Navigate the future of civil construction and roadmarking

Thanks to all the delegates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors who joined Civil Contractors New Zealand, the New Zealand Roadmarkers Federation and the Roadmarking Industry Association of Australia for our Navigating the Future Conference and Expo in Rotorua from 31 July – 3 August. What an event!

Highlights included:

• Mike King’s opening address. Powerful and memorable – you had to be there!
• The CablePrice Themed Dinner’s unforgettable costumes and what was clearly NZ’s best buffet dinner.
• Interesting technical workshops, innovation and business sessions. Discussion ranged from virtual reality excavator training to careers, drones, roadmarking technology and more.
• A massive trade display with 63 exhibitors, a heap of fun activities, career seekers from local schools and generous prizes on offer.
• The small to medium enterprise panel and state of the industry panel – fantastic contributions and fascinating insights on where we’re at and where we are looking as businesses, and as an industry.
• The Damar Roadmarking Olympics
• Workshops on waste minimisation, trench shoring, asphalt, road worker safety, construction risk management, mental health and small business success.
• Fantastic people, including a strong contingent of women and companies competing in the Z People Awards and Connexis Company Training and Development Awards.
• The showcase of the civil construction industry we saw in the excellent projects competing in the Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards 2019, as well as Hirepool taking out the first CCNZ Major Associate Award.
• Addresses from Minister of Transport Phil Twyford and Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges, who traded blows but both talked up the importance of infrastructure.
• Conversations with the 486 of amazing delegates who came to Rotorua to discuss the future of civil construction and roadmarking.

We’re already looking forward to next year’s event. If you’d like to be kept in the loop about upcoming CCNZ conferences and events, please email CCNZ Membership and Events Manager Eve Cooper at Eve@civilcontractors.co.nz. For information on NZRF events, please email Alister Harlow at alister@nzrf.co.nz.

We thank and acknowledge the considerable support of our Major Conference Sponsors: