New Zealand-based Gaddum Construction is using two TA300 Terex Trucks articulated haulers to move end material and metal for road building as well as shifting logs.
The firm has been carrying out a hauling project on the steep slopes and slippery surfaces of Omaio Forest, on the east side of New Zealand’s North Island, around 57km east of Opotiki. The company, which specialises in the construction of infrastructure on challenging terrain, has been using two TA300 articulated haulers from Terex Trucks on th
New Zealand’s Mount Messenger bypass project has attracted some controversy and opposition. The 5.2km route will cost around US$129 million (NZ$200 million) to construct and will include two bridges as well as a tunnel section. The alignment has been selected from five options as it minimise environmental damage. However there are complaints from environmentalists that the project will damage a 44ha area that includes forest and wetlands as well as posing a threat to some endangered bird life.
Further technical issues are bringing a further delay to the opening of New Zealand’s Transmission Gully Motorway. Costing US$547.3 million (NZ$850 million), the new route lies to the north of the city of Wellington. The work for the project was delayed first by an earthquake, which struck the area in November 2016. However this new delay is due to a combination of poor weather, which has resulted in delays onsite, as well as a greater than expected volume of earthmoving work being required. The route had p
