Infrastructure News: April - May 2022

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APRIL- MAY 2022

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proposed container berth extension at the Port of Tauranga is now awaiting a resource consent hearing before the Environment Court after applications under the Covid-19 (Fasttrack Consenting) Act 2020 and inclusion in the Government’s shovel-ready infrastructure projects programme were declined. The $65.8m project has so far lost a year due to these delays. The capacity of the port, which handles 42% of New Zealand’s container traffic, carries particular importance for the infrastructure sector as it faces rising costs and delays in sourcing building materials, due in part to global supply chain pressures. The extension, if it is

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Port of Tauranga project highlights need for fasttracked consents Delays in the expansion of the Port of Tauranga’s capacity are set to exacerbate New Zealand’s supply chain woes, Infrastructure New Zealand reports consented, will take up to two-and-a-half years to build and will allow for up to one million more containers to be handled each year, allowing for a decade or more of growth. At current growth rates, the port will likely run out of

capacity in three years. With just a six-month buffer, the pressure will be on in coming months as the port challenges the Government’s decision to deny its applications. In a broader sense, these delays reflect the

importance of the resource management system reform currently underway. The more effectively the consenting process can be streamlined, and leadtimes on large infrastructure projects can be dramatically reduced, the better.


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What good is safety without health?

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pages 90-92

This is not the time to put mental wellbeing on the backburner

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pages 86-89

Nearly half the world does not get enough sleep

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pages 72-76

Set up a safe and healthy work at home environment

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pages 77-79

What have two years of Covid taught us about property?

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pages 62-63

Comparing markets with Australia – what can we learn?

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pages 64-67

Design centre future where timber construction leads the way

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pages 60-61

The great unlearning

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pages 70-71

No better investment than chemical safety training

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pages 68-69

Commercial Property bounces back from restrictions

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pages 52-59

Study explores climate change’s effects on property

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page 47

Soaring inflation to stunt housing construction

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page 46

Construction as we know it is changing

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pages 40-41

Partnership brings mental health awareness and training to construction

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pages 44-45

Road user charges could top-up dwindling transport funding

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pages 42-43

Costs of delivering infrastructure continue to rise

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page 39

An interview with Carsten Steentjes, Head of Special Sales at PlanET Biogas

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page 38

A pioneering new recovery facility sets the global standard

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pages 36-37

After the revolution -- faster, cheaper stronger roads

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pages 31-35

Chemical safety relies on meaningful cooperation

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pages 29-30

The 2022 Carbon and Energy Professionals Conference is open to all

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pages 24-25

Drowning our sorrows and burying our sins

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page 26

Automation on the rise as labour shortage bites

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pages 27-28

Plans to decarbonise the skies could be closer than you think

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pages 22-23

Wireless EV charging a gamechanger

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page 3

Treescape weathers the storm

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pages 20-21

Skills shortages require pragmatic response

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pages 4-7

How to cure tunnel vision

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pages 14-17

Port of Tauranga project highlights need for fasttracked consents

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pages 12-13

Hard work gets results

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pages 8-9

Time and planning essential for tunnel projects

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pages 18-19

Multi-purpose, safer, faster telehandlers increase productivity

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