Services supplied through its contracting business units include construction and maintenance of motorways, highways, urban and rural roads throughout New Zealand and the Pacific region.
It’s been the company’s stock-in-trade for more than 50 years and, consequently, Higgins has built up a considerable amount of experience, not just in New Zealand but also through contracts undertaken in the Pacific Islands. During that time, Higgins has been involved with the construction of many projects, including:
- Motorways and State Highways - construction and maintenance
- Urban and rural roads
- Commercial building and housing sub-divisions
- Windfarm infrastructure
- Runways for International Airports and the RNZAF
- Hard-stand container handling yards for shipping ports
- Olympic standard athletic and cycle tracks
- Car parks, Driveways and Tennis Courts
The Higgins advantage lies in the ability to handle all aspects of the contract from earthworks to drainage, subgrade improvement and shaping, pavement construction, pavement stabilisation and rehabilitation, kerbing, traffic services and signage, sealing, asphalt paving, roading and road maintenance.
Higgins pioneered the use of new technology to improve road making and maintenance in New Zealand. Founder Dan Higgins was among the first to make use of equipment such as fantail spreaders, to speed up road laying and deliver better quality. Higgins still leads the way and probably has the most up-to-date fleet of road making machines and equipment in New Zealand.
A significant part of Higgins contracting business is the maintaining and resurfacing of existing roads on behalf of NZTA and Local Authorities. Throughout the North Island, Higgins crews are busy resurfacing to extend the life of roads, rehabilitating sections of roadway where the surface has outlived its useful life and reshaping roads to improve flow and safety and carrying out general ongoing maintenance and repairs.
Higgins is ideally positioned to offer its contracting services to virtually all areas of the North Island from its operational bases at Auckland, Mt Maunganui, Hamilton, Taupo, Napier, Palmerston North, Levin and Wellington. On large projects, teams are established from other regions to support local teams to meet their commitments.
