work Package 4 project team successfully completed a major milestone in the project, by pulling 542m of 355mm PE pipeline under Ferry Road and the Heathcote River, Christchurch. This project is the final section of the Lyttelton Wastewater Scheme. The project includes the installation of 4.8km of wastewater […]

Huntly Section Of The Waikato Expressway Opened Following Five Years Of Team Effort

Last Friday and Saturday saw the formal opening events of the Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway, after five years of hard work by the team. A blessing of the road was led by Waikato Tainui kaumatua and the Maori King, Kingii Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherewhero te tuawhitu.  Minister of Transport Phil Twyford, and representatives […]

Fulton Hogan Helps Airfield Unlike Any Other

First there was Warbirds over Wanaka. Now there’s Te Reo over Ruatoria. Fulton Hogan is sponsoring what is billed as the world’s first ‘Te Reo Fly in’, an event to mark the 60th anniversary of one of the country’s most remote – and colourful – airfields. Among the features of the 21 March 2020 event […]