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Concrete NZ
Monday, 20 October 2025 Honouring Service and Leadership at the 2025 Concrete NZ Conference Awards » The 2025 Concrete NZ Conference Awards, held at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre on 16 October, not only celebrated techni...
Monday, 20 October 2025 Resilient and Determined: Bay of Plenty Apprentice Takes Concrete Industry Honour » A Bay of Plenty apprentice recognised for his determination, growth and commitment to mastering his trade has been named t...
Friday, 17 October 2025 Fuelling the Future: Golden Bay Recognised for Carbon Reduction Excellence » Golden Bay was recognised as the winning entry in the 2025 Carbon Reduction Award at the Concrete NZ Conference Awards for...
Sunday, 7 September 2025 Latest Sustainability Report Shows Concrete Industry Decarbonisation Accelerating » The decarbonisation of New Zealand’s cement and concrete sectors is accelerating according to Concrete NZ’s 2024 Sustain...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 Entries Now Open for 2025 Concrete Industry Apprentice of the Year » Concrete NZ, in partnership with BCITO, is calling for entries to the 2025 Concrete Industry Apprentice of the Year award....
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Learned Society
Monday, 18 March 2024 Upcoming Learned Society Seminar Focused on Low Carbon Concrete Specification & Design » Concrete NZ is thrilled to announce the Learned Society’s upcoming seminar series focusing on Low Carbon Concrete Specif...
Tuesday, 3 October 2023 Talented Final Year Tertiary Students Recognised with Learned Society Concrete Prizes » A trio of noteworthy final year tertiary students were acknowledged with the Learned Society’s Concrete Prizes in 2023, wi...
Thursday, 20 October 2022 Learned Society Acknowledges Exceptional Students for Concrete Research Projects » A group of remarkable final year tertiary students were recognised with the Learned Society’s Concrete Prizes at the recen...
Sunday, 31 October 2021 Learned Society 2021 Annual Meeting » The 2021 Annual Meeting (+ technical presentations) of the Concrete NZ Learned Society will be held via Zoom webinar on T...
Monday, 13 July 2020 Missed the 2019 Concrete NZ Learned Society Seminars? Try the Webinar » The wreckage from COVID-19’s slipstream includes the disruption of the Learned Society’s seminar programme – the first eve...
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Masonry
Wednesday, 11 May 2022 Masonry Manual Retaining Wall Section Revised » Concrete masonry is a staple material of the construction industry, offering structural and architectural advantages in a...
Thursday, 2 July 2020 Concrete Masonry - Site Practice and Workmanship Guide Published » The Masonry Sector Group has published a Concrete Masonry - Site Practice and Workmanship Guide to help develop compete...
Wednesday, 23 October 2019 Retaining Wall Section of Concrete Masonry Manual Updated » Concrete masonry is a staple material of the construction industry, offering structural and architectural advantages in a...
Saturday, 17 February 2018 Seminars Increase Interest in SuDS » With awareness of sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) applications growing, the Concrete NZ Masonry Sector Group (NZ...
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Precast
Wednesday, 2 March 2022 Quality Never Goes Out of Fashion A Certification Scheme for Precast Concrete » Although the building sector is busy managing the continued uncertainty created by COVID-19, we must never compromise buil...
Sunday, 16 August 2020 Precast Concrete Panel Lifting Anchors Do Not Take Shortcuts » Those who carry out work with precast concrete panels are being warned to ensure they meet industry standards following a...
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Readymix
Monday, 30 June 2025 Testing Concrete Quality Control – Check the Need for Additional Testing! » It has been observed that consulting engineers issue structural specifications with concrete testing requirements that may...
Sunday, 14 January 2024 Alternative Methods for Sand Quality Assessment for Lower Carbon Concrete » Carbon dioxide emissions from concrete production are mostly due to cementitious materials and often contribute over 80% o...
Thursday, 20 October 2022 Plant Audit Scheme Excellence Awards Reward Eight Plants With Gold Status » Congratulations to Allied Concrete's Nelson, Washdyke, Setters Line, Penrose and Silverdale plants, Firth Industries' Aote...
Sunday, 6 March 2022 Five Plants Secure Gold Status in the 2021 Plant Audit Scheme Excellence Awards » Congratulations to Allied Concrete's Nelson, Penrose and Setters Line (Palmerston North) plants, Terry’s Concrete's Te Hor...
Wednesday, 22 September 2021 Ready Mixed Concrete Production Q2 2021 » Statistics NZ has been collecting ready mixed concrete production data as an indicator of construction activity, and in tu...
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Upfront
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 Chief Executive's Upfront Supporting Engineers to Deliver Quality, Low-Carbon Projects » Concrete NZ was pleased to exhibit at the recent SESOC Conference in Wellington - an important opportunity to connect with...
Wednesday, 3 July 2024 Chief Executive's Upfront Concrete Roads for Resilient Infrastructure » In the ever-evolving landscape of transportation needs, concrete roads have an established international pedigree, offerin...
Monday, 1 April 2024 Chief Executive's Upfront First Sustainability Report Published » Concrete NZ has had a busy start to the year, with the release of the inaugural Sustainability Report for the Aotearoa New...
Monday, 12 February 2024 Chief Executive's Upfront Set to Drive Sustainability and Economic Growth in New Zealand » In the ever-evolving landscape of transportation needs, concrete roads have an established international pedigree, offerin...
Thursday, 7 December 2023 Chief Executive's Upfront Industry's Brief to Incoming Ministers » With the recent change in Government Concrete NZ distributed a Briefing to Incoming Ministers (BIM) which outlined key pol...
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