It’s the AQA’s 50th birthday in 2019
This is the founding document and the first annual report of the original quarry association, known as the Aggregates Association of New Zealand, for the year ended June 30, 1971.
The Aggregates Association was formally set up in October 1969.
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Original press release from AQA chair Jared Johnston.
I am very pleased to report that today's AQA Board meeting has unanimously confirmed the appointment of Wayne Scott as our new Chief Executive, effective from Monday October 1.
We appointed Wayne from a field of outstanding candidates on the basis that he will continue to also be...
Fulton Hogan has more than 80 years’ experience in the transport, water, energy, mining, civil construction and land development infrastructure here, in Australia and in the South Pacific. Jules Fulton and Bob Hogan teamed up as partners in 1933 to start a contracting business and to create a future for their families. Today, those...
Christchurch’s raucous NIMBY (not in my backyard) voices are in full cry as Fulton Hogan battles for a long-designated new quarry site. HUGH DE LACY reports.
MIKE HIGGINS BLAMES the planners for the mounting supply problems in aggregate-rich Christchurch that are reflected in the bitter opposition to Fulton Hogan opening a new quarry...
At the AQA AGM, held during the combined AQA and IOQ 49th industry conference, the association chair summed up the situation for the industry. By ALAN TITCHALL.
"THE ONLY THING that is constant is change," said AQA chair Brian Roche, quoting the wise words of a Greek philosopher.
“The winds of change are certainly again blowing for...
At the AQA AGM, held during the combined AQA and IOQ 49th industry conference, the association chair summed up the situation for the industry. By Alan Titchall.
"The only thing that is constant is change," said AQA chair Brian Roche, quoting the wise words of a Greek philosopher.
“The winds of change are certainly again blowing for...
The Aggregate and Quarry Association has fired a public relations salvo at Environment Canterbury’s (ECAN) proposal to bring in a ‘no tolerance’ ban on any dust beyond a quarry’s boundaries.
AQA chair Brian Roche says for ECAN to announce a ‘no tolerance’ approach to any dust of any kind beyond a quarry boundary beggars...
Applications for the new job of chief of MinEx close May 1.
Touted as a “rare and valuable opportunity to influence and assist the minerals industry to achieve significant improvements in health and safety performance”, the new person could be taking on a big task if calls for association consolidation are met.
Major stakeholders...
The co-inventor of the Barmac Crusher had old-school attributes that made him a widely liked and admired multi-achiever. BY GAVIN RILEY.
Bryan Bartley, who died on March 24 aged 86, will forever be remembered as a civil engineer whose inventive mind helped put New Zealand quarrying on the world map.
His enduring fame rests on his...
