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Diversity is the spice of life Award winning ways A long time member of the NZ Contractors Federation (now Civil Contractors New Zealand), RA Shearing Contractors has been the recipient of many awards during the years and Mayfair Pools has been a regular award winner in the franchise’s nationwide competitions.
In recent years, the earthmoving, and concrete paving, and Mayfair Pools have been separated from a management point of view, each with its own division manager, although they work together and from the same premises. “We share resources and staff, although we do have dedicated staff to each division,” Bob says. “The earthmoving business and the paving business certainly work together and have a lot of cross over. Mayfair operates more as standalone division, but when they want a hole dug, they come to us, when they want concrete paving done, they come to us.”
“Diversification has been the biggest asset for the company over the years and is certainly one of our major strengths. When there are ups and downs in the contracting industry, we have the ability to pick up or pull back our divisions as the market demands.” In February this year the company purchased a drainage business – Y45 Drainage – a local twoman drainage operation that had been operating in Christchurch for the past nine years.
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We’re always looking for new ways to do things, continuing to innovate in order to move forward and grow the business further in the future. All of our vehicles are now GPS monitored, allowing maximum usage and availability for our customers.
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Y45 Drainage will continue to be run under its current branding, as a division of Shearings. The previous owner of the business, Glen Hutchinson, has been employed by Shearings to manage Y45. Glen is a certified drain layer with a wide range of experience in both residential and commercial work. “We’ve already grown the division which now has four people involved – two qualified drain layers and two highly qualified apprentices.” “From my personal point of view, the most satisfying aspect of what we’re doing here is giving people opportunities and jobs.” >
Congratulating RA Shearing Contractors on their 40th Anniversary
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