AQA submission on new Resource Management Bills
The AQA submission on the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill stresses that a National Environment Standard (NES) for quarrying is essential to provide a...
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Lessons from the UK
Aggregate and Quarry Association CEO Wayne Scott says the bipartisan consensus emerging in Britain around the need for infrastructure investment should be adopted by both...
‘Yimbyism’ lessons from the UK
Image: UK Housing Secretary Steve Reed wearing a “Build Baby Build!” cap at the recent British Labour Party conference. A reverse movement to Nimby is...
Let road builders build roads
We spend nearly six per cent of GDP on public infrastructure investments – the highest in the developed world – but get some of the...
Intro to the M03 2025 sub-base spec
Back in August the new M03 Sub-base (2025) specification and notes were introduced for public use, replacing the old Sub-base notes from 1986, explains Mike...
The walls are coming down
One of the tests of success for an industry organisation like ours is often not that easy to achieve or measure. I’m talking about getting...
Bob is still on the job
Bob Pearson is probably the oldest person working with an A-Grade Certificate of Competence. He’s now contemplating full retirement – at 85! Based in Winton,...
Time to book for QuarryNZ 2025
It’s now little more than three months to QuarryNZ 2025. Conference organiser Melissa Bahler says Early Bird registrations have been selling well. The discounted packages...
The year ahead
So here we are in 2025 – a quarter of a way through the century – and hopefully all refreshed and raring to go. The...