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Insurance tailored for at-risk subbies In the wake of the Stonewood Homes Christchurch collapse, a specialist trade insurer is urging all building subcontractors to take out insurance to protect themselves from the cost of such an event.

Builtin New Zealand, a boutique insurance provider that specialises in cover for builders and tradespeople, introduced their Subcontractors Payment Guarantee in the wake of the collapse of Hartner Construction in 2001. In February 2013, Mainzeal Construction collapsed, leaving subcontractors out of pocket to the tune of around $70m. Last month and almost three years to the day since the collapse of Mainzeal, Stonewood Homes NZ, along with its Christchurch franchise, were placed into receivership, owing an estimated $15m to unsecured creditors, including hundreds of subcontracting firms.

Builtin’s marketing manager, Ben Rickard, says these large, high profile collapses are the tip of the iceberg and that dozens of firms go bust every year leaving their subcontractors unpaid for work done. Two other regional Stonewood franchises are currently in liquidation, along with at least a dozen other building companies nationwide.

“It may seem counterintuitive but there’s as much risk of a building company failing during the boom times as there is during a downturn, and Stonewood is a prime example.”

Customers are given a very competitive fixed price, but if the project is delayed, as they can often be when tradespeople are in demand, costs continue to rise to the point that the builder isn’t making any money on that contract.

“This is just one example of the ways building firms can get into trouble, sometimes through no fault of their own. But irrespective of the cause, it’s their customers and

Builtin New Zealand is a boutique insurance provider specialising in cover for builders and tradespeople. subcontractors who end up suffering.”

A building company’s customers can be protected if they have taken out a guarantee, such as those provided by Master Builders in the case of Stonewood Homes. Builtin also operates a builders guarantee scheme for accredited building companies that is

underwritten by NZX-listed CBL Insurance Limited. Builtin’s Subcontractors Payment Guarantee reimburses 75% of a subcontractor’s unpaid invoices in the event that their main contractor becomes insolvent. Limits of $25,000 and $50,000 are available and cover can be applied for online via Builtin’s website.

The policy is also underwritten by CBL, New Zealand’s largest credit surety and financial risk insurer. Whilst the policy doesn’t cover retentions, these will soon be given greater protection by changes to the Construction Contracts Act, and subcontractors can always opt to provide a bond in lieu of retentions.

Summit to focus on sustainable building Andrea Reimer, the deputy mayor who’s helping transform Vancouver into one of the greenest cities in the world, will share lessons learned and inspiring ideas at the Sustainable Housing Summit (Auckland, June 15; Christchurch, June 17).

The biannual summit, now in its third year, is presented by the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC), a not-for-profit industry organisation dedicated to creating a sustainable built environment. The summit focuses on the vital role sustainability plays in building better homes and communities.

As the international keynote speaker, Andrea Reimer will share insights on the city’s award-winning Greenest City Action Plan.

Vancouver has become a leader in urban sustainability and resilience – already, more than 50 per cent of trips around the city are made by bike, walking or public transport – and Andrea is the lead councillor involved with the plan. She was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee medal in 2013 for her leadership on the initiative.

Andrea joins a line-up of prestigious international and local speakers, who will demonstrate why sustainability in the residential sector is a must-have, not a niceto-have. They’ll discuss real-life examples – innovative projects, inclusive development and density done well – as well as the critical challenges and opportunities facing housing in New Zealand. Other international speakers: •Sustainable communities pioneer Adam Beck, director of Brisbane’s Centre for Urban Innovation, will discuss some of his projects in the United States and further afield.

•James Legge, director of Melbourne’s Six Degrees Architect, will talk about upsetting the status quo with the Nightingale model,

where architects act as developers to deliver affordable, well-designed apartments that are environmentally and socially sustainable (and still provide a fair return to investors).

•Kristian Edwards, of Norway’s Snohetta Architects, will appear via live video link (Auckland summit only) to talk about the ZEB Pilot House, a net positive energy house that offsets all its CO2 emissions through using methods such as innovative passive design, solar and geothermal energy, and water heat recovery.

•Richard Palmer, WSP Sydney’s Associate Director Sustainability, will talk about how emerging district utility infrastructure can support sustainable urban renewal.

NZGBC CEO Alex Cutler says housing is currently a hot topic, given the issues around affordability and urban sprawl in Auckland, Christchurch’s ongoing rebuild, and the Government’s proposed changes to the Residential Tenancies Act. “There’s a pressing need for better-quality, affordable housing in New Zealand, and embracing sustainability is the best way to deliver this. Registrations for NZGBC’s residential sustainability rating tool, Homestar, have jumped substantially in the past six months, so there’s a growing appetite for change,” says Ms Cutler.

“This is an opportunity to look at the wider picture and decide what kind of homes and communities we want to live in. The speakers at our summit will discuss inspiring solutions that are already showing results, and I look forward to the insights they’ll share with our residential building community.”

Panel discussions will feature lively debate between a range of Kiwi experts on housing health and affordability. Senior journalist

Housing is currently a hot topic, given the issues around affordability and urban sprawl in Auckland and Christchurch’s ongoing rebuild.

Mihingarangi Forbes will act as MC at the Auckland summit, and sustainable housing expert Matthew Cutler-Welsh will be the MC in Christchurch.

The Auckland summit is held at the Crowne Plaza, Auckland CBD, and is supported by principal sponsor Assa Abloy and event

sponsor Resene. The Christchurch summit is held at the Christchurch Civic Building, and is supported by principal sponsor Davis Ogilvie and event sponsor Resene.

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Tight team culture part of firm’s success Kelly Deeks Residential and commercial construction company Auckland Building Group (ABG) has been built up on the belief building excellence is not just in the quality of the workmanship, but also in the experience of working with the ABG team on site.

Professionalism is key and ABG founding director Darryl Montgomery says it has two positive effects.

“One, it makes your staff trust you, which is really good for the company culture. A lot of staff are treated really badly in the trades, and have been for a number of years. They are under-appreciated and undervalued, they’re not told the truth, and they’re not being brought in in terms of the input that every single person in the company is able to give you, whether they’re your best project manager or your newest labourer. As a company director you need to listen to what they say or you will miss something. On the other side of the coin, it makes your clients trust you. They know you’re going to deliver what they requested you to do and even when you get it wrong, you sort it out and make sure you communicate with them all the way through.”

Darryl has more than 20 years of building industry experience, working his way through the ranks from his trade certificate to licenced building practitioner.

He is an unstoppable self-improver, and encourages the same in his team.

“There are so many interesting people who have done it all before, we’ve just got to pick up their stories and read them and we can learn so much,” he says.

Darryl receives a daily motivational email from success mentor Darren Hardy which he shares with the ABG team, and he has also followed the words of ‘rags to riches’ motivational speaker Jim Rohn since the 1980s.

Former General Electric chairman and CEO Jack Welch is another mentor who has taught Darryl much about leadership and management.

“One of the best things he ever gave me was you should always be looking at your bottom 10 per cent, as they are the ones who are dragging you down,” Darryl says.

“I was always looking at the leaders and

encouraging them, while it was the bottom 10 per cent that really needed my attention.”

Training is a huge part of ABG, and when Darryl bought his partner out of the business in the early 2000s and was able to start running the business the way he wanted to, one of the first things he did was start providing additional training, building up and educating the team that was going to be supporting him, and supporting the culture of the company.

“The culture at ABG is very much based around a team culture, in terms of performance and in terms of support,” he says. “A team is always about helping one another, and in a team where you’ve got A grade players, a B grade player is not going to be tolerated!”

While ABG’s staff enjoy a supportive and positive work environment, its clients enjoy working with a group of people who get the job done the way they said it would be done, and keep them informed the whole way through.

Auckland Building Group (ABG) places a lot of importance on a team culture, in terms of both performance and support.

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Students get connected to the workplace Karen Phelps A newly released employer-led work exploration programme called Work Inspiration could bring significant benefits to businesses, particularly the construction industry.

Piloted last year by Westpac, Toyota and Grow Wellington, early findings indicated a number of key benefits for businesses that took part, says Mitch de Vries, Careers New Zealand general manager – education to employment connections.

“Employers found it gave them the ability to connect directly with schools and young people in the community who might be interested in a career in their business.

It also boosted staff morale having young people coming into the workplace who were interested in the jobs they did. For construction companies in particular it would help to attract much-needed new blood to the industry,” explains Mitch.

The programme gives secondary-aged students a connection to the world of work and the chance to see all aspects of a business in action.

It is unique in that the programme is entirely employer-led so it can be adapted to suit the particular business with Careers New Zealand supplying the necessary resources.

“Work Inspiration focuses on inspiring and motivating secondary students through conversations and active engagement with people in the workplace while they explore career pathways and learn the importance of skills and qualifications. It helps improve transitions from compulsory education to work or further training,” says Mitch.

She says that the programme structure has been carefully constructed based on solid research and theory and is based on a threestep structure.

“Firstly, students work through a personality style quiz with an employer, which helps them discover their talents, passions and interests.

Discussing the results with the employer builds rapport and flows into a conversation about where the students might find suitable opportunities in the employer’s business.

“Employers then introduce their business to the students, who get to see the breadth of opportunities available.

“Finally, students talk to staff about their work journeys with the aim of helping students to build confidence. It also increases their awareness of how diverse a working life can be,” explains Mitch.

As the programme can be tailored to suit the particular business, other benefits for employers that choose to participate include raising the profile of the business in the community and increasing the understanding of how to market to young people creating new business ideas.

Careers New Zealand supplies all the workbooks necessary, as well as a how-to guide, which outlines how to organise and run the programme.

Careers New Zealand also liaises with

Students in the Work Inspiration programme talk to workers on the job in the construction sector.

“Work Inspiration focuses on inspiring and motivating secondary students through conversations and active engagement with people in the workplace while they explore career pathways and learn the importance of skills and qualifications. It helps improve transitions from compulsory education to work or further training.” schools to find suitable students and help businesses to manage the relationship.

Work Inspiration is not just a programme for large businesses, stresses Mitch: Anyone can participate. For businesses wishing to take part Careers New Zealand runs a regular programme of masterclasses to give employers an excellent overview of running a programme.

Mitch believes that there is a lot of potential for the construction industry to tap into the talent young New Zealanders possess.

“Career development opportunities are critical for any business and the future workforce. Work Inspiration allows a business to really showcase what their industry is all about and the career options available so they can attract motivated young people who are the best fit for their industry.”

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Commercial >> Burton Construction - Riding Arena for the Disabled

New arena gives kids a leg up Kelly Deeks Eighty five children with physical, intellectual, emotional, and social challenges are now enjoying a brand new, Olympic sized, covered equestrian arena right on the lakefront at Ngongotaha, Rotorua, as they participate in therapeutic horse riding sessions offered by the Rotorua District Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA).

Rotorua RDA is one of 56 RDA member groups nationwide, and has been helping people to develop confidence, independence, and a sense of well-being through horse riding and horse care since 1978.

The $1.1 million project, which also includes an attached operations centre and covered boxes for grooming and preparing Rotorua RDA’s 14 horses, was completed in February following a six month build by local commercial construction company, Burton Construction and Maintenance.

“The construction of this new riding arena has been in the wind for three or four years before we started building, while Rotorua RDA undertook a large fundraising effort after accepting our proposed design and build project,” says Burton Construction and Maintenance managing director Andrew Burton. “It was a great project to be involved in.”

Rotorua RDA has moved from its previous site on Transit-owned land next to Rotorua Airport.

“RDA had been there for nearly 40 years, where they operated from an open paddock,” Andrew says. “There was a half round barn they could have used, but it was unsafe.

Often during the winter months, the children would only get two of their 10 rides because of bad weather and their progress would go backwards. Also, when the runway was extended at Rotorua Airport it came very close to where they were operating from, and low flying planes were always frightening both the children and horses.”

Now Rotorua RDA has a 20-year lease on a beautiful 17 acre lake-front block where the new facility is now in operation.

Rotorua RDA operates on a school term basis and plans to hire out its new covered

The interior of the new Olympic sized covered equestrian arena at Ngongotaha.

arena to other equestrian groups who have already begun expressing interest in using the facility. With a large meeting room and kitchen and bathroom facilities in the attached

Often during the winter months, the children would only get two of their 10 rides because of bad weather and their progress would go backwards.

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The new covered equestrian arena also includes an attached operations centre and covered boxes for grooming and preparing Rotorua RDA’s 14 horses.

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Personalised flooring service with no pressure Pioneering flooring installer Malcolm Pearce has brought the benefits of being New Zealand’s first fully mobile carpet and vinyl retail service back into the showroom, giving clients a personalised service which aims to inform and assist rather than harass.

Malcolm has been covering the floors of Rotorua since 1978, starting out as an independent flooring installer. By 1982, he had started the country’s first mobile flooring service, supplying product direct from local manufacturers, after seeing the idea in action while on a wind surfing holiday in Hawaii.

Around the same time, Malcolm says he bought one of the first mobile phones, a Panasonic unit which actually took up his entire briefcase.

“There was very poor reception in those days, and I could only get service on my phone in certain parts of town,” he says.

“But I persevered. The way I was running my business, I needed to get in touch with my suppliers while I was still in my customers’ houses, organise delivery then go back to install their flooring.”

He says the mobile business was very well received by Rotorua residents, particularly by the customers who preferred not to go into a shop to be pestered by pushy sales people.

“They wanted someone to come and help them, and give them an opinion and some advice,” he says.

“That’s the way I continue to run the business, and even today in the shop we make sure customers are not pressured.”

Malcolm opened Pearce Flooring Carpet Store in Old Taupo Road in 2005, and brought contract installers on board allowing him to dedicate his time to ensuring the shop is fully stocked with high quality carpets and vinyls, providing customers with the best ranges at competitive prices.

The mobile operation is still running, with two mobile showrooms on the road taking samples out to clients, so they can see how different products fit within their home or business.

“Of course we have a lot more ranges available now, so we get an idea of what people are after first and load up a range of samples we think they could be interested in,” Malcolm says.

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Commercial >> Burton Construction - Riding Arena for the Disabled

Rotorua equestrian arena comes in under budget • From page 8 operations centre, the facility offers a lot of convenience for these groups. Andrew says once complete, the project came in under the projected budgeted price Burton Construction and Maintenance presented about three years ago. He says Burton Construction and Maintenance is a down-to-earth company that doesn’t play the contracting game, ‘which can almost require you to be a lawyer’.

“We try to do things simply and make things work, and hopefully we make a small profit at the end of the project,” he says.

Andrew is supported in the business by his two sons Robert and Jeff, who have over the past couple of years started to take over the company’s construction management, and a team of about 20 builders.

Burton Construction and Maintenance has been working in Rotorua for more than 25 years. Over that time it has completed projects at nearly every school in the Rotorua area, and has gained a group of large and loyal clients who often call on the firm to help with expanding and upgrading their facilities.

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Going great lengths to deliver tailor made solutions Wide Span Sheds recently completed a custom design and build project that has made a difference to the lives of about 85 children in the Rotorua District, and will continue to do so for many more years and many more children.

Wide Span Sheds designed and built an Olympic-sized covered equestrian arena for Rotorua Riding for the Disabled (RDA).

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Previously leasing a property next to Rotorua Airport, runway extensions saw planes flying low over the area and frightening both children and horses. With no indoor arena, the children would miss out on sessions during bad weather.

The kids now have a brand new, all-weather facility to continue with their sessions rain or shine.

Burton Construction and Maintenance was the main contractor for the project and completed the build of the administration facility attached to the arena.

Wide Span Sheds drew on its specialty experience in designing and building rural and industrial sheds, providing site specific engineering to custom design a premium quality covered riding arena.

Wide Span Sheds is a national company with

many branches and agents throughout New Zealand. The company has the capacity to design and supply steel sheds throughout the Waikato and Bay of Plenty throughout the Waikato branch and can also supply and design to meet clients requirements nationwide.

“Over the years we have worked with a variety of clients and steel building applications,” says Wide Span Sheds Waikato store manager Kris Robinson.

“The Wide Span Sheds we have built for our clientele include equestrian facilities of course, but also warehousing facilities, mariner storage units, car storage yards, recycling plants, commercial farming facilities, engineering workshops, multi-level buildings, habitable sheds, as well as lifestyle block barns and outbuildings.”

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Wide Span Sheds Waikato sells a lot of large sheds and workshops, and can also assist with residential clients. The Wide Span Sheds portal frame design enables designs from single bay garages through to multi-bay layouts.

Wide Span Sheds also creates a tailor made service package suited to each client, with services offered from supply of a steel kit building all the way through to erection.

Commercial >> CMP Construction - Albany Rose Garden

Stage one of the Rose Garden Apartments, one of the largest complexes being built in New Zealand with 800 apartments, is currently under construction in Albany.

Apartment complex one of NZ’s largest Kelly Deeks Construction Management company CMP Construction is the main contractor on one of the largest apartment complexes currently being built in New Zealand, the Rose Garden Apartments, which will end up having approximately 800 apartments.

Currently under construction is stage one of the project, which began with a large excavation on a greenfield site where two levels of basement car parking have now been

built covering a 6000sqm footprint.

Following construction of the basement level last year, CMP Construction then spent five months working closely with the project’s design team, to assist in redesigning the project with value engineering to bring it back in line with the client’s budget.

CMP Construction commercial manager Andrew Moore says since Christmas, the first of six apartment towers with about 200 apartments has been “absolutely flying up.”

“This is a fast-track project, with design being carried out in tandem with construction, to help achieve an early handover of the

“This is a fast-track project, with design being carried out in tandem with construction to help achieve an early handover of the complex for the client.”

complex for the client,” he says. “We are working closely with all of the consultants to facilitate this fast track process, and help bring the project in on budget.”

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Stage one of the Rose Garden Apartments consists of restaurants and shops on the ground level with a podium level over the top and six separate apartments above.

Stage one under construction • From page 11 Stage one, worth about $80 million to CMP Construction, consists of restaurants and shops on the ground level, with a podium level over the top and the six separate apartment buildings above. There is also extensive streetscape and landscaping, including a 250m long shared-space street.

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Rose Garden apartments are situated next door to Albany Lake on Auckland’s North Shore. in the fact it is boutique, and has a great staff culture amongst its employees.

“We foster a culture of respect amongst our staff,” he says. “One of our strengths is that we have team of highly skilled and outstanding staff, so we don’t want them to feel like numbers like some other larger companies.

We want them to feel well supported, not

overloaded, and we make sure our projects are properly served from an administrative perspective. That way each project will be successful for ourselves, the consultants, the developer, and the client.”

CMP Construction has another six high rise buildings to start between now and the end of this year.

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Commercial >> CYB Construction

CYB Construction has completed several commercial projects in Oxford, including a new Fresh Choice.

Canterbury market a growth area for firm Karen Phelps CYB Construction is expanding its presence in the Canterbury market.

Currently around half of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is in the region but company director Chris Yeats says present demand for construction services sees this set to increase.

The company has already completed work on a number of projects in Oxford, Darfield, West Eyreton and Kaiapoi over the past few years.

In Oxford, the company completed seismic upgrading to the Oxford Town hall along with an addition and renovation of the existing

building, construction of a new Fresh Choice, motel units and various retail premises.

In Darfield, it constructed retail premises in South Terrace. The company rebuilt a war memorial at West Eyreton along with new public toilets in Kaiapoi for the Waimakariri District Council. CYB Construction is presently working on the Ryman Healthcare Retirement Village in Rangiora.

CYB Construction has established a permanent yard in Christchurch, along with a dedicated team of staff based in Canterbury.

The company is looking at offices to set up a more permanent base in the region.

CYB Construction is a West Coast-based

The company has already completed work on a number of projects in Oxford, Darfield, West Eyreton and Kaiapoi over the past few years.

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Chris says a key point of difference for the company is the fact that it has always chosen to employ its own staff including carpenters resulting in a very stable, skilled workforce.

CYB Construction complements this with a training regime to encourage staff to constantly up-skill. The company typically has several apprentices on staff and supports already qualified staff who seek to progress further in the industry.

Working under the wet conditions the West Coast has led the company to develop its own innovative work practices. For example it can construct its own precast

concrete panels on site and has developed a transparent roll away roof as a tool to provide shelter for staff to be able to get the job done despite trying conditions.

At the moment, the company is working on an $8m contract to build a new recreation centre in Greymouth. Construction started in May 2015 and is due for completion in August this year. The 3000sqm project on Shakespeare Street will include playing courts, a two-storey gymnasium and utility rooms.

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CYB Construction completed seismic upgrading to the Oxford Town hall along with an addition and renovation of the existing building.

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Commercial >> Miro Construction

`Sustainable growth’ behind $2m build Kelly Deeks Project management company Miro Construction has recently completed its largest education project to date, with the build of Northern Auckland Kindergarten Association’s Hobsonville Point Early Learning Centre, opened in October 2015.

Company directors Mick King and Rob Howdill have been working up to a project of this size since they established the business in 2009.

“When we started Miro Construction, we wanted to create a sustainable business,” says Mick. “We kept everything very personal, we kept it small and tailored the jobs we took on around our capabilities, rather than taking on everything we could get.”

The directors have some 50 years of construction industry experience between them, and have worked in almost every sector of construction from residential building, education and public sector projects, to major refurbishments and fit-outs.

However as a new company, Miro Construction’s reputation was yet to be established. “When you first start out and you’re not known, you’re not going to get the big jobs,” Mick says. “We started off working on $50,000 to $100,000 projects, then moved on to $250,000 projects, then $500,000 projects.

Now we’re taking on jobs worth between $2 million to $3 million, and we’ve managed to keep our growth sustainable.”

Miro Construction runs a team of 25 staff out on the tools, while the office is managed

by Mick and Rob, and one junior quantity surveyor.

Last year, the team at Miro Construction, already having about 40 education projects under their belt, built Hobsonville Point Early Learning Centre for the rapidly growing township in North West Auckland.

A project worth just under $2 million to Miro Construction, it has led the company to up the ante once again and it has already

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Commercial >> Miro Construction

Hobsonville Point Early Learning Centre, designed by award-winning architect and education specialist Phil Smith, was a complex build for Miro Construction.

Company forges its reputation in education sector • From page 17 started another $2.4 million preschool project, which will be followed by another worth just over $3 million.

Having built a reputation in the education sector as a company which provides a quality, professional service, Mick says Miro Construction has spent a long time grooming

its subcontractors and its own staff about how to work in an education environment.

“A lot of the work we do is on an existing and operating school environment, so it’s a bit different from a traditional building site,” he says.

“Good behaviour around the kids and a very high standard of health and safety are paramount requirements on these sites.”

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“A lot of the work we do is on an existing and operating school environment, so it’s a bit different from a traditional building site. Good behaviour around the kids and a very high standard of health and safety are paramount requirements on these sites..” hospitality, retail, and residential projects, Mike says Miro Construction gets a real feelgood factor from the education projects.

“When you build something in an education environment, everyone goes ‘wow!”

All the kids and all the teachers are really excited to use their new facility.”

Hobsonville Point Early Learning Centre, designed by award-winning architect and education specialist Phil Smith, was a complex build.

The difficult terrain required the foundations to be dug low and piled, and the amount of steel framing and cladding also presented a challenge for the builders on site.

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Williams Commercial is helping to rebuild Canterbury with an experienced and committed workforce and the right equipment to complete a full range of residential and light commercial building projects.

Focus on residential construction pays off Kelly Deeks With passion and fight, Williams Commercial is helping to rebuild Canterbury with an experienced and committed workforce and the right equipment to complete a full range of residential and light commercial building projects, from new housing, to renovations and repair work.

Williams Commercial has been around for about 18 months, since Williams Corporation bought out civil construction company Horncastle Commercial.

The existing staff were kept on, and the existing contracts were completed, then the business model was changed to focus more on residential construction.

Since then, the company has grown more than 200%.

Williams Commercial general manager Sam Thomson says the company is building about 25 brand new homes a year, in conjunction with Williams Specialised Property and completing about the same amount of renovations and repairs.

Williams Commercial’s presence in the residential construction market sees sister company Williams Specialised Property

purchasing existing houses then either repairing or renovating them, or knocking them down and rebuilding.

“With the resources to do both the ground work and the building, we have the ability to go out and procure some very unique pieces of land,” he says. “We can take a house that’s dilapidated and change it into something that is going to be well received by prospective buyers.”

As well as building homes for Williams Specialised Property – which specialises in rebuilding and developing central Christchurch sites normally located in the harder hit areas of town following the Christchurch earthquakes – Williams Commercial also teams with reputable housing companies throughout Canterbury.

Williams Commercial runs a team of extremely skilled digger operators who are experienced with all types of residential excavations.

“We have a fleet of trucks and a variety of diggers to ensure the right equipment is used on the job, so the client receives the best

“With the resources to do both the ground work and the building, we have the ability to go out and procure some very unique pieces of land.”

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Wide range of services gives firm greater impact • From page 19 service and the best price,” Sam says.

On site establishment and management, Williams Commercial is a big believer in health and safety, temporary fencing, and advertising.

It provides these services to larger companies, such as Horncastle Homes which has 2000 of Williams Commercial’s temporary fence panels branded with its advertising.

Williams Corporation is the parent company of Williams Commercial, Williams Specialised Property, Williams Business Solutions, Williams Imports, Williams Energy, and Williams Investment Group. All of these companies together allow for a greater impact in the wider community through offering a wider range of services. Operating costs are also reduced to deliver a more affordable and competitive price in the marketplace.

“With these strengths, we have been able to grow these businesses and consequently the communities we operate within,” Sam says.

“This is seen in the rebuild of Christchurch as many companies managed by Williams Corporation have a hand in helping with the rebuild, not only the construction based companies but also the business solutions by developing the software to enable construction companies to better manage their tasks, and the investment group by assisting the public to affordable home and land packages by negating the need for a real estate agent and the fees they pile up on top of the sale.”

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Sockburn business park the ideal location Kelly Deeks The contractors were doing it for themselves on a recently completed Mike Greer Commercial project at Sockburn, where a new industrial complex developed by the company is now housing eight of its supply chain partners.

Mike Greer Commercial general manager Brendon Hill says the company identified the new Central Business Park subdivision on William Lewis Drive, just off Racecourse Road in Sockburn, as being an ideal location to establish an industrial development including 12 high-stud warehouses with office spaces, and plenty of onsite parking.

“We’ve built six 160sqm units with 35sqm office space on the ground and a further 35sqm on the first floor, and six 195sqm units with 55sqm office space on two levels,” Brendon says.

“This development is in a great location

by Sockburn roundabout, with excellent access to Christchurch’s main arterial routes, close to town and one of the closest business parks to the Mike Greer Homes head office in Middleton.”

With separate entranceways to the office spaces, there is an opportunity for owners to add to their income stream by leasing out their offices.”

And Mike Greer Commercial knew just who would be a perfect fit for these units.

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The units built by Mike Greer Commercial at the Central Business Park subdivision have been designed to ensure efficient space utilisation and optimum work flow.

Business park in the ideal location for Mike Greer • From page 21 subcontractors grow with us” Brendon says.

“At the start of the William Lewis Drive development I sent out an email to our supply chain and we sold six units off the plans.”

The units have been designed to ensure efficient space utilisation and optimum work

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One of Mike Greer Commercial’s partners in this development was NZ Brick Distributors, which took the opportunity to provide the project with its new designer series of feature cladding.

“Instead of having concrete tilt slab on the front, we’ve used this feature cladding and we’ve found it has really lifted the building,”

Brendon says.

“It has provided an exterior architectural feature and colour, and for everyone who has gone through these units, it has been part of the attraction. The cladding has given this development a real point of difference, rather than being like the ones down the road that all look the same.”

Mike Greer Commercial has now purchased another block of land at the nearby Waterloo Business Park, where it will complete a 10 unit industrial development along similar lines.

Mike Greer Commercial was established more than five years ago and completes a lot of specialised work, investing and developing with its business partners and subcontractors.

In collaboration with Fulton Hogan, Mike Greer Homes has been a major player in the

development of the Longhurst and Knights Stream Park subdivisions in Halswell, projects which embody what Mike Greer Commercial is all about.

“Mike Greer Homes built about 70% of the homes at Longhurst, and we’ve also identified the opportunity to further develop and invest within that subdivision,” Brendon says.

“We’ve developed the preschool at Longhurst, a second preschool in the adjacent Knights Stream Park, and we’re just in the process if finishing a 12 tenancy commercial precinct which will service the community there. We’re a part of that ongoing community, we’re not just building the houses and then moving on.

“We’re creating relationships with the home owners, providing them with the best, and being part of the community.

“The cladding has given this development a real point of difference, rather than being like the ones down the road that all look the same.”

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Although Dyers Road ITM Commercial has been supplying commercial customers for many years, the company is now focusing on the many commercial projects and new developments that are going to help to get Christchurch’s business community back on its feet.

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Dyers Road ITM Commercial manager Andrew Reeves says commercial development is the next phase in the rebuild of Canterbury, and the company wants to help to get it done right.

“We’re different because of the service and experience our staff provide,” he says.

“They’re present and they’re helpful, and amongst them are decades and decades of experience, not just in the building industry, but specifically in Canterbury.”

He says even though the company is part of the large ITM chain, it is still a family owned business. “Most of our people are from the east side of Christchurch, and it’s almost a sense of duty for a lot of us.”

The commercial division is not only supplying builders of large, multi-storey buildings, but also the commercial and industrial developments that are beginning

to provide new homes for many of the region’s earthquake displaced businesses.

A recent project Dyers Road ITM Commercial supplied for was the Mike Greer Commercial build of 12 high stud warehouses with office spaces at the new Central Business Park subdivision in Sockburn.

Dyers Road ITM provided timber, plywood, and structural steel for the project. “For the structural steel, it was imperative for us to be ready when they were, as they made all their own tilt slabs on site,” Andrew says.

The structural steel component of the project was detailed at Dyers Road ITM’s own structural steel plant, which has been in operation for four years, and is located across the road from the main store, by the company’s pre nail plant, which is also among the largest in the country.

“One of our primary focuses is on timing, and we’re working in partnership with our customers to try to reduce any onsite delays,” Andrew says. “We do both structural steel and pre nailed timber, so for any project, both are ready from day one. It can save up to two weeks on a residential build, and even longer on a commercial build.”

Dyers Road ITM Commercial is upgrading its drive through, timber yard, and showroom this year, increasing its stock holding and ensuring it can always provide continuity of supply to its customers.

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Commercial >> Thompson Construction & Engineering

The new Christchurch base for major food importer and distributor Davis Food Ingredients incudes a two-story office, freezer and chiller area, sealed loading dock and dispatch offices.

Flagship warehouse a complex build Thompson Construction, Engineering and Precast were engaged to design and build a flagship base for Davis Food Ingredients.

Waterloo Business Park was their place of choice in Christchurch where they have combined their South Island distribution into one site.

The requirements included a multi-faceted building encompassing a two storied office, freezer and chiller area with sealed loading docks, dry goods area and dispatch offices.

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The emphasis has been on creating a pleasant workspace with open plan offices throughout, a large meeting room on the top floor and plenty of space for employee amenities on the ground floor.

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Quality construction pays dividends A focus on high-quality concrete floor construction has created a booming business for Auckland commercial concrete flooring specialist Conslab.

General manager Tim Walker says the company’s considerable growth during the past 15 years is a result of demand for its expertise in consultancy, design and building of concrete floors to the finest internationally recognised tolerances, particularly in industrial buildings such as large warehouses.

“In a warehouse environment the floor has a really big role to play in the business performance. The flatness of the floor is really, really important, the durability, the smoothness, all those features have a direct impact on the efficiency of the business.”

Tim Walker says.

An example of this type of work is a warehouse floor built by Conslab as a subcontractor for Timaru company Thompson Construction & Engineering , for Davis Food Ingredients, Christchurch.

Davis Food Ingredients use a racking system known as VNA (very narrow aisles) with aisles about 1700mm wide.

Global giants such as Amazon operate from VNA warehouses where the logistics and exactness of floor construction is crucial.

“It means that the floor has to be superflat. We had to construct Davis’ floor to a tolerance of Fmin100, an American standard, which is the flattest in the world.”

The special Fmin system of tolerance definition and measurement is used for defined traffic floors where the forklift path is restricted and requires the correction of any transverse or longitudinal defects which are as little as 0.2mm out of tolerance.

Conslab established a Christchurch branch with 30 staff three years ago and employs about 140 full-time-equivalent staff in total.

“If you’ve got something like a 2mm difference in the floor across the aisle that could mean a 30mm lean at the top of a forklift because they operate so high.

“Because the aisles are so narrow, if you are outside of that floor specification the system really doesn’t work. You can’t get your full speed out of your forklifts, or you can have trouble actually picking up a pallet.”

Building Fmin100 floors is extremely specialised work for which Conslab is the only company in New Zealand with the expertise to undertake, Tim says.

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This requires the use of specialised surveying equipment, laser-guided screeds, and vibrators with automatic laser-levelling, which are used in conjunction with highlytrained staff.

Visits by Conslab staff to buildings in the United Kingdom, United States Europe, Asia and Australia show that Conslab is producing world class flooring, Tim says.

Conslab established a Christchurch branch with 30 staff three years ago and employs about 140 full-time-equivalent staff in total.

The company has been involved in concrete finishing work for several significant Christchurch civic and commercial buildings as part of the city rebuild, which included a record-breaking concrete pour last July.

“We are super busy; Christchurch is still going strong and Auckland’s really taking off this year and we see it being even bigger next year. We are in the strongest period the building industry’s ever seen.”

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Commercial >> Thompson Construction & Engineering

‘Frost heave’ protection system part of a challenging array of specs for firm • From page 24 mid-floor and precast panels conclude the exterior reaching 7.66m high.

Behind the office is the large chiller and freezer area which has refrigeration panels 12m high.

The concrete floor area is designed to manage frost heave which includes a 150mmthick chiller panel sandwiched between two 150mm-thick concrete floors with pipes containing warm air running underneath.

The frost heave protection system works to prevent the earth under the floor from freezing and applying upwards pressure.

There are three sealed loading docks attached to this area, each with an inflatable system for improved energy savings and climate control. This system locks around the vehicle by inflating bags to provide an air and thermal seal. It prevents any contamination

from dust, dirt and keeps the cold air from escaping.

To the west of the freezer is a large dry goods storage area. This area reaches up to 14m at the apex and creates room for highdensity storage with racking to a height of 11m.The racking system is supported by a structurally engineered concrete floor, 250mm thick. The floor has a 3mm tolerance for flatness which was maintained throughout the concrete pour.

The flat surface of the floor optimises the drivers’ efficiency when operating a very narrow aisle (VNA) forklift between the racks.

The main criterion from the client was to eliminate the need for the operator to slow their productivity by braking.

A sprinkler system has been installed throughout the storage areas. It is designed with the capability to deliver 9600L/min for two hours at full flow. This capacity is to

provide fire protection from the high hazard products that may be stored in the building. To avoid frozen pipes in the freezer area the fire protection incorporates a dry pipe sprinkler system that holds the water out until a fire causes the sprinkler to operate.

Attached on the outside of the dry store, in the afternoon sun, is the dispatch office containing space for packing and dispatch, receiving inwards goods and a lunch room for warehouse employees. On the shady side (east) of the main warehouse is a plant room that houses the pump for the sprinkler system and refrigeration equipment for the freezer/chillers. The plant room is constructed entirely from precast panels including the roof.

The exterior of the entire warehouse is clad in coloursteel iron with precast panels to 3.7m high. Overall, this building incorporates many facets and meets all aspects of the client’s requirements.

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These biological workers happily toil away in the company’s NaturalFlow sustainable and odourless waste-water and sewage treatment systems, developed for both domestic and commercial use.

Waterflow NZ director Dean Hoyle, of Maungaturoto, Northland, explains how the power-free system works, with the help of worms and natural aerobic processes.

“It’s a waste-water treatment system that uses completely natural aeration processes and natural medias that exist in the environment, instead of pumps and mechanical aerators like conventional powered systems commonly known as AWTS [aerated water treatment systems],” Dean Hoyle says.

NaturalFlow consists of ventilated modular chambers incorporating the Wormorator module which is an enclosed eco-system that simulates the decomposition processes of forest floors.

NaturalFlow uses two or three in-ground modules, depending on the level of treatment required.

The natural media used consists of the likes of bark, peat and lime, with composting worms also being introduced when the system is installed; during the treatment process solid waste is converted to valuable liquid fertiliser.

“The end product is a resource that is fed back into the soil the same way the eco-systems of the forest floor turn rotting matter into rich, fertile substances. We’ve installed over 800 systems throughout New Zealand and demand is increasing.”

In researching the system, Waterflow NZ came to the conclusion that, moving up the chain of life-forms capable of digesting solid matter from human wastes, vermiculture and biological processes offer the best means of low-tech treatment for solid waste.

“I guess in one sense, the technology we are using would be the oldest technology on earth.”

Keys to NaturalFlow are the introduction of oxygen through passive ventilation and the vermiculture processes, making the system aerobic rather than anaerobic, which also assists in the complete breakdown of waste.

It has been shown through extensive trialing that the NaturalFlow process reduces solids by up to 95 percent, which is claimed to be unmatched by other systems such as septic tanks and AWTS systems.

NaturalFlow meets the New Zealand Building Code regulations G13 and G14, as well as AS/NZS 1547:2012 standards for on-site domestic wastewater management and is accepted by local authorities at advanced primary and secondary treatment levels.

Dean says gaining official approval for the system was “quite a journey” requiring education and detailed information to be provided to local authorities because NaturalFlow does not fit in to traditional pigeon-holes, but consenting agencies are quickly understanding and seeing the benefits that come from using the all-natural approach to disposing of waste.

Because NaturalFlow uses entirely natural processes, it requires 75% less maintenance than most other systems and operates without monitoring or the need to empty sludge.

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Residential >> G.J. Gardner Homes Wanganui

The benefits of belonging to the G.J.Gardner franchise is that it gives confidence to clients, as well as real value for money., says director Alex Sigley. The company can build to either the clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan, a standard plan from the G.J.Gardner range or a full design and build option.

Loan schemes put new homes within reach Karen Phelps Identifying a shortfall of developed residential land available for new home builds has led G.J.Gardner Wanganui to undertake its own developments.

The company is just completing the last new home build on a 24-site subdivision in Buckingham Place in Wanganui and has just released to the market a new subdivision in Fitzherbert Avenue. Already nearly half of the

30 sections, which range in size from 5001300sqm, have been sold.

The company is also undertaking its first build as part of the Housing NZ Welcome Home Loan scheme, which sees qualifying first home buyers building a new home granted a loan of up to $10,000 per person.

G.J.Gardner Wanganui director Alex Sigley says that his company actively helps people to apply for such loans, as well as make use of their KiwiSaver, in order to gather their deposit for a new home.

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the home loan scheme, is a 160sqm threebedroom home with two bathrooms, double garage as well as finished fencing and driveway.

Alex says that by taking advantage of such loans the young couple will gain immediate equity by building a new home as opposed to buying an existing home. He estimates the build, which will cost $340,000 will result in a new home valued at $390,000 on the market once completed.

“By leveraging off KiwiSaver and the Welcome Home Loan scheme, a new home in Wanganui is well within the reach of a young couple on an average wage,” he says.

Alex has owned the G.J.Gardner franchise in Wanganui since 2007 after previously operating another building company. The franchise is now the number one building company in Wanganui. He says the benefits of belonging to the G.J.Gardner franchise is that it gives confidence to clients, as well as real value for money.

“They can walk in here, get the whole package and we can guarantee a fixed price within half an hour of seeing someone.

This is possible due to the comprehensive management systems and buying power offered by G.J.Gardner. Basically with G.J.Gardner, people get more house for their dollar.”

Alex says quality is a priority but this is something that doesn’t happen by chance.

“It’s a combination of detailed processes, knowledge and great people. We have our own in-house draughtsman, skilled builders and support our reputation by providing a five-star performance warranty and a 10 year Certified Builders Guarantee,” he explains.

To make the process of building a new home easy is the company’s focus. For example, the business offers a ‘Kids Club’ for parents who need childcare while they discuss their home building plans. A kitchen, fire and bathroom display and in-house colour consulting is also offered through their showroom.

The company also offers assistance to clients in terms of obtaining finance, including KiwiSaver and Welcome Home Loan grants, through G.J.Gardner subsidiary Onion Finance.

Alex says Wanganui is still an affordable region to build in. For example, in the new subdivision house and land packages start at $295,000. The company can build to either the client’s plan, a standard plan from the G.J.Gardner range or a full design and build option. Alex says the company is also undertaking a large number of new home builds on sections owned by clients around Wanganui, Rangitikei and Ruapehu.

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Residential >> Landmark Homes

Indoor outdoor flow to a private patio is one of the features of the popular Riverhead design showhome from Landmark Homes.

Show home gets ‘unbelievable’ feedback Russell Fredric Landmark Homes has created a reputation as a builder of an exciting range of high quality homes which boast uncompromising class and quality.

Headquartered in Tauranga, Landmark Homes is headed by Paul and Debbie Clarke and operates 14 franchises throughout New Zealand.

Show homes have been recently opened in Riverhead, North Shore Auckland, Pukekohe, Tauranga, and most recently in Maunu, Whangarei, with a show home opening in Wellington soon.

Debbie Clarke says feedback from people who have viewed the Northland show home, which opened late February, has been “unbelievable”.

Comments have been received about the high level of finish and design, and that the

show home was the best some have ever seen, which reflects the standard expected in all Landmark’s homes, Debbie says.

A point of difference in Landmark’s designs is an emphasis on aesthetically pleasing houses.

“We are passionate about design, combined with the practicality and liveability,” Debbie Clarke says.

Contributing to the practicality and liveablity is a focus on maximising light and solar gain.

Most Landmark designs have a 2.7 metre stud height which is 300mm higher than the usual 2.4 metres, and when combined with high quality aluminium joinery, the result is a greater sense of space, light and a feeling of luxury.

Landmark Homes provides three options for clients; Ready to Build, Design and Build and Remove and Rebuild.

Throughout New Zealand there is a

trend towards Landmark Homes’ clients wanting to build larger homes, a number being more than 400 square metres, while the skyrocketing cost of existing homes in Auckland is keeping franchises around Auckland such as Pukekohe, Hamilton and Tauranga busy as people look to build in more affordable places.

A good proportion of Landmark Homes client’s favour the design and build option which provides the opportunity to customise their home to suit their building site and particular lifestyle needs.

“We start from scratch and design a home to a brief. Sometimes that’s inspired by one of our designs. Our design and build product is a really well polished process to achieve

an individual design which meets the owners investment expectations and which we give a fixed price contract on.”

“We can take any of our designs and give them a different look. We like to offer complete customisation to our home owners.”

Landmark Homes’ website reveals a remarkable range of individual house plans, totalling about 70, and the tremendous architectural variation between them.

“Over the years we’ve introduced different styles (such as) mono-pitched roofs which are still popular and we’ve got some much more modern cubic-style homes which we’ve introduced over the last few years.”

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Homes are not competing with the mass house building market.

“We are not about just getting the most floor area for your dollar. We are really about giving home owners who want quality and excellent design, what they want.”

Landmark Homes has its origins in Debbie and Paul Clarke’s Tauranga building company, which evolved into a national operation after they documented and

implemented their business systems and procedures along with recruiting committed franchisees, to make Landmark Homes what it is today.

“Initially we ran a building company in Tauranga, and then were asked for our beautiful designs outside the region in Coromandel. Then we were asked to build a Landmark Home in Palmerston North, then Wanaka, all by virtual remote control.

By the end of 2005 we had finished the documentation of our systems and opened the first franchise outside Tauranga in Counties, South Auckland in 2006,” says Debbie.

Paul Clarke says Landmark Homes franchisees utilise its long-established systems to confidently offer a high-quality service to home-owners.

“We love to see what they achieve in their

region of New Zealand, our people and the service they offer are what makes Landmark what it is,” Paul Clarke says.

Landmark Homes plans to continue expanding throughout New Zealand as suitable franchisees become available.

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Residential >> GL Stevenson Builders Ltd

Focus on best building and joinery services Kelly Deeks Specialising in renovations, alterations, and custom joinery, Dunedin construction company GL Stevenson builders is a wellestablished firm with more than 30 years of industry experience, and a well-deserved reputation for outstanding service, reliability, and results.

GL Stevenson Builders is a family run business, established by Graham Stevenson in 1983.

He set out to provide only the best building and joinery services. While completing his apprenticeship with a commercial building firm in Dunedin, he received a solid grounding in what being the best means, and he has worked solidly ever since to achieve this with his own firm.

“We are a complete building partner for our clients,” Graham says.

“Our dedicated and experienced team of consultants, all of which are trade qualified, use their expertise and creativity to turn home improvement projects into realities.”

All staff are trade qualified and the team includes four of Graham’s sons who all completed their apprenticeships with GL Stevenson Builders.

GL Stevenson Builders continues to invest in quality management and training for all of the team, helping to ensure all projects run to expectations, budget, and are delivered on time.

“I’ve aspired to achieve a supportive and nurturing environment to ensure a team approach to all our projects,” Graham says.

Specialising in home renovations, including kitchen and bathroom renovations across Dunedin, Otago, and Central Otago, GL Stevenson Builders also undertakes light commercial and new housing projects, when quality is a consideration.

With its own onsite joinery workshop and highly regarded joinery qualifications, GL Stevenson Builders undertakes a wide range of joinery work for clients and other building firms, from simple projects to entirely new kitchens and timber joinery.

“We have a complete range of kitchen, bathroom, and timber joinery on offer to complement our full range of building services,” Graham says.

“Our clients can choose from our

Specialising in home renovations, including kitchen and bathroom renovations, GL Stevenson Builders also undertakes light commercial and new housing projects standard range, or let us design and manufacture to their specifications and their taste. With more than 30 years of experience, our clients are guaranteed a quality fit, finish, and delivery.”

GL Stevenson Builders is a member of the Certified Builders Association of New Zealand and offers a 10-year Home First Guarantee for new builds and alterations.

“Employing a Certified Builder gives clients the freedom and confidence to sit back and relax in the knowledge that everything is in the best of hands,” Graham says. “We must adhere to strict guidelines for achieving the highest possible standard in both workmanship and business practices in order to maintain this certification.”

As a Licensed Building Practitioner with the Department of Building and Housing, GL Stevenson Builders is one of a few recognised building firms in Dunedin able to perform critical or restricted building work.

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Home lifts investment option Since 2014, home owners interested in having a lift system installed in their home have another company offering options tailor-made to their unique circumstances.

The Lift Company has its New Zealand headquarter in Pakuranga, a show room in East Tamaki and a sales division in Tauranga.

Gareth Newton, company co-director, says the growing interest in the range of customised lift technologies the company offers is a valuable point of difference for consumers.

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“We source our lift componentry options from Spain and each lift is built to individual specifications from the wide range of structural and aesthetic elements that can be chosen to personalise the lift to each unique home situation,” Gareth says.

While residential lifts have been common features in homes in Australia, it is only in the last couple of years that the New Zealand market has begun to gain traction and Gareth says there are several reasons for this.

“With the building boom we’re seeing and smaller pockets of land available more and more homes are going up rather than out. But there are other reasons these days why interest in having a lift in your home is growing, he says.

“There is a growing group of home owners who see installing a lift as a real investment option, either enabling them to stay in their home through their elderly years or adding value to the resale of the property. What surprises many of them when they look at our customised approach is that it doesn’t impact negatively on the price to get exactly what you want.”

The intergenerational nature of households with elderly parents living with their family

rather than in a rest-home situation is another market.

Fellow director Lee Eagle focuses on managing installation and marketing, while Gareth’s electrical engineering background comes in to play with the design engineering processes.

Positive comments about the aesthetic qualities of the many options available were received when the The Lift Company exhibited at the Auckland Show Home with a heartening number of clients placing orders.

“One of the great things about how our lifts operate is that they don’t impact greatly on the homes structure.

“Usually just some extra timber is all that is needed and all our lifts are designed to fit in to the standard 2.4m stud.

“There is no need to dig out a large pit either.”Gareth says that safety is the company’s number one priority. Every lift has a back-up battery which, in the event of an electrical outage occurring, will carry the lift to the ground or first floor and open the door.

All lifts come with a phone and all brakes have automatic locking systems.

“There are extensive fail-safe systems throughout. For instance, if the door is not closed completely the lift will not move.”

A key focus Gareth says is honing the lifts internal processes with a shift toward greener motor technologies providing further savings with lift running costs.

“As it is our lifts don’t use much power.”

The company has a network of installers around the country. Whenever a lift is installed it is checked over twice before an independent qualified inspector signs it off.

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Residential >> Simpson Residential Ltd

Hokitika building company Simpson Residential takes on most types of work, including new houses, rural residential and commercial projects.

Mentorship programme boon for builder Russell Fredric The owner of Hokitika building company, Simpson Residential Ltd, says creating a better foundation for his business has not been easy, but with two significant awards now under his belt, he could not be happier.

After running his business with a modicum of success for many years Hayden Simpson made a significant investment early last year by committing to the Builders Profitable

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With the support of his mentor, Hayden says Simpson Residential now runs as a much more professional business and is consequently nailing more, and bigger, contracts.

“It cost me a lot of money but, because of that I really gave it two hundred percent; I really used all their tools and really listened to

“That was a major hurdle I crossed.”

Game-changers in running the business include adopting Co-construct software, more accurate pricing of jobs resulting in charging out at a higher rate to operate at better profit margins, and a greater focus on advertising, branding and marketing which included setting up a quality website.

The mentorship programme has also helped Hayden to better manage and communicate with his building staff which comprises four teams of two builders each, and in turn to better manage jobs more

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“They helped me build my website and gave me the motivation to employ an administrator.”

While he found taking a step back and employing an administrator was a difficult thing to do, he realised he had been too busy to see what was happening in the business and the need to work smarter, not harder.

“Once I did that it helped out immensely and I could concentrate better on pricing and not having to worry about inputting of materials and back-costing.

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Interior detailing on a kitchen and bathroom from a Simpson Residential build. efficiently. “If I didn’t employ (Builders Profitable Marketing) I don’t think I would still be trading.

“I think I would have just found it too hard and I just would have slowly gone under, or just still be really battling.”

The redesigning of the business culminated in Simpson Residential winning two categories in last year’s West Coast Leading Light Business Excellence Awards.

The company won the Crombie Lockwood Trades Manufacturing/Primary Producer award and ACC Workplace Safety Small/ Medium Business award.

“It was great recognition. It was amazing; It’s one of the highlights of my building career actually. It got our business out there.”

As a building business in a small town and a sparsely populated region with relatively few sub-contractors, Simpson Residential takes on almost any type of work, including concreting, roofing, landscaping and construction, for rural residential and commercial work, renovations and new houses.

A highly visible commercial job completed by the company was the challenging refurbishment of an old building in Hokitika which was converted to a Subway franchise.

Simpson Residential is close to completing work for the Ministry of Education at South Westland Area School, Hari Hari, following a major fire at the school last August, while a 600 square metre, $1 million-plus architecturally designed house in Hokitika is presently under construction.

Capping off the success the mentorship programme has brought, combined with Hayden’s subsequent determination to improve his business, are the benefits which have flowed through to Hayden’s family and personal life.

“I used to do a lot of the paper work at nights at home. It’s freed me up from taking work home.

“It’s been a great impact on my family life.”

“I used to lie awake at night thinking about different issues and problems and I don’t do that anymore.”

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Residential >> RBJ Builders Ltd

Glowing testimonials common for RBJ Russell Fredric Having glowing testimonials from millionaire clients’ who live throughout the world would be a dream come true for many building contractors, but for RBJ Builders, Queenstown, it has been a reality for many years.

Owned by twin brothers Paul and Peter

Rogers, many of the company’s projects have received national attention, such as The Hills golf course clubhouse, Arrowtown, designed

by Patterson Associates, which won the 2008 NZIA Resene NZ Supreme Award.

As well as completing the club house, and Michael Hill’s own home in 2013, RBJ

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Glowing testimonials common for RBJ • From page 36 Construction has built houses for many quietly wealthy people who demand the highest levels of excellence, or for household names known for achieving excellence themselves in their professional pursuits.

Paul says the starting point for achieving outstanding results is in the brother’s surrounding themselves with people committed to the same vision, from RBJ’s own builders and site foremen to sub-contractors, architects, surveyors, engineers and geotechnicians.

“Work with great people and great things happen. You’ve got to surround yourself with great people otherwise it just doesn’t work.”

“A good design team working together can achieve fantastic results for a client”.

The benefits of the team work and synergy between the design and construction team follow through to the completed project and can result in significant savings for client’s.

Because many of the homes built by RBJ are complex and detailed, the expertise and complementary trade skills of Paul as a qualified joiner and Peter as a qualified builder also come to the fore when they check specifications to see if better products or more efficient methods of construction can be used, sometimes resulting in reduced costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

“The figures would be huge on the money you can save people, but giving them the same result; on some houses would be half a million dollars.”

The brothers obsession for detail has a downside.

“You spend so many hours awake at night stressing and thinking about the little things

RBJ Builders has built some of the most expensive and most expansive homes in Queenstown during the past 30 years. that probably nobody ever knows you’d be worried about.”

Because RBJ Builders have deliberately focused on building luxury homes for client’s who are not affected by economic downturns, it has not been a victim of Queenstown’s boom and bust cycles. Following the global financial crisis in 2008 the company’s building staff grew from 12 to 50 in one year when it gained two

large contracts.

“It’s just continued from there and snowballed in the last five years.”

“I don’t know if you could say we were fortunate or whether we’ve just done things right over the years. We’ve really focused on the high end market.

“We’ve been lucky enough to build some amazing places.”

Although RBJ Builders has built some of the most expensive and most expansive homes in Queenstown during the past 30 years, Paul and Peter have also designed and built quality homes to meet the needs and lifestyle of clients with lower budgets.

Another key to the company’s success is that Paul and Peter insist on meeting clients face-to-face as much as possible in order to

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Chant Productions Sales Manager Byron Chant says, in classic Kiwi style, the business was started by his father Graham in a garage in Mission Bay 20 years ago, developing door morticing equipment, and then bringing Kaeo artist, Paul Mason’s Samba handle design into commercial production. Other designs followed with technical collaboration from Graham Chant.

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As a result of bringing the Mason handles into production, Graham went on to service the local and export markets for superbly styled door hardware with precision components.

Chant Productions is now well-established in New Zealand and internationally, with showrooms primarily in Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Middle East, Europe, Asia and Jamaica.

“I don’t think any of us expected [the company] to be as big as it is now. Our forward orders are driving growth even further,” Byron Chant says.

Chant Productions catalogue comprises more than 500 items which include lever handles, pull handles, door knobs, sliding door fittings, shelving fittings, locks, accessories and hinges.

A significant part of the business is the creation and manufacture of bespoke products when specified by architects.

“We can take one handle style and produce that to go on timber, aluminium, and steel joinery, as well as European tilt-and-turn and lift and slide systems, and they can be made in the same finish.

“We are probably the only manufacturer in the world who can make one handle that’s identical over the three different substrates they may be fixed to, but working on different locking systems with a consistent style across the full hardware suite.”

“That’s what really sets us apart from everyone else.”

Door handles are both a visual and tactile element in a building and are generally the one thing that is touched more than anything else.

Byron says it is not uncommon for Chant’s superbly crafted door handles to be the most noticed part of a newly completed house, more than any other item.

While they are a key design feature in some buildings, in others they are intended to be a discreet and subtle feature of the overall design.

“Our systems provide seamless operation of doors and windows of all sizes and types.”

Chant Productions have supplied a large number of RBJ Builders projects in recent years.

“We do a lot of specialised work for them. They do some seriously cool stuff, some innovative things; their attention to detail is up there with the best of the best. That vision means they are the type of people we want to work with.”

“Even the fact that RBJ operate in Queenstown, some of the hardware they specify is absolutely world-class, outstanding.

“Some of the most clever and technical designs we have created have gone into their projects.”

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A key to the company’s success is that Paul and Peter insist on meeting clients face-to-face as much as possible in order to develop an understanding of their aspirations as well as making a personal connection.

develop an understanding of their aspirations as well as making a personal connection, despite this usually being unnecessary when an architect is leading a building project.

“Once you do that, it’s not just a project, it’s about the whole process; it’s a sort of a

journey.”

As well as this personal touch contributing towards a superb outcome, many clients have become personal friends of the brother’s and their families.

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Hilti New Zealand Ltd general manager Alistair Dickie is emphatic about the quality of the company’s line of industrial power tools and accessories, partly because they are tested and proven to work longer and require less servicing when comparing competitor’s equivalent products.

competitor’s products all over the site to provoke him.

“I laughed my head off and I said, “you know what Pete, I think me and you are going to get on really well and we’re going to be close friends whether you buy from me or not.’’

“That was the start, where he tried a couple of tools, and from then on he became a very loyal and a much respected friend and a very great customer to our company in Queenstown.”

“That’s factual - that’s out in the public domain.

We put higher quality motors inside, the design, the performance, the innovation we believe is our quality,” Alistair Dickie says.

“We believe 100% in our brand promise that our drills will drill faster, and our drills will last longer.

While gaining RBJ’s business was a coup, since developing a close business and personal relationship with the Roger’s, Alistair has also been able to observe first-hand the positive dynamics of RBJ’s culture which flows from its staff to the incredible attention given to its clients.

“We want to outperform and outlast in everything that we do.”

“The way they treat their clients, others could learn from them.”

It is the belief of Hilti’s product quality and performance that led to Alistair’s amusing pursuit of RBJ Builders, Queenstown, to gain their business several years ago.

He first met RBJ’s owners, brothers Peter and Paul Rogers, at a Certified Builders conference in Tauranga 2008 and wryly explains the scenario.

Alistair says there is a harmony between the two companies because of the shared values of a caring culture which is balanced by the need to innovate and to perform.

“They were highly using my competitor’s tools.

They weren’t using anything of Hilti.”

Alistair suffered the banter of the Roger’s at his conference stall, but confidently told them they were going to be a customer using Hilti tools one day.

When Alistair subsequently visited the pair at a building site in Queenstown, Peter had deliberately set up boxes containing a key

“They care about their work, they care about their staff and they care about their clients.”

Like RBJ Builders, others in the construction, civil, mechanical, electrical, metal and interior finishing sectors will find Hilti provides a wide variety of products and services designed to fit their applications.

These include products for powder-actuated fastening, drilling and demolition, diamond coring and cutting, measuring - construction lasers and sensors- passive fire resistance, screw fastening, adhesives and mechanical anchoring.

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Residential >> Grand Designs 45 degree house

Wellington architect Nic Ballara turned an `impossible’ building project into a dream home.

`Mission impossible’ a truly grand design Russell Fredric Wellington architect and director of BBC Architects, Nic Ballara, has turned an apparently impossible building project into

a dream home which featured on TV3’s Grand Designs New Zealand last November.

Nic Ballara says he and his wife Callie bought a steeply sloping section in 2011.

“We bought the section because it’s an amazing spot close to town, but also the postcard picture views of Wellington. I fell

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“Impossible section, impossible budget and impossible neighbours. Do you think there’s a story in this?”

in love with it,” Nic Ballara says.

With an average slope of 45 degrees and parts at 60 degrees, Callie initially took some convincing about the merits of the section, Nic Ballara says.

While facing his first hurdle to build on the site when a neighbour opposed resource consent, Nic emailed TV3 with a brief of his plans - “Impossible section, impossible budget and impossible neighbours. Do you think there’s a story in this?” - which piqued the channel’s interest.

With engineer, John Wilson from King & Dawson, on board and fellow Wellingtonian Phil Stewart of PLS Consulting as the project’s manager, who also “got the vision”, construction got underway.

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The site’s precipitous nature meant there was none of the usual accessibilty or platform for construction workers.

“It was an incredibly difficult logistical project. We had a 25 metre high scaffold built which the house was hanging on for large parts of the project.”

“We had to work out how to build it.

The engineer was an integral part of that and there’s no way it could have happened without the imagination of the engineer.”

The 220 square metre, four level house is a vertical wedge shape grounded 17 metres below street level on a small foundation, which extends vertically 12 metres, to connect with the suspended garage slab above.

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Uncompromising views and stunning setting sets this Wellington house (above and right) – designed by Nic Ballara from BBC Architects – apart..

“Conceptually the house is a normal house tipped on its side. Normally you have a concrete slab on the bottom, now we’ve got that on the side and normally you have a roof at the top and we’ve got that on the side.”

A lift shaft acts as a hallway through the four levels.

The houses’ north elevation opens to a fully mature native Mahoe forest at the fringe of the site and can be seen all the way from canopy to undergrowth depending on which level it is viewed from; it is not uncommon to see kereru, tui and kaka.

The house was completed in exactly one year, despite Phil Stewart’s enthusiastic estimation of a six month completion.

The project began with an initial budget of $630,000, but despite Nic aiming to make savings to have the house built for under $600,000, the completion cost was $730,000 because of the complexity of construction and extra labour costs.

Nic says the lessons learnt from the project will be useful in his architectural practice for the design of buildings on similar Wellington sites.

He agreed the budget blow-out was not exorbitant, but issued a caveat.

“It’s not too bad unless you are paying the mortgage.”

He believes every architect should build a house because of the lessons that can be learnt, including the need to be more aware of the implications of extra costs to clients.

“It becomes a little bit more personal when its your own project.”

BBC Architects comprises New Zealand Institute of Architects registered directors Nic Ballara, Amanda Bulman and Denis Chin, who have been in practice together since 2001, working from the Wellington waterfront’s historic Shed 21.

As well as undertaking residential work, the directors enjoy working with community organisations, where they are able to engage with a wider group of people working with a common goal, allowing them to reach to reach those who might not otherwise have access to architecture.

The Ballara house and a community project, a purpose-built youth facility for Zeal Youth Trust Hamilton, have been shortlisted for the 2016 New Zealand Architecture Awards.

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Reward for builder who takes on a challenge Russell Fredric Wellington builder Matthew Palmer’s love of a challenge and can-do attitude has led to some interesting projects since he launched his company two years ago.

Since Matthew Palmer Construction Ltd started with just one other builder in 2014, a steadily increasing workload means six building staff are now tasked with working on the company’s projects, which include renovations and new house builds.

Matthew Palmer’s more than a decade of building experience includes working for Pearson Group, where he completed his apprenticeship; during this time he was a nominee for an apprentice of the year award and gained experience working on awardwinning houses.

Pearson Group eventually became Pearson and Palmer Ltd before Matthew, who is a Registered Master Builder, started Matthew Palmer Construction Ltd. “It’s been a really good two years and it’s grown a lot faster than I thought it would,” Matthew Palmer says.

“I’ve got some great Wellington architects behind me who are sending a lot of work my way.

“I’m really excited about the interesting projects we’ve got coming up”.

One of the first jobs to put Matthew Palmer Construction on the map was a tremendously complex entrance way in to an existing house in Hataitai.

The entrance way, which is surrounded by extensive landscaping, included floating concrete stems, pushed the boundaries in terms of its engineering and design details, Matthew says.

As with much of the work being undertaken by the company, the project came through word of mouth and as a result of Matthew’s excellent working relationship with a respected Wellington architect.

The Hataitai project was followed by a radical renovation and alteration of a 105 year-old house in Kelburn, which involved removing 140 cubic metres of soil from underneath the house in order to create another level for a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and studio.

The job required substantial structural

Matt Palmer, from Matthew Palmer Construction, is particularly proud of the end result of this Wellington home’s entranceway. reinforcing to be built while the work was undertaken and for the soil to be moved 40 metres by a conveyor to the street.

“It was a calculated risk, but it was another really well planned and designed job which went extremely smoothly.”

“I love the satisfaction of watching something coming together and I love seeing the smiles on the client’s faces.

“I get a huge amount of satisfaction from watching something coming to life from nothing, or from an old house that’s been transformed into something quite special.”

Because of the company’s focus on a high standard of workmanship and its fast growing reputation, there is no shortage of work.

“At the moment we’ve got three jobs on the go; we’ve got a brand new house at Days Bay that we are building and two good size renovations in Wadestown, and more in the pipeline.”

The Day’s Bay house, which is 230 square metres, is a complex, contemporary design using high-end materials, but also incorporates old timber.

Matthew says a good result on any project

is created by more than just building skills; having a great team who enjoy working together who relate and communicate well with the clients has been an important part of the company’s success so far.

“Working closely with my clients to deliver their dream is what it’s all about.”

With the increasing work load, there is a corresponding increasing amount of paperwork to deal with which takes up about half of Matthew’s time, while Matthew’s fiancee Angela McClelland takes care of wages and accounting.

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Health & Safety >> Asbestos removal /Clean Air Ltd

Asbestos removal a job for specialists Karen Phelps After KiwiRail inadvertently purchased locomotives containing asbestos it hit the headlines. But it was Wellington based asbestos removal firm Clear Air that was responsible for coming up with a plan and executing the problematic clean up.

“We tend to specialise in the difficult jobs, jobs other companies say can’t be done,” says company director Deane Shute.

The KiwiRail project has been a case in point. Clear Air has been responsible for decontaminating the trains and Deane admits it’s been a major undertaking. It took months to come up with a suitable asbestos management programme in conjunction with the Rail and Maritime Transport Union and Worksafe New Zealand. The trains have been pulled apart under safe conditions and the asbestos successfully removed. Deane says it’s a complicated task involving meticulously removing every component that makes up the locomotive highlighting the company’s vast experience in asbestos related issues.

Clear Air is a family business which Deane’s father Merv, who had extensive experience working in the industry in Australia, started in 1998. The company was founded after Merv returned to New Zealand and saw the need for a professional asbestos removal and survey company. Deane, who took over the company around seven years ago, also brings decades of industry experience including working across the Tasman.

Clear Air provides safe and effective asbestos removal and decontamination services primarily throughout the Lower North Island. Services include asbestos removal, surveys including asbestos hazard register development and asbestos management programmes, asbestos consultancy, testing, maintenance and removal. The company works for commercial, industrial and residential clients nationwide and has performed asbestos removals/ decontamination of residential homes, large-scale commercial and industrial redevelopments and asbestos contaminated soil remediation. A sample of the company’s clients includes LT McGuiness, Fletcher Construction, Maycroft Construction, Naylor Love and Housing New Zealand. Asbestos Removal Equipment New Zealand is a major supplier of asbestos related products and equipment to the company.

Deane says that Clear Air focuses on cost effective yet highly compliant methodologies for asbestos removal, which has helped to make the company competitive and well respected in the market. All projects require meticulous preplanning and management and plans need to be followed precisely, meaning that competent, highly trained staff are a vital component of the business. With a strong focus on health and safety Clear Air provides the highest level of training for its 35 staff, which include approved Certificate of Competence in asbestos removal holders, a health and safety manager and asbestos consultant who also holds a Certificate of Competence in asbestos removal, senior asbestos removalists, Master Builders and engineers. All aspects of each project are undertaken in-house for increased safety, efficiency and control.

Deane says that the company’s health and safety manager, Maryanne Roberts, is a good example of the company’s comprehensive systems.

“Maryanne acts as an independent inhouse assessor, carefully examining each job before it is handed over to the client and before it is independently tested. It’s just an extra step to ensure everything has been undertaken precisely and correctly,” explains

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A 2-tonne crane truck and decontamination trailer unit.

Asbestos removalist doing fine detail decontamination of a locomotive compartment, after asbestos damper has been removed.

Deane. Presently Clear Air is undertaking a major project at Victoria University of Wellington, completing a strip out of floors back to the concrete and removing asbestos at Rutherford House.

Although the importing of raw asbestos was banned in the mid-80s in New Zealand some imported building products are still slipping through the gaps as KiwiRail experienced, said Deane. Most asbestos issues he deals with are historic problems though.

With changes to the Health and Safety Act to be released on 4 April Deane expects that this will really tighten up the industry and bring it into line with international requirements.

This combined with an increase in seismic strengthening projects taking place after the Christchurch earthquakes will mean increased demand for the company’s services.

The large scale negative air enclosure and sub enclosures being used for the locomotive and components asbestos removals.

Asbestos Removal and Survey Specialists Since 1998, Clear Air Limited has been providing safe and effective asbestos removal and decontamination throughout the Lower North Island.

With a strong focus on Health and Safety and the highest level of training for our staff, Clear Air has performed asbestos removals / decontamination of residential homes, large scale commercial and industrial redevelopments, and asbestos contaminated soil remediation. A sample of our clients are KiwiRail, Fletcher Construction, Maycroft, Naylor Love, and Housing New Zealand to name a few. Our focus is on cost effective, yet highly compliant methodologies for asbestos removals, which makes Clear Air competitive and well respected.

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Health & Safety >> Asbestos

New regulations in force for asbestos Are you running a business (for example, building, roofing, plumbing or demolition) with workers who may disturb or remove asbestos or asbestos containing material (ACM)?

Here’s a heads-up about changes to asbestos-related work in April.

Asbestos regulations are being updated to bring New Zealand into line with other countries.

With more than 170 New Zealand workers dying each year from asbestos-related diseases, our work practices need to improve.

Under the new regulations, coming in on 4 April 2016, a licence is required to remove more than 10sqm of non-friable (bonded) asbestos or ACM in one job, or any amount of friable asbestos.

The licence will be issued by government health and safety agency WorkSafe New Zealand.

You can register now with WorkSafe New Zealand to get up-to-date information on the new licensing process, including when and how you can apply. (Please note that registration is not a licence application.)

New nationwide licensing system for asbestos removal The new licensing system for asbestos removal is aimed at ensuring people removing asbestos have the necessary skills and experience to keep themselves, and others, safe.

Licence or no licence?

Here are some common examples of building, plumbing or electrical work, with a guide to whether you’ll need an asbestos

removal licence.

•Work which may involve the removal of non-friable asbestos: •Soffit removal •Removing cement roofing sheets •Removing external wall cladding or textured ceilings •Replacing lino flooring This work will require a Class B licence from 4 April 2016 if you’re removing over 10sqm of non-friable asbestos containing material.

NEW LICENSES

Class A

Removal of friable asbestos: Removal of insulation materials, including lagging.

Any removal task where the asbestos is in a powder form when dry, or able to be crumbled or reduced to a powder using your hands.

This work will require a Class A licence, because the asbestos fibres are friable.

This means you could be exposed to larger

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This is the licence you will need if you are removing any amount of friable (powdery or has potential to become powdery) asbestos.

This is the licence you will need if you are removing more than 10m2 asbestos.

Up to and including 10m2 of non-friable asbestos or ACM, cumulatively over the course of the removal project for the site.

ACD that is: associated with removing 10m2 or less of non-friable asbestos or ACM and any associated minor ACD.

quantities of airborne fibres.

Note: All removal work needs to be performed safely. Suitable controls need to be in place to ensure that the risks of asbestos have been minimised.

These include correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE), safe methods of work, decontamination facilities and the disposal of all asbestos waste in an approved landfill.

What do I need to do?

If your business is likely to require an asbestos removal licence it’s a good idea to register your interest with WorkSafe.

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You can register online, and find more information on changes to work involving asbestos, at http://business.govt.nz/worksafe/ asbestos

I have a Certificate of Competence for restricted asbestos work. What do I need to do?

If you have a current Certificate of Competence, you don’t need to do anything yet. Your certificate will allow you to work under the new asbestos regulations (under the categories listed on your certificate), until your certificate expires.

At that point you will need to apply for one of the new licences or to work on another business’s licence.

Laboratory sees huge exponential growth Since establishing in Christchurch two years ago, hazardous materials testing company Precise Consulting & Laboratories has experienced exponential growth.

National Sales Manager Doug Daly says he isn’t surprised that what began with two people in one facility has expanded in that time to four centres straddling the country with a fifth due to open shortly.

“We have received excellent support from parent company HRL Holdings based in Australia. They are really keen for our services to expand and have provided substantial investment to have this occur,” Doug says.

Precise Consulting’s core services include sampling and testing asbestos in situ, and providing dedicated individual solutions to manage hazardous materials and meet today’s more stringent occupational health and hygiene needs.

“The revised Health and Safety at Work Act and the regulations that flow from it clearly places the emphasis on employers providing a safe environment in a proactive way and this is where our field consultants can advise as to the elimination or mitigation of environmental hazards and in the development of management systems to provide this,” says Doug.

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WHO WILL NEED THE LICENCE

Any amount of non-friable asbestos or ACM

Maintenance and servicing work which may involve ACM: •Repairing or replacing sheets of cement roofing that are damaged or deteriorated •Replacing damaged or deteriorated cement water pipes •Drilling or cutting into soffits or wall linings.

Building maintenance or servicing is allowed without a licence under the new regulations. However, if it involves removing more than 10sqm of non-friable asbestos or any amount of friable asbestos then a licence is required.

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Identifying, sampling and testing asbestos is a key service Precise Consulting & Laboratories provide.

From the 1950’s through to the 1990’s the material in its many forms was used extensively and while the health risks associated with asbestos are widely understood Doug says surprisingly there is still no legislation in this country banning products with asbestos coming in to the country.

“When these old buildings were demolished often the scrap material was pushed into the basement resulting in contamination of soil.”

The company offers building owners a comprehensive range of services from auditing hazardous materials to the preparation and application of detailed management systems to ensure the environment is safe.

Another reason the company has enjoyed such a positive founding in New Zealand Doug says is the speed at which sampling testing and reporting of hazardous materials occurs. This, he says, is due to the super smart and quick technologies including electronic database and recording systems Precise employs.

“Our norm is one day but if it is an urgent matter with a building process on hold until the information is received we will provide the answer in two hours.”

The company’s laboratory and field staff are extensively trained with overseas qualifications aligned to the British Occupational Health Standards.

It is not only in the testing, reporting and management of hazardous materials that the company excels in. Just as much there’s an emphasis on advisory work.

“We want to teach people how to minimise work place risk and we can offer turn-key solutions for work-place health and safety projects.”

Precise Consulting & Laboratories has offices in Christchurch, Wellington, Palmerston North, Dunedin and plans are in place to soon open a fifth testing facility.

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New obligations with asbestos regulations

The unique qualities of asbestos have been known since Roman times.

However, it was the Industrial Revolution at the end of the 19th Century that accelerated its production. Since then it has been used extensively, including a wide range of construction applications in New Zealand and most other counties around the world.

There has been a ban on the importation of ‘raw’ asbestos into New Zealand since 1984, however, there is still no ban on the importation, supply, use or re-use of asbestoscontaining products in New Zealand.

You may also be surprised to learn that the latest version of Clause F2 (Hazardous Materials) of the New Zealand Building Code has no prohibitions on the use and re-use of asbestos building materials. Consequently, many building materials including texture coatings, pipe lagging, insulation, wall panels, cladding, roofing, floor coverings and many other products are known to have been manufactured using asbestos, so are generically referred to as asbestos containing materials (ACM’s).

Recognising that there is an urgent need

New regulations covering asbestos in the workplace come into force in April. to control asbestos in the workplace, the draft Health & Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2015 (August 2014) were circulated last year for consultation. The finalised regulations were made publically available on February 18, although they do not come into force until April 4, this year.

The regulations will cover the licencing of asbestos removalists contractors together with the requirement for building owners to know where ACM’s may be found within their buildings. They affect all commercial and industrial buildings (excluding private houses) built before December 31, 1999 (for the purposes of Section 19(1)), and are also relevant when any work that disturbs and potentially releases asbestos is undertaken to ACM’s, anywhere.

The 2015 draft regulations included a

provision for an asbestos register to be maintained in all workplaces together with an asbestos management plan. In late December 2015 the Cabinet Economic Growth & Infrastructure Committee published a paper in which they recommended that Cabinet delay the implementation of the asbestos register and associated Management Plan parts of the regulations until officials have completed further work to assess the cost benefits of the register or any alternative.

A review of the newly published Health & Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016 confirms that the requirement to produce an asbestos register has been removed.

Furthermore, the duty to prepare and review an asbestos Management Plan has been postponed until April 4, 2018 (Schedule 1).

The new Health & Safety at Work Act 2016

and these asbestos regulations will identify a new role of the ‘person conducting a business or undertaking’ (PCBU). The PCBU will be responsible for implementing the new safety measures around the control of asbestos in the workplace. The precise definition of a PCBU is open to interpretation and in many cases, a single building or business will have more than one or multiple PCBUs. It is strongly recommended that legal advice be sought by business and building owners to identify their individual responsibilities and obligations.

The regulations state – unless already identified and recorded, the location of asbestos in the building then PCBU/s with management or control of a workplace: • Must not carry out, or direct or allow a worker to carry out, work involving asbestos; • Must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that all asbestos or ACM at the workplace is identified by a competent person; • May identify asbestos or ACM by arranging for a sample of material workplace to be analysed for the presence of asbestos or ACM the presence and location of asbestos or ACM identified at the workplace under regulation 7 are clearly indicated; and if it is reasonably practicable to do so, the presence and location of the asbestos or ACM are indicated by label.

Given that the first confirmed asbestosrelated death occurred in the UK in 1924, the health risks associated with asbestos fibre exposure are not new. Here in New Zealand the implementation of these new regulations and the tighter control of asbestos will provide greater safety in the workplace.

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Interiors >> National Kitchen & Bathroom Association.

NKBA members at forefront of kitchen trends Russell Fredric Soft neutral colours and natural textures along with increasing use of interactive technology are predicted to be prevailing trends in kitchen and bathroom design in New Zealand this year.

In outlining these trends, National Kitchen and Bathroom Association (NKBA) member Trish Frankland is singing the praises of the association’s designer-members who are at the cutting edge of kitchen and bathroom trends internationally, she says.

Some NKBA members attend international events such as the EuroCucina trade show which is held in Milan every second year, in order to keep up with the latest trends and technology, which are quickly adopted in New Zealand.

The NKBA has a broad membership, from designers to product suppliers, fabricators and manufacturers. It also offers continuing education in conjunction with the Building and Construsction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO).

“New Zealand is very much in the forefront of design and we’ve got some extremely clever designers in New Zealand,” Trish Frankland says.

A palette of neutral colours, which has been a trend in kitchens and bathrooms for several years still predominates, but Trish notes a subtle change.

“It’s more soft greys or soft neutral colours coming through. Traditionally when you thought of neutral you may have thought of white, but now it’s what is known as greyedout whites; softer white with grey undertones.”

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She also notes the layering of textures such as combining timber with laminated surfaces.

“Texture is very predominant, heavily grained timber looks are popular, certainly the patterned timbers are coming through.”

“We are seeing a natural look even though they may be man-made materials; a lot more concrete colours and concrete looks coming through, light and dark timbers, both natural and laminated.”

Kitchens are trending towards becoming a focal point in homes where “everything happens” as well as a place to socialise and interact with family, friends and technology.

Kitchens can be built to incorporate benchtop re-charge zones for mobile phones and tablets, along with ceramic hobs on which cookware can be placed anywhere on the hob and which incorporate colour touch-screens.

Trish says the next step is tablet-like displays built into cooktop hobs which can display recipes, be used for social media or to play music while a person is cooking.

Tapware is another product embracing electronic features, from sensor taps which turn on automatically when a hand is placed near, to those which “disappear” under the

benchtop when not in use as part of a hidden kitchen. “You press a button and the benchtop moves either back or forward or to the side, and underneath that you’ve got your hob and your sink. When its shut it just looks like a bench or a table.”

Bathrooms, once a purely functional part of a house, are also receiving the special attention of designers and home owners.

“Now (bathrooms) are almost like a retreat.

They often have a gorgeous view and a lot of stand- alone baths; that’s the centre-point of a bathroom.”

Another focus is an increasing push towards products which are environmentally sustainable.

Trish issues a warning that people should carefully check warranties on kitchen and bathroom products and that quality usually comes at a cost.

“With anything that people buy the consumer needs to realise there’s a reason why one product is more expensive than another and it’s very often in the lifespan of a product and the guarantees that are being offered.”

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Industry >> Hutt City Council/Naylor Love Wellington

Seismic upgrade ticks all the right boxes Russell Fredric Naylor Love’s $22 million seismic upgrade of the Hutt City Council’s administration building has ticked the boxes of a project which involves a major modernisation while retaining the external character of the 1950s building.

Naylor Love project manager Scott Duncan says the redevelopment had a large focus on the retention of important heritage.

“It was vital that the significant historical features including the council chambers and the north and south facades were retained and enhanced. While we preserved the character of the building, the interior has been completely transformed with the demolition of all the floors and beams and new piles,” Scott Duncan says.

“It was a complete strip-out of the building, including the demolition of all the floors and beams; basically a complete new internal build with new piles,” Scott Duncan says.

“It’s re purposing a building that was a whole lot of little corridors and independent spaces and it’s made it light and bright and open plan.”

All the building’s foundations were replaced with large foundation beams on piles, along with seismic upgrading of its exterior walls. All existing concrete floors were removed and replaced with a Comflor 80 flooring system A new four-storey annex on the south houses core services such as lifts, services rooms, a kitchen and toilet areas.

Naylor Love was the lead contractor, with up to 64 sub-contractors and 600 workers involved during the 18 to 19 months it took to complete the upgrade, after it started June 2014.

Some leading-edge energy saving technologies were part of the upgrade, including a large-scale ground source heat pump.

The system involves re circulating heating and cooling water within the building’s 72 structural screw piles, known as energy piles.

This technology has been used successfully for many years in the United Kingdom and Europe.

“It’s the first time it’s been done on this scale in New Zealand. We’ve got eight

Naylor Love’s $22 million seismic upgrade of the Hutt City Council’s administration building involved a major modernisation while retaining the external character of the 1950s building. kilometres of pipe-work under the ground going in and out of the screw piles and from the [heat pump unit] we pump water down through these piles and that either cools or heats the building.”

Each pile is 18 metres deep, where the earth’s temperature sits at 13 degrees C. By taking ground heat that is stable, and often different to the outdoors, the efficiency can be twice that of a typical electrical heat pump.

“It was a complete strip-out of the building, including the demolition of all the floors and beams; basically a complete new internal build with new piles.”

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All the building’s foundations were replaced with large foundation beams on piles, along with seismic upgrading of its exterior walls Other cost-saving measures are the installation of high levels of thermal insulation and energy efficient LED lighting.

One of the project’s challenges was how the facade was to be retained in relation to the demolition and rebuild of the remaining building.

“The structural engineers came up very early on with putting the structural steel in early so that we could then use that to prop the facade so it saved a lot of money in not

having to put a big frame on the outside of the building.”

Hutt City Council staff, who viewed the building before its completion, were “rapt” with the new annex area and the light, modern workspaces they would be working in, Scott Duncan says.

“It keeps the back and front facade, but the rest of it’s new and modern. It still keeps the character of the original building. It’s definitely a good looking building.”

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BCITO did major research in 2015 that proves qualified teams generate more profit. For a carpentry apprentice, you’ll get back $4.70 in profit for each $1.00 you’ve spent on training, cumulative over a ten year period.

“I couldn’t be more proud of my apprentices’ achievements. If you can give young people goals and push them to upskill and climb the ladder, when they’ve completed, they’ll want to be a foreman, leading hand or project manager. Giving my people a pathway to something bigger and better is what makes my team loyal and willing to go the extra mile.

“Training my people creates a team that’s immersed in the culture and values of my business and those are the best people to have on board to help me reach my business goals.

“It’s a bit like sports - if you want a great team player on your side you’ve got to train them yourself so they do things the same way as the rest of the team.

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BCITO appoints new Chief Executive The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) has appointed Warwick Quinn as its new chief executive.

Mr Quinn is a former chief executive of the Motor Trade Association (MTA) and was the chief executive of Registered Master Builders Association for seven years. He is well-known and respected in the building and construction industry.

BCITO is the largest provider of construction trade apprenticeships in New Zealand. It is dedicated to leading the construction industry to create the best-skilled workforce possible.

Mike King, Chairman of BCITO, says the Board is confident that the organisation will continue to thrive under Mr Quinn’s leadership.

Mr King says BCITO was fortunate to have had such a talented industry leader as Ruma. “We take our hats off to Ruma.

We thank him for his leadership and dedication to BCITO and wish him all the best as he embarks on his new adventure.”

Mr Quinn says he is looking forward to building on the success of the industry training organisation.

“Ruma is leaving BCITO in a fantastic position, and I’m confident that we will continue to serve the construction industry well in the future.”

“The Building and Construction industry is one that I’m passionate about and I’m excited to work alongside both the leaders, apprentices and the next generation in this sector.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Warwick back into the building environment, and look forward to the broad skillset and level of knowledge he will bring to the organisation.”

Mr Quinn will take up the role in June 2016.

“We believe he will be an excellent leader in not only our organisation, but the building and construction industry as a whole, particularly across education and to our apprentices.”

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Enphase offers cutting-edge solar power technology Enphase Energy is now offering micro inverter technology for solar power systems which increases energy production, simplifies design and installation, improves system uptime and reliability, reduces fire safety risk, and provides a platform for intelligent energy management.

United States-based Enphase Energy has been operating in New Zealand since 2011, and has a new research and development facility in Christchurch, now the company’s largest establishment outside of the United States, where a team of about 30 power electronics engineers (expected to grow to 50) are developing, testing and verifying new products to further improve and enhance solar systems around the world.

Enphase Energy strategic account manager Chris McArthur says Christchurch boasts a great community of highly experienced power electronics engineers, a legacy of pioneering radio technology company Tait Communications, as well as the University of Canterbury producing a good number of engineers.

Enphase Energy has improved the reliability of solar power systems by using a telecommunications approach in developing its micro inverters.

“Most other companies have had trouble achieving reliability, because the micro inverters aren’t located in a nice dry place: they’re up on the roof and exposed to the elements,” he says.

“Enphase Energy is a Silicon Valley company and its founding directors have strong telecommunications backgrounds.

They applied that knowledge to developing solar systems and were able to achieve a reliable system that generates more energy and provides greater cost savings.”

While solar power systems have

Enphase Energy has been operating in New Zealand since 2011, and has a new research and development facility in Christchurch. traditionally used large inverters to convert the DC current the panels produce into AC current that can be used in the building, Enphase Energy uses a micro inverter on every panel. This improves the system’s performance and allows it to generate electricity for lower cost, and also makes it safer with no high voltage DC current.

Enphase Energy has also eliminated the traditional solar power system’s weakness, the Christmas tree light effect, where if one goes down, they all go down.

“Traditionally, solar panels are connected in a series, but with our system,

they are in parallel,” Chris says. “Instead of the entire system only performing as well as the worst performing panel, with our system, each panel performs as best it can.”

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Housing >> Nelson Tasman Housing Trust

Trust boosts house stocks for needy Jo Bailey In one of New Zealand’s most unaffordable regions, the Nelson Tasman Housing Trust has aspirations to increase its property portfolio from 39 to somewhere in the region of 250 houses, and extend its offering of housing services and provisions to people in need across the top of the South Island and the West Coast.

Nelson Tasman Housing Trust opened its sixth scheme in December 2015, with the build of four new homes on St Lawrence Street.

The $1.2 million project was funded by a $550,000 grant from the government’s Social Housing Fund and an ASB mortgage.

The trust’s seventh scheme, opening this year, is the first to be funded independently of the government.

The Rata Foundation, formerly known as the Canterbury Community Trust, has given a generous donation of $200,000 to help Nelson Tasman Housing Trust to build six new homes on a site at the Orchard Estate, Stoke.

The new project will build one fourbedroom, two two-bedroom, and three onebedroom houses.

Nelson Tasman Housing Trust director Keith Preston says there is an oversupply of three-bedroom houses in Nelson that are too large for some people.

“We’ve never built one bedroom houses before,” he says. “In Nelson, quite a lot of three-bedroom houses are under occupied, and we have people rattling around in large houses which are expensive to run.”

The project will also be funded by the proceeds from the sale of two of Nelson Tasman Housing Trust’s current houses, and the Trust will also take out another ASB mortgage to finance the build, which it aims to begin in April.

The scheme will benefit from the Ministry of Social Development’s Income Related Rent Subsidy, which tops up the amount of rent a tenant can afford to pay to current market rent rates.

Nelson Tasman Housing Trust was established as a community response to declining housing affordability in Nelson and Tasman.

One of the founding directors, Carrie Mozena, is set to take over from Preston as trust director this year.

She says the cost of housing across New Zealand has doubled since 2008, but incomes have not.

“That has put huge stress on people on low incomes,” she says. “The providers of social housing weren’t increasing, but the people and families in need were.”

As well as general housing, Nelson Tasman Housing Trust also provides emergency

MP for Nelson Nick Smith at the opening of the Kawai St South development with Nelson Housing Trust director Keith Preston (above left). Another Trust housing development at Brook St features two and three bedroom homes (below). housing, with units available at Tahunanui Beach Camp for people in desperate need to stay while they get their housing sorted out, a bond bank to provide an interest free loan to people who can’t afford to raise a bond, and also facilitates the Warmer Healthier Homes project, which insulates the homes of low income families in the Nelson region.

Mozena says she has big shoes to fill in her new position, since Preston is one of New Zealand’s most experienced people in the community housing industry. “My focus will be continuing to build the important relationships we have in the community, and really upping our game in terms of the skill with which we continue to provide what we do.”

“We’ve never built one bedroom houses before. In Nelson, quite a lot of three-bedroom houses are under occupied, and we have people rattling around in large houses which are expensive to run.”

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Steel, glass & metal >> The Glass is Greener /Select Reinforcing

Decades of glass experience on offer The true colour of glass is green. It is also the surname of Glyn Green so it made sense when he started his business to name it The Glass is Greener.

Glyn started his business in 2012 and he says it’s a catchy name which people remember, which has helped him to build his business in the Wellington region. It also reflects the unique nature of his business, which specialises in glass and aluminium for residential and commercial projects.

They are materials which can be used in an extremely wide range of applications, says Glyn, reflected in the eclectic range of services offered by the company, including glazing, joinery, pet doors, balustrades, splash backs for kitchens and bathrooms, petitions and staircases.

of services to The Glass is Greener clients.

The company takes a project from start to finish, project managing subcontractors and all the time working strictly for the client.

“We find out what the customer needs, give them their options then install. We have no obligation to a specific supplier so we act 100% for the client and get them the best deal,” says Glyn.

Most work is by referral or on-going contracts. Examples of projects include retrofitting double-glazing, glazing and joinery for commercial shop fronts and internal fit outs of offices such as glass doors and partitioning.

The company has also established a speciality in repairing leaks in windows, roof flashings and doors. The Glass is Greener also completes maintenance work such as handle, stay and seal replacements.

It can also manage other issues associated to doors and windows such as cladding to offer clients a complete service.

Glyn, who originally hails from England, brings decades of experience to clients’ projects after working in Holland, Paris and London on high-rise buildings with glass and aluminium curtain wall systems.

He worked in New Zealand for Thermo Sash, the biggest commercial window company in the country. He also worked as manager for an electrical company specialising in insulation and glazing.

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Trade - Auckland

Team champions collaborative activities Auckland Council’s drive to become the world’s most liveable city has taken another leap forward, with the appointment of a dedicated urban activation team.

Led by Place Activation Manager Barbara Holloway, Barbara’s team of five are responsible for urban place activations, which are collaborative activities in the central city working with residents, community groups, businesses and Auckland Council divisions.

“Place activation is about influencing the use of the public areas to maximise shared value. An effective place activation programme is working with the community to leverage the energy of a space.

“The programme should identify the physical patterns of the activity, which could be cultural, economic, social or ecological,” says Barbara Holloway.

“Activities also need to create character, as well as initiatives that draw people to them. Some common examples include events, installations, place-based recreation or learning opportunities, pocket parks and digital media.”

Another key component of activations is the ability to work with city centre businesses and forge new relationships. Barbara says businesses have been very supportive of the new programme.

The desire to establish a dedicated activations team falls under the council’s city centre master plan, which identifies a need to improve social and economic performance.

Barbara’s team sits within the city centre design unit of the council’s design office.

The programme itself is funded through a targeted rate supported by the city centre

advisory board.

“Everyone has been thrilled to hear about our approach of what we’re able to do for them within our model of co-creation and collaboration. The great thing is anyone or any business can contact us and pitch an idea. So far we have worked with the central library, local business representatives, community service groups and large private organisations.

Our door is always open to ideas and suggestions.”

There has already been a number of successful activities rolled out in the five months the team have been operating. Some of these examples include: •Thursdays On O’Connell: Vintage Fashion Edition The O’Connell Street shared-space businesses closed the street for the evening and hosted street-side dining, entertainment,

and extended retail hours. Auckland Council provided support through a funding contribution and management support. The event included High Street district retailers and featured retro-style fashion shows and a living tableau for budding sketch artists.

•Fort St Fridays: A collaboration with Fort St shared space with local restaurateur Yael Shochat coordinating the surrounding eateries. Fort St Fridays was a series of live music offering drink and food specials during the performances.

A local artist was commissioned to create colourful banners with superb typography to add life and colour to the street.

•Book Bike A joint project between the council’s Central Library and the Auckland Design Office. The Book Bike is a Tuk Tuk-like bike, which travels to city centre locations with

Ford St Fridays was one of the initiatives started by Auckland Council’s new urban activation team.

books that can be borrowed, as well as withdrawn books that can be given away free in exchange for an idea.

The bike’s books are curated for events and locations such as the Pride Festival, the Globe Theatre and Neighbours Day. These examples are just some of the positive work Barbara and her team have been involved in a relatively short space of time.

Looking forward, Barbara, who has expertise in digital activation and media architecture, is planning a 3D projection mapping event for Matariki curated by the Central Library and Ngati Paoa.

“We want to bring people and businesses together. Auckland can truly become the world’s most liveable city, and including place activations that fit within Auckland Council’s policies and framework, we’re connecting Aucklanders and businesses to enjoy the benefits of being in the city centre, which is the heart of the city.”

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Community involved in repair programme Christchurch City Council faces a huge undertaking repairing or rebuilding the 1000 community facilities damaged in the 20102011 Canterbury earthquakes.

These range from larger facilities such as libraries, community, recreation and sport centres to smaller community facilities such as toilet blocks on local parks. Getting the local community involved in their development is integral to the success of the repair programme.

One example of this is in Halswell, a suburban centre to the south-west of the central city.

Te Hapua: Halswell Centre is a new library and community facility which opened in November 2015.

It includes a library with varied spaces for a range of activities, several large meeting rooms, inclusive community spaces and a Customer Service desk. There is also a 5000sqm outdoor area that includes a swimming pool.

From the location, design and types of facilities, the community was actively involved in its development — right down to a competition to select a name for the centre.

The building is just over 3000sqm, which includes 1800sqm for the library and 1000sqm for the community facilities.

Construction on the $23.1 million project started on site on 21 July 2014 and was completed by mid-November 2015.

Key features include: •7 meeting rooms •450,000 litres of water in the pool.

•45,000 items in the library collection.

•157 parking spaces •Can accommodate up to 500 people

Te Hapua Halswell Centre, in Halswell, includes a library with varied spaces for a range of activities and several large meeting rooms. in various spaces, the largest of which can accommodate up to 300 people.

•20 public computers Designed by Christchurch City Council’s Technical Services and Design Team under lead architect Crispin Schurr, there are slot shapes in the exterior walls surrounded by glass where lush vegetation will be planted.

People sitting up against the windows will experience the feeling of being in an “intimate oasis”.

The building has high natural light levels and passive solar design. Water from the roof is being used to irrigate the planting below.

Around the facility, 119 new trees are

being planted, along with substantial low planting in landscaped areas. The centre has a high level of acoustic treatment and isolation, for user comfort.

The council’s facilities repair and rebuild programme began at the end of 2011. All the work is due to be completed by the end of 2018.

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