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Canterbury builders celebrate brilliant new facility After years of dealing with post-quake rebuild issues, Hamptons ITM in Christchurch finally unveiled their new facilities in April this year, and builders throughout the region have given it a universal thumbs up. “The reaction has been fantastic, all the builders are really positive about it,” says Hamptons ITM Sales Manager Don Blair. The showroom has been redeveloped, expanded to 540m2 and modernised. But the biggest change on the site is the new purpose built 1200m2 undercover timber facility. “It’s a bit of a coup for us in this area,” says Don. “It’s probably the largest undercover timber facility of its type around here, and more importantly, the building has been specifically designed to ensure optimal storage conditions of all our timber. “In addition, the warehouse storage of our panel products has been extended to 2000m2. The
greatest challenge was the staging of construction to allow us to continue to operate from the site.” Hamptons ITM has been operating at the same site in Ferry Road since 2001 but suffered significant damage in the February 2011 earthquake. “When the quake hit Christchurch, we continued to operate,” Don recalls. “There were thousands of people more affected than we were, and we had to keep operating so we could give the help and support many people needed. “In our case, the building remained operational, but there was a lot of liquefaction and challenges with the building. We put temporary things in place and have been operating like that ever since, until everything was ticked off with the insurance company.” The redevelopment started mid-2017 and completion was achieved in November 2018, with a grand opening in April this year attended by over 250 local builders, suppliers and special guests including crew from Emirates Team New Zealand.
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