Karan Thakur works for Higgins as Asset Management and Maintenance Engineer on the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth Motorway.

He supports the team responsible for carrying out inspections, planning maintenance activities in a manner that minimises disruption to the 20,000 motorists using the motorway each day, being on-call around-the-clock to respond to incidents or for urgent maintenance and reporting on incidents & performance of the project.

“The wellbeing of road users is our top priority, so we work hard to ensure there’s nothing on the motorway that compromises their safety,” Karan says.

“Thankfully, there have been no fatalities or serious injuries since the road opened. The motorway has been designed and constructed keeping safety in mind, including 48km of wire rope safety barriers. We now want to maintain the assets up to standard” he says.

A civil engineer by background, Karan was keen to specialise in roading and joined Higgins a year ago, there’s plenty on the Pūhoi to Warkworth Motorway to learn and keep him busy.

“In this role, every day is different and comes with challenges that push us to do better as individuals and as a team.”

“Safe journeys are what motivates me and I’m proud to be part of the team that makes this a priority on this strategic transport corridor, connecting Auckland to Northland.”