Encouraging innovation isn’t just about buying all the latest gadgets.
It’s about empowering our workforce to think differently about how we deliver value to our customers. With this approach, we have embedded innovative thinking into every part of the business.
Higgins is exploring the wider use of biogenic (plant-based) bitumen for building asphalt and chip seal pavements.
Higgins is exploring the wider use of biogenic (plant-based) bitumen for building asphalt and chip seal pavements.
Adding plant-based biogenic components to binders used in bitumen can help decarbonize road construction by capturing an increasing amount of carbon in road surfaces or other asphalt-based products as they are recycled and reused over time.
Higgins is hopeful of a successful development in this area, which will extend our contribution towards the Fletcher Construction roadmap for a 30% reduction in carbon emissions and a sustainable future "for generations to come".
We’re using a remote control roller in our work to repair one of the major slips in Coromandel (McBeth-Opoutere). We’ve built a retaining wall to support the road above, backfilled it, and the roller has just finished levelling.
The remote control roller is used in areas where we need to flatten ground near any steep drop-offs. This means if something did go wrong and the roller tipped off the edge, none of our people would be hurt in the process.
