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...
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...
From crushing plant to directors’ table, Ollie Turner’s ongoing involvement in quarrying and contracting has been from bottom to top down. He talks to HUGH DE LACY.
For all the kerfuffle surrounding the introduction of a new extractives regulatory framework in December 2013, the reality is far less formidable for quarry operators...
An Environment Canterbury initiative provides a new option for short-term gravel extraction from the region’s rivers. HUGH DE LACY explains.
Using gravel extraction as a tool to help Environment Canterbury (Ecan) better control its braided rivers is the motivation behind a new permitting system being introduced by the regional...
