News
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Firth Keystone Compac IV, the installer's favourite
Monday, 5 March 2012For over two decades Keystone® Retaining Wall Systems™ set the bar for excellence, innovation and technology within the global retaining wall industry. Wanting to offer their customers the very best retaining wall solution, Firth has re-launched the Keystone products and is now manufacturing them at Firth plants around New Zealand.
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Restricted Building Work regulations take effect
Thursday, 12 January 2012In 2004 changes were made to the Building Act to encourage better building design and construction. As part of the changes the LBP scheme was introduced recognizing and supporting professional skills in the industry. Currently the scheme is competency based but in 2015 it will become qualifications based. The introduction of RBW is another step toward giving consumers confidence that their homes will be built right the first time.
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Firth's RibRaft flooring system proves its worth in Christchurch quakes
Friday, 8 July 2011Firth’s Southern Regional Manager, Dominic Sutton has had his own experience of just how well the RibRaft® flooring system performs during the recent Canterbury earthquakes.
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Firth DRYbloc - New Industry Standards
Wednesday, 13 April 2011The Cement and Concrete Association has drafted a document called “Weathertight Concrete and Concrete Masonry Construction” which is currently out for public comment. In this document there are requirements for masonry blocks being used with a clear seal application.
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Concrete Becomes Greener
Monday, 7 February 2011Aiming to be the first 5-star green design educational building in New Zealand, the new $30 million student services building at Waikato University has seen the ‘greenness’ of the construction process aided by expertise from Fletcher Construction, the main contractor for the project, and Firth who is supplying the concrete. The site features a new ‘green’ concrete mix, GreenCrete®, incorporating recycled aggregate and fly ash from Huntly Power Station, replacing 20% of the cement content.
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Infrastructure - Victoria Park Tunnel
Tuesday, 7 September 2010Over the last 10 years the bottleneck between the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Newmarket Viaduct has slowly become worse and worse. So it is with some relief that motorists are seeing the 450 metre-long Victoria Park Tunnel project get underway.
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Infrastructure - Nga Awa Geothermal Power Station
Monday, 5 July 2010Being part of a project that will supply sufficient electricity to power 130,000 homes – the equivalent of every home in Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua and Taupo, is something that Firth is justifiably proud of.
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Certified Concrete - Kopu Bridge
Friday, 30 April 2010We might not be quite ‘there yet’ but at least the journey to replace the Kopu Bridge has begun. Many visitors to the area will have faced the long tail back at the Kopu Bridge over Xmas and although these holidays will not see much change, what people will see is real evidence that work on the bridge is underway.
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Manukau Bridge - Standing the test of time
Friday, 30 April 2010Contracted to provide approximately 25,000m³ of concrete on the Manukau Harbour Crossing (MHX), Firth Industries has been faced with a series of mix design and supply challenges.
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Certified Concrete – New IRD Premises, Wellington
Sunday, 14 February 2010One Featherston Development, located on the corner of Featherston and Bunny Street, Wellington is set to become the largest commercial office building in New Zealand with a massive floor plate of 3,200m². Built by Fletcher Construction and to be tenanted by the IRD and two other Government tenants, it will consist of retail and service spaces on one level, two levels of car parks and 12 levels of office space. It is being constructed of a precast concrete structure with a substantial concrete shear core at the centre.