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Fulton Hogan has a key role in roading and civil infrastructure projects in the Christchurch rebuild.

Major land developments are being carried out by Fulton Hogan on the outskirts of Christchurch.

Work is well underway on the first stage of the Central Plains Irrigation Scheme near Hororata.

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Focus widens with new initiatives Jo Bailey Fulton Hogan is continuing to play a major part in putting Christchurch back together following the earthquakes.

However its work has extended beyond its core business of roading and infrastructure projects and its partnership with SCIRT; into new specialist areas such as basement and foundation works for commercial structures; ground improvement solutions for multi-storey buildings and heritage structures; and irrigation works.

Edward Husband, regional manager of Fulton Hogan’s Civil South business says Fulton Hogan has picked up its first high-profile contract implementing base isolation technology; a market the firm has “had an eye” on for some time.

“We are proud to be carrying out base isolation works in the basement of the Christchurch Art Gallery for Christchurch City Council.

“This is a significant project for the city as without the upgrade the gallery wouldn’t be able to secure international art collections. It is brilliant to play our part in getting the building back on its feet.”

The project involves propping up the building, severing it from its foundations and putting in base isolators.

“Moving into base isolation work is something we’ve been quite deliberate about,” says Husband.

“There are undoubtedly other key buildings around New Zealand that will need to have their foundations upgraded using this kind of technology.”

Fulton Hogan has also recently invested in new equipment that will allow it to get involved in ground improvement projects in Canterbury, and is also starting up a new venture with a key partner to focus on structural upgrade and resilience.

“This will be focused on seismic resilience as opposed to seismic repair, providing solutions to owners of predominantly multi-storey or heritage buildings.

“Although Christchurch is our initial focus for this sort of work with our ground improvement

Fulton Hogan will be installing base isolation technology to strengthen the Christchurch Art Gallery. equipment, it is another service we could introduce nationwide,” says Husband.

Fulton Hogan is also working in a joint-venture with John Holland on the $150 million Stage 1 of the Central Plains Irrigation Scheme near Hororata, with the project’s first stage expected to deliver water to 20,000 hectares of Central Canterbury.

Major works of the first stage include construction of a 17km long headrace canal, river

Fulton Hogan is continuing to play a major part in the Christchurch rebuild.

“There are undoubtedly other key buildings around New

Zealand that will need to have their foundations upgraded using this kind of technology.” intake structures, 13 bridges (10 farm bridges and three public road bridges) spanning around 25 metres each and four off-take structures.

Construction of the headrace and canal requires the movement of approximately 2.9 million cubic metres of earth which includes 410,000 cubic metres of topsoil, the equivalent of moving topsoil from 135 hectares.

The contract includes the installation of 550,000 square metres of HDPE liner as part of the new scheme.

“There is a fair bit of heat on this project as it has to be delivered in less than 18 months before the start of the irrigation season next September.”

Up to 100 Fulton Hogan employees are expected to be involved with the project over the next year.

Stages two and three of the project have not been awarded yet. However Husband is hopeful Fulton Hogan will have an ongoing involvement with the scheme. “There is a growing focus to secure water for Canterbury farmers’ with several other irrigation schemes coming up. We see this as another business strand with good potential,” he says.

Another “string to the bow” is Fulton Hogan’s pre-stressed concrete yard at Waterloo Road in Christchurch which supplies pre-stressed products to the construction market.

Edward Husband These include pre-stressed flooring systems for commercial buildings and pre-stressed beams for bridge construction.

“This is a slightly diversified part of the business, but is core to our civil operation, which after all, is concrete.”

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Major works on the first stage of the Central Plains Irrigation Scheme near Hororata include construction of a 17km long headrace canal, river intake structures, 13 bridges (10 farm bridges and three public road bridges) spanning around 25 metres each and four off-take structures.

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Firm grows from small beginnings Jo Bailey When Jules Fulton and Bob Hogan started a small roading company in Otago in the grip of the Depression, they couldn’t have imagined it would grow into one of New Zealand’s biggest and most successful infrastructure companies.

Or that one day more than 80 years into the future, their considerable achievements would be recognised by a posthumous induction into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame, witnessed by several members of their respective families, still major shareholders of the company they founded.

The Dunedin-born pair started Fulton Hogan in the early 1930’s after losing their jobs with a local asphalt firm.

With young families to support and few employment opportunities, they decided the only solution was to set up on their own account.

It was a gamble, but with hard work, borrowed equipment and sheer determination it paid off.

Fulton, who grew up on an Otago farm was more comfortable working in the office and became the company’s strategist and financial leader, whereas Hogan was happiest in the field looking after the firm’s staff, machinery and projects.

Their complementary strengths proved advantageous, and they remained a strong team throughout their working lives.

The firm earned its reputation building the backbone of New Zealand’s roading network and over the decades extended its services to include a full range of civil infrastructure, civil construction and road maintenance solutions.

Today, the legacy of Fulton and Hogan is a firm with a 5500 strong team working on civil infrastructure projects across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. In 2013 the company celebrated 80 years operating in the transport infrastructure, water, energy, mining and land development sectors, with sector businesses including roading, bridging, airports, ports, water, waste water, rail and utilities.

Founding fathers: Jules Fulton, left, and Bob Hogan. Their firm’s success was built on hard work and determination.

Its regional businesses include asphalt production and laying, bitumen production, road maintenance, construction; quarrying; facilities maintenance and concrete cutting.

Fulton Hogan is still registered in Dunedin.

However its corporate office has been located in Christchurch for some time. The firm has a network of branches throughout New Zealand and in Australia, where its business is largely focused on asphalt supply and surfacing; and construction.

Fulton Hogan has operated in the Pacific for around 20 years, predominantly carrying out runway reconstruction and resurfacing. It is currently working on a road maintenance contract in Fiji in a joint venture with Hiway Stabilisers.

Throughout its history the privately owned company has retained its strong tradition of family values, and caring for its staff, and the communities it works within.

Many Fulton Hogan employees are shareholders in the business, continuing a culture

of staff ownership started by Jules Fulton and Bob Hogan all those years ago.

In typical low-key fashion, the company didn’t make a big external fuss about its 80year milestone, choosing instead to produce a booklet that told the stories of some longstanding employees. However the fact Fulton Hogan has grown from a two-man operation in the Depression to a trans-Tasman firm which has created employment for tens of thousands of families is definitely worth celebrating.

Today, the legacy of Fulton and Hogan is a firm with a 5500 strong team working on civil infrastructure projects across New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific.

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Max has the flexibility for all jobs The opportunity to provide a labour force to a Fulton Hogan railway project in Invercargill led to Dave McSorley and Gavin Bannon starting Max Contracts, a thriving personnel business.

Four years ago McSorley was working as a foreman contracted to Fulton Hogan at the railway site, when he found it a struggle to source quality labour from local agencies.

“In the end Fulton Hogan gave me permission to recruit and train some staff myself, and we ended up with team of about 10 people with Max. They worked really well with the Fulton Hogan crew making a total site of 40.”

When that successful contract ended, McSorley and Bannon could see a niche for a company that provided both labour hire and managed labour teams for larger-scale construction projects.

They moved to Christchurch and started Max Contracts which now has a skilled labour force of more than 150 with expertise in a range of sectors including civil, commercial and residential earthquake repairs.

Fulton Hogan remains a key customer alongside many other tier one contractors across a range of sectors.

McSorley says the company has the flexibility to meet a range of needs, from providing a single labourer through to a fully managed team at all levels; to a site supervisor or project manager who can manage a job from planning to delivery.

“Smaller companies often have their own set up and just want to hire some individual guys.

“We have the capability to provide whatever labour is needed.”

Max Contracts’ civil team is currently working with several primary contractors throughout Christchurch on a variety of bridge, drainage and roading projects, including Lyttelton Port and former high profile projects such as the Antigua Street footbridge and Colombo Street bridge.

The firm’s construction teams are also busy with earthquake repairs and new developments.

Fulton Hogan remains a key customer alongside many other tier one contractors across a range of sectors.

Max Contracts has branched into contracting work at its clients’ request.

“We’ve worked on many commercial projects such as providing a fully managed team for the refurbishment of the Cathedral Junction project.

“We also have some residential construction and general contracting projects on the go.

“Our structure enables us to provide team leaders and project managers as well as the labour force required for this type of work.”

They have hand-picked and trained their various

team leaders, and screen potential employees carefully to ensure they deliver a “well-presented, organised and fully equipped workforce” to match every project.

“We are always looking to invest in our staff.

We provide training so as we can promote them through the ranks from leading hands to foremen, site managers or project managers tasked with maintaining productivity, quality and health and safety on site.

“We like to see our guys do well so we look

after them as best we can and listen carefully to the suggestions they may have.”

McSorley says the firm is taking a slow and steady approach to growth in Canterbury.

“To maintain quality it is important we continue to thoroughly screen and test potential staff and stick to the module that has formed our success.

“Max Contracts has a good reputation as a preferred labour supplier to the tier one contractors of New Zealand, which we don’t want to compromise by growing too rapidly.”

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Key role in Christchurch rebuild Jo Bailey

Fulton Hogan is heavily involved in the Christchurch infrastructure rebuild, working on a variety of projects such as pumping stations, reservoirs, roading, bridges and retaining walls.

Although diversifying into new markets in Canterbury, Fulton Hogan hasn’t lost sight of its core business in roading and civil infrastructure projects.

The company played a key role in the immediate aftermath of the earthquakes, fixing roads, drains and bridges; cleaning away mud and liquefaction; managing traffic; securing the airport runway and generally helping life in the region return to normal.

Now the city has moved into the rebuild phase, Fulton Hogan is heavily involved with SCIRT as a key partner, working on a variety of projects such as pumping stations, reservoirs, roading, bridges and retaining walls.

“The ongoing work with SCIRT, along with the Central Plains Irrigation Scheme and Christchurch Art Gallery projects have nearly all of our 200 Christchurch-based employees pretty well focused,“ says Edward Husband, the regional manager of Fulton Hogan’s Civil South operation.

Given the scale of its workload in Christchurch, Fulton Hogan has appointed an experienced general manager, Tony Gallagher to ensure the company has its finger on the pulse in the local market.

“It is important our clients understand they have someone sitting at the executive table who is firmly focused on their needs and the recovery of Christchurch.”

Husband says something unique to come out of the earthquakes for Fulton Hogan’s employees is the opportunity to work and live in the same area.

Partnership a winner A formal partnership agreement between Steel & Tube and Fulton Hogan established two years ago sees the firms work closely together on solutions procurement and supply, says Peter Donohue, Steel & Tube’s National Account Manager to Fulton Hogan.

“Fulton Hogan’s clients often seek assistance on the best way to approach large projects.

“The new arrangement has opened the door for Steel & Tube to become more solutions focused rather than straight suppliers,” says Donohue.

“We often collaborate on projects with Fulton Hogan at the tender stage to talk about what is required. This is quite different from a regular supplier/customer relationship.”

Steel & Tube Christchurch is currently providing solutions to Fulton Hogan for Stage 1 works of the $375 million Central Plains Irrigation Scheme which comprises a 17km headrace canal, river intake structures and bridges.

“We’ve been involved with this project since quite early on and it has really ramped up over the past six months. We are providing around 1000 tonnes of reinforcing rod for Stage 1 works, which has to be supplied within a relatively short time frame.

Other significant collaborative projects in Canterbury include the Bridge Street bridge in South Brighton which is being replaced following the earthquakes; and construction of the Westmoreland Reservoir.

Steel & Tube is also working with Fulton Hogan on a “whole lot” of smaller roading and infrastructure projects in the region, with “lots of activity” throughout the rest of New Zealand.

“The partnership agreement is nationwide,” says Donohue.

“In Auckland we are around threequarters of the way through a significant motorway project which is in its second year.”

Steel & Tube has a national footprint with 48 distribution and service centers.

As the largest steel stockist and supplier to the steel industry in New Zealand, Steel & Tube takes product traceability, genuineness and compliance “very seriously”, with the systems in place to trace the origin and genuineness of all its products, supported by accredited strong local and international suppliers.

Although steel remains at its core, the company has diversified into a wide range of products.

In Christchurch, the company has multiple operations, including Steel & Allied Product Distribution, Roofing, Purlin Processing, Reinforcing (which includes its Hurricane mesh plant and rural fencing products), Stainless, Coil Processing and Plate Processing.

Donohue says Steel & Tube offers a range of seismic rated products to the market along with certified steel beams, columns, structural steel sections, reinforcing and mesh.

“Steel is now recognised as a leading structural element for the Christchurch rebuild following the exceptional performance of steel buildings in the earthquakes, and along with the development of world-class seismic engineering technology.

“Steel & Tube is well positioned to deliver to this market.”

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Fulton Hogan’s Civil South has numerous projects on the go in Christchurch.

“Before the earthquakes you could describe our civil team as nomadic as the guys usually worked on projects throughout the South Island or into the lower North Island, even as far north as Taupo.

“The geographical areas have only been redesigned this year in response to the recovery in Christchurch which is now our sharp focus.”

Fulton Hogan’s Civil South team although focused on the recovery in Canterbury, still continues to look at major opportunities and projects outside the Canterbury region as well.

“We are actively looking for more roading and bridging work, and have our eye on a few key projects.

“Additionally, there are water and waste water treatment upgrades coming up throughout the South Island.”

The multi-disciplinary company never puts its “eggs in one basket”, he says.

“If a project has concrete and reinforcing steel and is associated with horizontal infrastructure, we’ll definitely be in there having a look.”

“It is important our clients understand they have someone sitting at the executive table who is firmly focused on their needs and the recovery of Christchurch.”

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Signage offshoot looks to prosper Jo Bailey One of Fulton Hogan’s “better kept secrets” is its thriving Signs & Graphics business which over the last five years has branched seriously into the commercial market.

“We fly under the radar with a lot of the work we do,” says divisional manager Wayne Riggall.

“Many of the new and potential customers we speak to don’t realise we offer a full graphic design, branding and signage solution for pretty much any application.”

Fulton Hogan Signs & Graphics was established in 1999, predominantly to service the company’s own signage needs, and that of its customers in the roading and infrastructure markets.

“As a nationwide company heavily involved in the construction and maintenance of roads we knew we had the critical mass to create a viable signage business and provide an affordable service for our customers.”

The company continues to produce a full complement of roading signage including permanent and temporary warning; regulatory; transport safety; motorist service; advanced directional signs; chevrons; general information and directional signs; along with a host of road safety products such as road cones, barriers, temporary fencing and marker posts.

In recent years, the advent of cost-effective wide format colour printing onto self-adhesive vinyl has seen Fulton Hogan Signs & Graphics expand rapidly into the commercial market with the capability to provide a full design, manufacture and installation service throughout New Zealand.

“The company saw an opening in the market and really targeted it,” says Riggall.

Fulton Hogan Signs & Graphics now services a large number of key corporate accounts and has undertaken multiple national rebranding and

“Many of the new and potential customers we speak to don’t realise we offer a full graphic design, branding and signage solution for pretty much any application.”

Fulton Hogan Signs & Graphics’ services include corporate, commercial, building, vehicle, promotional and custom signage, as well as full in-house graphic design and large format digital printing.

signage projects for companies across a range of sectors.

The division’s services include corporate, commercial, building, vehicle, promotional and custom signage, as well as full in-house graphic design; large format digital printing, cut graphics and screen printing.

Some of Fulton Hogan Signs & Graphic’s highprofile projects or customers include Hirepool, Pegasus Town, the AMI Temporary Stadium, BMW New Zealand Open Golf Tournament, Christchurch International Airport, and Spark Digital.

Project manager Keriana Chivers says the division also services a number of the roading alliances Fulton Hogan is involved with throughout New Zealand.

“One example is the Auckland Motorway Alliance for which we produce a significant amount of motorway signage.”

As a project manager, Ms Chivers guides the firm’s commercial clients through the process from conception to completion.

She joined the company three-and-a-half years ago and is one of several new people to have

joined the team since its expanded growth into new markets.

Riggall is even newer to the business, having started in September.

His background was providing management services in IT, audio/visual and graphics to the tertiary sector.

“One of the things that impressed me from the start was the company’s strategy to target larger corporate work, which is in line with Fulton Hogan’s position in the market as a high-level, nationwide infrastructure provider.”

Fulton Hogan Signs & Graphics is based in Christchurch, with a project and account management team in Auckland to service the North Island market.

Riggall says the company is injecting “more new blood” into its team to strengthen the good work being done and to continue to grow its market share in the sectors in which the division operates.

“We are also revamping the website and increasing its functionality to create a more effective tool for customers to request a quote or make contact with us.”

He says the signage and graphics division also hopes to engage more customers through Fulton Hogan’s regional network of branches.

“We plan to grow awareness of the division throughout the regional sites so they can potentially become ambassadors for the unique and exciting range of services we offer.”

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Water and sewage expertise on tap Taking on projects that move or treat liquids is a major focus of multi-talented Dunedin company Action Engineering.

Director Mark Cameron says the firm’s core business is civil and mechanical engineering projects involving treatment processes for both potable water and sewage.

“We have commissioned over 75 installations over the last 25 years, and each one has been unique in terms of the design, operational and manufacturing processes we have needed to consider.

“Most of our projects are completed in New Zealand. However we have provided solutions for clients involved with projects in South Africa, Indonesia, Australia, China, and the Pacific Islands,” he says.

The company has recently worked with Fulton Hogan in Christchurch as mechanical subcontractors on four major waste water pumping stations.

“These were technically demanding projects involving complex automated pumping, pipe and valve systems, fabricated hatches and covers, odour control systems, structural steelwork and gantry cranes”.

The company was also the mechanical works contractor on the New Plymouth Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrade. “This project involved making significant operational changes to the treatment process at the existing plant, using the advantages of the latest technology in aeration processes, which ensures the plant meets or exceeds treatment standards, and uses less energy over the whole process.”

Action Engineering has also just started work on a large South Island irrigation scheme, involving fabrication and on-site installation of many components, including steel pipe-work of up to two metres in diameter.

However the company is not restricted to water projects, with its broad portfolio also including marine and road transport engineering; structural steel fabrication and on-site erection; and general engineering.

Action Engineering worked with Fulton Hogan in Christchurch as mechanical sub-contractors on four major waste water pumping stations.

Mark Cameron says the company is enjoying solid growth.

“We are taking on new staff and have increased automation and technology across our three adjacent workshops which cover 4,500 square metres, or half a city block, in Dunedin’s waterfront industrial area.”

The company makes extensive use of SolidWorks 3D modelling software to design components for its projects, which are grouped

into assemblies, and then pre-tested in the workshop before being shipped to site for final installation.

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Land developments continue apace Jo Bailey Thousands of displaced Christchurch residents are being re-housed in major land developments carried out by Fulton Hogan.

Its two current projects are Rosemerryn, a 900-section subdivision in Lincoln; and the adjacent Longhurst and Knights Stream Park subdivisions at Halswell, comprising a $250 million masterplanned community with 1300 sections, reserves, a neighbourhood complex, including a medical centre, and school.

The company has also completed Broad Oaks, another residential subdivision on the Port Hills on the site of the former Broad Oaks Sanatorium. This was the first South Island development to receive the ‘Award of Merit’ for design.

The first three stages at Rosemerryn are now almost completely built out, with house construction in Stages 4 and 5 well underway.

Civil works are underway at Stages 6 and 7 after earthworks were completed earlier in the year.

Chris Jones of Bayleys Real Estate which is marketing Rosemerryn, Longhurst and Knights Stream Park says Rosemerryn’s “village feel” has proved popular with buyers.

“The development embraces the village aspect of Lincoln and has great views towards the Port Hills. We are getting very good feedback, with lots of people commenting on Rosemerryn’s very cool playground which is said to be one of the best around.”

Jones says around half of the 1300 sections in Longhurst and Knights Stream Park at Halswell have already sold, with about 340 homes now occupied and a further 150 under construction.

“One of the biggest draw-cards for buyers at these developments is the commercial area with shops and cafes, which is about to be constructed,” says Jones.

Around half of the 1300 sections in Longhurst and Knights Stream Park at Halswell have already sold.

“Longhurst also has an integrated health care facility which is very close to being open.

“It is quite unique for residents in these sorts of developments to be able to walk to such facilities,” he says.

The popular Rosemerryn subdivision at Lincoln has been designed with families in mind.

The Seedlings Early Learning Centre has already been built at the Longhurst subdivision, with some land at the Knight Stream Park end of the development sold to the government for a new primary school.

Knights Stream Park will also include 7ha of sports grounds opposite the school site on Richmond Avenue.

During 2015, Longhurst and Knights Stream Park will be connected through upgrades to Whincops Road and the formation of new roads which will also provide easy access to the sports fields and primary school.

Jones says the developments have attracted a range of purchasers, from first home buyers, to families and retirees due to the diverse mix of property sizes and options on offer.

“There is everything from attached terraced town houses, through to quite large 700 and 800 square metre sections, which appeal to a wide range of buyers.”

Fulton Hogan has been active in the land development sector in Auckland and Christchurch

since 1993, both in joint venture partnerships and as a developer in its own right.

Through partnerships the company is jointly responsible for the development of Dannemora in South Auckland consisting of 3800 residential sections. It is also developing another 3000 sections at Millwater in the Silverdale area of Auckland, plus 1400 residential sections and 60 hectares of industrial development at Pokeno, south of Auckland.

As a major player in the New Zealand residential land development market, Fulton Hogan intends to continue to implement its vision to create high quality environments, allowing communities to flourish in a sustainable way.

Chris Jones of Bayleys Real Estate says Fulton Hogan has a consistent reputation in the market for producing high quality developments with realistic land prices.

“Buyers know they can rely on Fulton Hogan to construct their developments to a high standard and deliver titles on time. They are very good operators.”

“One of the biggest draw-cards for buyers at these developments is the commercial area with shops and cafes, which is about to be constructed.’

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Fulton Hogan’s current projects in Canterbury are the 900-section Rosemerryn subdivision in Lincoln; and the Longhurst and Knights Stream Park subdivisions at Halswell.

Skills well in demand Millennium’s specialist team is servicing a growing number of Fulton Hogan projects in Canterbury, says owner Neil Green.

“The relationship with Fulton Hogan has developed over the last three or four years on the back of infrastructure work we were doing for Christchurch City Council.

“We have completed several water and wastewater projects with Fulton Hogan, and are currently providing electrical contracting and engineering services to them at the Akaroa fresh water treatment plant.”

Electrical engineering is just one area of specialty for the multi-disciplined firm, which offers a complete range of “cutting edge” services to commercial and industrial clients including electrical, control system design and engineering, process and instrumentation, switchboard, motion design and control, networking, and maintenance services.

Millennium also has experience with PLC/ Motion, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.

“We also do a large amount of commercial electrical work for the likes of schools, the government, and Spark (formerly Telecom) for whom we have just recently completed a 12 month long upgrade to their back-up Generator systems on the Main Exchange building in Hereford Street”.

Green says having all this capability on the team is a big advantage, especially when it comes to electrical engineering, a specialty many other electrical firms don’t have.

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“Having our own engineers has helped us moved into new areas of business, such as the infrastructure work. It’s good to have a varied footprint.

“We can also provide a full turnkey service, from concept and design, to build, installation and ongoing maintenance which is provided by our service department.”

Some of the firm’s other current projects in Christchurch include providing control processes for sewerage and fresh water projects for Christchurch City Council and SCIRT; working on the upgrade of Verkerk’s meat processing plant; and providing electrical services to the rebuild of the Knox Church and many other projects Although most of its projects are in Canterbury, Millennium also works around the South Island and provides design/build electrical engineering services into the North Island market.

Green started the company 16 years ago and now employs an “innovative, progressive” team of between 25 and 30 staff.

The firm has become “a lot busier” since then because of the work it carries out, he says.

“Things are looking positive for the foreseeable future assisting in Christchurch rebuilds projects.

“We are growing steadily and will continue to take on more staff as we find good, experienced professionals with the right skill sets.”

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