Business South - Volume 25 - Issue 2

businesssouth Volume 25 | Issue 2 | May 2017

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West End World The West End—King Edward Barracks development in Christchurch will bring new life to the inner city.

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The future of parking

Heritage home for new venture

The Christchurch City Council’state-of-the-art Lichfield Street carpark building will go a long way towards easing parking pressure in the central city.

Kate and Jason Lindsay are behind the development of Petridish - a new shared office space in a restored Dunedin building.

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West End Wow

A far-sighted heritage restoration project is on track for completion by the end of this year, linking two of Christchurch’s oldest treasures.

Ngai Tahu Property’s $100 million West End – King Edward Barracks development is one of Christchurch’s most exciting post-earthquake commercial projects.

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Tekapo supermarket taking shape

Modbox leads the way

The opening of Lake Tekapo’s new Four Square supermarket is on track for the end of July this year.

Queenstown’s Modbox has once again proved it is a local market leader in the field of affordable, environmentally efficient housing.

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New beginnings

From modest beginnings, Heartland Potato Chips has developed into one of the country’s most loved brands.

Following an extensive redevelopment, the WesleyCare hospital in Christchurch is all set for residents to enjoy.

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TOURISM » Thunder Jet

May 2017 Business South

New boat delivers on performance Kelly Deeks In a proactive response to increasing demand adventure company Thunder Jet Queenstown has introduced an innovative new generation of jet boat, able to carry almost double the number of passengers than the average river boat.

Company founder and jet boat pioneer Neville Kelly says the new jet boat, which joined the fleet just before Christmas, is the first of its kind to use the powerful, next generation 6.2L Ford Raptor engine in a commercial application.

The fourth addition to the fast-growing Thunder Jet fleet was designed and built by McKenzie Marine in Bluff, with a high level of input from Neville, who was in Bluff during the CAD design phase and also for the all-important finishing of Thunder Jet 4.

Neville says the 8-metre long Thunder Jet 4 can carry 34 passengers at a time, dwarfing the standard 20 passengers of a standard jet boat, but uses the same amount of fuel.

Neville came up with the concept in 2015 when planning how to best manage the current increase in demand, as well as future proof the company given expected tourism growth for Queenstown.

“When you’ve got the competition that we’ve got in Queenstown, it’s vital to stay one step ahead of the rest,” he says.

“The ability to cater for larger groups was where we were lacking.”

With the conference and events sector a significant proportion of Thunder Jet’s business, the company would often get groups of more than 20 who would have to be separated up and taken over several boats.

With Thunder Jet 4, large groups and families can enjoy their adventure together.

At the same time, the new boat brings increased efficiencies to Thunder Jet, as to cater for up to 34 people the company now only needs one jet boat driver, and can spend less on fuel and less on maintenance.

“We’ve operated Thunder 4 since Christmas Eve and have been blown away by its performance,” Neville says.

“It handles as well, if not better than our smaller boats.”

The boat is also proving a hit with large groups and families.

“One of the things we hear from groups and families is they don’t want to split up to do the trip, and families don’t want one of the parents to have to stay back with the smallest child. In our boats the whole family can go together from toddlers up.

They just have to fit our life jackets.”

With an impeccable safety record, all of

The 8-metre long Thunder Jet 4 can carry 34 passengers at a time, dwarfing the standard 20 passengers of a standard jet boat.

Thunder Jet’s drivers hold higher maritime safety qualifications than the standard required for jet boat drivers.

Each of the drivers has a Skippers’ Restricted Licence (SRL), a commercial jet boat licence, and a wealth of knowledge and experience.

“While safety is obviously our number one priority, our customers come away from their experience sporting huge grins,” Neville says.

“Our ride takes people skimming across the lake and then weaves between the cliffs and along the braids of the Kawarau river, with a few famous Hamilton spins thrown in for good measure.

“Thunder Jet 4 also boasts a 600W sound system which massively adds to the whole adventure.”

“Our ride takes people skimming across the lake and then weaves between the cliffs and along the braids of the Kawarau river, with a few famous Hamilton spins thrown in for good measure.”

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ENGINEERING » Batchelar McDougall Consulting

May 2017 Business South

10 years of engineering excellence Kim Newth From small beginnings in 2007, Batchelar McDougall Consulting Ltd (BMC) has grown into a busy engineering practice servicing clients from offices in Wanaka, Queenstown and Christchurch.

The BMC team celebrated its 10th anniversary milestone in April.

Engineering expertise has been BMC’s hallmark right from the start.

When Warren Batchelar and Graham McDougall first joined forces a decade ago, operating out of Wanaka, they brought together more than 50 years of combined engineering experience.

Their focus on excellence has driven BMC’s ongoing growth, which has seen the team expand from three employees in 2007 to a multidisciplined line-up of 25.

Professional engineering associates on today’s BMC team are David Southwick, Matt Williams, Warren Holt and Joel Marsh.

“We expanded to Christchurch in 2011 and, this year, have opened an office in Queenstown at the Five Mile centre,” says BMC chief executive Bev Batchelar.

“We have established an excellent industry reputation and are well regarded by clients.”

The Queenstown presence has been established to meet growing demand for its services there.

“We have a lot of projects going on in Queenstown and it’s great for us to be on the spot when people need site inspections and immediate solutions.”

BMC provides civil and structural engineering design services on residential, commercial and community based building projects throughout New Zealand.

Clients include architects, developers, construction companies, home owners and central and local government.

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BMC provides civil and structural engineering design services on residential, commercial and community based building projects throughout New Zealand.

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Their experienced team specialises in all aspects of geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, pavements and natural hazards.

While Central Otago is one of New Zealand’s highest growth areas, BMC remains fully committed to meeting ongoing demand for its services in the Canterbury region.

Its expansion to Christchurch was in response to the Canterbury earthquakes where BMC was heavily involved in the Christchurch earthquake recovery.

That experience underpins BMC’s high level of expertise in building assessment and

design of strengthening and resilient new build design solutions for industrial and commercial construction.

Seismic services offered by BMC include survey and assessment of seismic performance of existing structures and development of earthquake strengthening schemes.

“The forensic experience we gained in Christchurch has been hugely valuable for the rest of the country too,” observes Bev. BMC has a strong sense of community and gives back through many different sponsorships.

These includeg an engineering scholarship for a senior student from Mt Aspiring College; the Canterbury and Otago Rescue Helicopters; Wanaka’s Festival of Colour; Challenge Wanaka; and the University of Canterbury Quake Centre.

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DEVELOPMENT » Lithos Construction

May 2017 Business South

City heritage set to shine in 2017 Kim Newth A far-sighted heritage restoration project is on track for completion by the end of this year, linking two of Christchurch’s oldest treasures: the former Trinity Congregational Church and Shand’s Emporium.

Built in 1860, Shand’s Emporium is the oldest wooden commercial building left in the central city. In December it was lifted onto new foundations facing Manchester Street in preparation for full restoration.

It sits adjacent to the 1875 church, designed by architect Benjamin Mountfort, which is currently undergoing complex earthquake strengthening and restoration work.

At the 2016 Canterbury Heritage Awards, the former church was highly commended in the Seismic Award category, acknowledging the Italian-based lime grout injection technique being used there to stabilise the building’s stone masonry walls.

Both buildings have been saved by Christchurch Heritage Limited, a trust dedicated to protecting and restoring city heritage.

Also planned for construction this year, behind the two heritage buildings, is a new annex to house showers, toilets, a commercial kitchen and offices/meeting rooms.

All three buildings will be linked by an elegant glass atrium.

Project manager Richard Lloyd says restoration work will shortly begin in earnest at Shand’s Emporium, after work has been completed “to straighten up” walls within the building.

“Wherever we can, we will retain the original fabric of the building from stair treads and balustrades to door handles and window fittings to get as close as we can to how it would have been in its heyday.”

Rough interior work done as part of renovations at various times is being carefully removed so the original look can be reinstated,

The former Trinity Congregational Church, designed by architect Benjamin Mountfort, is currently undergoing complex earthquake strengthening.

(with the layout being two large rooms, central fireplace and entry hall on the ground floor and three rooms upstairs).

Both heritage buildings are due to be fully restored and ready to go sometime in the last quarter of 2017.

As Richard observes, though, it is hard to be too precise on timing given the complexities involved.

“There is a lot of engineering and architectural

design left to do and sometimes unforeseen issues arise. For example, when we got rid of the rotten old carpet in Shand’s Emporium, we found there were huge sections of the original floorboards missing.”

Richard is Director of Lithos Construction, a joint venture between his own business (The Stone Company) and Contract Construction.

“Wherever we can, we will retain the original fabric of the building from stair treads and balustrades to door handles and window fittings to get as close as we can to how it would have been in its heyday.”

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At the church, all existing stone work has now been strengthened by injecting lime grout into wall cavities. This technique is a first for New Zealand but has long been used successfully in Italy.

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Both buildings have been saved by Christchurch Heritage Limited, a trust dedicated to protecting and restoring city heritage.

“There have been a few reasonably large earthquakes over the past year and we have seen no evidence of any deterioration or cracking in the stone work that has been grouted.

“The main reason we chose this technique was because stone work is quite flexible and using lime allows the walls to flex.”

A sensor system has been developed to enable the building’s performance to be monitored long term. “As far as I know, this is another first for New Zealand. We would be happy to share what we are doing here with other engineers, architects and heritage building owners.”

The next stage of strengthening will involve connecting stone walls to the roof structure, via a reinforcing ring beam around the top of the building.

Design work for the former church’s replica tower is almost complete. It will be built using original stone cut to a much thinner profile, fixed to an inner concrete core and erected in a series of box culvert sections.

Finishing touches later this year will include a new slate roof for the former church building, following installation of electrical and sprinkler systems.

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DEVELOPMENT» Ngāi Tahu Property

May 2017 Business South

West End embraces past and future Kim Newth From the top deck of the new multi-storey West End car park off Hereford Street in Christchurch, one of city’s most exciting post-earthquake commercial developments to date is an impressive sight.

To the east are two smartly designed, distinctively styled five-level office buildings, bordered by Hereford Street, Cambridge Terrace and Cashel Street.

They enclose an expansive green courtyard known as Nga Mara a Te Wera (The Gardens of Te Wera). In scale, it rivals Wellington’s Midland Park yet the aesthetics, layout and overall execution are uniquely sympathetic to the site and its history.

It is inspiring to see the post-quake ideal for Christchurch - a green and vibrant city linked with laneways and small squares - becoming a reality. Ngāi Tahu Property, along with their design and build team, has put it all together here at the $100 million West End – King Edward Barracks development.

At more than 20,000sqm and with 680 car parking spaces and 198 secure bike parks, the new West End car park is integral to the site’s functionality.

The new multi-storey building, which opened in early April, offers a mix of public use and lease parking (415 lease/265 public spaces), along with electric car charging stations, the latest licence plate recognition technology and a robust security system with monitored CCTV cameras throughout the carpark and entry points.

It also houses two small retail outlets on Hereford St, one of which is a coffee/sushi outlet, as well as the development’s innovative District Energy Scheme plantroom that uses aquifer water to heat and cool the office buildings, delivering a highly efficient and sustainable energy solution.

(Storyboards with information about the scheme will be placed in Nga Mara a Te Wera). A green wall softens the building’s northern side.

Following final fit-outs and landscaping, tenants began moving into the development in April with the official opening scheduled for mid-May. The office building bordered by Cashel Street and Cambridge Terrace (‘Building 1’, gross floor area of 7595qsm) is 79 per cent leased, while the second office building, at 8260sqm, is 89 per cent leased.

Negotiations are well underway to fill the remaining spaces. Key tenants to date are EY, Aurecon, Vero, Asteron Life, and the Ministries of Education and Health. Ground floor tenancies include Koha Fitness, Inati restaurant, Barnetts West End Pharmacy, West End Express Mart and West End Stories café/restaurant.

“We’re immensely proud of this site,” Ngāi Tahu Property Senior Development Manager Gordon Craig says.

A raised lawn on the south side, dubbed Veterans’ Corner, honours those who have served and the original King Edward Barracks foundation stone has also been placed in the gardens.

Photos: Olivia Spencer-Bower - Project Story “Pre-earthquake, the perception was that the city centre stopped on the east side of the river.

Now both side of the river have become the focal point.”

The vibrant West End name comes from one of Christchurch’s earliest inner city suburbs.

Around a thousand people will soon be working out of the development’s office buildings, constructed to very high quality and sustainability standards.

Future growth includes plans for two additional office buildings and apartments; however, these are still subject to market demand and board approvals.

Seismic safety, in excess of building code requirements, has been delivered via base isolation and triple friction disc technology (Building 1) and buckle restrained bracing (Building 2).

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Lewis Bradford has been delighted to provide the structural engineering expertise for the KEB building.

It has been a privilege to assist Ngai Tahu with the post earthquake occupancy inspections of the Central Police Station, its’ subsequent demolition and now this exciting new build.

Congratulations to Ngai Tahu and the rest of the team.

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The new multi-storey parking building offers a mix of public use and lease parking along with electric car charging stations, the latest licence plate recognition technology and a robust security system.

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SOUTHBASE COMPLETES CAR PARK BUILDING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Building through the middle of winter was a challenge, but Southbase Construction was still able to finish the KEB carpark in West End 10 weeks prior to physical occupation.

The Car Park has the latest technology such as licence plate recognition and phone app payment ability. It will also have electric car charging stations in the coming months. The north façade features a green wall with ground floor retail which will house a sushi and coffee outlet.

The seven-storey 20,000m2 concrete and exposed structural steel building, with space for 680 cars and 198 secured bike parks, was completed in 52 weeks. The seven storeys are serviced by two central lifts, which lead out to the public occupied spaces via entrance lobbies.

Anthony Franicevic, Project Manager for Southbase, said that construction projects such as this carried out in the middle of winter offered different challenges.

“The building houses the equipment for the first District Energy Scheme plantroom, which uses aquifer water to heat and cool the KEB buildings before reinjection of the water back into the aquifer. This form of heating and cooling is very energy efficient and the intention is to link this development with others so more local businesses will benefit from a lower cost renewable energy source,” he said.

“The keys to success involved utilising a special blend of concrete, which effectively allowed us to pour within these harsh conditions, and also programming steel work to be finished four weeks ahead of physical requirements to ensure there was adequate float for fine days.

“It was an opportunity for the team to prove to the market that they are geared for delivering in any climatic condition,” he said.

Tight access and restricted working spaces were two other mitigating factors. “The building spans from boundary to boundary so there was effectively no working space once the last section of structure was installed. We had to finish building the structure from the main road. The delivery team had effective management of the surrounding boundary spaces to ensure the safety of public and council utilities remained in tack for the remainder of construction.

“Due to the close proximity of work on neighbouring construction sites on the east and south boundaries, the team had to strategise and reconfigure construction plans which effectively only allowed use of the north and west boundary line spaces. To put this into perspective, the usable space on these boundaries was less than two metres,” he said.

Health and safety was a major component of the project, with a peak of 110 workers on site. In total: · 199 Safe Work Observations were completed · 62 workplace inspections were completed by Southbase, the client and WorkSafe during the term of the project. · 34 Task Analysis and 178 Permits to Work were completed · 66 Meetings were conducted, including 49 toolbox talks and 17 site meetings.

“It was an absolute pleasure to be involved with Ngai Tahu Property on this project. Both companies were able to effectively build a working relationship to give the client valuable input on how to make the build better in both physical, design and cost parameters,” he said.

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DEVELOPMENT» Ngāi Tahu Property

May 2017 Business South

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West End reinvigoration embraces past and future • from page 10 Both buildings are equipped with seismic monitoring equipment which will provide immediate information to engineers on the ground accelerations and likely effects of any earthquakes on the structures.

Nga Mara a Te Wera, a 1600sqm landscaped space that is layered with historical and cultural significance, is accessible from all the surrounding streets.

A strong diagonal pedestrian link through the site aligns with important Maori landing spots, the Bridge of Remembrance and, when taken out to its logical conclusion, ANZAC cove at Gallipoli.

The gardens will feature storyboards about Te Wera, the Ngāi Tahu warrior chief who is commemorated there, along with information on Taahuriri and the site’s European, military and police history.

A raised lawn on the south side, dubbed Veterans’ Corner, honours those who have served and the original King Edward Barracks foundation stone has also been placed in the gardens.

Sculpture with special resonance includes Pupu Harakeke by Auckland sculptor Virginia King, which

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commemorates EY staff member Lisa Willems who was tragically lost in the 2011 earthquake, and a work by Ngāi Tahu sculptor Priscilla Cowie that references mahinga kai.

Native and exotic plantings – including cabbage trees, kowhai, totara and cherry trees - reflect the site’s rich natural history; a dry creek bed feature has been worked into the landscaping between the office buildings.

Seating and tables have been installed, including mokihi-shaped seats that represent reed boats once used by Ngāi Tahu to gather mahinga kai from the river. Native bird and plant motifs enhance the site’s concrete walls, while a rain garden is another special feature.

“We wanted a place for people and a people place where they could come and spend some time and also learn something while they were here. We are weaving a story through the whole area.”

Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd wishes to acknowledge all those involved in bringing this outstanding development to fruition including Warren and Mahoney, Kamo Marsh, Hawkins Construction, Southbase Construction, Aurecon, Lewis Bradford, Rider Levett Bucknall, Powell Fenwick and Wilson Parking.

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DEVELOPMENT » Clearwater Construction

May 2017 Business South

‘Future proofed’ carpark on the way Kim Newth Clearwater Construction is making great progress on Christchurch City Council’s new state-of-the-art Lichfield Street carpark building that, when complete, will go a long way towards further easing parking pressure in the central city.

Two other high tech carparks have recently opened in the city centre; the new building in Lichfield St will be another welcome boost.

This latest 25,000sqm building will offer six floors of carparks and ground floor retail, (and it will replace an old quake-damaged car park that had to be demolished).

Clearwater Construction successfully tendered for the full design and rebuild contract, with MAP Architects and DHC Consulting also on board. The project aims to deliver 810 carparks, as well as 20 or so accessible car parks and motorcycle parks.

From a structural engineering and design perspective, the new building will be considerably more advanced than its predecessor.

For starters, it sits on some 4500 metres of underground piling, or 148 piles in total, with most of these going down more than 30 metres.

Commercial manager for Clearwater, Martin Baker, says that although challenges were encountered in ground during the piling phase, construction work is progressing well with the full structure on track to be installed by the end of June, to be followed by the ground floor internal fit out.

Much of the fire safety and electrical systems are being installed as the building is going up.

“We’re on target to have the carpark building complete and open in September.”

Future proofing features include a fully automated way finding system.

“When you pay for your car parking ticket, it will print out a map showing exactly where your car is parked in the building.”

With 440 security and directional cameras due to installed altogether, all capable of storing images for up to 30 days, public safety and security will be another clear priority.

As well, there will be 10 electric car charging bays, with potential to expand or refine the service depending on demand. A ground floor drop-off area for driverless cars has also been worked into the design.

Christchurch has a goal of being a cycle friendly city and this new building includes convenient secure parking for 90 bikes.

From a structural engineering and design perspective, the new building will be considerably more advanced than its predecessor.

“Within that area there will also be charging points for e-bikes.”

On the ground floor will be a mix of retail and hospitality, with two retail tenants approved to date.

The building has been designed to allow for connection to adjoining developments.

Clearwater Construction, which has a solid track record in design and build projects, has not encountered any significant challenges with this project.

“We’ve been starting our big concrete pours at 4am so the majority of the concrete trucks have been in and out of the city centre to try to minimise the effect on the transport network.”

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“We’ve been starting our big concrete pours at 4am so the majority of the concrete trucks have been in and out of the city centre to try to minimise the effect on the transport network.”

Clearwater Construction, which specialises in design build projects, has completed a number of office projects in Victoria St and Oxford Tce for Countrywide Properties and is currently in the

final stages of completing 123 Victoria St. Nexia has been confirmed as the top floor tenant of this new four-storey office building that also includes ground floor hospitality and retail.

Also nearing completion is a 10,000sqm factory building, which Clearwater is constructing for Vulcan Steel at Waterloo Business Park.

With several other big sites in the pipeline in Christchurch, Clearwater will be continuing to build on its already strong city portfolio through 2017.

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DEVELOPMENT » Rolleston Retail Centre

May 2017 Business South

Big year of growth for retail hub Kim Newth Buckle in for an exciting expansion in local retail and hospitality in 2017 as a major new development kicks into high gear off Rolleston’s Masefield Drive.

The Rolleston Retail development, entering its second stage this year, boasts quality architecture, laneway connections, beautifully landscaped public spaces and major new shopping opportunities that will substantially add to the already bustling retail and community centre of Rolleston Square.

Three new major retailers announced for the site are the Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming, with Naylor Love Construction leading the build for that part of the development.

The Warehouse Group retailers are on track to open in late 2017, along with 20 other shops, banks, and food/hospitality providers.

The new 5500sqm Warehouse building will be two to three times larger than the existing store and will include a garden centre and full range of

merchandise. “They [the Warehouse Group] own their land, so we are building in conjunction with them,” Rolleston Retail Director Lloyd Bathurst says.

The development’s first stage, Rolleston Square on Countdown corner (McCauley Street and Rolleston Drive), has already brought plenty of new activity to this vibrant hub, with tenancies including Coffee Culture, Westpac, Rolleston Central Health, Snap Fitness and Unichem Pharmacy.

On the design team for the second stage is the Buchan Group, known globally for its architectural design excellence, and leading landscape architects Kamo Marsh.

“A real feature will be a 250 square metre courtyard and laneways space, surrounded by food outlets. Kamo Marsh has been working on this for well over a year and is just finishing the last details of that now.

“There will be sculpture in that space; it really has that wow factor. It’ll be a great public space where people will be able to meet and congregate.”

Rolleston’s population has increased sevenfold since 2000.There has been no shortage of demand from those wanting to be a part of this premium retail expansion in one of New Zealand’s fastest growing areas.

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“We are only taking five food operators but over forty have asked to be there. Sadly, we have had to turn down lots of people. We have to be selective – it’s our job is to get the right tenancy mix for the community.”

Lloyd says the land in and around Rolleston Square was first purchased a decade ago.

“We have been involved here for a long time.

Rolleston Square is already a big centre of well over 6000 square metres and with 24 tenancies.”

All pre-2011 buildings have been earthquake strengthened in line with new building code requirements. “Our existing building on site has been built to Importance Level Four or 180 per cent of the new building standard and another of our new buildings will also meet that standard,” says Lloyd. Excavation and hard fill works are currently being completed, ahead of the start of building for the second stage.

“This is a major investment in the future of Rolleston and the community really appreciates what we are doing there.”

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Ocean View Apartments on Beach Road is part of an exciting development which incorporates private outdoor pool and gymnasium facilities alongside public retail, convenience, and hospitality venues.

Once construction is completed by the project’s main contractor Scott Construction at the end of 2018, Ocean View will comprise 37 apartments with a variety of one, two, and three bedroom configurations, including four penthouse apartments on the fourth level.

“The apartments have been selling like hotcakes and nearly half of the apartments have already been sold, including all of the penthouses, which flew out the door with no hesitation.”

The different configurations have been designed to suit a wide range of lifestyles and preferences.

Every apartment is north west facing for excellent sun, and views overlooking Tahunanui Beach Reserve and Tahunanui Beach beyond.

Each apartment has a generous deck space, big enough to be another living room and take furniture for excellent indoor-outdoor flow.

Bayleys Nelson listing agent Gill Ireland says the apartments have been selling like hotcakes and nearly half of the apartments have already been sold, including all of the penthouses, which flew out the door with no hesitation. She says the apartments are well priced and a really good size, even down to the one bedroom apartments.

“We’ve had a really nice cross-section of buyers, including people from Auckland and Christchurch as well as locals, people selling large homes and moving to smaller apartments, couples, and people who have bought an apartment for a holiday home,” she says. “The buyers have been really impressed with the design and the aesthetic appearance of the complex, as well as the lock up and leave convenience of apartment living in a great location within 500m of the iconic Tahunanui Beach and five minutes’ drive from Nelson city centre.”

She says a great deal of attention has gone into the creation process, which has happened under the exacting standards of locals Arthouse Architects, Aaron Walton Architecture+Design, and Canopy Landscape Architects.

“A lot of thought has gone into the design, even down to plug-ins for electric cars and bikes in the car park area,” she says. “Natural materials reference the relaxed beach-side community, and the buildings capture the views while also controlling the summer sun. Fixtures, fittings, and finishes are high quality and in spaces that are generous and offer an exceptional level of comfort.”

Gill says beautiful sunny Nelson is currently booming and the strong real estate market has seen residential properties selling well.

“Nelson is a really nice place to live, and the region is the second fastest growing in the country,” she says. “This type of development at Ocean View Apartments is really a first for the region. We’ve had some apartments built on the main road, but there is nothing else that’s got the sort of outlook and amenities that Ocean View has. It’s going to provide a lifestyle and a new way of living for its residents, who will be able to walk on the beach or go kitesurfing at 7 o’clock in the morning.”

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DEVELOPMENT » Naylor Love Queenstown

May 2017 Business South

Five Mile retail expansion continues Kim Newth

The Warehouse is the latest addition to the Five Mile retail centre in Queenstown.

100,000m³ of fill, before other onsite work could commence. Further excavation was required for a large underground carpark.

Naylor Love’s work for stage one involved major civil and infrastructure inputs, including the realignment of Stage Highway 6, a new roundabout and 800 car parks, (including 220 underground car parks). Constraints on the project included strict height restrictions on cranes (due to the site’s proximity to Queenstown International Airport) and

harsh winters. Nevertheless, Five Mile opened on schedule in time for Labour Weekend trading in 2015.

Naylor Love Central Otago has also been busy with other projects in and around Queenstown, including a new Pak’n’Save supermarket (which opened in November 2016); the Rydges Queenstown Hotel, (demolition and rebuild of part of the existing hotel plus extensive refurbishment of the rest); and several apartment projects (including

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Queenstown’s shopping choices have expanded again with the opening of retail giant The Warehouse at Queenstown’s Five Mile shopping centre.

Naylor Love Central Otago’s team commenced work on Five Mile’s second stage last May, their role being to project manage and construct two large format and six smaller retail tenancies at Five Mile.

The Warehouse opened the doors on its spacious new premises on March 30, a major milestone for the centre’s second stage. The new store, which includes a garden centre, is 25 per cent larger than its previous premises and also has a bigger staff contingent.

Five Mile is already a major retail hub for Queenstown, boasting the town’s largest supermarket (Countdown) and anchor tenants including Briscoes, Rebel Sport, Warehouse Stationery and Number One Shoes. As the year progresses, more outlets are set to join the existing line-up of 27 retail outlets and nine office tenants.

Noel Leeming is another big name retailer now open and trading within the centre’s second stage.

At The Warehouse opening, Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult welcomed the latest retail addition, noting that it reflected the progression of the district and that Five Mile was very much catering to local residents.

He praised the new store’s attractive design and seamless fit within its surroundings. Design highlights include a glass atrium-style entrance and feature wood panelling.

For Five Mile’s second stage, Naylor Love has had around 40 staff on the job including administrators, carpenters and labourers. As with stage one, Naylor Love also carried out fit-out work associated with the expansion.

In total, stage two provides around 8000sqm of additional retail space on a land site of some 10,000sqm. Naylor Love’s project manager Wayne Clague has led the latest works on site.

Naylor Love is preparing to begin the next stage of development at Five Mile later this year.

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These include Hi5 long run roofing, and several stylish wall-cladding products such as Eurotray Angle Seam, Eurotray Lite, and Eurotray Hook Seam panels.

The locally owned and operated company recognises the importance of having a skilled workforce, and places a lot of emphasis on supporting its staff to obtain qualifications such as the National Certificate in Roofing, or to become Licensed Building Practitioners.

A custom metal negative joint fascia panel system is another feature adding to the upmarket, quality aesthetic at the development, says Keith Ivey, managing director of CS Roofing Queenstown Ltd.

“Health and safety is another major component of our work, with our staff continually obtaining and renewing certification such as Site Safe, First Aid, Working at Heights and Elevated Work Platforms.”

“We are proud to be associated with Naylor Love Construction on this prestigious project, and to be able to utilise such a large range of quality Calder Stewart Roofing materials. Five Mile is set to become without doubt a major feature of the Frankton Flats landscape, given its size, and the fact that this is the second stage of the development.”

Keith says CS Roofing prides itself on establishing solid working relationships with key clients such as Naylor Love.

The works at Five Mile are being “capably supervised” by the company’s project manager Jeremy Harrison, says Keith.

“Jeremy leads our highly trained and qualified project management and installation team of close to 20 personnel, some who have more than 30 years of experience in the roofing industry.”

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“We value our longstanding relationship with Naylor Love, who are well organized, and a great contractor to work for. CS Roofing Southland, our Invercargill based branch, has worked with Naylor Love in Invercargill on projects such as the upgrade of the Invercargill prison.”

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DEVELOPMENT » Southern Institute of Technology

May 2017 Business South

SIT looking to house more students Russell Fredric The Southern Institute of Technology’s growing international student roll has created the need for the institute to build it’s second $4 million accommodation block in two years.

SIT chief executive Penny Simmonds says tertiary study for international students is a competitive market and the provision of modern, quality accommodation is a vital part of competing in this market.

“This is the fourth accommodation block that we’ve had built. We’ve done two others here in Invercargill and one for our campus in Queenstown,” Penny Simmonds says.

The institute’s newest building, presently being constructed by Invercargill firm Henderson Construction, will house 88 students, both international and domestic, in a purpose-built amenity which includes outdoor recreation areas.

“It’s really important for us to provide safe, warm, modern accommodation facilities that are close to our campus and close to the town’s amenities.”

“What it’s doing is not only providing accommodation, but a good standard and the right levels of occupancy rather than some of the unsafe practices that you perhaps see happening in places like Auckland where accommodation is so tight.”

The facility comprises three two-level accommodation blocks totalling 1296 square metres which provide a total of 22 self-contained apartments.

Based on past experience the design of the facility is a good model, she says.

“There’s plenty of outdoor space. We want it to be quite communal, we want people to feel that they are living in a community, not a hall of residence.”

Construction is underway on SIT’s new student accommodation block in Invercargill.

With the number of New Zealand students capped, growth of international student numbers is expected to continue at about 12% per year as SIT actively recruits over a broad range of countries including South East Asia, the Indian sub-continent, Russia, eastern block countries, Europe, South America SIT is presently targeting tertiary institutes in the United States to offer semester abroad programmes

such as environmental management and sport and exercise science.

Apart from the design of the accommodation blocks, their location in a cluster on the edge of the central business district is also a key.

This location means they are close to SIT’s main campus and associated buildings in central Invercargill, as well as civic, recreational facilities and parks.

Because of the pressure on accommodation international students can only stay in the SIT accommodation for six months in order to make room for new students.

“All we are doing is keeping up with our growth; the demand for accommodation grows obviously with the growth in the student numbers.”

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The institute’s newest building, presently being constructed by Invercargill firm Henderson Construction, will house 88 students in an amenity which includes outdoor recreation areas. apartment blocks will consist of a combination of paint finished pre-cast concrete wall panels and pre-finished horizontal profiled steel wall cladding with profiled steel roofing.

Functionality for tenants is a key consideration inside and outside.

“Each apartment will be fully furnished, have self-contained kitchen and bathroom facilities and a living area which opens onto a large communal outdoor living space. Balconies for the first floor apartments will overlook the outdoor living space.”

This model has proven particularly successful for SIT. Residents will also have access to a range of on-site communal amenities and services including landscaped outdoor areas with outdoor seating, car parking areas, laundry facilities and outdoor clothes lines. Lockable storage facilities for smaller items such as ski or camping equipment will also be provided on site.

Construction was put to a tender process which resulted in Henderson Construction being awarded the contract, despite the accommodation block’s design being almost identical to the one completed

by another company two years ago.

Henderson Construction director Brent Henderson says it is great to be part of a project that contributes to Invercargill’s ongoing progress, which SIT has been a significant part of.

“It’s also great to be involved in a project were you are working with local contractors, suppliers and the architect and structural engineer; everybody associated with the project is local which is a rare thing nowadays.”

Construction was originally planned to start late 2016 however a delay with the resource consent resulted in a February start for ground work.

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DEVELOPMENT » Harcourts Holmwood

May 2017 Business South

Holmwood agency builds on success Kelly Deeks Harcourts Holmwood has been a very proud part of the real estate scene in Christchurch for more than 25 years. Critical to its success has been a determination to deliver great results for its clients.

This is evident in Holmwood’s support of continuous training, cutting edge technology to sustain excellence of performance, and a deep commitment to community initiatives such as Nurse Maude and the Christchurch City Mission.

“Part of that commitment to ‘our people’ was the decision to provide the very best facilities and technology for our clients and sales consultants,” says Harcourts Holmwood chief executive Tony Jenkins.

Holmwood’s brand new premises occupying both floors of its previous site at 397 to 399 Ilam Road is evidence of its commitment to the future.

“This flagship building incorporates the very latest in technology and delivers a wonderful opportunity to conduct real estate business in an environment that is designed specifically.

“The inclusion of an amazing auction room with an adjoining cafe reflects that passionate desire of Holmwood to deliver the very highest standard of facilities for our clients.

“Our buyers and sellers want to be provided with the very best and we saw no reason to compromise in giving them a smart, comfortable, and professional facilities.”

Central to Holmwood’s growth has been its passionate belief that the people with whom it does business with have a right to expect the best.

“We have always maintained our success is entirely dependent on the success of our clients,” Tony says.

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number one performing real estate office and the Holmwood St Albans office is currently in the province’s top five.

This success matches Harcourt’s growth with 90 sales people in Christchurch, plus two very busy offices in Invercargill and Gore.

“With the redevelopment of our new building we are planning to add even more people to our sales and support teams because we are aware that in Christchurch our buyers and

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“As to the future, the whole Holmwood management team in each of our five offices is excited about the opportunities our franchise and the whole Christchurch community offers, and we are so looking forward to the next 25 years,” says Tony.

Currently finishing the outer structure of the new building, Tony anticipates the team will

be in place and the building fully operational by mid year. Designed by architects Stufkens + Chambers, the building has grown rapidly with builder Calder Stewart’s commitment to completing it within the allocated time.

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May 2017 Business South

Apartment complex at upper end Kelly Deeks Harcourts Holmwood is now selling a $22 million luxury development planned for the central city which is set to become Christchurch’s biggest and most expensive apartment complex.

On Park Terrace and overlooking Hagley Park, Upper House will have five $3 millionplus apartments as well as a plush two-level penthouse with just under 700sqm of space, a 50sqm roof terrace with garden, fireplace, outdoor kitchen, and living and dining areas, and a $5.7 million price tag.

Each apartment will have three bedrooms, a media room, library, and office, and 2.7m high ceilings.

Kitchens will be built from oak and arabascato marble, while Italian travertine stone will be used for the floors.

The exterior of the apartment building will be clad in black zinc and embossed concrete panels.

Christchurch’s highest known price for a home thus far is $5.56 million for a five bedroom home on Glandovey Road in Fendalton, which sold last year.

Meanwhile a large home at Clearwater golf resort has been on the market since July with an asking price of $5.9 million.

Local developers Chris and Jenny Stokes are behind the Upper House development, and Chris says they saw a gap in the market for large, luxury apartments.

The Stokes also believed the location deserved something better than a typical apartment development.

Upper House’s marketing agent Grant Chappell of Harcourts Holmwood says the development is a major sign of confidence in Christchurch.

He says that there are people now living in the suburbs who had apartments in town before the earthquakes, and they want to come back.

Likely buyers would be people with a high net-worth who may be approaching retirement age, and travel a lot so are looking for a home they can lock up and leave.

The land on the Park Terrace site has now been cleared of its previous damaged fourlevel apartment building.

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Historic building given new life Kelly Deeks A new shared office space in Dunedin is offering big business facilities and resources for small and start-up businesses.

Petridish opened in August last year and now has about 15 different companies sharing level two of the historic 8 Stafford Street building.

Ranging from one to four person companies, this group now has access to professional meeting rooms with all the latest media technologies, printing and copying facilities, and the benefits of being part of the growing Petridish community.

And Petridish owner and manager Jason Lindsey hasn’t finished there.

Next on the agenda is the installation of shared reception services, with someone answering the phones and providing administrative support to the all Petridish users.

“That is definitely something you can’t do as a one-person company,” Jason says.

He says this shared-space concept works, and people come on board initially because of the shared resources that one-person companies can’t normally have on their own.

“But what they realise as soon as they get in here is there is a real strength in being surrounded by like-minded people,” he says.

“Almost everyone at Petridish does business with each other or refers business onto each other.

We’ve tried to make it an extremely eclectic group in here, and as such they can do all kinds of things very quickly.”

The facility presents a professional image to each company’s clients, with the refurbishment of 8 Stafford Street capitalising on the historic building’s high ceilings, large windows, exposed brick walls, and polished wood floors.

The top floor has already been converted into a penthouse apartment for short term stays.

As well as Petridish, there will eventually be a cafe on the ground floor, and a retail space in the basement, once earthquake strengthening, historical refurbishment, and fit-out work has been completed.

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Jason and his wife Kate bought the building in 2014. He is a former United States based filmmaker, and the couple decided to move back to Kate’s hometown of Christchurch following a four hour gridlock on a 30 minute drive in LA. He was going to flip houses in Christchurch but

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When Kate gained her air traffic control qualification, the couple shifted to Dunedin for her work. “We had been here a week and loved it, and I told Kate I was going to sell the house in Christchurch.”

Jason says Dunedin is an interesting place for the outsider coming in, and people who have lived there their whole lives don’t always see the potential outsiders can.

“People see Dunedin as a city that’s been down on its luck since the gold rush, but it’s also a city where you can leave from the centre of town at 5pm in rush hour traffic and be home to your kids 10 minutes after work,” he says.

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DEVELOPMENT » Armitage Williams Construction

May 2017 Business South

Park Lane building at cutting edge Kelly Deeks Christchurch’s Armitage Williams Construction is currently providing its expertise to an aged care project with a bit of a difference, building a 29 apartment building complete with lounge, library, kitchen, and dining room for residents at Addington’s Park Lane Retirement Village.

Armitage Williams Construction was established in Christchurch in 1985 and has become a market leader in building in New Zealand.

The company boasts more than three decades of experience and expertise in providing creative build solutions to a wide range of clientele.

Armitage Williams Construction project manager Graeme Jones says over the years the Armitage Williams Construction name has become synonymous with professionalism,

dedication, and quality without compromise in all aspects of commercial, industrial, office, retail, aged care, and other community construction projects.

He says the experience and expertise resulting from the long tenures of Armitage Williams Construction’s proud and loyal workforce of permanent site staff is a unique factor which enables greater control of quality, program and cost.

“The majority of our site managers have been with Armitage Williams Construction for more than 20 years, and more than half of our carpenters and leading hands have been part of the Armitage Williams team for more than 10 years,” he says.

“Their expertise and excellent level of communication and coordination has come to the fore on the Park Lane Retirement Village project for Arvida Retirement and Care.”

“The majority of our site managers have been with Armitage Williams Construction for more than 20 years, and more than half of our carpenters and leading hands have been part of the Armitage Williams team for more than 10 years.”

While the building of aged care facilities is fairly standard construction activity for Armitage Williams Construction, this current project provides a challenge in the use of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) technology above the concrete of level one.

CLT is made of layers of solid timber, alternating grain direction at 90 degrees (where glue-laminated timber is layered with the grain).

The exterior layers’ grains run lengthways giving optimum strength.

“There are three floors above level one which will be constructed from XLam out of Nelson,” Graeme says.

“About 900 manufactured components will come down on a truck with the first load of product due to arrive on site in April.”

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Park Lane building at cutting edge • from page 26 He says the challenges in using the cross laminated timber are mainly around getting accuracy in shop drawings and documentation.

“The success of this project is all reliant on that,” he says.

“There is zero tolerance, so we need to have the shop drawings and documentation right up front. XLam is working to a model, and there is a lot of communication and coordination required between them and the project’s other consultants.”

Armitage Williams Construction is a market leader in construction in Christchurch, with more than two decades of experience and expertise providing creative building solutions to a wide range of clients.

Today, the name Armitage Williams is synonymous with professionalism, dedication, and quality without compromise in all aspects of commercial, industrial, office, retail, aged care and community construction projects.

Before it constructs buildings, Armitage Williams Construction builds relationships, and believes the measure of success is in the quality of its work and also in its long term relationships with staff and clients and in positive community relations and environmental care.

“The proof of our success is not just in the buildings we have constructed, it is in the passion we have for providing total project management, design and build turnkey solutions, our longterm relationships we build with clients, and the delivery of quality and mutually rewarding project solutions,” Graeme says.

Armitage Williams Construction has a passion for applying creative approaches to challenging projects.

Each project undertaken has one of Armitage Williams Construction’s three directors, Paul

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DEVELOPMENT » RBB Ltd

May 2017 Business South

RBB on the pulse with city projects Kelly Deeks The strong demand for all forms of central city accommodation has had property developing company RBB Limited working actively behind the scenes on high quality commercial and residential developments, which are now starting to become the face of Christchurch for the future.

RBB Limited is a family business run by husband and wife team Edward and Sharon Chan.

The couple emigrated from Malaysia and undertook their first development projects in Wellington at Miramar, where they bought homes, subdivided their sections, and built new properties.

The Chans moved to Christchurch four years ago when they saw opportunities there for their development skills.

With three decades of experience in development projects, Edward and Sharon have systems in place to ensure every project they undertake has a successful outcome.

They thrive on the challenges of property development, with Edward as hands on project manager and Sharon undertaking the important administrative functions of the operation.

Last year, RBB Limited completed a development at 372 Worcester Street of seven 130sqm townhouses, six 65sqm to 70sqm apartments, and three retail stores. The townhouses were all presold off the plans, with strong interest from both first time buyers and investors alike.

Now RBB Limited has completed the build of the four and a half star MCM Motel at 241 Bealey Avenue. The two storey complex has 10 studios, four with interconnecting doors, one with one bedroom, and one with two bedrooms.

With his background in project management, Edward project managed the motel development with help from consultant James Butler.

“We have been developing for more than 30 years, but this is the first motel we’ve ever done,” Edward says.

“It was a bit of a challenge setting everything up. James has looked after many other motel developments and his advice has helped us to create a premium product for travellers to Christchurch.”

It was on James’ advice RBB Limited opted to go for four and a half stars. With the complex being a brand new build, close to the CBD, and having good sized rooms and modern and spacious bathrooms, RBB Limited included heat pumps, 40 inch LED screens, mini fridges and microwaves, and high speed internet.

The team from RBB celebrate the opening of MCM Motel along with Central Ward Christchurch City Councillor Deon Swiggs.

MCM Motel also includes an onsite laundry room complete with coin operated washing machines and dryers.

With its close proximity to the central city, free car parking on site, and nice, clean presentation, MCM Motel is an ideal choice for corporate travellers and tourists alike, while the interconnecting rooms cater for travelling families.

The property has now been sold to local investors and MCM Motel, owned by Sharon Chan and overseas business partner Max Shangkar, is running the business lease.

MCM Motel opened in April with an opening day barbecue and a speech by Central Ward Christchurch City Councillor and Rebuild Christchurch founder Deon Swiggs.

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RBB Limited has completed the build of the four and a half star MCM Motel at 241 Bealey Avenue. The two storey complex has 10 studios, four with interconnecting doors, one with one bedroom, and one with two bedrooms.

He said it was wonderful to see the city coming along through projects like this.

“Since the earthquakes, the city has been up and down. We’ve had a lot of displacement as a whole.

“The bed/nights of the city have been down since the earthquakes but they’re coming back up.

“They’re about 90% of that they used to be before the earthquakes, which is really, really good, but we need places for people to stay.”

He said Max and Sharon have had the strength and tenacity to actually stay and commit to Christchurch and invest in it, and the city commends people like them for getting on and doing things.

To help Christchurch’s economy grow, Christchurch City Council would be joining its tourism and economic development agencies together so they could focus on getting people back

into the central city and growing the economy as a whole.

It’s really important for us as a whole to actually make Christchurch an attractive place for us to be,” he said.

“I really want to work with anyone here who wants to make that happen, and we’re all open ears as to how to do that.”

MCM Motel is taking bookings through its website, its Facebook page, and Expedia.

RBB Limited is now continuing its Christchurch city rebuild programme with a mixed-use apartment project at 871 Colombo Street, comprising 20 apartments, both one and two bedrooms, ranging in size from 40sqm to 75sqm, and in easy walking distance from the central city.

Next on the agenda is a nine apartment building on a site next door to RBB Limited’s Worcester Street development.

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BUILDING - CHRISTCHURCH » RPC Construction

May 2017 Business South

RPC keeping project on schedule Kelly Deeks Losing a month of a four month construction programme could have other building companies conceding defeat, but not Christchurch’s RPC Construction.

RPC Construction is building two new classrooms at Aidanfield Christian School at Halswell.

The fast-growing, state integrated school is smack bang in the middle of south-west Christchurch, New Zealand’s second fastest growing region behind Hobsonville, Auckland, according to Infometric’s latest Regional Hotspots 2016 report.

“The roll is growing and we’re providing new classrooms and spaces at regular intervals,” says Mark Larson, CEO of Christian Schools Trust, the owner and operator of Aidanfield Christian School and three other Christian schools in Canterbury.

“We have contracted RPC Construction to build two new classrooms.

“We’ve never used them before, and they made themselves known to us quite late in the tendering process.

“They were the successful tenderers, their track record is as good as anyone else we looked at, and their pricing is better.

“They’re now doing a marvellous job on site under quite a bit of time pressure.”

RPC Construction started on site in December, had completed the excavation work and was ready to start pouring the foundation when it was time for the first building inspection.

“No one realised we needed a new fire hydrant as part of the new build, and it had to be in place before building could continue,” Mark says.

“We lost a month putting in the new fire hydrant, and a month is a huge part of a four month building programme.”

He says Aidanfield Christian School principal has commented very favourably in terms of RPC Construction’s professionalism, consideration, and health and safety programme.

Aidanfield Christian School has a policy of rolling enrolment, bringing in new pupils each term.

The demand is set to be highest this year at the start of term two, and Mark says that’s when Aidanfield Christian School will needs its two new classrooms opening.

RPC Construction quantity surveyor Janine Branje says the company is mindful of the project’s original deadline, and still hopes to get there with careful planning and working in

RPC Construction has a wealth of experience across both residential and commercial projects.

with key subcontractors, such as CS Roofing, Raylight Aluminium, and The Flooring Centre.

“Our site manager/foreman Daniel Trenberth is in contact with the subcontractors and booking them in, keeping an eye on the trades and working in with them,” she says.

“It’s not a really complicated job, with two open plan classrooms and a breakout space in between, and we’ve got a good team of guys out there and a great site manager which always makes a project tick along really well.”

A great team on site is also helping RPC Construction to overcome the challenges of working in an operational school environment, where stringent health and safety policies are required, and builders and subtrades need to be careful not to distract from the school’s core business.

“It’s not a really complicated job, with two open plan classrooms and a breakout space in between, and we’ve got a good team of guys out there and a great site manager which always makes a project tick along really well.”

RPC Construction is well placed to deal with these challenges, with a hugely experienced and hand-picked team of about 35 staff.

RPC Construction founder and managing director Russel Pitt says while the delays were not a result of the construction phase, RPC is doing all that it can do to deliver the project to meet the school’s timing needs.

RPC Construction specialises in earthquake

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BUILDING - CHRISTCHURCH » Compass Homes

May 2017 Business South

Firm goes from strength to strength Richard Loader Developing a strong reputation for the quality of its finished products along with a positive customer experience has been a key focus for the team at Compass Homes in Christchurch since the branch opened in 2011.

With over 45 years building industry experience and expertise, the Hamilton-based business had a vision to expand beyond Waikato and Auckland.

The opportunity to become part of the Christchurch rebuild following the 2011 earthquakes accelerated the company’s expansion into the South island.

Building more than 40 homes in its first year operating in Christchurch, the company has set a relentless pace ever since and in the process built strong relationships with customers, suppliers and contractors.

With showhomes in the Silverstream and Farringdon subdivisions, along with a concrete home soon to be built in Prestons Park, Compass Homes is able to showcase the high quality finish of their workmanship that sets client expectations.

“Show homes are the most important part of the business because that’s where the client can meet with us and see what we have to offer,” says general manager Yolande Mintrom.

“It’s like going into a clothes shop, trying the clothes on, touching them and seeing the quality. It’s also the first step in developing a client relationship.”

Currently employing two building teams and construction managers, Yolande says that Compass Homes is able to ensure total control of the building process and the quality of the finished product for their clients.

“We’ve also used the same sub-contractors, like electricians and plumbers, for a long time now.

“We know and trust each other, everyone talks with each other—we’re a team,” she says.

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Compass Homes making inroads in Chch market • from page 34 Compass Homes’ preference is to work with the client to find the solution that best meets their needs.

Everything from finding a section, siting the house, working with financial advisors, selecting a design from the catalogue of over 100 plans, fine tuning the design, right through to keeping the clients informed and involved throughout the process, is all part of the end-to-end customer relationship.

“Every home that we build for our clients is individual to them. The whole house has their personal stamp on it but quality is never compromised,” says Yolande.

With three showhomes operating in north, south and central Christchurch Yolande can showcase the range of homes and options available from Compass Homes.

“The proof is in the pudding. Basically we want to showcase that we can build the big or small house, use timber, concrete or a mixture of both.

“This year is about launching into concrete and making that available to people.”

“This year is about launching into concrete and making that available to people.”

Construction of the solid concrete showhome in Prestons Park will showcase that concrete has the ability to absorb heat then re-radiate it back at a later time. A monocast home will therefore be cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

Commencing in April, the build is scheduled for completion in mid July.

With several concrete homes constructed in the Auckland area, it will be the first time Compass has built one in Christchurch.

“It will offer clients an exciting alternative to traditional materials and signify that we are here to stay,” says Yolande.

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BUILDING - CHRISTCHURCH » Jim the Builder

May 2017 Business South

Keeping on top of quake repairs Russell Fredric Christchurch firm Jim the Builder has committed considerable resources to ensure earthquake affected home owners receive their full insurance entitlements so they can repair or rebuild their homes and move on with their lives.

Managing director Andrew Clark says Jim the Builder has worked with hundreds of clients with repairing their homes since the September 2010 earthquake.

All settlements are now on a “cash-out” basis which means property owners deal directly with

a construction firm, rather than their insurance company facilitating the rebuild or repair process as was previously the case.

This shift has been a win-win for both Jim the Builder and its clients, as it helps to eliminate the adversarial nature of dealing with insurance companies and enabled the company to work constructively to provide a scope of works and agreed repair methodology to meet current building code requirements.

It also gives clients the flexibility for repairs to include any alterations they might want.

In some cases settlements offered before Jim the Builders involvement covered as little as 50

percent of the remediation work, despite multiple inspections of a property.

“I would say there wouldn’t be many people in Christchurch that hadn’t had their property inspected at least a dozen times; I know some that have had inspections 30 plus times.”

“The offers generally are not enough to cover the repair or the consequential damage that we find when we start to do repair work and to make houses compliant with the current building code,” Andrew says.

“We ensure they get their full policy entitlement and then we help them through the settlement process by first checking the scope of works and

ensuring the scope of works covers all the required repair.”

Clients are then provided with a quotation which is presented to the insurer, with Jim the builder offering assistance through the settlement process.

Following settlement, which historically has taken anything from three months to three years, Jim the Builder undertakes a staged process which includes engineering documentation, building consent application and the repair of the client’s house.

Houses yet to be repaired are typically technically challenging projects, many on hill sites.

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Jim the Builder has developed considerable expertise in large-scale architectural builds on hill sites, which continues to be its core business. work which is predominantly what we do, so we have the expertise to ensure that the repair methodology being offered by the insurer is actually going to repair the house.”

“We also understand what insurers require to justify a settlement.”

Jim the Builder is extremely well resourced with staff who have “ a massive amount of experience.” in earthquake related work as well as in general construction.

The company is co-owned by Andrew and fellow director Jim Stenberg who started the business in 2005.

The directors are actively involved in the dayto-day running of the business with Andrew liaising with clients while Jim works as its operational director, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and budget to client’s expectations.

Apart from earthquake related repairs and rebuilds, over many years Jim the Builder has developed considerable expertise in large-scale

architectural builds on hill sites, which continues to be its core business, winning many local and national Registered Master Builders Association awards.

These builds are technically challenging, incorporating components such as multi-stories, limited site access, geo-technical and structural engineering and demand a high level of building skill.

Regardless of the value and scale of a project, Jim the Builder is dedicated to producing a great result, liaising closely with clients and industry professionals through a totally transparent, well managed process.

“We work with lots of local designers and architects.

“Throughout the process of building a house we get the architect to do a concept stage for the clients and we price check it to ensure it’s within their budget before they go to the next stage,” says Andrew.

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BUILDING - CHRISTCURCH » Jones & Wyatt Construction

May 2017 Business South

Young firm continues to prosper Russell Fredric The rapid growth of Christchurch company Jones & Wyatt Construction over just five years has been an exciting time, co-director Tim Jones says.

“We’ve got a really good team and a really good culture within our team, so it’s pretty exciting,” says tim.

The company has been owned and run by Tim and fellow director Sam Wyatt since 2012 when it started with a staff of three.

It now employs about 25, including four apprentices who Tim says gain excellent experience because of the variety of work that

Jones & Wyatt Construction undertakes.

“We started off doing EQC repairs, concrete placing and smaller precast projects and then just went on from there into the commercial sector and started doing a few residential houses.”

Jones & Wyatt now offers specialised services in carpentry, concrete placing, project management, estimation, quantity surveying and consultation to a high standard.

It has since completed many significant projects in Christchurch and surrounding areas such as Rangiora, as well as more than 100 projects in conjunction with Fletchers earthquake recovery programme.

Included in its portfolio of significant projects

was Asmuss Steel’s new 5500 square metre factory and office in Izone Business Park, Rolleston, completed in 2014. The six month build included 1800m3 of concrete poured onsite.

A joint venture with Higgs Construction, the Mary Potter Apartments in Durham Street, Christchurch included the construction of 12 residential apartments and was a winner in the Housing Multi Unit category of the Canterbury Architecture Awards.

Jones & Wyatt also rebuilt the former Robbies Hotel in Rangiora, retaining its historic facade and attaching a new commercial building with seven tenancies.

In March last year Jones and Wyatt started

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“It’s our biggest job to date, it’s an 18 month job.”

The centre will provide 102 rooms and other facilities over a space of 5000sqm.

The project has several special and innovative engineering features including steel framing and Comflor 60 metal flooring systems.

An innovative engineering design will use the light steel framing in many areas to directly support the Comflor 60 and concrete mid-floors.

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The Willowlea Senior Care Centre in Shirley Rd, Christchurch, will provide 102 rooms and other facilities over a space of 5000sqm.

“We believe this is the first time these construction elements have been used together in such a way.”

When completed, it is believed Willowlea will be the largest building in the southern hemisphere to use the three components together.

Comflor is a composite steel floor decking system supported by light steel framing which has excellent spanning capabilities and reduced structural steel and concrete usage to provide a cost-effective and attractive floor solution that is easy to install.

“Comflor is one of the quickest ways to do it and strength-wise it’s right up there as well.”

Tim says there are two reasons pods were specified for the bathrooms.

“Because of the speed, and it also means less contractors are on site; with a job that size it can involve a lot of contractors on-site.

Eighteen Jones and Wyatt staff are working on the project, expected to be completed August this year.

Jones & Wyatt have a good size team to undertake projects such as the Willowlea Care Facility, as well as undertaking smaller commercial projects and building residential houses.

Tim Jones agrees that the Willowlea project adds further kudos to Jones & Wyatts existing track record for successfully completing many quality projects.

“I think it’s great for the company, for our profile and putting our name out there.”

“We started off doing EQC repairs, concrete placing and smaller precast projects and then just went on from there into the commercial sector and started doing a few residential houses.”

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BUILDING CHRISTCHURCH » T&D Construction

May 2017 Business South

T&D makes its mark in Christchurch Kelly Deeks Five years after becoming one of the first businesses to re-enter the CBD red zone, Avonmore Tertiary Academy has now expanded out of its Hereford Street premises and into the building next door.

T&D Construction Christchurch has completed the earthquake strengthening and fit out for Avonmore Tertiary Academy’s new hairdressing and hospitality schools on the first floor of 138 Hereford Street for the building’s owners OLT Properties, as well as four retail tenancies on the building’s ground floor.

The project involved the relocation of Avonmore Tertiary Academy’s hairdressing and hospitality schools to the building next door, as well as stripping out, strengthening, and refurbishing the ground floor retail tenancies, which included a pharmacy, bakery, a Subway restaurant, and a hair salon.

The building was taken back to a shell structure and re-strengthened from there. The new twostorey building holds a full hair salon, commercial kitchen, restaurant, bar, and barista training area on the first floor for Avonmore Tertiary Academy, with four retail tenancies on the ground floor.

It was a return to site for T&D Construction which was the company that completed the refurbishment of the building next door in the middle of the red zone in 2012.

The building’s official opening to the public by then prime minister John Key was a significant occasion, due to the timing coinciding with the first weekend the public were given access to the Christchurch CBD red zone.

T&D Construction has been in operation in Blenheim for more than 40 years, and in Christchurch and Wellington for the past five years.

One of Marlborough’s leading construction companies, T&D Construction lays claim to building most of Blenheim, from its commercial properties in and around the CBD, to school buildings, winery buildings, exclusive homes in the Marlborough Sounds, and high end residential homes.

The company’s continued success stems from its team of skilled carpenters and tradesmen who have a willingness to listen to clients and perform excellent project management, which enables all building projects to run smoothly and within contractual obligations.

T&D Construction Christchurch managing director Hadley Morgan says the company has completed projects in Canterbury for several years, so establishing in Christchurch post-earthquakes was an easy decision.

Hadley started his time in Blenheim with T&D Construction more than 15 years ago and has

The building was taken back to a shell structure and re-strengthened from there. The new two-storey building holds a full hair salon, commercial kitchen, restaurant, bar, and barista training area on the first floor for Avonmore Tertiary Academy. since been involved with the company completing projects in and around Blenheim, Wellington, and Christchurch.

He says the goal for the company in Christchurch was to create a fresh company with a team boasting extensive construction industry experience.

“With a team that has years of experience under their belt, we are able to associate and work with the best in our fields,” he says. “We pride ourselves on our exceptional project management and construction, and we have quickly gained a reputation for quality and efficient building in Christchurch, and throughout New Zealand.”

Over the past five years, T&D Construction Christchurch has worked its way through many residential and commercial earthquake rebuilds and repairs.

“We pride ourselves on our exceptional project management and construction, and we have quickly gained a reputation for quality and efficient building in Christchurch, and throughout New Zealand.”

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T&D Construction Christchurch is currently building new homes on the Port Hills, Rolleston, and the city, a commercial property development in

Phillipstown, and also an extensive repair on one of the oldest homes in Canterbury.

T&D Construction Christchurch runs a solid team of staff who enjoy the variety of producing good quality commercial and residential projects.

OLT Properties is a repeat client for T&D Construction, which has also completed earthquake strengthening, refurbishment, and fit out works for OLT Properties’ buildings in Wellington.

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BUILDING - CANTERBURY » Mathew Lee Construction

May 2017 Business South

New medical centre for Burwood Richard Loader The foundations have been laid for what will be become Christchurch’s newest purpose-built health care centre.

Dr Graeme Bennetts, a partner in Queenspark Health Care and a driving partner in the new centre, says that in addition to doctors’ rooms it is expected that the new centre will include dentistry, audiology, physio and a pharmacy.

It is also hoped to provide a base for district nurses in the eastern sector.

“It will be an exciting venture for the east side of the city providing a first class multidisciplinary health centre amalgamating Queenspark Health Care and Parklands Medical practices,” says Dr Bennetts.

The decision to amalgamate the two practices was partly driven by minor earthquake damage to both premises but also an opportunity to provide comprehensive health care under one roof to the eastern community.

Located at 345 Mairehau Road, the new facility will be known as the Burwood Health Centre.

Development of the land and building is in the hands of Mathew Lee Construction.

Managing director, Mathew Lee, had purchased the 6000sqm block of bare land from the Christchurch City Council shortly before the 2010 earthquakes with the intention of building a number of medium sized houses.

Mathew says that Dr Bennetts approached him just after the earthquakes to see if he would be interested in developing a health centre on the land.

“We spent about 18 months just talking about it, floating ideas around, developing and improving ideas based upon the requirements of the various businesses and the flow of the building,” explains Mathew.

“We developed a basic floor plan and that took another 18 months before we finally got it right.”

Bruce Chin Architects Ltd drew the plans up for council consent, which were obtained just prior to Christmas and work commenced almost immediately pouring the foundation for the 1300sqm building.

“Because the land is TC3 I wanted to build a commercial building that could be re-levelled in the event of a 1 in 500 year earthquake event,” says Mathew. “The foundation is a double slab concrete rib raft with massive amounts of floor beams in it to take all the load bearing points.”

A two-storey building, the upper level will house the doctors’ staff room and administration area, physio rooms, dentist chambers, audiology and provision for district nurses.

Located at 345 Mairehau Road, the new facility will be known as the Burwood Health Centre.

The lower level will include a cafe/diner on the corner of the building facing the street with a pharmacy on the other corner.

The rear of the lower level will be mostly comprised of doctors’ rooms.

Each health discipline will be independently owned and operated and each will be responsible for its own internal fit out.

“The cafe will be open to the public and will be an independent business that services the area,” says Mathew.

“I thought it would be nice to have a combination that would work with the rest of the business.”

He says that getting the flow right was an

important design feature with all businesses interconnecting through the front and rear entrances.

A lift will take visitors from the bottom to top level.

The exterior layout will make provision for 60 car parks, mostly at the rear of the building with the frontage kept clear for landscaping.

The steel framework is scheduled to commence in May with the expectation that the building will be closed in by Christmas.

Mathew Lee Construction was formed in 1973, hanging up its hammers in 2004 when Mathew Lee retired to build his own home.

He came out of retirement in 2010, to develop

The exterior layout will make provision for 60 car parks, mostly at the rear of the building with the frontage kept clear for landscaping.

“We developed a basic floor plan and that took another 18 months before we finally got it right.”

the land at Mairehau Road as a challenge.

Now aged almost 70, he says he’s enjoying the challenge of being once again on the building site.

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BUILDING - CANTERBURY » Henderson Building

May 2017 Business South

Tekapo supermarket taking shape Kelly Deeks

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Lake Tekapo Four Square has grown out of its current rented premises and parent company Foodstuffs has decided to afford the popular tourist town with a brand new, large, purpose built, sharp looking supermarket at the northern end of Tekapo’s main street.

This is Henderson Building’s first project for Foodstuffs and for the project’s architect, Dunedinbased McCoy & Wixon Architects.

“McCoy & Wixon Architects have been great to work with,” says Henderson Building director Ken Bradshaw.

“They work in with several outside consultants for civil and structural engineering, quantity surveying, refrigeration, hydraulics, electrical, fire safety, and mechanical services, and they’ve all been good to work with. At our site meetings, we could have as many as a dozen various specialists in attendance, and they are all familiar with Foodstuffs’ requirements.”

The construction programme is following a reasonably tight timeframe, with Lake Tekapo Four Square’s required to vacate its leased building at the end of the lease, and get the new store operational by late July.

Construction is going well for Henderson Building and only a couple of days have been lost due to inclement weather. “Tekapo is like that – you think summertime is the best time to be building, but we’ve had some really cold days and we’ve just had to rug up and get on with it. We had all four seasons right at the start of the project.”

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The design of the Tekapo Four Square features schist stone and stacked blockwork at the entrance, corten steel with its rust-like appearance, and a walkway featuring forged galvanised steel screens.

By the time winter kicks in and Tekapo really gets cold, Henderson Building’s work on the new supermarket will be just about complete, with only some site works, driveways, and landscaping to be done once the building is finished.

Ken says the build of this new Four Square has incorporated some “really classy” looking features such as schist stone and stacked blockwork at the entrance, some corten steel with its rust-like appearance, and some forged galvanised steel screens creating a verandah type walkway on one side of the building.

A large mono-pitch structure, the roof of Lake Tekapo Four Square slopes down towards the lake and doesn’t intrude into the air space around it, and more importantly, the view.

The design of the new Four Square has had to fit with the Mackenzie District Council’s Lake Tekapo Design Guide which works to retain the naturalness of the lakeside, and preserve the uninterrupted views from the township.

Henderson Building has five of its team of 13 carpenters and apprentices working on Lake Tekapo Four Square, and they are making the hour’s trip from Timaru every day.

“We work on projects all around South Canterbury, and Tekapo is one of those locations just far enough away that our guys can go home each night to their families,” Ken says.

“The cost of travelling as opposed to accommodation for our team is about the same,” he says.

“We could get a few more hours work done in the evenings if the team was staying in Tekapo, but its not necessary on this project as we’ve worked around the timeframe and we know we will be finished on time.”

At this stage of construction the subcontractors are coming in thick and fast, and it will be Henderson Building’s coordination of those trades that gets the project over the line on time.

Henderson Building has worked with many of the project’s subcontractors over its 30-plus years in business, apart from some of those nominated

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BUILDING - CANTERBURY » Ingold Building

May 2017 Business South

Craig builds reputation for quality Richard Loader “The buck always stops with me,” says Mid Canterbury builder Craig Ingold.

In the ten years that Craig has been in business for himself he has been at the vanguard of the customer’s building experience.

“If customers have any questions they ring me. I’m the front part of the business and know exactly what’s going on with every job.”

Craig’s energy, passion and careful attention to detail ensures any build under the skillful hammers of his crew at Ingold Building Ltd is a polished experience with customers receiving personalised communication from ‘the boss’.

Serving his apprenticeship with Bradford’s Builders in Ashburton, Craig cut his teeth on large commercial and domestic builds around Canterbury before making the decision to venture out on his own in 2007.

Starting off doing maintenance and repair work, bathroom renovations and building residential fences, Craig quickly established a solid reputation for getting work done and done well.

Now employing a team of five tradesmen including an apprentice, Ingold Building is 100% focused on new residential builds.

Handling anything from moderately priced homes right through to the million dollar plus high-end range Craig ensures that regardless of the spend involved the same high level of craftsmanship and finish is applied.

“I never dreamed we would get as big as we have,” says Craig.

“Getting a good name has been the thing. If you don’t do a good job then the phone doesn’t ring does it.”

The completion of Craig’s own architectural 420qsm home near Ashburton, has presented a perfect opportunity to show case Ingold Building’s capability in the bespoke high-end market.

The expansive four-bedroom home - which took 10 months to complete - makes a stunning statement on a picturesque lifestyle block in Allenton with the exterior using a fusion of cedar weatherboard and Rockcote exterior plaster cladding systems, punctuated by Classic Stone schist chimneys.

The expansive four-bedroom home - which took 10 months to complete - makes a stunning statement on a picturesque lifestyle block in Allenton.

Features include a 40° pitch long run roof allowing for high ceilings throughout the three lounge areas.

Three fully tiled bathrooms each with tiled showers and stone top vanities service the bedrooms with internal stonework and polished concrete fire hearths adding high-end quality to the finish and detailing.

The decision to build a big home was influenced by the lifestyle property but it has also resulted in raising Ingold Building’s profile.

“We’ve noticed an increase in the high end business because all of a sudden people are taking notice that we can build architectural homes and then those sorts of customers seem to come to you,” says Craig.

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“We’ve noticed an increase in the high end business because all of a sudden people are taking notice that we can build architectural homes and then those sorts of customers seem to come to you.”

He feels that Ingold Building has grown as much as he wants it to grow at this stage.

The beauty of not being too big is that he knows exactly what’s going on.

“Building relationships is so important,” says Craig.

“Most of the time a house is our clients biggest asset and when they are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars— millions of dollars is some cases—they don’t just give those jobs to the first man that comes along.

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BUILDING - CANTERBURY » Timaru Construction

May 2017 Business South

At the forefront in South Canterbury Kellty Deeks Timaru Construction’s hard working and well experienced construction team is the key to the company meeting tight time frames and the expectations of its clients.

A current project at Washdyke has Timaru Construction building a new warehouse and distribution centre for national wholesale food distributor Bidfood, which is expanding its Timaru branch into a larger premises.

Bidfood is a national wholesale food distributor made up of four divisions: foodservice, fresh, logistics, and butchery.

Together these divisions provide commercial food businesses of all sizes in the foodservice and hospitality industries with a complete range of food and non-food products.

Bidfood’s new warehouse and distribution centre is typical of Timaru Construction’s standard construction activity, and the company won a competitive tender to build the project.

Timaru Construction managing director Graham Cadigan says construction began in November and will be completed by August, a tight nine month time frame for what would be expected to be a 12 month project.

“The fact we’ve got a very good construction team who are very experienced in this type of work is the key to delivering this project on time,” he says.

“It’s a good challenging project for our construction team. They are working with hundreds of subcontractors and they ensure the coordination of all of them.”

The project sees Timaru Construction again teaming up with architect, engineer, and project manager Peter Swan Ltd, which Graham says is a continuation of a good working relationship between the two companies.

Timaru Construction is a 10-year-old company originally established by Ross Lund and Lindsay Stowell to provide a high quality commercial building service to the South Canterbury district.

Timaru Construction works on a wide variety of projects from earthquake strengthening to new builds.

In 2015, Graham Cadigan took over the major shareholding of Timaru Construction and became a partner with Lindsay, while Ross moved into a consultancy role with the company.

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He says the opportunity to work with Ross and Lindsay was just too good to pass up, as they are well respected in New Zealand’s construction industry.

The company’s team of quality tradesmen are experienced and skilled in a wide range of construction services as Timaru Construction works on all sorts of projects from earthquake strengthening to new builds.

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A current project at Washdyke has Timaru Construction building a new warehouse and distribution centre for national wholesale food distributor Bidfood, which is expanding its Timaru branch.

At the forefront in Sth Canterbury • from page 52 Timaru Construction is a company just shy of 30 people including four administration staff, six senior foremen, 15 tradesmen, and four apprentices at various levels of the programme.

“We always make sure we have apprentices on the team to ensure the industry always has construction tradesmen coming through,” Graham says.

“It’s hard to get good quality staff, and with our team of quality tradesmen we are trying to make sure when they come out of their apprenticeship, they have had experience of the full spectrum of construction work.”

Timaru Construction is a great place for apprentices to practise a wide range of skills, since the company works on a large variety of commercial construction projects.

Graham says construction activity in South Canterbury is currently very strong, and probably the best it has been for some years.

Timaru Construction is also keeping busy in Christchurch, where a team will remain until the end of this year building a huge, 150m x 75m, world class cool store facility at Rolleston, for one of its Timaru clients Coolpak Coolstores.

At the remote Mt Peel Station, Timaru Construction has almost completed an earthquake rebuild and restrengthening project at the Church of the Holy Innocents, pinning, epoxying, bracing, and rebuilding the east wall of the church which fell out during the Christchurch earthquakes.

The company is also currently doing refurbishment work at Pareora freezing works, an upgrade to Timaru Pak’n’Save, and a couple of local school upgrades.

It also recently completed building a community facility at Arowhenua Marae, and a new restaurant and kitchen at Timaru Town and Country Club.

Timaru Construction has also now gained ACC accreditation to tertiary level, after a complete health and safety policy overhaul about 12 months ago.

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CYB delivers again on the Coast Russell Fredric CYB Construction Ltd is a West Coast-based construction company specialising in commercial and residential building, civil engineering works and project management.

Construction of commercial buildings has become the core business of CYB Construction during the past 25 years; these have included substantial new-build contracts such as office and bank fit-outs, school projects, rest homes, hotel and motel rooms.

High profile work completed includes tourism developments, major retail outlets, supermarkets and, last year, Westland’s new $8 million recreation centre.

One of the company’s most recent projects involved building NIWA’s new Greymouth headquarters.

While the contract was not large in scale, it is indicative of the variety of work CYB Construction undertakes.

The design for the 350sqm building was created by Greymouth firm Hopkinson Kelsall Team Architects and engineering by Elmac Consulting, of Christchurch.

Preparing the site for the single story building at industrial subdivision Kaiata Park, involved excavating to a depth of 3.5 metres, and back-filling with gravel because of the nature of the ground, Chris Yeats says.

Hopkinson Kelsall Team Architects architect director, Wayne Kelsall, says the design of the new NIWA office was straight-forward and similar in construction to a residential project.

The organisation previously operated from an older house and garages.

Following a brief from NIWA, Hopkinson Kelsall presented a proposal for a new building which was accepted.

“They decided that they’d rather do something new,” says Wayne. “They needed modern office space for four or five staff and some laboratory space where they do their analysis of samples.”

Also required was one large garage for storage space for vehicles, a boat and field equipment.

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Because there is no town water supply on the site, a stand-alone water tank was installed.

The building, along with the site works which included a car park, was completed late March.

In addition to its West Coast base which supports about 10 staff, CYB Construction has completed many significant commercial projects

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BUILDING - OTAGO » Down to Earth Building

May 2017 Business South

Rammed earth homes have plenty to offer Russell Fredric The world’s oldest construction material has the intrinsic appeal of offering many desirable modern building solutions.

The name of Wanaka company Down to Earth Building provides a clue for one of its key raw materials, used by man for thousands of years.

However there is nothing primitive about how earth enhances the design and functionality of homes where it is used in various forms as a wall material created by Down to Earth Building.

Since 1993 the company has built more than 60 rammed earth houses, wineries and lodges throughout New Zealand.

After becoming trade qualified 27 years ago, Down to Earth owner Jimmy Cotter was building conventional homes, which the company continues to build today.

Incorporating rammed earth buildings started when Jimmy met builder/craftsman the late Brent McDonald who taught him the technique of building with earth 20 years ago.

Rammed earth walls are 450mm thick, built within form-work in sections with a maximum of three metres long.

The earth is piston rammed within the formwork from bottom to top to compact it.

There are several advantages of earth walls Jimmy says: “The earth’s natural properties and the thickness of the walls results in an even temperature inside.”

During summer, the walls release heat gained during the day, but insulate against daytime heat.

As a result a rammed earth house will typically maintain a temperature of about 19 degrees.

Non-toxic, breathable and eco-friendly earth is also a diverse material which can be made into solid walls or veneer bricks in homes of traditional or contemporary designs.

“...aesthetically it is beautiful and people are realising the huge benefits of living in a rammed earth house.”

Jimmy Cotter says it was exciting to see a contemporary rammed earth house feature as a finalist in the 2015 Home of the year, winning the NZIA Southern Architecture Award for Housing 2015 and being a finalist in the Terra Award, along with First International Prize for Earthern Architecture.

“It was a huge step forward for rammed earth.

People are not so afraid of it because aesthetically it is beautiful and people are realising the huge benefits of living in a rammed earth house.”

Down to Earth Building has been contracted by Wanaka firm Dunlop Builders to build the walls of a stunning contemporary house presently being built near Wanaka for a winemaker client.

The house is designed by Andrew Simpson of WireDog Architecture, Wellington.

The complex design of the three-level Hidden Hills house is described in simplistic terms by Andrew as three cantilevered, mono-pitch roof forms.

However this description belies the complexity of a design which presented some significant engineering challenges.

“There’s a huge engineering component with those cantilevers, it’s not an easy thing to do.”

The back of the 395sqm house is being built into the ground, taking account of the client’s brief to have a house which would blend seamlessly into it’s environment. It is in a secluded setting on a tussock covered hill, surrounded behind by kanuka

Down to Earth Building has been contracted by Dunlop Builders to build the walls of this stunning contemporary house. on a higher slope, and takes in views of Lake Wanaka and mountains beyond.

Rammed earth was chosen as a wall material “to really bed the house into the land”, Andrew Simpson says.

“The rammed earth really enhances that feeling of the house being part of the landscape.

“The client is a winemaker so he’s very much about the earth, so it tied in with that quite nicely,” Andrew says.

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Hidden Hills home set to impress Kim Newth A multi-level home with rammed earth walls up to 450mm thick, currently under construction at Hidden Hills above Lake Wanaka, is poised to take its place as one of the region’s most outstanding homes later this year.

Award winning Wanaka building company Dunlop Builders is working with innovative Wellington architectural practice WireDog Architecture and Wanaka’s rammed earth specialists Down to Earth Building to complete this complex home build project that got underway in October 2016.

Every step has required careful planning and preparation, starting with the establishment of site access ahead of site works and the installation of engineered concrete foundations.

“To gain access, we formed a separate road down for concrete and other materials and also had to establish a working area and a platform for the mixing of rammed earth,” says Dunlop Builders’ managing director Bryce Dunlop.

There are three different levels across the ground site, as well as an additional concrete upper floor that will accommodate two rooms. In situ concrete fins will provide a cantilever for the building’s front deck area.

In terms of design, the building’s extensive use of rammed earth walls is almost unprecedented.

These thick earth walls will frame a hidden staircase linking up with the living area and master bedroom, while independently-standing rammed earth monoliths will add real drama to the finished home. The level of detail deployed is immense, with rebates being built into structural rammed earth walls to accommodate European-timber windows.

Ramming work started in early January and continued through to mid-March, with good clay earth sourced from Cardrona.

The next stage involves the installation of timber framing, trusses for the aluminium-clad roof and pre-cast concrete slab flooring.

Great care is being taken to minimise the environmental impact on native kanuka, which is a beautiful natural feature of the Hidden Hills landscape.

“In effect, the house is being built around these stands of native trees. There is a big tree right in front of the main bathroom/ensuite: the bath sits on

Complex: there are three different levels across the ground site, as well as an additional concrete upper floor that will accommodate two rooms. In situ concrete fins will provide a cantilever for the building’s front deck area. top of a cantilever and the windows pull back from the corner, with the tree acting as a natural screen.”

All the home’s walls and ceilings will be timberlined, with limestone schist another internal design element.

A concrete suspended slab will provide a green roofed parking area above the home’s living room, connected with the main house via stairs sited between rammed earth walls.

This low energy home has also been designed with sustainability to the fore, so will cost very little to run.

Dunlop Builders is proud to have been selected for this incredible project.

The leading home build company already boasts a stunning portfolio of award winning homes, with this latest project sure to be a real stand out.

“This home is on another level: it is the most complicated project we have ever undertaken

because of all the different materials and details involved,” says Bryce.

“It is truly unique by New Zealand standards and the design is very progressive – it’s definitely right up there.”

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BUILDING - OTAGO » Naylor Love Dunedin

May 2017 Business South

Team ethos helps streamline work Russell Fredric A team ethos is streamlining construction progress for Naylor Love Dunedin on St Clair’s most modern luxury waterfront apartment development.

When completed, the four story building at 6 Esplanade, just 20 metres from popular St Clair beach, will comprise four apartments, plus retail and residents’ parking.

Two first floor apartments were sold off-plan, enabling the new owners to bespoke-design the interiors, and one second floor apartment is still for sale.

The top floor will be home to the building’s Wellington-based Otago client during visits to Dunedin.

Naylor Love Contracts Manager, Jason Graham, says architect Mark Garden of Baker Garden Architects approached the company in June 2015 because of their confidence that Naylor Love had the right depth of resources, management skill, and technical experience to deliver the project to the high standards expected by the client.

“Mark suggested to the client that they bring us on board during the design process to add some buildability advice to the project” Jason Graham says.

“We agreed terms, including an ‘open-book policy’ for cost transparency, and have provided three budget estimates for the client as the design progressed and became more detailed,” Jason says.

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Stage one was the demolition of an old house on the site, earthworks, piling, and placing the ground floor slab.

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Esplanade apartments on track • from page 58 This early contractor involvement meant Naylor Love became part of the client’s team which proved especially beneficial in being able to bring an extra dimension to the design process and iron out potential site problems early.

The apartments are being built next to the well-known Hydro Hotel.

Due to the building magnitude and sensitive, busy location, Naylor Love have liaised closely with neighbouring businesses to keep them informed throughout the project.

The generous loan of the adjacent, vacant land for site accommodation and deliveries has meant local disruptions are kept to a minimum.

Architectural features are incoporated in the wall panels; a mixture of Oamaru stone colouring, dark exposed-aggregate finishes, and some cast-in shapes which are reflective of St Clair’s well-known jetty posts.

Baker Garden incorporated architectural features in the wall panels; a mixture of Oamaru stone colouring, dark exposed-aggregate finishes, and some cast-in shapes which are reflective of St Clair’s well-known jetty posts.

The interior will include stonework, ceramic tiles, feature ceilings, a lift, automated services which can be controlled by smart devices like a mobile phone, individual security systems, and top-range fittings and fixtures.

“Internally it’s an extremely high specification, they are probably Dunedin’s most luxurious apartments and the client wants to extend the high quality finishes for all the owners.”

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“Everyone’s positive attitude means the project seems to run smoother and everybody involved is going the extra mile for the client. It is an enjoyable project to be working on.” site will be joined by another 20 subcontractor staff during peak construction, expected to be completed in August this year.

“We are fortunate to be working with quality subcontractors, with the services’ trades also joining the design team under design and build subcontracts,” says Jason.

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This was able to progress while the detailed design of stage two the rest of the building, was being completed and tendered.

Considerable site works, included the removal of 1000 cubic metres of earth.

The sandy sub-soil meant specialised piling was proposed to key into bedrock at estimated depths of four to nine metres.

However, stage one subcontractor Fulton Hogan suggested driven steel piles which were extensively tested for noise and vibration.

“This method proved fortuitous as they broke through an unforeseen crust of rock in the centre of the site that may have resisted the screw piles.”

Engineers, Hanlon & Partners have designed “a structure to last” in the harshest of environments, consisting of steel frames, precast concrete walls and floors, and a block-work core.

“This was another initiative to bring practical experience to the project, and is working well.”

“The team [ethos] is very strong on this project. Everyone’s positive attitude means the project seems to run smoother and everybody involved is going the extra mile for the client. It is an enjoyable project to be working on.”

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BUILDING - OTAGO » Bellford Building & Joinery / Modbox

May 2017 Business South

Versatility the key for Tiny houses join thriving Balclutha firm Modbox line-up Russell Fredric Balclutha company Bellford Building and Joinery’s location in a small rural-based town means versatility has been at its core for the past 26 years.

Unlike some northern centres, the residential building market in South Otago has been relatively quite, which is the reason for the company’s broad focus and ability to tackle a wide variety of work.

“We do everything from new housing, whether its architectural or budget housing new commercial projects or alterations.

“At the moment we are doing more major house alterations,” owner Mike Cochrane says.

For some home owners, a radical makeover of their house can be a better option than building a new house on a different site if they like where they live, he says.

One of the advantages of Bellford Building and Joinery’s location is a stable work-force; among its four staff is a second-in-charge who has worked for the company for about 22 years.

Running a joinery as part of the overall business operation has proven a strategic asset.

“It’s great because basically if people want building and joinery work it can be done inhouse; we don’t have to sub it out. If we get a kitchen job and people want some alterations done we can do it all in-house.”

“It’s great because basically if people want building and joinery work it can be done in-house; we don’t have to sub it out.”

Bellford Building and Joinery provides a design, build and installation service for kitchens and other joinery, so clients are dealing with just one person for the whole process.

“They pay one bill and we organise the subtrades such as the plumber and electrician.”

Mike says today’s kitchens are central in the design of a house.

“The kitchen and bathroom are probably the two of the most important places in a house now and there’s a lot of products nowadays on the market.”

Products for kitchens cover a plethora of products and systems, from soft-close drawers to pull-out pantries which maximise the usable space.

A kitchen and bathroom upgrade will not only greatly enhance the functionality and appeal of these areas, but also add to the value and future saleability of a house.

Mike recently built his own a 260 square metre three bedroom house, designed by Queenstown architect Dravitsky Brown.

In conjunction with schist, a feature of the exterior is the inclusion of Cor-ten steel which forms a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years, producing a deep brown patina.

Inside polished concrete floors which showcase local river stones create a beautiful, but practical surfaces for service areas such as the kitchen, laundry, bathroom and ensuite.

Heating comes from a boiler system which provides a combination of underfloor heating in the service areas, plus radiators in the rest of the house. This system allows for considerable seasonal flexibility to heat only the areas of the house which need it.

“In the shoulder season if its cold we will use the radiators, but in the winter we will have the floor heating on.”

The house is available for viewing by appointment.

Kim Newth Queenstown’s Modbox has once again proved it is a local market leader in the field of affordable, environmentally efficient housing, with the addition of tiny houses to its range.

Builder Jim Nicol launched Modbox three years ago after seeing a need in the Otago region for a quicker, more sustainable and more affordable way to build.

Modbox homes, constructed with a panelboard system, are simple to build, strong, durable and energy efficient.

Along with designs for small studio/office spaces through to roomy three-bedroom houses, the modular approach developed by Modbox can be readily configured to provide customised plans. Savings on construction time alone are considerable.

“It takes an average of six to eight weeks for us to build a three bedroom house, compared to the four to six months it would have usually taken me for the same size build four or five years ago.”

“This is the beauty of the modular system – it is easy to add an extension or a garage as your budget allows.”

‘Thinking outside the square’ is the Modbox motto; ‘tiny houses’ are now also in its sights.

“The tiny house community in New Zealand is really starting to take off,” Jim explains.

“We have already built one tiny house for a client and have another under construction.”

In terms of dimensions, the firm is looking at 10sqm, 14qsm and 17qsm tiny house options, priced between $55,000 and $70,000 and including complete self-sustainability services, (solar panels to heat water, gas for cooking and a composting toilet). There would also be the option to plug into mains supply.

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Providing high quality cost-efficient modular housing remains the main focus for Queenstown’s Modbox.

“We’re still developing our concepts, but it is likely that each one would have a little compact bathroom and kitchenette, a small woodburner, a tiny living area and elevated mezzanine bedroom.

“There will be lots of glass for light and options to upgrade with a cantilevered deck and veranda roof. We hope to soon have tiny house models on display that we can show to clients.”

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housing remains the main focus for Modbox, which is currently constructing a 40sqm modular building in its yard for a Queenstown client.

Once finished, it will be transported to the client’s property and added to an existing twobedroom module that Modbox built for the same client some 18 months ago. “This is the beauty of the modular system – it is easy to add an extension or a garage as your budget allows.”

Within the Modbox range, three-bedroom modules Pinnacle (104sqm) and Altitude (99sqm) are very popular, along with the Slope design, (onebedroom with kitchen and living space, 32sqm).

“Pinnacle and Altitude are popular with young families/first home buyers who like the minimalist modern design, while home owners really like the Slope module that can be added to an existing house as a self-contained flat.

“A lot of clients are also choosing two or more modules and joining them together.”

Modbox home modules are delivered as turnkey solutions, with everything provided from design and consents right through to drapes, carpets and lights.

Clients can choose mono-pitch, flat or gable roof styles and cladding options such as cedar or colour steel.

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BUILDING - OTAGO » Solution Building

May 2017 Business South

Queenstown firm continues to thrive Kelly Deeks Queenstown building firm Solution Building has grown into a thriving business since it was established by local builders Brendon Crow and Tom Hazlett eight years ago.

Brendon and Tom had their own small building companies when the global recession kicked in and slowed the spec market quite dramatically.

“So we helped each other out on jobs, then decided to join forces,” Brendon says.

“When we first went into business we walked the streets visiting the rental agencies to tell them about our rental property maintenance service, and we slowly built the business up from there.”

Solution Building now employs up to 10 builders, plus painters, gib stoppers, and electricians, who carry out a wide range of projects including new builds, renovations to existing homes, as well as rental property maintenance.

Now construction in Queenstown and Central Otago is booming again, and rental property maintenance continues to be an important focus for Solution Building.

“Our work ranges from repairing doors and maintaining decks, to constructing small offices and fit outs,” Brendon says.

“We have about 20 small jobs and renovations on the go at any one time, and have grown a niche market servicing the local rental agencies.

This maintenance and refurbishment work keeps between two and four of our guys busy full time.”

He says the ability to provide a suite of different services is Solution Building’s point of difference: “People are busy these days and they don’t have time to deal with a lot of different contractors. Several of our clients are based overseas and find it easier to have one port of call.”

He says versatility is key to surviving in the small town of Queenstown, where the construction market can be boom or bust.

Both Brendon and Tom grew up in the region and are certified builders, with more than 20 years’ of building experience.

Between them they handle project and client management and all the pricing, with an administrator handling the bookwork.

Brendon says delivering high quality workmanship and having a good rapport with clients are hallmarks of Solution Building, as

Solution Building carries out a wide range of projects including new builds, renovations to existing homes, as well as rental property maintenance.

the company takes pride in providing a reliable, high quality service. “We keep the lines of communication open, which is especially important for our overseas clients.

“They rarely visit the sites so keeping them regularly updated about their project gives them peace of mind.”

He says there is room for more growth within the company, if they can find the right staff.

“Our biggest problem is getting staff, but everybody is in the same boat,” Brendon says.

We’ve got a good team of long term builders, so we structure our workload around them.

Overall we’re really happy with the way things are going, and we’re here for the long haul.”

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Warren offers the complete service Kelly Deeks Since 2008, the team at Warren Kennedy Building has been providing Southland with everything from new home builds to house alterations and repairs, home renovations, hard landscaping, and rural and light commercial building services.

Registered Master Builder and licensed building practitioner Warren Kennedy Building runs a team of four trade qualified builders and two apprentices, each with multiple years of experience in the building industry behind them.

“Our builders ensure our clients are delivered a quality job on budget, without any hidden costs,” says company founder and managing director Warren Kennedy. “All projects are managed by our team from start until completion, whether it’s hard landscaping, residential building, light commercial building, or rural building.”

Warren Kennedy Building offers a range of fuss-free building services around Southland, Gore, and South Otago. The team includes tilers and experienced project managers, meaning clients don’t have to rely on any external party for any aspect of their project.

Born and bred in Gore, Warren completed his apprenticeship in Queenstown in 1995 where he went on to complete projects at the Skyline Gondola and Millbrook Resort.

Since coming home, Warren went to work for progressive Gore based construction company Jones and Cooper Builders where he spent five years as a foreman, before going out on his own with building projects from family and friends.

By word of mouth Warren Kennedy Building grew, and for the past three years has been regularly involved in larger and more complex projects.

Warren says home renovations, including kitchens and bathrooms are always tricky and exciting projects which require an experienced builder who can make the new look old while meeting the current building code.

“Things were built differently in the past, so the challenge is to make something look the same, even though its built differently,” he says. “It’s not as simple as just tacking it on, it needs to work, and look the same.”

For example weatherboards used to be directfixed, but now that they are applied with cavity systems extra room is required to fit the cavity.

Warren’s job is to make sure the new method complies with the building code while they match the look of the existing exterior.

Warren Kennedy Building offers a range of fuss-free building services around Southland, Gore, and South Otago.

“We also make sure house renovations and alterations are completed on time and on budget,” he says.

Warren Kennedy Building specialises in hard landscaping and the design and build of anything to enhance an outdoor space.

Experts in deck and patio building, timber or concrete retaining walls, fencing, and pergolas, Warren Kennedy Building has also completed playgrounds and parks for schools and preschools, fishponds for commercial premises and homes, conservatories, and outdoor fireplaces.

Warren Kennedy Building’s light commercial capabilities include shop fit outs, workshop building, and shed building.

“Our team can construct anything you need for your shop, including shelving and installation of aluminium joinery,” Warren says. The company’s Gore-based team has vast experience in rural building, with rural building services including sheds, barns, farm maintenance, fencing.

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BUILDING - NELSON » JRN Construction

May 2017 Business South

Springlands work keeps on coming Richard Loader From cutting its teeth on building early learning centres to progressing to the opposite end of the spectrum and building retirement villas, JRN Construction has hardly touched the ground since its formation seven years ago.

Almost solely engaged in building luxury villas at the boutique Springlands Lifestyle Village in Blenheim for the last five years, managing director Jade Nathan says there is at least two years left to run on the project.

Acknowledging that it’s been a dream run for his small and relatively new company, Jade says that it has come about due to building key relationships, a strong work ethic and providing quality workmanship.

Forming JRN Construction in 2010, Nathan approached a previous client, Chris Thornley, for a reference. It turned out to be an inspired and timely decision.

“I’d built a couple of early learning centres in Nelson for Chris when I was working for IMB Construction and approached him for a reference.

He offered me work and it has just flowed on from there.”

Initially engaged to renovate existing early learning centres in Masterton and Wellington, JRN Construction was later offered the much larger expansion project at Springlands Lifestyle Village, of which Thornley is the managing director.

JRN Construction has now built 40 of the 60 villas in the village with another 18 scheduled over the next two years.

Modern looking, built for lasting quality and with the needs of ageing residents in mind the villas range from 120sqm to 160sqm, all with internal garaging, permanent materials and the opportunity for residents to have input into the design.

From the time the slab is poured through to when the lucky owner turns the key for the very first time, the villas take between 13 and 16 weeks to build depending on whether it’s a double or single villa.

Jade explains that the quality of workmanship and attention to detail has to be to the highest standard.

Working on site every day, he is able to maintain

JRN Construction has built 40 villas in the Springlands Lifestyle Village with another 18 scheduled over the next two years. a high quality control of the entire build process, something that is confirmed through the external end-of-build review.

“We are building homes for people who have worked hard and now it’s time for them to enjoy retirement. Nothing but the best is suitable.”

It’s a project that Jade really enjoys being part of - in no small way due to the residents themselves.

“I appreciate working with the village residents.

They bring scones sometimes and enjoy having a chat with myself and the other workers. There’s also a couple of ex-builders living here and they keep us on our toes.”

At some point the work at the village will come to an end.

Jade is already planning JRN Construction’s next phase, which is likely to be building architectural spec homes along with the build of his own long awaited home.

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BUILDING - NELSON » Fitzgerald Construction

May 2017 Business South

As well as having an elegant glass fronted entrance and a grand staircase, the building will feature a Spanish roof design that will be unique in New Zealand.

New era for Nelson’s Trafalgar St Kim Newth It was the end of an era when the historic Trathen’s building came down in Nelson’s Trafalgar St last year, but a new renaissance for the area is beginning with the construction of an exciting new building on the landmark site.

The old 1922 department store was demolished last year after it was found to be earthquake prone, with a seismic assessment of only six per cent of the building code.

The Trathen family, whose history is interwoven with that of the town, was simply not prepared to leave the building standing given the high risk it posed to public safety.

Anticipation is now growing around the new building starting to take shape in place of the old.

It has been designed to exceed the current building code requirements. The Trathen family is confident the new development will be a wonderful asset for Nelson’s CBD, bringing a Melbourne-style shopping and dining experience to the heart of the city.

As well as having an elegant glass fronted entrance and a grand staircase, the building will feature a Spanish roof design that will be unique in New Zealand. Project manager Don Robertson travelled to Europe to meet with the manufacturer of the roof and continues to closely monitor every aspect of the project.

Entranceway and lift areas will be finished with stylish Italian tiles featuring tasteful splashes of colour. Diners will be able to enjoy views of the street from the building’s extensive first floor balcony, fitted with a state of the art retractable roof skylight system.

Frameless bi-fold glass doors will provide smart access to the first floor hospitality space, while precast panels with colour added will enliven the building’s frontage.

The rear of the site will accommodate ground floor storage, with open plan offices above and a link way to the front street-facing retail and hospitality section.

The Trathen family believe this iconic new building will serve the future of Nelson very well.

“The Trathen family is confident the new development will be a wonderful asset for Nelson’s CBD, bringing a Melbourne-style shopping and dining experience to the heart of the city.”

The extended deck reaching over the footpath is a special feature that will truly engage the building with the street.

It will provide a whole new hospitality and dining experience for Nelson.

While the project has been a big learning curve for the Trathen family, they are delighted by the calibre of all those involved and the standard of work being achieved.

Leading the construction work on site is award winning Nelson firm Fitzgerald Construction Ltd. Founder Stephen Fitzgerald is working closely with architect Andrew Irving of Irving Smith Architects, a prominent Nelson practice known for its commitment to design innovation and sustainability.

“We have a very good team; this is a really exciting project for us,” says Stephen, who notes that the first digger got started on site in January.

The development is on schedule for completion later this year.

Up to eight staff from Fitzgerald Construction will be onsite throughout the year, along with a team of subcontractors.

The rear office building is being constructed first, with precast panels now in place and the first floor poured. Structural steel roofing was being installed in March.

At the front of the site, the lift pit has been completed; precast panels for the ground and first floor walls – each weighing 14 tonnes and standing 8-9m high - were on schedule for delivery in midMarch.

Traffic management plans are also in place to ensure the project proceeds as smoothly as possible.

Meanwhile, Fitzgerald Construction is also busy this year with high spec home builds in Nelson, Richmond and Christchurch and recently won a $2.5m contract for a new commercial building in Nelson’s Queen St.

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Complete Kitchens has winning formula Kelly Deeks Nelson’s Complete Kitchens offers builders and home owners custom-built, made to measure kitchens, filling the gap in the market between low cost, DIY kitchens and high-end, custom made kitchens.

Complete Kitchens director and designer Helen Barnett says the company had identified this gap in the market, and the price difference between low and high end kitchens was huge.

“We wanted to make custom built kitchens more affordable,” she says.

“We knew we could provide high quality, made to measure kitchens for less than other suppliers, but we wanted to give our customers more than that.

“So, we added value to our services by offering free project management on all our kitchen renovations, no matter how big or small.

“We also recognised building work was often a necessary part of a kitchen renovation so we employed our own builders.

“No-one else we know of in Nelson offers this service.”

This has proven to be a winning formula for Complete Kitchens.

“Clients are always pleasantly surprised to learn a custom-built kitchen is not out of their price range,” Helen says.

In fact, the company’s custom-built, assembled kitchens cost about the same price as a flat pack kitchen from the local DIY store.

This, along with the exceptional project management service, dedicated and highly skilled builders and installers is why people choose Complete Kitchens.

“People lead busy lives and trying to project manage a kitchen renovation and co-ordinating

various tradespeople can be time consuming and stressful for our clients. We can organise as much or as little as they want, making the whole kitchen renovation process easy and stress free.”

As well as fully project managed kitchens, Complete Kitchens also produce kitchens on a supply only basis.

“We are happy to supply one unit or a complete kitchen.”

Making their mark in the Nelson region over the last four years, the owners behind Complete Kitchens, Helen Barnett, Ryan Clarke and Hamish Drummond, share a power house of knowledge and years of experience in the kitchen and design industries.

Each partner brings their own area of expertise to the business, which in itself has huge benefits to their customers.

Client Nikky Lohmann from Richmond says that Helen’s interior design background and colour knowledge was such a huge benefit, while Ryan’s background in building was “an absolute blessing”.

“It means building alterations are carried out as the installation process goes on, without the wait for another builder,” says Helen.

“I don’t know of any other kitchen company who has that capacity.”

Complete Kitchens is proud to continually support other local businesses, so as well as manufacturing all of its own kitchens locally, its kitchen benchtops are all produced in the region too.

With a no-obligation, free design and quote service, Complete Kitchens works to provide clients with a design which not only reflects their taste and lifestyle, but also their budget.

“We offer a fixed price for all of our kitchens, and our building work.

“No surprises, just experience and exceptional value every time.”

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BUILDING - MARLBOROUGH » Scott Construction

May 2017 Business South

New Picton library taking shape Richard Loader Being awarded the contract to build the muchanticipated new Picton Library is further kudos for Blenheim-based builders, Scott Construction Marlborough.

Winning the majority of large commercial tenders offered in Marlborough in recent years cements the master builder’s reputation for delivering high quality, comparatively large-scale projects on time, within budget and with high customer praise.

Established in 2014 from the remaining workforce of TH Barnes & Co, the firm has successfully completed a number of high profile projects including the $5 million upgrade of the Arthur Wicks Building at the Wairau Hospital and the $4.5m Chateau Marlborough 5 Star Hotel 2 Stage Expansion.

Commencing in November 2016, the $6m library project has an expected completion date in November 2017.

Scott Construction Marlborough managing director John Tovey says the new library is designed to act as a Council Service Centre and community hub.

With a lower level floor space of 540sqm and a large concrete mezzanine floor, the area will more than double that of the existing library, which will be demolished.

“The open plan design will create a positive community environment,” says John.

“The library will seamlessly flow through both floors of the building.”

Reflecting Picton’s maritime history, the Athfield Architects design features recycled and new cedar planking and shiplap timber cladding over inclined exterior walls.

The prominent Maori history of Picton has been recognised in the dawn pre-construction Mauri Stone burial ceremony along with the building’s façade featuring a karamu design.

Construction is now well underway with the ground floor poured, steel columns in place and the block-work for the lift shaft advancing.

The above slab structure is next with glulam timber, structural steel and unispan starting to arrive on site.

John makes the point that while the library/ service centre is a commercial build, it has all the characteristics of a large high-end residential build requiring a top level of craftsmanship.

“The design is leading edge architecture with a high level of intricacy,” he says.

“Construction requires a minute degree of building tolerance.

“Many of the structural connections aren’t plumb or square and will be left exposed with the interfaces between trades requiring near perfection.”

A close working relationship with Athfields Architects, the various engineering disciplines

The new Picton Library has been designed by Athfield Architects and will feature recycled and new cedar planking and shiplap timber cladding over inclined exterior walls.

and key sub-trades is critical to ensuring that Scott Construction’s careful planning is executed accordingly.

“The program doesn’t allow time for all offsite components to be site measured,” says John.

‘The shop drawing process enables offsite prefabrication of most structural items and joinery to allow continuity of work onsite.

Collaborative project management is essential, with our team monitoring progress and preparing at least 5 weeks out to ensure the project remains on track.”

Having previously completed the Endeavour Parks Sport’s Pavilion and Building No.1 in Picton, under their former company name, John says that Scott Construction is proud to be involved in yet another high profile Picton community project.

“It’s hugely exciting for our team to have been awarded this contract. Being entrusted with the responsibility of delivering this iconic landmark is testament to our team’s reputation.”

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Trident Homes on a roll Trident Homes Christchurch North has gone from strength to strength since the Christchurch area was split into two franchises last year due to demand.

An important factor has been that the company directors not only own the franchise but are also directly involved in projects.

“I may own the business but I’m also managing sites,” says Peter Nisbet who co-owns Trident Homes North with Jason McKenzie.

“We have a personal involvement in all builds to ensure all expectations from suppliers, sub-contractors and customers are being met to the expected first class Trident Homes standard. We use our industry knowledge and skills to run an honest, transparent and efficient building process with the help of the Trident Homes advanced systems and processes, ensuring a timely build.”

Jason owns the Trident Homes South branch as well and he and Peter offer clients combined experience in the building industry of over 50 years.

Along with a team of four salespeople they work together to offer customers in Canterbury a great service.

Trident Homes North can do house and land packages, build on the client’s sites or can assist with the purchase of land. Trident Homes Christchurch North offers a range of plans along with a full design and build option. The experienced in-house sales professionals can take clients’ ideas or plans and

model them into a live 3D drawing to bring their dreams into reality with no financial obligation until they are completely satisfied, says Peter.

One popular subdivision that Trident Homes North is building in at present is Braeburn Estate, which Peter says represents good value for money.

Clients can purchase their own sites and Trident Homes North will design a beautiful new home to perfectly suit the site and the client’s needs.

In order to showcase the quality of a Trident Homes build people can visit the 240 square metre, four bedroom showhome at Lincoln. The show home, based on the Ohau design, is a family home and includes two bathrooms, double garage, a generous walk in pantry, study nook, separate lounge, tiled ensuite and covered outdoor entertaining area.

Trident Homes is a New Zealand owned and operated housing company started in 2015. It now offers a number of franchises in New Zealand and all Trident Homes franchisees must be trade-qualified builders. The company is a member of the Registered Master Builders Association of New Zealand and Lifemark.

At Trident Homes North Peter, Jason and the team are 100% focused on providing an honest, friendly and professional service from sales through to completion of each new home and offer a Master Build Guarantee on every job. They welcome any inquiry.

Log homes in demand When a customer approached Natural Log Homes looking for the warmth, strength, natural beauty, and sustainability of a beautifully handcrafted log home, company owner and manager Graeme Mould knew he could help.

But when the customer explained the size of the logs he wanted his home constructed from, Graeme was at a bit of a loss.

So he went to the largest log home company in the world, Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia, whose impressive log inventory of one of nature’s most majestic trees, the Western Red Cedar, ensures the company is always able to provide the type of log needed to fit any specifications. Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia also has its own TV show called Timber Kings.

Natural Log Homes became the New Zealand agent for Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia last year, and is now assembling the 430sqm home on a site near Wanaka, on the edge of the Clutha River.

The home recently arrived built and disassembled in seven container loads.

“A standard three bedroom house fits in one container,” Graeme says.

“The biggest home we shipped to America when we were exporting was four container loads, but Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia has shipped homes the size of 70 container loads.”

The property is also being fitted with a 256sqm, two-storey, six-bay log garage which is being built and assembled on

site by Natural Log Homes.

Graeme has been building handcrafted log homes for more than 25 years, crafting a business out of his passion for log construction.

His business has grown to now building three homes at a time, with another three ready to start construction.

About 18 months ago the increasing demand saw Natural Log Homes invest in a tower crane, the greatest piece of equipment it has had thus far, installed in its yard at Geraldine and enabling three times more production.

Graeme says people like log homes for many different reasons.

“Some people like the wood, others like to be able to see the logs fitted together to make a wall with joins so tight you can’t get a piece of paper between them. Some people like the strength of construction, the handcrafted and natural beauty, or the eco-friendliness of minimally processed, natural materials.”

With Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia exporting all over the globe, to be the New Zealand agent is ‘awesome’ for Natural Log Homes.

“Their product is amazing and to be linked in with the best log home company in the world is very cool, and very important for me.”

The owner of Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia Bryan Reid and master craftsman Beat Schwaller are now in Central Otago helping Natural Log Homes with the assembly.

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BUILDING » Watertight Systems

May 2017 Business South

Waterproofing experts in demand Russell Fredric The booming Central Otago building market continues to create considerable opportunities and demands for businesses such as Watertight Systems.

A certified waterproofing applicator, Watertight Systems provides specialised water-proofing solutions for residential and commercial projects in the region.

While still completing his building apprenticeship in 2006, owner Andrew Bull saw the need for top quality work completed by competent waterproofing applicators.

“Since then our company has grown from strength to strength, becoming one of the largest and most successful water-proofing companies in the region,” Andrew Bull says.

Watertight Systems has developed strong relationships with selected suppliers including Sealco, Viking Roofspec, Nuralite Waterproofing and Allco Waterproofing.

This means water-proofing technology and technical data are kept right up-to-date, while also ensuring clear communication between product suppliers, installers and clients.

The geography of the area, particularly in Queenstown with a high percentage of sloping building sites and architecturally designed houses, creates strong demand for specialised waterproofing of footings, tanking areas, retaining walls, landscaping features, basement garages, flat roofing, internal gutters, decks, balconies and internal wet areas.

Andrew says Watertight Systems assesses each situation and will recommend the appropriate membrane depending on the level of water-proofing required.

A new focus is aiming to liaise with architects early in a project’s design stage to eliminate delays that can be created when a different product than originally specified needs to be used, which can result in a building consent amendment during construction.

Watertight Systems assesses each situation and will recommend the appropriate membrane depending on the level of water-proofing required.

This approach ensures work is correctly carried out in accordance with the PS3 producer statement and can have huge advantages in saving time and stress during construction, Andrew says.

Innovations such as warm roofing and other specialised systems are areas where the company’s expertise also comes to the fore.

Warm roofs have rigid insulation installed on top of a roof substrate, under a layer of water-proofing membrane, eliminating the need for traditional insulation such as fibre-glass or wool batting.

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Systems has included many significant and high profile projects such as NZ Ski’s Remarkables base building, Otago Early Settlers Museum, Dunedin, and a wide variety of architecturally designed residential buildings.

The company is presently working on its highest value project to date, three architecturally designed residential apartments on three levels in Lake Hayes Rd, as a subcontractor to Queenstown construction firm Triple Star. Initial ground work started in May last year.

“We are going to be on-site for probably close to

18 months; we’ve been on-site for several months already and have completed our first phase of all the underground work.”

Handling the growth of the business and the relentless demand for its services has been challenging, but Andrew says he is lucky to have a stable and professional work force, which comprises an “amazing team of guys” in both Wanaka and Queenstown.

“Looking ahead we aim to keep growing. We get so much enquiry and so many word-of-mouth recommendations and referrals all the time.”

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Pitching in with quake repair work Kelly Deeks Crafar Crouch Construction has put its mark on the Marlborough region since the company was established in 1983.

Crafar Crouch Construction is now providing its expertise to repairing the destroyed rail route connection between Picton and Lyttelton which suffered unprecedented damage in Kaikoura’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake last November.

Crafar Crouch Construction is working directly with the Kiwirail team to get the railway operational as quickly as possible.

The company is used to working to tight timeframes, but the urgency of this connection being restored has the earthworks team putting in some seriously long hours.

“We are looking after them,” says Crafar Crouch Construction construction manager Mike Winkler.

“Quality and safety are at the heart of everything we do. We strive to provide the best outcomes for our customers while ensuring the well-being of all involved, and our records on performance and safety are testament to this.”

He says Crafar Crouch Construction is committed to the protection of its employees and others from accidental injury, and promotes occupational health, safety, and welfare.

“The responsibility for safety is an integral part of our everyday work, so it is vital for every employee to share in our commitment to eliminate, minimise, or isolate unsafe acts and conditions by thinking safely and acting safely at all times.”

Crafar Crouch Construction has approached the Kiwirail contract like it does all its projects, by

accepting the challenge, developing a solution, and creating value for its customers.

“It’s our mission to provide the highest standard of problem solving capability and workmanship to every single project.”

The Kaikoura quake has also resulted in an increased amount of winery work for Crafar Crouch Construction, which is working alongside other construction companies to get damaged tanks repaired as well as some wineries expanding to deal with the aftermath.

Elsewhere in Marlborough, the region is expanding along with the population, and Crafar Crouch Construction is busy completing land development and subdivision projects around Blenheim.

Crafar Crouch Construction is still growing itself after more than three decades in business.

In December 2016, Crafar Crouch Construction was awarded the prestigious Marlborough District Council Marlborough Award, awarded to businesses or individuals who have contributed jobs or economic value to Marlborough.

Like other centres, Marlborough is lacking in skilled tradesmen, so Crafar Crouch Construction is hot on the training of its junior staff, as well as looking to new people moving into the province.

With more than 100 staff working across the company’s two sites in Blenheim and Picton, many employees are provided with opportunities for additional training and up-skilling.

Crafar Crouch Construction supports major national charities such as the Cancer Society and National Heart Foundation, as well as providing sponsorship and support to several local organisations and individuals.

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MANUFACTURING » Crown Sheet Metal

Crown helps rescue wine industry Richard Loader Crown Sheetmetal has led the charge repairing, replacing and seismic strengthening Blenheim’s earthquake damaged winery tanks following the quakes that rocked the region last year.

Already heavily committed to meeting the demands of Marlborough’s expanding wine industry, the Blenheim-based tank manufacturer called upon all resources to rescue the crippled wineries before the 2017 harvest.

General manager, Andrew Horton, said that to put it into perspective 41 million litres of winemaking capacity had to be put back on stream within a 16-week window of opportunity. He refers to this as being an ‘absolute phenomenal effort for everyone involved.’

Originally based in Invercargill and focused on the dairy industry, Crown Sheetmetal found a new niche in the wine industry a little over two decades ago when looking for new markets.

Coinciding with the development of the Marlborough wine industry, Crown quickly established a name for itself by efficiently manufacturing wine tanks of high quality workmanship at very competitive pricing.

“Because we had gone from dairy tanks to wine tanks we had a very high standard.

“We also visited Australia because they’d been building wine tanks for years. We saw what they were doing and came away with a few more smarts.”

Bought by the NDA Group in 2008, the name Crown Sheetmetal was retained because of the company’s strong branding within the wine industry.

Retaining the Invercargill factory, manufacture of the larger tanks was shifted to Blenheim to simplify transportation.

Then the earthquakes struck.

“Earthquakes are bad news but there was quite a bit of luck in respect to the timing of this one.

“Being part of NDA Group, we’ve workshops in Hamilton, Hawera, Timaru and Invercargill that we could call on. With 60% of our business based around the dairy industry the timing allowed us to access off-season manufacturing capacity within the group,” Andrew says.

A further bonus was the availability of a huge contingent of stainless steel fabricators who float around the dairy industry in New Zealand working on contract.

“Utilising that additional contract labour, we went from 20 staff in Blenheim to 80 almost overnight.”

Replacement wine tanks all ready for delivery.

With a large number of tanks requiring replacement a decision was made about how best to deliver the maximum possible literage over a very short period of time.

With workshop capacity, it was a matter of how many tanks could be pushed through the workshops in that 16-week window.

The solution was a standardised 140,000 litre tank from the Hamilton facility, along with adding 60,000 litre tanks via the Invercargill workshop.

“From past experience we know that some tank sizes work very well in some workshops.

“The 140,000 litre tanks suited the Hamilton workshop and with the buy-in of the concept from most wineries we were able to fully commit our capacity within the first 24 hours.”

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Even with additional resource, workshop capacity and a larger tank design, there was still a shortfall in output to meet requirements and so other dairy based stainless steel fabricators were engaged by Crown to cover the shortfall.

Andrew says that his primary concern was supporting so many clients who had been loyal to Crown Sheetmetal for many years.

“It worked very well and I’m sure that the other stainless fabricators will have appreciated the work and technical support we provided to them.”

Ironically the 2013 quakes provided a dress rehearsal for the 2016 quakes. Without it the work that Andrew and his team did could not have been achieved within 16 weeks.

With design upgrades made to the tanks and supports in 2013, all of the upgraded tanks survived the 2016 quake unscathed, limiting damage and also indicating that the design changes worked.

With harvesting now underway, Andrew and his team at Crown Sheetmetal, along with NDA’s other manufacturing plants, the army of stainless

“With 60% of our business based around the dairy industry the timing allowed us to access off-season manufacturing capacity within the group.”

fabricators and the external sheet metal businesses can be justifiably proud that they have helped Marlborough’s wine industry to recover from the ravages of the 2016 quake.

Andrew says that for the NDA group there’s been a coming together of all the people who worked on the project; a greater understanding and respect for each other.

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MANUFACTURING » Harris Home Fires

May 2017 Business South

Keeping the home fires burning Kelly Deeks Celebrating 130 years in business this year, Harris Home Fires may be an old company, but it is also at the cutting edge of new technology, not just trying to keep up, but leading the industry and the market with its latest ultra-low emissions burner.

Managing director Richard Harris says the result of 18 months of research and development, the Ferva Saturn is Harris Home Fires’ response to customer demand for efficient and ultra-low emissions wood burning technology.

Especially in Christchurch, where Harris Home Fires is based, and Environment Canterbury’s recent changes to its home heating rules for Clean Air Zones mean new wood fires are once again allowed to be installed in new or existing homes, providing they are approved models.

“After the earthquakes, a lot of people rebuilding their homes weren’t allowed to put wood burners in, and they had a problem with that,” Richard says.

“These new regulations have opened that market back up, and these people are now allowed to install an ultra low emission burner.

“Our new Ferva Saturn allows us to service a great need in Christchurch for people who have been forced to rebuild their homes and have lost their beloved wood fire. Now they can have that back.”

He says nothing else compares to the Ferva Saturn at this stage, and Harris Home Fires believes it is the most advanced wood burner on the market.

The secret behind the Ferva Saturn’s ultra-low emissions is the use of downdraught technology.

The fire has two chambers, and emissions pass through a small hole in the bottom of the upper

chamber and are blasted down to the lower chamber.

As emissions are pulled through the hole, they are pulled through the screaming hot embers of the fire.

The gases become super-heated and when oxygen is introduced, they are reignited and are burned away.

Passing emissions through the ember bed removes far more emissions than any standard Clean Air approved fire.

The Ferva Saturn is tolerant of poor quality wood, and will burn wet wood or old man pine with significantly less emissions.

“You might get one person out of 100 who burns their rubbish and wet wood from the back of their garden, and it puts up a plume of smoke that covers the entire neighbourhood.

“With the Ferva Saturn, that wouldn’t have such a major impact,” Richard says.

As well as efficiency and ultra-low emissions, he says that the Ferva Saturn is one of the most user-friendly woo1d burners to operate, with a robust and fully automated door mechanism and no additional levers or slides to engage during use.

Harris Home Fires has also combined its ultra-low emissions technology with new thermo-electric technology whereby the Ferva Saturn generates its own electricity which powers a convection fan to help distribute heat efficiently throughout the home, and includes a USB socket capable of charging and powering most USB devices.

Harris Home Fires has spent many generations keeping fires at the heart of Kiwi homes, and Richard firmly believes the future is in low emissions burners.

“We believe we can continue to develop this new product and make it cleaner and better again, and really refine the product so we can continue to use wood burners far into the future.”

“We believe we can continue to develop this new product and make it cleaner and better again, and really refine the product so we can continue to use wood burners far into the future.”

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MANUFACTURING » Thermawood Glass

Thermawood expands into Central Kim Newth Since its invention less than a decade ago, Dunedin-designed double-glazing system Thermawood has rapidly become established as a leading choice for both new timber joinery and as a premium retrofit option for existing timber joinery.

Matt and Esther Lamb launched Thermawood Otago in 2013 after seeing the potential of this unique dry glazing system that is designed to fit any wooden joinery.

Matt, a highly experienced glazier, has since retrofitted the system to many timber homes in Dunedin and the wider Otago region.

The business has gone from strength to strength, currently employing five teams of two with each team comprised of an experienced joiner and glazier. (This enables issues with worn sashes or rot to be fixed at the same time as double glazing is installed).

In response to growing demand beyond Dunedin, the couple has this year also opened additional new premises in Hughes Crescent, Cromwell.

“The real advantage of the Thermawood system is that if you are retrofitting to older timber joinery, it won’t change the aesthetics of the house,” Esther explains.

“So, for example, we have installed Thermawood double glazing in an old stone cottage and it hasn’t changed the character of that building at all.”

Thermawood meets New Zealand performance standards for both new and retrofit windows.

“We see that as a crucially important point of difference that really sets this system apart.”

With premises in Cromwell, Thermawood double glazing is now readily accessible to clients throughout the Central Otago area.

“We are seeking to expand our team by recruiting staff in Cromwell. Our point of difference is our quality work so until we do find the right people we’ll continue to send staff from Dunedin.”

Thermawood’s origin story is a classic New Zealand ‘can do’ tale. Joiner Graeme Clarke, who was dissatisfied with the often poor drainage performance of existing retrofitted timber double

With premises in Cromwell, Thermawood double glazing is now readily accessible to clients throughout the Central Otago area. glazing, sat down one day and sketched out a concept for a new system on the back of a pie packet.

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its reach across the Tasman with patents gained in Australia and further in USA, Canada, Europe and UK. “We were one of the first licence holders to really make Thermawood the focus of our business,” Esther says.

“We’d always wanted to focus on timber retrofit double glazing because we could see the real need for this specialist service.”

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CONTRACTING » Action Scaffolding

May 2017 Business South

New premises boost for efficiency Kim Newth Action Scaffolding has lifted the efficiency of its operations to a whole new level after relocating to a new purpose-built warehouse and yard in the Belfast Business Park late last year.

For Mark and Kay Backhouse, who started Action Scaffolding in 2004, this investment is all about securing the future of their business with a specialist base that fully meets their operational requirements.

A leader in the provision of safe and secure tube and clip scaffolding services in residential and light commercial markets, Action Scaffolding is noticing a shift to ever larger and more complex projects.

Having a tailor-made facility means the company is geared up to meet all client requirements.

“We have set out the warehouse with scaffolding racks in line with what we wanted,” Mark says.

“We can have six trucks going in at a time, rather than just two at a time as we were doing previously. Each truck lines up and the tubes slide straight on.”

The new warehouse is also user friendly from a staff perspective, with good toilets, a shower and a spacious staff room.

Action Scaffolding’s vehicle fleet has grown from two to 11 trucks since 2004.

With two different scaffolding systems in the yard and three different weights of truck, having the space to manage the logistics of every job is proving a real boon.

“It used to be a tight squeeze getting them in but now we can move everything around without a problem. We have around a third more space than we did before.”

The move itself was a major operation that took just over a month to complete.

“We had a couple of permanent gangs helping and we had an additional six temporary staff as well. Eighty per cent of our gear was out, so we were only shifting twenty per cent but that was still a lot of tubes.”

New home: Action Scaffolding moved into a new purpose-built warehouse and yard in the Belfast Business Park last year.

Action Scaffolding is very health and safety conscious and continues to increase its share of ticketed scaffolders, with an advanced ticket on every gang and half a dozen staff ticketed to the basic or elementary level. Its skilled team works in line with Scaffolding and Rigging NZ (SARNZ) and WorkSafe legislation.

“There are still companies operating in Christchurch without ticketed scaffolders.

“A builder that takes them on might save a few hundred dollars but if someone is hurt on the job they could face a potential fine of several hundred thousand dollars.

“So it is important to check you are working with a SARNZ member with appropriate tickets to do the job.”

Action Scaffolding always goes the extra

mile to complete jobs safely and efficiently. It is currently working on challenging residential hill sites in Christchurch and has adapted a truck specifically to handle steep hill work.

It has recently formed an alliance with a netting company, so can supply safety netting as part of a one-stop service.

It can also provide scaffolding for shrink wrap jobs, for example when a home needs to be encapsulated for asbestos removal.

“It used to be a tight squeeze getting them in but now we can move everything around without a problem. We have around a third more space than we did before.”

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Awatere River Wine eyes increase in production Richard Loader Marlborough’s Awatare River Wine Company is set to expand its annual production from 1000 tonnes to 3000 tonnes over the next 2 years.

Managing director Louis Vavasour says that a strong demand for Marlborough wine is driving a double-digit growth in the export market.

With increased state of the art storage and production capacity his winery is now well positioned to significantly grow the Awatere River Wine brand as well as it’s contract winemaking capability.

“There’s always been a shortage of processing capacity in Marlborough so it hasn’t been a problem filling the space,” he says. “If we have any excess space we contract it out.”

With a family history in the Awatere Valley going back 150 years, the Vavasour name is very much part of the pioneering landscape right through to establishing the first vineyard and winery in the region in the 1980’s.

“Wine and the Awatere is in the blood,” says Louis. “I wanted to craft something from family land that others could enjoy.”

Returning to New Zealand after a period of time abroad making wine and studying wine marketing, Louis started the first vintage of Awatere River Wine in 2007. By 2010 he’d built a little winery with 500 tonne capacity.

“This year we’ve done expansions from 1000 tonne up to 1800 tonne and next year we’ll expand to 3000 tonne,” says Louis.

“The growth is in bottled wines from Awatere Wines and contract wine making—so more tanks and the ability to process more.”

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“The growth is in bottled wines from Awatere Wines and contract wine making.”

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In line with the increase in production, Awatere River Wines bottled sales will account for 25% of production.

Louis says the healthy increase in demand is primarily from New Zealand, Australian and US markets.

Vegan & sustainably certification from all 2017 vintage onwards is a key point of difference from the winemaker.

“In the past there have just been a few products that have been vegan certified but this is quite a big growth market for us,” says Louis.

“We’re very focused on premium wine and we’re just about to bring a new range of wines that will have a recommended retail of about $50 per bottle—so we are focused on super premium.”

With increased demand for contract winemaking service, Louis is able to tailor the level of service to meet each wine growers needs and offer a full endto-end option from harvesting to making to storage and loading onto the export container.

A bottling line is also being installed later this year that will enable the wines to be bottled on-site as well.

“We are building up a big asset base but in doing that it’s allowing us to grow into it as we move forward,” says Louis.

“While our main focus is building our own wines, there will always be capacity to assist growers with contract wine making.”

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PRODUCTION » Heartland Potato Chips

May 2017 Business South

Celebrating a southern success Kim Newth From modest beginnings more than 40 years ago, Raymond and Adrienne Bowan have grown their South Canterbury family business into one of the country’s most loved brands, Heartland Potato Chips.

Raymond grew up the second son of a dairy farmer, with his old stamping ground being the Temuka area.

“So I haven’t moved very far,” he says, adding that he used to spend his school holidays handpicking potatoes at a neighbour’s property.

“That’s when I first got a taste for it. Then, at the age of eighteen, I managed to get a contract to supply the local fish and chip shop, so I decided to put more in and it grew from there.”

After initially working in a dairy farm partnership with his two brothers, Raymond struck out on his own in the Orari area at Fallgate Farm, which he and Adrienne purchased in 1975.

The farm got its name when a former owner found many of the farm gates were hanging off their hinges.

Of greater interest to Raymond was that the old estate land was free draining with little or no stone and had been leased previously to grow potatoes.

Raymond and Adrienne were soon using the land to grow their own spuds and supply fish and chip shops.

They then began supplying processors seeking good quality potatoes to turn into products like French fries. or many years they were a supplier to big brand names like Watties, Bluebird and Mr Chips.

When the local chip factory at Washdyke closed down and Bluebird pulled out, the couple made a bold decision to step up and buy the factory site and buildings.

“We opened eighteen months after that in October 2010. There was no plant at the factory so we imported new plant from Holland. Looking back, it was quite a brave thing to do but we got some advice.

“Some told us to go ahead and others said ‘make sure you have some point of difference’.

Raymond Bowan, with son James - family is at the core of the Heartland Potato Chips business.

“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy and that we’d be going up against big players. I was determined to do it and the family was supportive of it, so we pushed on.”

Today, Heartland Potato Chips is a household name throughout New Zealand. Fallgate Farm remains at the centre of the business, with some 250ha of potatoes planted every year and

managed through generous rotation practices.

Heartland’s old fashioned wave cut range of southern salt, chicken, salt and vinegar, sour cream and chives, and green onion has a particularly strong following in the South Island.

The number one top seller is southern salt.

“Forty per cent of our sales are plain salted chips,” says Heartland’s general manager and

Raymond and Adrienne’s daughter, Charlotte Bowan, who notes this outsold all other chips in South Island New World stores over the Christmas period.

“Green onion is another real South Island favourite. People here are so supportive and loyal to us.”

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Heartland Potato Chips a southern success story • from page 82 Charlotte, a qualified physical education teacher, worked her way into the general manager role having first gained experience in the office, warehouse, sales as well as on the production line and having also completed papers in marketing.

“I love the role and every day is different,” she says.

“There are always challenges coming at you but I’m never afraid to ask for help.

“We’re a close family so there’s always been open communication.

“This isn’t a large business so we know all our staff too and they’re all great to work with.”

In step with the times, Charlotte has prioritised getting the company’s story out on social media and says that is really helping to build ongoing consumer interest.

Charlotte and her partner Nathan have two children, Jackson, 6 and Millie, 2, so they’re also busy on the home front.

Taking care of day-to-day farm management is Raymond and Adrienne’s son James, who is married to Jess.

They also have a young family, Archie, 8, Maisy, 6 and Greta, 3.

“We get on really well,” says Raymond.

“Adrienne does the wages on the farm and accounts and is always involved with decision making at the factory.

“Our other daughter Kate, who is in Christchurch, likes to know what’s going on and is a shareholder in the business too.”

As well as being strong in the New Zealand market, this thriving family firm is now also exporting to countries including Australia, Singapore and Fiji.

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New kettles selling well Launched in the South Island in late February, Heartland’s new kettle chips are hitting the spot with plenty of interest in this premium product range.

The kettles are the latest addition to the popular Heartland’s line-up of old-fashioned wave-cuts and the more recent flat cuts, added in 2015.

Months of research and development went into producing the new crafted kettle chips, with flavours on offer being sea salt, apple cider vinegar, kiwi backyard barbecue and crispy roast chicken. Rather than being processed on a continuous line, kettles are processed in a batch fryer so as to ensure every chip delivers on crunch, texture and taste.

As Heartland’s general manager Charlotte Bowan observes, creating a new line like this takes time but feedback from the market to date shows the planning and preparation is paying off.

“We tried lots of different ideas,” Charlotte says. “You have to get the flavours just right and then there’s all the rebranding too. With any new product, there’s that curiosity of people wanting to try it. We’re delighted at the very positive response we’ve had so far.”

The current top seller within the new range is apple cider vinegar, Heartland’s kiwi twist on traditional salt and vinegar.

“It’s a wee bit different,” says Heartland’s founder Raymond Bowan, who notes he’d always wanted to add kettles to the line-up.

“They cost more to make but we know the demand is there at the premium end of the market. We had trial runs with flavouring before we got it right. We don’t have tasting panels - we did the tasting between ourselves

and [sales manager] Brian Kirby and worked with our flavouring people to get it just right.”

With the launch coming straight after the busy summer holiday period, the company’s Washdyke factory team worked extra hard to get the new tasty chips from batch fryer to market.

“Over November, December and January we did double shifts,” says Charlotte, who adds the company is also reviewing its shift arrangements to ensure there is sufficient ongoing capacity to keep up with demand.

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PRODUCTION » New Zealand Cherry Corp

May 2017 Business South

Cherry Corp keeps exports growing Russell Fredric Air power, both local and international, has proven a saving grace for New Zealand Cherry Corp.’s summer harvest.

New Zealand Cherry Corp. international sales manager, Sharon Kirk, says helicopters were used to dry fruit in the company’s Cromwell orchard so cherries could be harvested for export following rain in January.

A total of about 500 tonnes went to overseas markets from the season’s harvest.

“We had several rain events during the harvest season. Definitely the weather gave us some challenges, but we are pretty happy with the overall result,” Sharon Kirk says.

“We didn’t, unfortunately, harvest everything but we still exported equally what we exported last year.”

New Zealand Cherry Corp. operates a 40 hectare orchard with 23,000 trees; it is New Zealand’s largest fully climate-controlled netted orchard.

These specialised controls allow fruit varieties, comprising Stella, Lapin’s, Romance, Skeena, Sweetheart, Staccato and Kordia the best opportunity to develop into large, premium quality cherries for domestic and export markets.

Sweetheart represents the largest plantings and consequently is the largest volume sold.

It is a large crunchy, heart-shaped, bright red cherry with a mild sweet flesh, outstanding firmness and a small pit.

Despite the number of varieties grown, the harvest window is very narrow; each season the entire crop matures from late December to early February.

“We had several rain events during the harvest season. Definitely the weather gave us some challenges, but we are pretty happy with the overall result.”

The largest overseas markets are Taiwan and China, while emerging markets include Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and South Korea.

The United States and Japan were new markets for Cherry Corp this season, with an emerging success story developing in Russia due to a doubling of export volume.

“Taiwan as an industry was up this year; as a company it was also up for us. It’s our main export market, followed by China.”

New Zealand Cherry Corp. has the ability to get its cherries to overseas markets within 72 hours of picking.

“We work closely with local transport providers, forwarders, New Zealand market wholesalers and retailers to ensure our product is handled and transported correctly and coolchain is maintained.”

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NZ Cherry Corp keeps exports on track • from page 86 Every shipment is tracked using a temperature recorder that travels with it from the time a forwarder selects the load for shipment until it is received by the customer.

A first for New Zealand Cherry Corp. this season was being a key player in two special Singapore Air cargo flights flying direct from Christchurch.

In past seasons the company’s cherries have been exported mainly from Auckland as Christchurch airport’s freight handling facilities and cargo flights are more limited.

“We [arranged] this prior to the season because we realised there were going to be some logistics issues with Chinese New Year being early and everybody wanting to get [freight] on those planes.”

“We worked in partnership with our freight forwarder GVI Logistics and Singapore Airlines to make sure we had some options.”

The special air freight arrangements turned out to be a good luck as well as good business management.

“It couldn’t have worked out better. Because the Kaikoura earthquake created a lot of logistics issues getting fruit to Auckland it was fortunate that there was 100 tonne of fruit that we could export through Christchurch.”

The special flights from Christchurch were on January 12 and 19, “just right ” for Chinese New Year.

From Singapore, cherries were forwarded to local markets and to China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia.

The quality of fruit grown is an important factor in competing internationally against Chile, New Zealand cherry growers’ largest competitor.

Sharon Kirk says Chilean cherries are much cheaper, but the quality of the fruit does not compare because of the time it takes to get to market – up to 45 days.

“Chile sends 80% of its crop into China and it goes mainly by sea freight.”

In New Zealand, this was the second season New Zealand Cherry Corp. had worked directly with Progressive Enterprises, owner of Countdown supermarkets.

As well as being sold loose and in 5 kilogram boxes, some cherries were available in 500 gram bags which were a convenient size and sold well.

The concept of the 500 gram bags was to promote cherries as a seasonal fruit, rather than a special Christmas or New Year purchase.

“It’s been really positive. Countdown was very excited to support us because they wanted to promote the category; stone-fruit, in New Zealand has been a really under-promoted category and they’ve really gotten behind it.”

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COMMUNITY » Leaps and Bounds Kaiapoi

May 2017 Business South

High quality early education in Kaiapoi Kim Newth Energy, excitement and wonder are in store for families enrolling their children at Kaiapoi’s newest early childhood centre.

Opening in late May, Leaps and Bounds Kaiapoi is offering a vibrant, stimulating and wellresourced learning environment where the goal will be to grow independent and creative thinkers.

With spaces for 68 children, including 12 for under-twos, the centre is set up to encourage children to explore through enquiry-based learning.

With three adjoining rooms – catering respectively for infants and toddlers, two- to three-year-olds, and three- to five-year-olds - the centre is well laid out with resources and spaces matched to each stage of development.

Sited within the close knit community of BeachGrove in Kaiapoi, Leaps and Bounds Kaiapoi will provide a full curriculum of art and craft, physical activities, music, dance, drama, cooking and carpentry, with a very strong focus too on literacy, mathematics and science.

Purpose-built and designed to maximise sunshine and daylight hours, the centre is also well-endowed with high quality toys and equipment to stimulate and challenge young learners.

Technology will be part of the programme, with opportunities for children to use cameras and iPads to learn how to conduct research with teacher support.

For babies, free movement in a calm, relaxed and loving environment is promoted to give babies time to reach developmental steps in their Leaps and Bounds Kaiapoi will provide a full curriculum of art and craft, physical activities, music, dance, drama, cooking and carpentry, as well as having a strong focus on literacy, mathematics and science. own time and their own way.

Leaps and Bounds Kaiapoi will share with They will be supported to learn social An acknowledged leader in early childhood Adding to the outdoor resource is a parents the knowledge of how their children learn skills of sharing and cooperating while taking education, Evolve’s focus is on best practice neighbouring reserve, where teachers will lead through play and investigation. Storypark will be responsibility and learning about leadership. and promoting learning journeys that encourage educational excursions and group physical offered to the centre’s parents.

Each child’s uniqueness will be celebrated discovery and delight in achievement. activities.

Storypark is a secure web-based platform and the richness of New Zealand’s bicultural Leaps and Bounds Kaiapoi will be open All children will be encouraged to grow in where parents can view and add to their child’s heritage embraced.

Monday to Friday from 7am to 6pm and will offer learning journey and invite other family members capability and confidence, so the centre will use Leaps and Bounds centres are part of a morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for their china crockery and glass for children at kai times to view and share this special resource. nationwide family brand of early learning centres children. and also support children in serving their own Families will love the centre’s amazing within the Evolve Education Group.

In the lead-up to the centre’s opening, there meals. Appropriate meal time manners will be outdoor play space that has been architecturally The cluster of high quality early childhood has been a great response from parents not taught so children can sit and enjoy their meals designed with beautifully crafted whare, bridges centres and ‘in home’ education providers offer wishing to miss out on this exciting learning in a social setting. and pathways leading to exciting areas for diverse and rich learning opportunities. opportunity. Places are available now.

The philosophy of the centre is such that exploration. children will be encouraged to take responsibility Features include sandpits with little streams for themselves, others and their immediate and trickling into them and clever planting of native wider environment. trees and bushes to create nooks of interest.

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COMMUNITY » WesleyCare Hospital

May 2017 Business South

New WesleyCare looking forward Richard Loader Modernising and meeting the changing needs of residents was the primary consideration for the Christchurch Methodist Mission’s board faced with the option of effecting minor earthquake repairs on its aging WesleyCare hospital or starting fresh fropm the ground up.

With a two-stage extensive redevelopment now complete, the new WesleyCare hospital is modern, spacious and with significantly increased bedroom capacity.

Taking pride of place in the heart of Christchurch, “a transformation” is how the Mission’s Dave Marsh described the new building designed by Christchurch architects, The Foley Group.

The $20m dollar development in Papanui is a shining jewel within the community providing the highest possible care of its older people transitioning from their own homes to a more supportive environment.

Owned by the Christchurch Methodist Mission (CMM), WesleyCare was originally built in the 1960’s.

When minor earthquake damage was incurred in 2011, the CMM Board reassessed WesleyCare’s ability to provide high quality care in a modern world against the care and support needs and expectations of today’s older people.

“The earthquake damage presented an opportunity to start afresh, build something that was fit for purpose, lasting well into the future, rather than patching up an older, aging facility that was increasingly unable to meet all the needs of our residents,” explains Dave Marsh, CMM fundraising and communications manager.

Ensuites, greater manoeuverability of specialised medical equipment, spacious dining facilities, recreational areas and an inner grassed courtyard all form part of the new facilities.

Built in two stages by lead contractors Armitage Wiliams Contractors, a key requirement was to minimise disruption to those people in residence.

The first stage was the construction of a two level 60-bedroom building with a kitchen and laundry facility and a new chapel, built in a ‘U’ shape around the existing WesleyCare building.

Completed mid-2015, all residents were then moved across to their new rooms, replete with sunny outlook and en-suites, enabling the old WesleyCare building to be demolished and stage two commenced.

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The $20 million dollar WesleyCare development in Papanui is a shining jewel within the community. dining hall, two lounges, an activities room as well as a new reception area and offices, the stage two development joined up to the stage one building to form a rectangular shape with a beautifully grassed courtyard in the centre.

Dave says that the leadership, patience and flexibility of long serving WesleyCare manager, Fran Pucilowski, has been critical to the successful and seamless continuation of the facilities operation.

With stage two involving so many functional and administrative areas the staffing team were in transition mode throughout its development.

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Creative use of existing spaces had to be utilised to enable the hospital to function.

For example residents often had their dinner in corridors and hallways and activities like bowls and board games were held in the chapel.

“Really throughout the redevelopment project Fran and her team have maintained an incredibly high level of care for the residents,” says Dave.

“It really has been impressive the way they kept things going to retain some semblance of normality even though there has been work going on around them.”

Funding for the project has come from insurance proceeds, some borrowing and also from generous bequests left to the Mission by people, often stemming back many years.

“Many of these donors will have made provision in their wills without knowing how important their legacy would be,” says Dave.

“Their foresight and generosity means that WesleyCare can continue to provide the very best in rest home, hospital, palliative and respite level care for older people in our community in a modern and changing world.”

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COMMENT » Tax Matters

May 2017 Business South

The IRD’s not done with you yet keeping up provisional payments Chris Cunniffe If you paid terminal tax on April 7, you might not be out of the crosshairs of Inland Revenue (IRD) just yet.

Yes, your income tax liability for the 2016 tax year has been laid to rest and you can breathe slightly easier knowing that it is no longer hanging over your head.

However, many businesses will be due to make another payment to the taxman on May 7: Their final instalment of provisional tax for the 2017 tax year.

One of the biggest criticisms of provisional tax – even in the wake of new changes to the regime that will make things much, much better for taxpayers – is it must be paid on dates dictated by IRD. Settling tax on those dates does not always suit a business, particularly those who have seasonal or volatile income.

However, in the case of the May 7 payment, what makes the timing of it particularly problematic is that it is due one month after sorting out your terminal tax.

This double whammy has the potential to put some serious acid on cashflow.

Little wonder some business owners say they feel like the meat in the income tax sandwich right now.

Things, of course, can become even more

“Things, of course, can become even more uncomfortable if you do not dance to the beat of IRD’s compliance drum and pay when it expects you.”

Chris Cunniffe uncomfortable if you do not dance to the beat of IRD’s compliance drum and pay when it expects you to. It punishes disobedience by charging interest and late payment penalties on the overdue tax. Both add up very quickly.

Fortunately, there are a couple of things you can do to ease the burden on your cashflow if you have provisional tax due on May 7.

Before anything else you should start by reviewing your entire financial year.

Unlike your first and second instalments of

provisional tax, both of which involve a bit of guesswork in terms of figuring out how much you should pay given you are still earning your income, the third instalment is due after the sun has set on the 2017 tax year.

As such, you will have a rough idea of how your business has performed and whether you have paid too much (or not enough) provisional tax for the year. If things have not gone as well as expected, then lower your payment. No point paying more money to IRD if you do not have to, right?

Be sure to cast your eyes over your debtors’ ledger to see which customers owe you money and ask them if they can sort their bill earlier.

Conversely, see if you can buy a bit more time if you owe suppliers money.

If, having done all that, paying provisional tax on May 7 so soon after settling terminal tax is going to be a stretch, an IRD-approved tax pooling intermediary can be used to defer this payment to a time in the future that better suits.

The intermediary will pay IRD on your

behalf, and you have up to 12 months to repay the intermediary. The upfront finance fee to enter such an arrangement is much cheaper than most other traditional forms of finance. Approval is guaranteed, and the fee tax deductible.

A tax pooling intermediary also provides a way of being able to pay May 7 provisional tax as you go via instalments.

As you can see, there are options available to help you manage your business cashflow and tax planning. The key is to be proactive and prepared.

However – and I cannot stress this enough – do not forget to seek the advice of your accountant if you are worried about how you are going to pay provisional tax on May 7.

They can work with you to come up with a strategy that ensures you do not remain in the crosshairs of IRD for any longer than you need to.

• Chris Cunniffe is the chief executive of Tax Management NZ, and former head of the Air New Zealand and BNZ tax teams.

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Action Scaffolding ...........................80

JRN Construction..............................66

Armitage Williams Construction...... 26

Leaps and Bounds Kaiapoi...............90

Awatere River Wine Company..........81

Lithos Construction.............................8

Batchelar McDougall Consulting........6

Matthew Lee Construction................46

Bellford Building and Joinery............62

Modbox............................................62

Clearwater Construction...................14

Naylor Love Queenstown..................18

Compass Homes Christchurch..........34

Naylor Love Dunedin........................58

Complete Kitchens............................69

Ngai Tahu Property...........................10

Crafar Crouch Construction .............73

NZ Cherry Corp.................................86

Crown Sheet Metal...........................74

RBB Ltd............................................30

CYB Construction..............................55

RPC Construction..............................32

Down to Earth Building.....................56

Scott Construction............................70

Dunlop Builders................................57

SIT....................................................20

Fitzgerald Construction.....................68

Solution Building..............................64

Harcourts Holmwood........................22

T and D Construction........................44

Harris Home Fires............................76

Thermawood Glass...........................78

Heartland Potato Chips.....................82

Thunder Jet........................................4

Henderson Building..........................48

Timaru Construction.........................52

Ingold Building..................................50

Warren Kennedy Building.................55

Jim the Builder..................................40

Watertight Systems..........................72

Jones and Wyatt Construction..........42

WesleyCare......................................92

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