BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS
Canterbury Frames & Trusses
Experience, expertise Canterbury Frames and Trusses’ forte Timber is the natural choice when it comes to structural building. It is strong, flexible and the best source of renewable ecofriendly building material available. One of the most specialised companies in the production of structural building components is Canterbury Frames and Trusses. The landscape in Canterbury has changed for people and the structures they use for dwellings and for business. Canterbury Frames and Trusses has taken advantage of the changes that are going on. It was formed following the major quakes, in 2011
and set up in Rolleston, just a few minutes down the main south road from Christchurch. Handy to the main source of the company’s work in Christchurch, keeping costs of transporting its products to a minimum, it is also close to its major
suppliers of timber from which it produces frames and trusses. The factory was an early settler in Rolleston, at 30 Westland Place in the Izone Business Park. The company has been operating four years under the experienced leadership of owner Mark Melbourne.
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Dave Boreham
027 289 0932 (ah) 03 384 4355 E: dave.boreham@snap.net.nz 48 - BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS - SUMMER 2015
He brings 30 years of experience in the business, with the previous seven years as an independent consultant to frame and truss plants, builders and architects across the country. This wealth of knowledge allows Mark to assist clients with many
a n d Tr u s s e s i s v e r y much based on Mark’s extensive experience and knowledge, which includes a deep understanding of the building code. Liz Melbourne, who does the company’s account books – not his forte, she says – which is a kind of tongue
The company has grown from opening in 2011 with just one fabricator to the team of 10 staff today. They are skilful fabricators who take pride in the work, sharing the aims of Mark and Liz to exceed customer expectations.
aspects of planning and design and everyone - the client, the builder, the architects - deal with Mark directly as the owner of the company. He makes sure people get to know him and know he is there to help. Mark started out in the industry working for Pryda and Canterbury Frames and Trusses uses its cutting edge software in its processes, providing all the tools they need to manage jobs from quote through to detailing, to production and delivery. Canterbury Frames
and groove relationship in the company’s activities. The 1000 square metre factory at Rolleston employs a staff of six on the computerised saws which are programmed to cut to specifications from the office. The size of the factory allows the cut-and-shaped frames and trusses to be laid out and joined in preparation for their journey to clients – individual housing projects, developers, commercial buildings – in Christchurch and throughout Canterbury.
Mark says the company normally handles three, or four housing jobs a week. He says that within the industry, Canterbury Frames and Trusses is just a small player, but a significant one because of its experience and record and the relationships Mark builds up with clients. There is another important point Mark is keen to make: “They know they are dealing with the manager, the owner, not one of the boys down the line”. B1504