Health and Safety is a huge part of our day to day and thanks to the team’s efforts, Stevenson Concrete has been recognised by Concrete NZ for our leadership and innovation in helping to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of our people. Over the last two years, we have achieved a remarkable reduction in […]
Stevenson proudly hosted a community open day at their Waingaro Quarry on Sunday 23 March. Attracting over 500 attendees, the event brought together locals and visitors for a fun and education-filled day at the quarry. The quarry open day offered a rare opportunity for local residents and the wider community to get an inside look […]
The Waingaro Quarry has been part of the Ngāruawāhia landscape since 1947, providing vital resources for homes, roads and other projects and developments over the decades. As the quarry approaches its current capacity, plans are being developed to gradually expand the quarry pit into another part of the existing site. The proposed expansion includes the […]
Silica dust, along with other crushing-related dust, is not only an eyesore for the local community and damaging to plant and equipment but, most importantly, poses a risk to workers’ health. We can’t eliminate it so we need to control it.
Our journey from best-guess to research-driven edge protection. Safety bunds are an essential part of any surface mining and quarry operation but how safe are they? In March 2020, a subcontractor tragically died in an accident when the articulated dump truck they were driving travelled over a safety bund and fell to the bench below […]
Megan Leeson started her career at Stevenson in 2018 when close family friend Shane Toto helped her get a job at Drury quarry. Two of her siblings Gemma and Adam were already working at the quarry when Megan joined the Drury team, and later siblings Alix and Faye came on board too. Four years later […]
Warren Coe and Colin Stretch teamed up to build a sculpture out of old machinery parts found in the clay and on top of the quarry at Drury. “Some of the parts are very old such as the drill steels that were used to drill into the faces by hand. Bernie McDonald is a driller […]
Stevenson Aggregates was announced as the winner of the WorkSafe Chief Inspector Safety Leadership Award at the annual QuarryNZ conference. This is a top award and recognises the hard work the team at Stevenson put in and the results we have achieved. The WorkSafe Chief Inspector Safety Leadership Award recognises demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement […]
Tomorrow’s Leader award winner Jo Young with Brittney Flavell who also collected the award for Charlotte Harrison, and Alan Titchall from Q+M.
