Te Pā Harakeke scoops another award

Te Pā Harakeke recently won the award for Stormwater Project of the Year at the Stormwater Conference & Expo in Wellington. The Taylors Contracting Civil team were responsible for introducing innovative engineering solutions to Te Pā Harakeke. The project had an extremely tight budget and was conducted under the glare of high public interest (due…

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Taylors Contributes to Community Safety and Weather Resilience

We’re very proud to be contributing to community safety and weather resilience through our work on Te Awa Kairangi (formerly known as RiverLink). As a result of the work being undertaken the stop bank is being widened and its height increased. When combined with other Te Awa Kairangi programme projects, such as widening the river, protection will…

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Scraper Double Act Turns Heads

Two scrapers working on the same site is a rare sight. Here’s a recent video from the Blairich project Taylors is working on in Marlborough for client Whitehaven Wine Company. Tim Smit from Marlborough Management Services is the project engineer.

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A promise to a friend leads to a life-saving check up

A promise made to a friend before he passed away prompted Taylors Contracting Rivers Department supervisor Iain ‘Hoggy’ Hogg to get the annual check ups that may have saved his life. “I had a good friend who was diagnosed with cancer in his late 40s,” says Hoggy. “He was only 50 when he died. Prostate…

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Movember workplace health campaign a potential lifesaver

Taylors Contracting’s Gabby Marshall credits a Movember men’s health prompt from his workplace for the prostate examination that may have saved his life. “I had high uric acid levels because I had gout and I was at the doctor getting a repeat prescription. I said to him can I get a PSA test? He asked…

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Work Experience Shows Potential For Quarrying Career

Nelson College Year 13 student Logan Dunn has been gaining some work experience with the Taylors Contracting team at the Lee Valley Limestone quarry. Logan has always been keen on a career as a truck driver, however, working with the quarry team has opened his eyes to the benefits of another kind of industry. “I’ve…

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