How we score consents for diggers

High match

We include a row when the public text clearly points to dirt or access works, for example:

• earthworks, excavation, or fill named
• right of way, roadway, or driveway with works implied
• multi-lot subdivision that names internal roads or rights of way

Medium match

Multi-lot subdivision without the earthworks word on the monthly line. That is a strong civil signal. Verify volumes from the decision docs before you treat it as confirmed earthworks.

Also drain-relevant (paid digests)

Excavator and drain laying often travel together. When a scored consent also mentions trench, effluent, or stormwater work, the paid digest adds a short tag: Also drain-relevant.

The digger list stays primary. The tag helps crews that dig and drain on the same jobs.

Contact hints

When the public source already shows a phone, email, or website, the paid digest lists that contact hint with the lead.

Paid digests add contact hints when the public council material or linked notice already shows a phone, email, or website. You get that detail next to the scored lead, with the link back to the source. You choose how to reach out.

Facebook leads

Public Facebook posts from people looking for a digger, driveway, or siteworks help in Kaipara and Mangawhai / Kaiwaka can appear in the weekly pack. Social stays suburb and type. The paid email carries the fuller list and the link to the public post.

Alongside council grants, we watch public Facebook boards for posts asking for excavator, driveway, or siteworks help in this corridor. Matching asks go into the paid digest so you see council grants and local hire requests in one place.

Tenders & subbie asks

Alongside council grants and Facebook hire asks, we watch GETS and public notices for earthworks, drainage, slips, culverts, pavement formation, and civil groundworks packages. When a notice fits diggers in this corridor, it goes into the paid digest with a one-line scope, location, close date, source name, and link to the public page. Full tender packs stay on GETS for you to open.

Prime supplier pages (for example Downer’s public supply pages) can add a row when an opportunity is already public. You follow the public link for the full process.

High: public notices that name earthworks, excavation, fill, slips, drainage, culverts, ROW or driveway formation, or civil groundworks packages in Northland / northern corridor.

Medium: road renewals or panels with a clear subbie pathway for groundworks, bridge approaches with earthworks language, hardstand or carpark works with earthworks language.

Label: Tender for open GETS-style RFT/RFP/ROI/RFQ · Subbie ask when a prime publicly seeks earthworks or civil groundworks subcontractors · Tender · GETS · NZTA when the buyer is NZTA / Waka Kotahi.

NZTA on GETS

We watch public GETS notices from NZTA / Waka Kotahi for earthworks, drainage, slips, pavement formation, and civil groundworks language. Matching packages for Northland and the northern corridor go into the paid digest with scope, place, close date, source, and the GETS link. Full docs stay on GETS for you to open.

When NZTA / Waka Kotahi publishes digger-relevant roading or physical works on GETS, those notices can appear in the same Tenders section. You get a short scope line, location, close date, and a link to the public GETS notice.

Builderscrack

Public Builderscrack job cards from people looking for digger, driveway, or earthworks help in Kaipara and Mangawhai / Kaiwaka can appear in the weekly pack. Social stays suburb and type. The paid email carries the fuller list and the link to the public job card.

Alongside council grants and Facebook hire asks, we watch public Builderscrack cards for excavator, driveway, and earthworks help in this corridor. Matching asks go into the paid digest so you see council grants, Facebook hire asks, and Builderscrack jobs in one place. You open the public card for the full listing.

Out

We skip pure paper and buildings-only rows with no dirt signal, for example:

• easement cancellation, time extension, utility condition-only
• dwelling design or height variations with no earthworks
• boundary adjustments and similar paper changes

Proof from real months

• July 2026: 13 scored from 29 grants
• August 2026: 7 scored from 20 grants