Downer stories
Chorus, the regulated telecommunications network operator, expects cheaper costs for the roll-out of its ultrafast broadband network in the current.
Nearly 40 organisations have backed a push to lift women’s representation in New Zealand engineering and architecture by 20 percent by 2021.
Larger New Zealand businesses and public bodies will get help cutting bills and carbon under a revamped training course.
The win highlights growing recognition for complex infrastructure, with the Auckland project praised as New Zealand’s most difficult yet to deliver.
A looming shortage of 25,000 workers has prompted calls to widen recruitment, as women still make up less than 4 per cent of trainees.
Embedding Māori cultural values has helped the Auckland rail project secure only the second top sustainability rating awarded in New Zealand.
Downer withdraws from Chorus fibre rollout, exposing poor treatment of contractors and risking network sustainability.
Chorus has signed new service company agreements for the cost of connections to its ultra-fast broadband network.
