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September 2013

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Hurunui promoters stay confident Hugh de Lacy The Hurunui Water Project (HWP) principals are “99% certain” that the sole remaining objector to their scheme to irrigate 42,000 hectares of droughtprone North Canterbury land can have its concerns satisfied without a return to the Environment Court.

Earlier this month the scheme, estimated to add $470 million and 3300 new jobs to the North Canterbury economy, was granted resource consent, more than a dozen years after four groups of farmers got together develop it.

Just one appeal has been lodged against Environment Canterbury’s (Ecan’s) consent, and that by the farmers operating an existing system covering about 5000ha, Amuri Irrigation.

Shareholders in that scheme are also shareholders in HWP. However HWP chairman, Mike Hodgen, says he

is “all but certain” compromises could be reached which would avoid a return to litigation.

“The problem we have is the nutrient question,” Hodgen says.

“Our consent allowed a 20-25% increase in the allowable nitrogen levels in the Hurunui River, and we’ve been given around 18% of that.

“The Amuri irrigators don’t want their asset – which is the water and the [existing] nutrient load – deteriorating as a result of our scheme.

“Any board would do the same to protect the interests of its shareholders, but I’m 99% certain we’ll get an agreement with them. If it goes to court, anybody else [with objections] can get back into it again, and we don’t want that.”

Hodgen says he is frustrated with the time it has taken to get the scheme through the resource consent process, but admits the scheme would “never have happened at all” had the Labour-Green

Coalition Government retained power in the 2007 general election.

The National-Maori government that succeeded it sacked the entire Ecan board in 2010 and replaced it with an appointed board led by top trouble-shooting public servant Dame Margaret Bazely.

That resulted in the unblocking of the water resource allocation process which was also stymying the Central Plains Water (CPW) irrigation scheme south of Christchurch.

Had the Ecan board not been sacked, neither the HWP nor CPW would have got off the ground, Hodgen said.

The 60,000ha CPW scheme is heading into the funding stage for the $375m needed for the offfarm canal and bridge construction.

The national-led Government also created a $400m irrigation acceleration fund (ACF), launched

this year with an initial $80m, of which HWP will get about $2m to complete engineering assessments.

HPW has appointed former Lyttelton Port Company chief executive David Viles to manage project, which has been governed by the same board since the scheme’s inception, while Christchurch solicitor Lindsay Lloyd is expected shortly to take over the chairmanship from Hodgen, who recently underwent open-heart surgery.

Lloyd represents California-based New Zealand agribusiness academic and investor Dr David Teece who owns 9% of the HPW shares.

Teece owns Eskhead Station in the headwaters of the Hurunui River and a vineyard near Cheviot, while the other main shareholders are Ngai Tahu Property with 30% and lines company Mainpower with 14%.

As well as storing water from the Hurunui for irrigation, the scheme will generate electricity.

Arrow snares Awly project Arrow International (NZ) has secured the largest commercial project to come to market since the Christchurch rebuild began.

Arrow commenced construction of the multi– million dollar Awly Investment project in mid September. The five-storey, multi-use complex at 287-293 Durham Street - formerly home to Amuri Courts and URS House - overlooks the historic Provincial Chambers.

It will offer three separate blocks of retail and office space surrounded by cycle parks, sheltered courtyards, and 123 on-site car-parks.

“Our client has a very clear vision for this project and a huge amount of thought and passion has gone into seeding it from an idea into a reality, ” says Arrow chief executive Mark Hopwood.

“The design is inspirational and the construction technologies behind the build are leading edge.

“That applies to both seismic and environmental elements of the complex,” he says.

Arrow International is one of the largest construction companies in New Zealand and is renowned for its state-of-the-art design and construction technologies and capabilities.

The company is also recognised for delivering world firsts in seismically resilient timber builds, education facilities and environmental sustainability.

“The Awly complex has many green features and is designed to achieve a 5 star rating under the NZ Green Building Council scheme,” says Hopwood.

Arrow is also the construction partner for Anthony Gough’s The Terrace project. It has invested heavily in its Christchurch operation over the past 18 months, with staff now exceeding 230.

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Breathing new life into Ferrymead....

A birds-eye view of the site of the new Countdown Ferrymead store in Christchurch. The rebuilt store, which is set to open next April, will replace the old Countdown Ferrymead that never reopened following the February 2011 earthquake. A massive $1 million remediation works

Fonterra cops criticism - PAGE 2

Scientific export success - PAGE 3

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No escaping tax penalties - PAGE 4

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Hurunui promoters stay confident Hugh de Lacy The Hurunui Water Project (HWP) principals are “99% certain” that the sole remaining objector to their scheme to irrigate 42,000 hectares of droughtprone North Canterbury land can have its concerns satisfied without a return to the Environment Court.

Earlier this month the scheme, estimated to add $470 million and 3300 new jobs to the North Canterbury economy, was granted resource consent, more than a dozen years after four groups of farmers got together develop it.

Just one appeal has been lodged against Environment Canterbury’s (Ecan’s) consent, and that by the farmers operating an existing system covering about 5000ha, Amuri Irrigation.

Shareholders in that scheme are also shareholders in HWP. However HWP chairman, Mike Hodgen, says he

is “all but certain” compromises could be reached which would avoid a return to litigation.

“The problem we have is the nutrient question,” Hodgen says.

“Our consent allowed a 20-25% increase in the allowable nitrogen levels in the Hurunui River, and we’ve been given around 18% of that.

“The Amuri irrigators don’t want their asset – which is the water and the [existing] nutrient load – deteriorating as a result of our scheme.

“Any board would do the same to protect the interests of its shareholders, but I’m 99% certain we’ll get an agreement with them. If it goes to court, anybody else [with objections] can get back into it again, and we don’t want that.”

Hodgen says he is frustrated with the time it has taken to get the scheme through the resource consent process, but admits the scheme would “never have happened at all” had the Labour-Green

Coalition Government retained power in the 2007 general election.

The National-Maori government that succeeded it sacked the entire Ecan board in 2010 and replaced it with an appointed board led by top trouble-shooting public servant Dame Margaret Bazely.

That resulted in the unblocking of the water resource allocation process which was also stymying the Central Plains Water (CPW) irrigation scheme south of Christchurch.

Had the Ecan board not been sacked, neither the HWP nor CPW would have got off the ground, Hodgen said.

The 60,000ha CPW scheme is heading into the funding stage for the $375m needed for the offfarm canal and bridge construction.

The national-led Government also created a $400m irrigation acceleration fund (ACF), launched

this year with an initial $80m, of which HWP will get about $2m to complete engineering assessments.

HPW has appointed former Lyttelton Port Company chief executive David Viles to manage project, which has been governed by the same board since the scheme’s inception, while Christchurch solicitor Lindsay Lloyd is expected shortly to take over the chairmanship from Hodgen, who recently underwent open-heart surgery.

Lloyd represents California-based New Zealand agribusiness academic and investor Dr David Teece who owns 9% of the HPW shares.

Teece owns Eskhead Station in the headwaters of the Hurunui River and a vineyard near Cheviot, while the other main shareholders are Ngai Tahu Property with 30% and lines company Mainpower with 14%.

As well as storing water from the Hurunui for irrigation, the scheme will generate electricity.

Arrow snares Awly project Arrow International (NZ) has secured the largest commercial project to come to market since the Christchurch rebuild began.

Arrow commenced construction of the multi– million dollar Awly Investment project in mid September. The five-storey, multi-use complex at 287-293 Durham Street - formerly home to Amuri Courts and URS House - overlooks the historic Provincial Chambers.

It will offer three separate blocks of retail and office space surrounded by cycle parks, sheltered courtyards, and 123 on-site car-parks.

“Our client has a very clear vision for this project and a huge amount of thought and passion has gone into seeding it from an idea into a reality, ” says Arrow chief executive Mark Hopwood.

“The design is inspirational and the construction technologies behind the build are leading edge.

“That applies to both seismic and environmental elements of the complex,” he says.

Arrow International is one of the largest construction companies in New Zealand and is renowned for its state-of-the-art design and construction technologies and capabilities.

The company is also recognised for delivering world firsts in seismically resilient timber builds, education facilities and environmental sustainability.

“The Awly complex has many green features and is designed to achieve a 5 star rating under the NZ Green Building Council scheme,” says Hopwood.

Arrow is also the construction partner for Anthony Gough’s The Terrace project. It has invested heavily in its Christchurch operation over the past 18 months, with staff now exceeding 230.

INSIDE

Breathing new life into Ferrymead....

A birds-eye view of the site of the new Countdown Ferrymead store in Christchurch. The rebuilt store, which is set to open next April, will replace the old Countdown Ferrymead that never reopened following the February 2011 earthquake. A massive $1 million remediation works

Fonterra cops criticism - PAGE 2

Scientific export success - PAGE 3

programme has been carried out to stabilise the ground. This involved the removal of multiple layers of gravel, with special hydraulic drainage also being installed to drain away any liquefaction that could arise in a future earthquake. See story page 6.

No escaping tax penalties - PAGE 4

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Fonterra response criticised Hugh de Lacy

The fundamental problem is that apparently a yellow flag

Fonterra’s botulism scare has turned out to be a false alarm, but a lot of the collateral damage could have been avoided had the dairy giant waved a yellow warning flag when it first discovered the possibility.

Instead it waited four months and had to wave the red flag, resulting in long-term damage to New Zealand’s reputation as a food exporter, says Lincoln University Professor of Agribusiness Dr Keith Woodford.

By the time Fonterra admitted it had a problem, the whey concentrate that could have been contaminated at the Hautapu plant in the Waikato had been further processed into 900 tonnes of other products, including infant formula and calf feed, several consignments of which then had to be recalled.

That resulted in the temporary closure of a raft of Fonterra’s overseas markets, including big customers China and Russia.

Botulism is a potentially fatal disease that causes muscular paralysis, with victims dying of asphyxiation or heart failure.

was raised in March but it took more than four months before there was a product recall.”

Woodford said the full facts of the scare would not be known until the separate Fonterra and Government inquiries have been completed, the Fonterra one towards the end of October.

“All we know for sure is that Fonterra made a total mess of the communications,” Dr Woodford said.

“The fundamental problem is that apparently a yellow flag was raised in March but it took more than four months before there was a product recall.”

The Hautapu plant produces about 80,000 tonnes of product a year, 3% of the giant cooperative’s total output.

“A key problem from Fonterra’s perspective is likely to be that back in March they did not know how extensive the problem might be.

“If they had made a recall at that time then they

would possibly have had to put a temporary recall on many thousands of tonnes of product.

“A likely outcome of the Government inquiry is that this is what they should have done,” Woodford said.

That Fonterra realised it had botched its communications strategy even after the problem was made public is borne out by the subsequent resignation of the managing director of subsidiary New Zealand Milk Products, Gary Romano.

The face of Fonterra during the crisis, which occurred while chief executive Theo Spierings was in Europe, Romano was from a chemical engineering background and had been with Fonterra since 1997.

“One thing we can be sure of is that the rules around yellow flags and the appropriate responses are going to be a lot tighter,” Woodford said.

Tauranga has eyes on PrimePort Port of Tauranga hopes to extend its reach into the South Island with the announcement of plans to acquire a 50 percent shareholding in South Canterbury’s PrimePort.

Under the plan - which remains subject to local community consultation - Port of Tauranga will become a joint venture partner in Timaru-based PrimePort with Timaru District Holdings Ltd (TDHL) Other elements of the transaction mean that the current minority owner, Port Industry Holdings Ltd (PIHL), will sell all shares, and Port of Tauranga will buy the container terminal assets, including the cranes and forklifts.

Port of Tauranga will operate the port’s container terminal under a long term lease arrangement.

TDHL, which is owned by the Timaru District Council, will be the 100% owner of the port’s investment property.

It will continue to be the joint partner in the operation of the port and derive secure income through this investment. The amount paid by Port of Tauranga for the 50% stake in PrimePort and the container assets will be $21.6 million.

PrimePort will still manage and operate all aspects of the port, including breakbulk such as logs, fertiliser, fuel and all marine services.

The only exception is the container terminal, which will be leased and operated by Port of Tauranga.

PrimePort said the deal combines the capability of Port of Tauranga with PrimePort’s strategic position and commercial potential in the South Island.

PrimePort chairman Roger Gower says the venture creates the opportunity to deliver huge benefits to the community and transform trading opportunities for the South Canterbury region.

The agreement, will have far-reaching positive economic and social impacts for the region, Gower says.

“This is a first step in a pathway for all central South Island exporters to connect directly with a far greater range of shipping services offered

by Tauranga, enhanced by the frequency and personalised service of a local port.

“It is a win-win-win proposal that will deliver a huge boost to the business sector and wider community,” Gower says.

“It opens possibilities for more jobs, increased trading volumes and significant growth for our port and partners.”

In a good cause: Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce chief executive, Peter Townsend, left, and Finance Minister Bill English, with Libby Robins director of the Family Help Trust.

Top line-up for charity lunch Finance Minister Bill English will be imparting some pearls of financial wisdom in Christchurch next month, as part of a drive to raise funds for the Christchurch-based charity Family Help Trust.

Mr English will speak about the current state of the economy, offering insight of particular relevance to Canterbury business people, at the Food for Thought lunch being held on October 31.

The Family Help Trust says the event is targeted specifically to a business audience.

“To bring Canterbury business people together over a lunch was one thing, but to have them leave a few hours later having garnered some real economic gems from the Minister of Finance himself was even better,” says Trust fundraising spokesperson, Beatrice Cheer.

“Mr English has supported this event from the outset and he has a strong understanding of the important work we do.”

The Family Help Trust has been supporting vulnerable families for 23 years through long-term education and support.

Its social workers form relationships with families in need and help them overcome the multitude of issues, including poverty, violence, drug dependence and criminal convictions.

Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive, Peter Townsend will MC the event.

Townsend says the link between corporates and community need is growing internationally.

“Companies are discovering that clients are more interested in doing business with firms that give back,” he says.

Companies are discovering that clients are more interested in doing business with firms that give back.”

“International studies show that many people think more highly of a company that supports charities and worthy causes.”

Naming rights sponsor Duncan Cotterill Lawyers, says the event also provides an opportunity to be “a role model for good corporate responsibility”.

“We are privileged to assist the Family Help Trust in their vital work with vulnerable children and families,” says partner Paul Dorrance.

“It’s crucial for us to understand the issues and provide as much support as possible.”

Food For Thought with Bill English – The Duncan Cotterill Business Lunch takes place at Addington Raceway’s Silks Lounge on Thursday, October 31.

Tickets include pre-lunch drinks and a three course lunch with fine wine. Tickets are available at www.familyhelptrust.org.nz

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Firm prospers on scientific success Jo Bailey

T

he global success of its Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) control for a diagnostic test assisting millions of diabetes sufferers worldwide, has seen Canterbury Scientific nominated for two prestigious International Business Awards run by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

The privately owned, Christchurch-based medical device company is a finalist in the Best Business with Revenue less than $10 million, and in the International Success through Application of Innovation award categories.

Canterbury Scientific chief executive, Dr Neil Pattinson, says it is a “great thrill” for the company to be in the finals.

“It is a reflection of our long history, and the hard work and dedication that everybody has put in. Our success hasn’t happened overnight – it is the result of decades of research and market development.”

The HbA1c control is largely the brainchild of scientific director Dr Maurice Owen and Professor Robin Carrell, who were co-founders of Canterbury Scientific Ltd in 1985 with Bryce Hawkins.

Owen says he first took an interest in haemoglobin (red blood cell protein) around 40 years ago.

“From the 1980s we started to look more closely at haemoglobin with glucose attached at the HbA1c site. It was around this time that the potential of this test for the management of diabetic patients was realised.”

By the 1990s he had developed his first HbA1c (diabetic level) control, a tool that ensures the correct measurement results for tests used by clinicians in hospitals, laboratories and medical clinics to determine the percentage of haemoglobin with glucose attached compared to the patient’s total haemoglobin.

“The HbA1c assay is an extremely accurate diagnostic tool and the best single test to tell how well diabetics have been controlling their blood glucose over a period of two or three months,” he says. “Haemoglobin circulates for around four months before it is replaced, so the beauty of this test is that it gives a good average over time, as opposed to the standard thumb prick glucose measure, which can vary significantly depending on the patient’s diet or activities that day.”

The accurate results provided by this “very smart tool” help to ensure the most appropriate clinical decisions around patient care can be made, he says.

“This is critical for Type 1 diabetics who are most at risk of developing debilitating complications from the disease. This tool can help to prevent secondary conditions such as renal or circulatory disease, improve patient’s quality of life, and reduce health costs associated with surgery and therapy.”

As well as being an important management tool, the HbA1c assay is also now used in the diagnosis of diabetes, a disease now affecting around 347 million people worldwide.

“This test is the fence at the top of the cliff rather than the ambulance at the bottom.”

Like any haematology or clinical biochemistry

Dr Maurice Owen, left, and Dr Neil Pattinson - export success based on decades of research and market development. test, quality controls are vital to ensure clinicians achieve an accurate result, which is where Canterbury Scientific comes into the picture.

Dr Owen and his team have developed two standard freeze-dried haemoglobin samples which are used as the controls for the HbA1c test– one is a non-diabetic sample while the second, is at pathological diabetic levels.

The challenge for the Canterbury Scientific team in the development of these controls was to produce highly reliable samples that behaved like fresh whole blood with enhanced stability and shelf life that produce consistently accurate results.

“A lot of innovation and unique science went into creating these controls, which also have to withstand being shipped around the world and handled in different labs and hospitals.”

The team faced an additional dilemma – how to ethically collect blood from diabetic patients for the pathological control, when they had a potentially vested interest in their blood remaining high?

“Rather than relying on blood from the very people we are trying to help, we found a way to make the level 2 diabetic HbA1c control by in-vitro glycation, an in-tube method using healthy blood samples. We are still the only company in the world doing this.”

A certain amount of serendipity and luck helped the company get its product to market.

Global company Bayer was in New Zealand

This test is the fence at the top of the cliff rather than the ambulance at the bottom.” demonstrating a diabetic level machine it had developed, at a meeting attended by Dr Owen.

“I mentioned I had made controls for this sort of machine so they asked me to run them.

“They worked well on their machine giving the same results we had obtained on our research instrument,” he says.

Neil Pattinson says Bayer had been experiencing some issues with its existing controls at the time, and once its Australasian sales staff was aware of the “good stable control” developed by Dr Owen, they became “champions on our behalf”.

He says it still took around four years from Bayer indicating its willingness to partner before Canterbury Scientific started to achieve significant sales and revenues.

“There are huge lead times in science-based opportunities, so financially we have to be prepared to carry the financial burden before getting a return on our investment. The cost of customer acquisition can be really high.”

Canterbury Scientific now exports 100% of its controls, which are sold through OEM partnerships with medical device manufacturers and global healthcare giants such as Siemens, Roche,

Panasonic and Beckman Coulter. Its market share is already estimated at 40 percent in the US and 10 percent in Europe.

The company is now putting significant focus on recruiting new partners in Asia, where China and India account for 44 percent of the world’s total diabetic population. “We have a great relationship with NZTE which is helping us with these emerging markets,” says Dr Pattinson.

Canterbury Scientific employs 15 staff, including several young scientists. It takes on an additional five summer students each year.

“We see this as part of our mission to support science and assist young scientists to make and take good career choices and options.”

The company continues to research and develop other new diagnostic controls to monitor conditions such as pre-eclampsia, pancreatitis and the secondary complications of diabetes.

“Our greater goal has been to establish a successful model for the commercialisation of diagnostic research and we are not about to rest on our laurels. The next five to 10 years will be about continuing to grow and improve our catalogue of products.”

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Penalties that the Learning to master IRD can impose the records that matter In 1789 Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”.

In New Zealand we have a further certainty – if you don’t pay your taxes Inland Revenue is armed with a range of penalties it can impose.

The Inland Revenue’s arsenal of penalties include late filing, late payment, use of money interest and various shortfall penalties.

Late filing penalties are imposed for filing returns late.

These range from $50 to $500 depending on the type of return and how much tax is involved.

Even a nil return can attract a late filing penalty if filed late.

Late payment penalties are imposed for paying your tax late.

This can apply to most tax types including income tax, GST and others.

Late payment penalties start with a 1% penalty for paying a day late. A further 4% is imposed if the tax remains unpaid a week later.

In each subsequent month the tax remains unpaid a further 1% is imposed. Late payment penalties are added to the outstanding tax so are cumulative in nature.

Whilst late payment penalties can quickly accumulate, the penalty for non-payment of PAYE is significantly harsher.

Where an employer is required to withhold PAYE and either doesn’t withhold or doesn’t pay the amount withheld he is deemed to have misapplied it.

This is a criminal offence and the maximum penalty is imprisonment for five years and/or a fine of up to $50,000 for each offence.

So the offence is regarded as one of the most serious revenue offences. When facing financial trouble, PAYE should therefore generally be paid before other tax types.

Use of money interest is also charged for underpayments of tax. The current rate of use of money interest is 8.4%.

If however you have overpaid your tax you will generally have use of money interest paid to you

by Inland Revenue at a rate of 1.75%. Remember that this interest is taxable income.

Shortfall penalties are imposed where there is a tax shortfall or understatement of tax. They can apply to most tax types and duties and range from 20% to 150% of the tax shortfall.

A 20% shortfall penalty is imposed for a taxpayer who has not taken reasonable care or who has taken an unacceptable tax position.

Taking reasonable care means you must take the same care that a reasonable person in the

Don MacKenzie

same circumstances would take. This doesn’t require perfection. Seeking the advice of a tax adviser would generally mean a taxpayer has taken reasonable care.

An unacceptable tax position is one that fails to meet the standard of being about as likely as not to be correct.

The position taken does not need be the correct position, or one that has a 50% chance of success, but must be one capable of being seriously considered by a court.

A 40% shortfall penalty is imposed for gross carelessness.

Gross carelessness is behaviour that demonstrates a high degree of carelessness and disregard of the consequences.

As a result there is high risk of a tax shortfall occurring, which would have been foreseen by a reasonable person in the same circumstances. It doesn’t matter whether or not you intended to be grossly careless.

The last two categories of shortfall penalties are 100% for an abusive tax position (think tax avoidance) and 150% for tax evasion.

People often confuse tax avoidance and tax evasion.

Tax avoidance is where a taxpayer deliberately organises their affairs to avoid tax in a way that Parliament would not have contemplated.

Tax evasion is a criminal offence and involves a taxpayer knowingly taking a tax position that reduces the tax paid or payable or claims a refund which he is not entitled to.

Shortfall penalties may generally be reduced by making voluntary disclosures to Inland Revenue.

Reductions may also be available for previous good behaviour, or where the shortfall is temporary in nature (ie a timing difference).

Penalties and interest can quickly become a larger liability than the underlying tax.

The rates which apply are significantly higher than most bank lending rates, so it is important to not only file correct tax positions on time but to also pay your taxes on time.

Don MacKenzie - Partner, Deloitte

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If a customer typically

In the modern information age, knowledge truly is power.

For business owners, that power comes from having a deep insight into how well their business is running. It also comes with knowing where to invest time and energy so they can improve productivity and profitability.

Very few business owners get into business to “do the books”.

For most people – particularly those starting out on their own for the first time – a new venture is about following their passion, or finding a new and improved way to do something then sharing it.

Focusing on just a few key areas of business information will provide much of the knowledge that enables you to build and protect your business.

Cash flow, aged debtors and profit and loss are three key areas, and they can be easily monitored through simple reports in your accounting software package.

pays at the end of the

Cash flow is your business fuel gauge Perhaps the most important indicator for your business is your cash flow. Like the fuel gauge in your car, having a report that gives you an accurate and up-to-the-minute view of cash flow will let you know how far you are going to get before you next top up.

Unfortunately, many New Zealand businesses don’t regularly monitor their cash flow. This not only puts them at risk when times become challenging, it reduces their ability to invest in growth or take a return.

A simple cash flow report will help you answer those questions that keep business owners awake at night: do you have enough money to pay your bills? Can you cover your next GST bill? Do you have the funds available to draw a dividend? Being aware of your situation means you can plan in advance with confidence. You can smooth out the cash flow bumps in your finances, putting money aside for the lean times or arranging temporary finance with your bank.

Know when you should be getting paid Closely tied to your cash flow report is information around your debtors. An aged debtors report tells you who owes you money, how much they owe and how long they are taking to pay.

This is a vital piece of information for any business owner. It allows you to plan around when money is due to come in and it acts as a key indicator of any problems with payments.

For example, if a customer typically pays at the

month but their current bill has been outstanding for 60 days, it’s time to follow them up.” end of the month but their current bill has been outstanding for 60 days, it’s time to follow them up. Payment problems and missing invoices can be identified quickly and easily.

Many businesses set targets for the percentage of debts going beyond a certain number of days, as a way of ensuring they stay at manageable levels. The aged debtors list also gives you a good indication of priorities for debt collection, should you need to get to that point.

Balancing the books highlights trends The monthly profit and loss (P&L) report is the standard tool of most business owners.

It provides you with a snapshot of your latest month of trading – what’s coming in and what’s gone out, as well as the regular expenditure of the business, such as wages, rent, telephone and electricity etc.

This is the best way to understand whether your business is making a profit, while keeping a close eye on important costs, particularly costs of sales.

By setting up a multi-period P&L report, you can compare how your business is tracking over each month, giving you a detailed picture of any seasonal trends.

It’s also a great way to identify any unusual expenditure or out-of-place figures – often an indicator that something is amiss in the business or an error has been made in your accounting.

Understanding the way your business performs, both at a day-to-day level and across months and years, is the best way to ensure you can plan for the future.

Any good accounting software package should be able to provide all the detail you need.

Keeping this information to hand, such as displaying it on a dashboard, and referring to it on a daily basis will ensure your business stays on track of your financial goals.

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Plastering team full of experience Kelly Deeks With more than 50 years of combined experience in advanced exterior plastering work, Christchurch firm Advanced Exterior Plastering has the capacity and expertise to provide a professional finish, no matter what the substrate.

Advanced Exterior Plastering specialises in applying modified renders to houses, apartments, and commercial projects.

The company has gained a huge amount of experience in the motel industry, having completed several large motel complexes.

Advanced Exterior Plastering managing director Sebastiaan Bastiaanse says the company takes pride in its outstanding workmanship.

This was recognised in 2008 when it won the Nuplex Plaster Systems House of the Year Award, and again in 2011/12 when it took out the award for Best Workmanship of the Year - Cladding and Residential.

“Our goal as a company is nothing less than ensuring we provide every one of our clients with an outstanding completed job that more than satisfies their requirements,” Bastiaanse says.

Bastiaanse has had more than 25 years of hands-on experience in all aspects of the exterior plastering trade.

Following on from his beginnings as an applicator on the Gold Coast of Australia, he returned to New Zealand in 1991 as one of Canterbury’s first licensed applicators.

Bastiaanse has vast experience and knowledge of all aspects of modified and solid plastering, whether the intended application is for exterior or interior use, or residential or commercial property.

He is trade qualified in both solid plaster and proprietary plaster cladding systems, and is a licenced building practitioner.

He is also the president of the Canterbury Master Plasterers and Tilers Association.

He says his staff of 15 plasterers and painters and six scaffolders are key to achieving a high quality finish on every project.

The three plastering teams are run by three foremen, each of which completed their apprenticeship with Advanced Exterior Plastering and continue to apply best practice quality control to every job they oversee.

Foreman Lyndon Williams has more than 15

The Advanced Exterior Plastering crew at Christchurch’s new Lone Star restaurant, which the firm worked on. years of industry experience, and has been part of the Advanced Exterior Plastering team for more than 13 years.

He is trade qualified, with a national certificate in proprietary plaster cladding systems and solid plastering through BCITO. Company foreman, Guy Cook, has more than 10 years of industry experience and has been part of the Advanced Exterior team for most of that time.

He is also trade qualified, and also holds a national certificate in proprietary plaster cladding systems.

The latest addition to the team is foreman Sam McCarthy, who spent eight years working in the United States after completing his apprenticeship with Advanced Exterior Plastering.

Now returned to the company, he brings some different skills and experience with different finishes to the team.

He was based in San Diego in the US, where the trends had him working with solid plastering, stucco, and sand cement.

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CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD » Watts & Hughes Construction

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The new $7.8 million Countdown Ferrymead store is slightly larger than its predecessor and will be based on the brand’s new-generation store models.

Counting down to new supermarket Jo Bailey The Countdown Ferrymead store will reopen next April, providing a much needed service for the eastern seaside and hillside suburbs.

The rebuilt store will replace the old Countdown Ferrymead that never reopened following the February 2011 earthquake.

Damian Leary, project manager of lead contractors Watts & Hughes Construction says ground remediation works to stabilise the ground started in mid-June, with the main building works underway by late August.

“The $1 million ground remediation works were stage one of the project.,” he says.

“This involved the removal of multiple layers of gravel, with special hydraulic drainage being installed to drain away any liquefaction that could arise in a future earthquake.”

The company is now working on the gravel raft foundation of the new 4200sqm supermarket, a highly engineered solution designed for the site.

“The gravel raft will stabilise the full size structure above.

“This sees the removal of around 6000 cubic metres of soil from the site, which is replaced with the same amount of new material (all types of engineered gravel) as part of the raft foundation.”

The main structural building works are included in Stage 2 of the development, which will be followed by Stage 3, the internal fit-out of the store.

“We are responsible for all three stages, right down to the installation of the checkouts and security systems,” says Leary.

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The gravel raft will stabilise the full size structure above.

This sees the removal of around 6000 cubic metres of soil from the site, which is replaced with the same amount of new material.” based on the brand’s new-generation store models.

Features will include a bakery, cooking deli, butchery and an expansive fresh produce section.

Leary expects the store to open on time around Easter 2014 with practical completion of additional features such as carparks, outdoor lighting and landscaping to be finished by the start of May. Before starting work at Countdown Ferrymead, Watts and Hughes Construction had completed work on the Fresh Choice Barrington store, another Progressive Enterprises project.

“We do a lot of work for Progressive in the North Island, which is how we got the opportunity to work on these Christchurch projects.

“We look forward to doing more work with them as the rebuild progresses.”

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”We cater for all clients from initial concepts and design, to project management, implementation and full construction,” says Leary.

Our involvement with a project can start at any stage, with our focus always to deliver quality construction on time, every time.”

Wyatt & Hughes Construction specialises in commercial construction and has various earthquake repairs in the commercial and residential sectors.

Around 12 staff are currently employed on the Countdown Ferrymead site.

However Leary says that this number will ramp up to over 100-plus, including contractors, when the build gets into full swing over the next few months.

“We try to use local staff and contractors where possible and have the ability to bring extra workers down from our North Island operations if required.”

Some of the main suppliers to the project include Kidson’s Construction from Nelson (pre-cast panels); and HML Engineering from Blenheim (structural steel).

The Countdown Ferrymead store is expected to provide employment for up to 120 full and part time workers, with recruitment to begin around February.

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CHCH REBUILD » Flashman Flashing Systems / Sinclair Builders

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Business grows with the market

The Flashman Flashing System is robust and good looking.

The first line of defence Kelly Deeks Flashman director and marketing manager Mike Anticich says for the first time since the introduction of aluminium joinery in New Zealand approximately 40 years ago, there is now a robust, good looking, long-term, complete flashing system on the market.

The Flashman Flashing System is specifically designed to overcome the “problematic aluminium joinery-to-cladding junction”, which Anticich says is the “root cause” of many leaky homes.

Anticich and business partner Steve Hotton, both qualified builders, incorporated Flashman in 2005. The pair became acquainted in 1990 before Anticich went on to pioneer home inspection company AA House Checks in Christchurch.

“I started writing involved reports for the government about the causes of leaky homes but soon realised the same problems were recurring over and over again,” he says.

“I thought I would be better employed if I tried to find a solution to the problem.”

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He says 50% of leaks occur at the cladding to window junction.

In developing the Flashman system - which is Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) appraised and tested - Anticich says they focused on the “four Ds” of classic flashing design – deflection, drainage, drying, and durability.

“If full attention is provided to deflection, then the other three basic requirements are of less importance because water will never breach the first line of defence,” Anticich says.

“Flashings should be carefully designed to keep water out, even in atrocious conditions.

“This is what we have done with the Flashman Flashing System.

“It is manufactured from specially formed aluminium extruded sections that are cut in our regional factories to precise window and door sizes, and then fitted only by trained and qualified Flashman distributors and their installers.”

Flashman has branched out with the development of durable, low maintenance, and completely weather-tight aluminium weatherboard cladding systems called BevelBord and Dualbord.

All Flashman Products are designed, fabricated, installed, and warranted by the company with national headquarters in Christchurch, so there is complete project continuity from the drawing board to the finished building and issue of warranties.

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It’s a really good market for

Christchurch’s Sinclair Builders is now a very different business to the one that Chris Sinclair started in 2009, with two builders on staff, the company was completing small renovations and alterations, and keeping its head above water in the middle of the recession.

Four years later, Sinclair Builders has grown to 29 staff, including two dedicated painters, and this year to date has 19 new home builds on the books, either completed or upcoming.

Sinclair has more than 12 years of building experience and has owned and operated a building company in Australia for four years before returning home to Christchurch.

He says it may look as though the company has grown very quickly, but really it has just grown with the market.

“I got to about six staff, then I went to 10 and thought that’s enough,” he says.

“Then we went to 15, then 20, and I thought that will be it.

“Now we’re at 29, I’m going to keep it there so I can ensure we keep the quality on every project we work on.”

Sinclair has been off the tools for a couple of years, something he would never have believed he could enjoy, but is now relishing the time he gets to spend on driving his company forward.

To manage the company’s growth, Sinclair has adopted strategies along the way including an increase to the administration staff, and the use of project management software to help manage the larger renovations and new builds.

“At the push of a button we’ve got a plan for a job,” he says.

With anywhere between 20 to 30 projects underway at any one time, management systems

spec homes at the moment, they sell quickly and for a good price.”

are crucial, as is good communication between Sinclair and his four project managers.

“Management is the key,” he says. “You can only stretch yourself so far, but I’ve got decent guys on staff that I can trust to look after my business. I trust them and I’ve worked alongside them for years.

“Years ago I was the apprentice to one of my project managers, and we both know what we expect. He looks after things while I’m away, and while I’m here!”

Design-and-build is a growing market for Sinclair Builders, with many insurance claims now being settled and the company also completes its own spec homes.

“We’ve got about six design and sell homes being constructed right now,” Sinclair says.

“It’s a really good market for spec homes at the moment, they sell quickly and for a good price.

They are a good gap filler, but then again there are no real gaps to fill anymore.”

For design-and-build clients, architecture is not completed in-house, but Sinclair uses a range of local architects to provide his clients a complete design package, including council consents.

He offers a 13- to 14-week turnaround on new builds, from the start of construction to handing over the keys.

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Sinclair Builders has broadened its focus and expanded its capabilities as the Christchurch rebuild gathers pace.

Although Sinclair may be in a great position to pick and choose the work he wants to complete, he says he is not shying away from the smaller projects like repairs and maintenance.

“The smaller stuff leads on to other work, so we’ve got to do those as well,” he says.

“I tell my sub trades to do the small stuff and they will get the big stuff.”

On sub-trades, Sinclair says getting reliable ones is really difficult. He has even been asking some for prices and received no reply.

“When things start to slow up, I will never use them,” he says.

“Luckily we have built relationships with good reliable subcontractors that I can trust to deliver the highest standard of quality.

“Sometimes we want something at the last minute and we don’t have any problems, and that goes a long way with my clients.”

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CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD » Phormium Construction

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Phormium Construction is busy working on projects throughout the Canterbury region.

Personal service offers satisfaction Kelly Deeks For North Canterbury-based residential building company Phormium Construction the ability to offer clients a “personal customised service” is at the heart of its success.

The company is headed by licensed and certified builder Matt Anderson, who says they guarantee their clients a “positive building experience”.

“We are committed to working hard in order to get them into their new house as quickly as possible”.

He says the firm’s “personal customised service” is what sets the company apart from many other firms.

Anderson has spent the past 15 years in the construction industry, starting out in the commercial construction sector then moving into the residential market.

He also got involved in landscape construction projects at this point, saying it is an area he enjoys and would often flow on from completing a new build, to working on the decking, fencing, and landscaping.

His landscaping experience had a hand in the name he chose for his company, calling it

Phormium Construction after phormium tenax, or what we commonly call flax, a material known for its strength.

The company is based in Rangiora and a lot of its work is completed in North Canterbury.

While the area has become more popular for new homes following the earthquakes, Anderson says they are working on projects throughout Canterbury.

With three building staff and Anderson’s wife Susan running the company office, Phormium Construction is a smaller housing company and the size suits Anderson.

He says as well as him having more control over each project, in a smaller business it is easier to provide that personalised customer service that sets the company apart from large, national housing companies.

“We take a lot of pride in producing the home, and we’re dealing with the whole project along with the team of subcontractors who are all expert and quality tradespeople in their own field.”

Those subcontractors include Waimak Tiling, Vision Joinery and Dakota Tiles.

“Lance McEwan of Waimak Tiling and his team produce results every time that always exceeds clients’ expectations.

“Vision Joinery offers a great kitchen design service. owner Scott Drewery’s experience along with his modern workshop always turns out a stunning product.

Dakota Tiles supplies all the tiles for Phormium Construction’s new builds and EQC work.

“They’ve got a really extensive range, and a really good show room,” Anderson says.

“It’s been great to be able to send clients in to them, and every time they’ve sourced them a really good product.”

Anderson says Phormium Construction has been busy since the Christchurch earthquakes helping meet the needs of those displaced from their homes, where there is often a lot of emotion and stress involved.

“We built a new home recently for one red-zone family,” says Anderson.

“We had a big push to get them into their own home by Christmas.”

“When you’re building for red-zoners there’s a fair bit of emotion that goes along with it, but getting them into their new home as quickly as we can means there is a real ‘feel-good’ factor to those jobs, making peoples dreams come true.”

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Giving a great job for a great price Kelly Deeks Construction and property developing company O’Neill Developers is building a reputation for providing a great job for a great price.

O’Neill Developers is headed by licensed building practitioner Richard O’Neill, who has been working in the construction industry for the past nine years.

After completing his apprenticeship, O’Neill worked as a one-man-band, completing construction work on his portfolio of rental properties.

He then started subcontracting and working on his own properties in the weekends.

As the business grew, he began employing staff and when the Christchurch earthquakes hit, O’Neill Developers was running with a crew of four.

The company’s focus then shifted into earthquake repairs and rebuilds, and O’Neill registered as an approved contractor for Fletcher EQR, Arrow International, and Hawkins Construction.

As well as the projects O’Neill Developers has completed on behalf of these companies, it has also been working on repairs to O’Neill’s rental properties and new builds.

“All of the rentals have got potential to add value,” O’Neill says. “They are either sub-dividable, or have insurance pay outs pending.”

O’Neill Developers has also picked up a few more properties since the earthquakes, rebuilding or repairing them and getting them back on to the rental market.

When a rebuild is called for, where possible O’Neill tries to sell off the old house so it can be recycled. “We recycle as much as possible of the old houses,” he says. “We try to do that first. I’ve just sold my own house, which we bought because we loved the section. There was no value in the house, but it was perfect for relocation. I also sold a house last year for $100, which was just to cover the cost of the advertisement.”

O’Neill Developers has now grown to five full-time builders, and regularly uses about 40 subcontractors to help out on various projects.

“A lot of our sub-contractors see our work and want us to do construction work on their own homes,” O’Neill says. “Which is the best compliment you can get.”

O’Neill says when the rebuild work starts to fall away and the construction market settles down, clients will go back to the builder that did a good job for a good price.

O’Neill Developers has a focus on rebuilds and repairs as well as working on its own portfolio of rental properties.

“We always keep our margins to a minimum and provide a great service for a great price,” he says.

“With referrals coming in from previous jobs, and new clients approaching O’Neill Developers because of word and mouth we have taken on extra staff so we can continue to work on our own projects and take on new clients as well.”

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CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD » Home Trends Builders

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Developer enjoying the challenge Jo Bailey Home Trends Builders is a “successful and innovative” building company that purposefully maintains a low industry profile, says managing director Peter de Gouw.

“As a Christchurch-based company our business, like so many others, has been redefined by the earthquakes.

“We no longer just build new homes, but of late have rebuilt or repaired many damaged homes as well.”

Peter de Gouw has operated on his own account since the early 1980’s, trading as Home Trends Builders since 2005.

He says that the company has offered its own house-and-land packages since “day one” and has several developments currently on the drawing board.

“We were a joint partner in the successful The Links subdivision at North Beach where a number of new homes have already been constructed.

“Our next lots are coming up in the Prestons’ subdivision – both single storey homes on family sized sections and apartment style, high-density type housing.”

Home Trends Builders is also involved in the infill housing market, mainly in the Fendalton suburb where many badly damaged older homesteads are being removed.

This creates “exciting new opportunities for both family-friendly and modern edgy designed homes”, he says.

As a long term developer in the city, De Gouw says there are still many improvements needed in regulatory systems to speed up the rebuild.

“It’s fair to say the current environment is very restrictive for people wanting to develop.

‘Even though we’ve had since September 2010 to plan for the rebuild, the Christchurch City Council are struggling to keep pace with the increased building activity.

“This is likely to deteriorate further as the industry gears up for the main rebuild which clearly hasn’t started yet.”

De Gouw believes the rebuild has a “handbrake” on it driven by the insurance companies, council consents and availability of land within the Christchurch region.

“There is a definite trend towards high density housing in the city in the current market. Not everyone wants to go out to Rangiora, Kaiapoi or Rolleston either.

“We believe there are quite a few people holding back for the big bulk lots of sections coming on stream within the city boundaries around Christmas time.”

A recently finished development by the company of twelve new townhouses on Mandeville Street which sold quickly during construction is testimony to the trend towards higher density living styles, he says.

Home Trends Builders has been a joint partner in the successful The Links subdivision at North Beach.

Home Trends Builders also works directly with its clients on new home builds and renovations from family-style to architecturally designed homes.

Home Trends Builders crew of 13 “highly skilled professionals” is one of the company’s biggest strengths, he says.

“Good people are the basis of any successful operation and we are fortunate to have licensed builders on our team who take pride in producing top quality work.

“This results in a lot of repeat business for the company and numerous award-winning homes.”

De Gouw says the company is also “passionate” about the city’s rebuild and has completed nearly 200 substantive EQC home repairs, hundreds of emergency repairs and many complete home rebuilds.

Although there is room to expand he doesn’t have plans to grow the company too much more.

We believe there are quite a few people holding back for the big bulk lots of sections coming on stream within the city boundaries around Christmas time.”

“I believe we can offer clients the level of service, commitment and quality they deserve with this sized company.”

Having spent most of his working life happily engaged on site, De Gouw says he is now fully employed managing the planning, bureaucracy and health and safety concerns of the company’s many projects.

“Working on the tools has always been my passion and I’d definitely be still on them if time permitted.

“I can’t imagine any life better than being a builder.”

He says his team shares his passion for the industry and the “great opportunities that Christchurch has in front of it”.

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Meeting the market in new homes Jo Bailey Stu Howard’s mum reckons he was born with a hammer in his hand and it is a path he hasn’t deviated from since.

The former Kaikoura “farm boy” now owns and operates Howard Construction a thriving Christchurch construction firm, specialising in the construction of architecturally designed new homes.

In just three years, staff numbers have grown from two to eight, which Howard says is “definitely a step up”.

“I really enjoy being on the tools and try to get on them as much as I can, but these days tend to spend most of my time managing the company’s projects.

“I visit most of our work sites each day to keep an eye on quality and workflow and to make sure nothing is missed.”

The company has “stayed away” from earthquake repair work with the majority of its work being new builds.

“We haven’t really advertised apart from buying a few signs and setting up the website,” he says.

“Our projects nearly all come through word of mouth so it is our priority to ensure our clients are happy with the speed, quality and attention-todetail of our work.”

Howard says clients appreciate they can deal directly with the owner of the company and get to know all the members of the team building their new home.

“We offer a personalised, hands-on service.

All our homes are one-offs, designed specifically for the client, and we’d never send a building team onsite the clients hadn’t already met.”

Flexibility is also important throughout the building process, he says.

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Howard,who is a licensed building practitioner, has operated as a sole trader since the age of 21 after already spending five years in the trade After completing his apprenticeship he then built several homes in Kaikoura and was responsible for converting the former Mitre 10 site in the centre of town to The Whaler bar and restaurant.

A stint working as a contractor to another builder in Hanmer Springs followed, before he

shifted permanently to Christchurch around four years ago “and hasn’t looked back”.

His wife Bobbie is a qualified interior architect and designer, and is another integral member of the team.

“Bobbie can work with clients to come up with a concept floor plan and spec list that is then presented to the architects who add their innovations before creating a draft floor plan.

“She can also work with the clients on kitchen and bathroom design and interior colours. It’s great to be able to offer these additional services in-house.”

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Christchurch firm Howard Construction specialises in building one-off architecturally designed new homes throughout the Canterbury region.

The couple have also got involved in the design-and-build spec home market.

“We have already built and sold homes in different parts of Canterbury, and most recently in Preston Downs, West Melton, where we are about to start our next two projects.

“We try and use the same land developer (Gillman Wheelans) regularly as we know and trust the quality of the subdivisions and that we will get a good return on the investment,” says Howard.

All of these “high spec” homes have featured four bedrooms, two bathrooms and three car garaging.

“The last one we sold was 257sqm with an extra roof space providing an outdoor sitting area. It was a big step up from the average spec house.”

Howard Construction has started to build spec homes for other clients using the same formula, he says.

Overall Stu Howard says that he is more than happy with how the business is progressing.

“Howard Construction has the potential to get bigger, but I don’t anticipate employing more than 10 staff at the very most.

“If anything I need some office staff rather than building staff at the moment as I’m still doing all the invoicing and pricing myself.”

Howard says it is also important to have a life outside work and tries to get away hunting and diving when he can, although this is not easy in the current climate.

“At the moment work is definitely the focus but it’s important to try and make hay while the sun shines.”

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CHCH REBUILD » Build Right / JE Collett Builders

Business South / September 2013

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Build Right has moved to new premises on Main North Road.

Firm extends design capabilities Kelly Deeks Christchurch design and construction company Build Right has recently extended its capabilities and is now able to provide the design-and-build process in house with an architect joining the team in August.

Build Right was established in 2004 by qualified builder Rex Lawrence.

Over the past nine years he has built up a team of 12 licenced and registered Master Builders, and sales and marketing manager Peter Cook has recently joined the team to help manage the growth the company has experienced following the Christchurch earthquakes.

Cook says right from the start, the company’s philosophy has been to focus on innovative design, quality workmanship, and attention to detail.

“We manage every aspect of the project from concept design to completion,” says Cook.

“We provide a service that follows through the process from start to finish, and along the way there are no corners cut or compromises made.”

Build Right has now moved to new premises on Main North Road.

The prominent location that has drawn lots of new enquiries from passers by needing earthquake repairs, renovations, and brand new homes and light commercial buildings.

The post-earthquake construction market in Christchurch has Build Right focused on helping clients get back into their damaged homes in a professional way with quality workmanship, or for those requiring new builds helping to put them in a quality home in a dream location.

Build Right provides a personalised service, providing creative and innovative design solutions and top quality workmanship.

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principles of quality and attention to detail apply,” Cook says.

The services of Build Right’s in-house designers and now the company’s architect are available for renovations, new homes, and interior design. “We believe a home is an extension of those who reside within it and that’s why we spend time getting an understanding of our clients’ needs and requirements in designing or improving their homes,” says Cook.

A high level of customer service sets Build Right apart from its competitors.

“The first priority is building a good relationship with our clients,” says Cook.

“For every project this includes providing a detailed budget, written specification, and a project schedule so our clients know exactly what they are getting.

“Whether a new home or a renovation, people are looking for a home that reflects both their personalities and their needs.

“Everyone is different but we all want a place that says something about ourselves – who we are and where we’re going.

“As part of the free initial discussion with Build Right, we will discuss their needs and ideas.

“We can then decide on the style and scale of their project in order to establish an initial budget.”

With the kitchen and bathroom often seen as the heart of the home, Build Right offers kitchen and bathroom planning that identifies the needs of its clients, and provides innovative design solutions.

Christchurch builder Jonny Collett says competing at the top level in world sport has given him an edge in business.

The former world aquathon champion and New Zealand representative triathlete says that he applies the same level of drive and dedication from his days as a top athlete to running his Christchurch-based building company, J E Collett Builders Ltd. “A lot of the same attributes - such as passion, determination and commitment - go into making our client’s projects as successful as they can be,” he says.

Collett was based in the US when a stress fracture ended his career as an athlete in 2006.

He went back to Australia where he worked in project management before deciding to return home to New Zealand in 2007 to start work as a building contractor.

In 2010, he and partner Jo, who works in international banking started a family, and following the 2011 earthquakes, the qualified builder and now Master Builder decided the time was right to set up on his own account.

“It was a matter of now or never. Jo brought strong financial skills to the mix and we drew a

lot of other knowledge from a great network of mentors, professionals and consultants.”

Collett was also keen to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather – both successful businessmen.

“Dad is still running his painting and decorating business in Marlborough after 38 years, and gives us a hand with some of our projects in Canterbury,” he says.

J E Collett Builders offers a wide range of services including new residential, light commercial and commercial builds; extensions and renovations; earthquake repair work; bar and shop fit-outs and project management.

“Our team has a lot of experience in character home restoration and renovations and hill work. We love those sorts of projects.”

Collett is also venturing into the spec home market and is creating some design-and-build concepts - mainly family homes, and homes for the disabled or elderly, all with an “architectural quirk”.

“We work quite closely with a couple of architects, who we can also recommend to clients looking for some extra ideas.”

The company employs five staff - two foreman, two apprentices and a labourer.

Growing a strong company culture is important, Collett says.

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“We’ve got a team of great, approachable people who have a similar drive for excellence and quality craftsmanship.

“Our philosophy is to make the process as fun and stress-free for the client as possible, and to ensure their project has the wow factor.”

Clients are fully involved throughout the entire building process and are presented with a portfolio of photographs by J E Collett Builders at the end of the project that details its progress.

“We think it’s quite a cool concept, and can be quite handy later on if people want to do further alterations or additions, or even just hang a television set. They can reference the pictures to see what’s going on behind the walls.”

Collett says his apprentices are included in all meetings with senior staff to keep them up to speed with every detail of each project.

“We tell our apprentices they are not learning to be builders, they are going to end up as craftsmen, which is how I was taught when I did my apprenticeship.”

The company also carefully selects its subcontractors, preferring to work with other family or owner-operator businesses.

“It’s important if there is an issue that I can get the boss of the subcontracted company on the phone or on the site straight away to sort it out.”

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He says he is “super happy” with the company’s progress in just two years.

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CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD » Rebuild Me

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Opt-out specialist proves popular Kelly Deeks Christchurch-owned and operated company Rebuild Me says it is offering Cantabrians with earthquake damaged homes a “stress-free, cost-free, no nonsense alternative” to the Fletchers EQR rebuild process.

Rebuild Me is an opt-out company which can assist clients with earthquake repairs that cost between $15,000 to $115,000.

Rebuild Me office manager Harvey Fisher says the company was formed to provide “another option” to clients, in particular for people wanting to have some say in the timing of their repairs, or needing additional repairs or renovations completed at the same time as their earthquake repairs.

Fisher says many people don’t realise there is the possibility of opting out, and that the process is quite simple.

“At almost any stage the homeowner can request to opt out of the EQR Fletchers process,” he says.

“At this point the homeowner will be sent opt out forms by EQC. These then need to be filled in and signed by the homeowner.”

Rebuild Me will walk its clients through filling out the opt out form, and will deal with the EQC on their behalf.

A Rebuild Me project manager is assigned to each project, and they attend the scope meeting with EQC and the homeowner when the damage is re-inspected, and come up with a repair strategy and solution.

Rebuild Me then submits the quote to EQC, based on the EQC scope of works, then once approval is received the work can commence.

“We liaise with our clients on the repair of their home every step of the way,” Fisher says.

“We monitor the progress and the quality of each job until it is complete.”

All necessary repairs will be completed, and it doesn’t cost a cent, unless the client chooses to include additional repairs or renovations over and above the earthquake repairs.

Our consultation and quoting process is free, and we will pay the EQC excess saving our clients up to $1150 per event.”

“Our consultation and quoting process is free, and we will pay the EQC excess saving our clients up to $1150 per event,” Fisher says.

“We invoice EQC directly for payment, meaning our clients don’t have to worry about any unexpected bills.”

“EQC review the Rebuild Me quote against their estimate”, Fisher says.

“Rebuild Me will handle this negotiation with EQC on our clients’ behalf and do all we can to ensure they receive the full repair they are entitled to.”

If further damage is discovered during the repair process, EQC must be notified so the damage can

be inspected if required and authorised, and the cost of the repair agreed and approved.

Rebuild Me will take care of this process and liaise with EQC to get the best outcome for its clients.

Should the homeowner wish to have additional work undertaken to the property outside of the earthquake scope of works, they are able to do so.

A separate quote will be supplied by Rebuild Me, and, once agreed upon, the work can be completed in conjunction with the earthquake repairs.

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Rebuild Me can assist clients with earthquake repairs that cost between $15,000 to $115,000.

Rebuild Me will be paid the quoted amount once the homeowner is satisfied and EQC has inspected the work.

“There is no recourse for money on the homeowner if the cost of the repairs exceeds the quote given to EQC. Fisher urges anyone with a claim at the high end of the cash settlement figure of $15,000 to take the option to have their repairs requoted, in case something has been missed in the original scope of works.

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CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD » DJS Builders

Business South / September 2013

Rebuild work focused on quality workmanship Kelly Deeks As one of Christchurch’s dedicated builders undertaking the rebuild, Darren Shatford of DJS Builders is focusing on getting homeowners back into their homes quickly and making the process as stress-free as possible.

Shatford has been building for the past 16 years, and DJS Builders is an authorised Fletcher EQR contractor.

Shatford recognises that for many of his clients undergoing earthquake repairs, this will be the first time they have ever had a tradesman in their house.

“It’s a big thing for them to give us the keys to their house,” he says.

“But I’ve got a good team around me that I can trust, and DJS Builders is here for the long haul.

“Our reputation is here for the long haul as well, which is why we stick to quality building and quality workmanship.”

With subcontractors including his brother, plasterer Paul Shatford, and his school friend, painter Andrew Dewys, Shatford says the close relationship between them sets home owners’ minds at rest when they begin any project.

“We’ve known each other for years and we’re all passionate about the job we are doing,” he says.

While currently running his business by himself, DJS Builders is now looking to take on more builders as the construction element of its projects is increasing.

“I did a lot of cosmetic work at the start of the rebuild, project managing at that stage and using my subcontractors,” Shatford says.

“Now we’re getting into more construction jobs.

“With the work I’m doing for Fletcher EQR I’ve

got jobs coming up replacing foundations and repairing structural damage.

“I run three or four jobs at a time and now there’s more building work to be done, I need someone I can set up on a site and go on to the next job.”

DJS Builders is currently working on five projects involving removing asbestos, regibbing of walls, recladding, and repainting.

One particular job required a different repair strategy than was originally laid out.

With lath and plaster on the internal walls, Shatford recognised the repair would need to include a thin fibre layer plastered on to the walls which would prevent future cracking.

All earthquake repair projects DJS Builders completes are initially attended by Shatford and a representative from Fletcher EQR, who scope the property together to ensure the repair strategy is correct, and no other damage has been missed.

Shatford says there is talk in the industry about earthquake repairers who weren’t performing to quality standards, but that EQC has now weeded out some of the poor performing contractors and is focussed on ensuring quality repairs are performed correctly to the right repair strategy.

“That’s the great thing about the group,” he says.

“We’re all working together to try to make it a better Christchurch for everyone.”

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Developing a niche in Canterbury Jo Bailey Christchurch building company Faye Homes is developing a solid reputation in the local residential market, says sales and marketing manager Marshall Wang.

“We have grown a strong niche for building quality homes, mostly in the mid-range, although we have the capacity to build right across the spectrum.”

The company is not afraid to be innovative to attract new clients.

The free promotion pack offered to all clients building with Faye Homes is proving popular, he says.

“We have a different, high-value promotion each month. Last month we offered a free basic landscaping package for $5000 which went really well.”

Faye Homes works closely with two architects, a designer and a draughtsman who it can recommend to clients depending on their needs and budget.

As well as design-and-build projects, the company has an “extensive” range of house and land packages throughout Canterbury.

It is currently developing 15 sections in Aidenfield in Halswell; 13 sections in Wigram Skies (that have all sold bar one); three sections at Lincoln, one at Prebbleton that has recently sold; and six at Pegasus Town.

Wang says demand is high, especially for high density developments such like the six designand -build apartments Faye Homes is offering at Pegasus Town.

“There is a definite trend towards smaller sections, especially for the first home buyer,” says Wang.

“The average three- to four-bedroom townhouse on a smaller section can be at least $100,000 cheaper simply by choosing a smaller section.”

He says Wigram Skies and Aidenfield are other “hot areas” where demand is high from clients wanting to be closer to the city.

Faye Homes provides finance options to suit its clients’ needs including progress payments when the client owns their own section and Faye Homes constructs the home.

For house-and-land packages client can pay a 10 percent deposit with the balance due on completion.

“Whatever the size of the project, we come up with a fixed price cost before construction begins and promise there will be no hidden costs as the build proceeds.”

Faye Homes has its own team of builders and engages additional staff on contract.

The company has also established relationships with a number of key local suppliers which deliver “reputable service and the best products that add to the quality of our clients’ homes”, he says.

Faye Homes is a Registered Master Builder offering the added security of the Master Builders guarantee.

The company recently sold its first show-home, and already has a new one under construction that will be open to the public early next year.

Wang says a lot of work has come through referrals from friends or happy clients who have built with the company.

“We are a young company but the word is getting out there about the quality of our product.”

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BUILDING » David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago

Business South / September 2013

New team rich with experience Jo Bailey The appointment of an all-new professional management team and operating from new Wanaka offices are just some of the changes at David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago since a new owner took over 18 months ago.

Husband-and-wife team Malcolm and Kristy Jennings were the first to join the successful franchise.

Between them they have extensive experience in all aspects of the home building industry, including planning, design, construction and project management.

General manager, Malcolm Jennings is a tradequalified builder who spent 10 years as a building inspector (six of those in the Wanaka region) before taking on his role at David Reid Homes.

He is well respected in the local building community, for enforcing high standards, his attention to detail,and his hands-on experience.

His fine eye for detail ensures projects are managed to achieve a superior level of workmanship and finish.

Kristy Jennings has a passion for design and spent over six years as a planning professional prior to switching roles.

Her background is key in being able to provide clients of David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago with expert planning and design advice, often directing them to circumnavigate the region’s ‘red tape’ planning landscape.

She has a complete understanding of the resource consenting process which enables the team to provide valuable planning advice at the front end of projects, and all from under one roof.

The latest addition to the team is building consultant Guy Alty, who heads the sales force.

Alty believes that the combined expertise of this “local professional team” ensures clients receive exceptional service when it comes to all aspects of home construction, from planning and design, through to construction and associated project management.

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New faces at David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago- Guy Alty, left, with Kristy and Malcolm Jennings. before taking on the role with David Reid Homes.

“I saw the role as a great opportunity to get involved with the development of the region, assisting people to develop and execute their own vision, by constructing a home that ticks every box,” he says.

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The David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago region extends from Wanaka Lakes through to the Haast Pass and over to the Lindis Pass, taking in Cardrona Valley, Cromwell, Clyde and Alexandra.

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Alty says the team enjoys an opportunity to spend time with people, to understand their requirements and present them with the numerous options available to them under the David Reid Homes brand.

The majority of the branch’s projects are custom-builds, specifically tailored to the individual style and expectations of their clients.

“Most of our clients either know exactly what they want, or view our plans and develop their own ideas from them.

“Their new home is fully customised to meet the needs of their lifestyle and location, which we are sure, also adds value in the long run.”

Established in 2003, David Reid Homes Central Otago was the inaugural franchise of what has now become one of the largest building groups in New Zealand.

Its franchise region extends from Wanaka Lakes through to the Haast Pass and over to the Lindis Pass, taking in Cardrona Valley, Cromwell, Clyde and Alexandra.

“We are a local company, run by locals, who are also proud to support local events such as Wanaka Fest, the Cromwell half marathon, and junior rugby in the region,” says Alty.

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BUILDING » David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago

Business South / September 2013

The new David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago showhome will be located at 7 Hollyhock Lane in Wanaka’s prestigious Far Horizon subdivision.

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Construction of the new David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago showhome is underway, due for completion in early 2014.

“We believe this premium showhome will be unlike any other in the region,” says sales manager Guy Alty.

“It is over 400 square metres and will utilise some of the latest building techniques and products. It’s going to be an amazing home that will showcase our high standards of workmanship and attention to detail.

“It will also highlight some of the exciting new products available from our suppliers,” he says.

The new showhome will be located at 7 Hollyhock Lane situated in Wanaka’s prestigious Far Horizon subdivision accessed from Mount Aspiring Road.

Alty says it is the perfect complement to one of the branch’s 170sqm homes currently under construction in Quail Street, Riverside Park.

This home is open by appointment throughout the build process, and will be sold following its completion in early November.

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BUILDING » David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago

The 170sqm Riverside Park showhome is currently under construction. The home is open by appointment throughout the build and will be sold following its completion in early November.

“These two homes will provide clients with a good understanding of what we are able to deliver at different levels of the market,” says Alty.

“We build right across the spectrum, with quality at all times remaining the backbone of our product.”

He says David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago is having a busy year.

They are currently dealing with an influx of local and international enquiries, in between the development and project management of existing projects.

“With respect to large projects, we are incredibly excited to be the chosen builder for Dungarvon Wanaka, an amazing development in the middle of town, on the site of the old Wanaka Primary School grounds.

“It’s a feather in our cap to be involved in this project.”

“There have been some exciting changes and developments at the branch in the last 18 months,” he says.

“But one thing that hasn’t changed is our extensive knowledge of the local building industry and commitment to delivering outstanding quality in the design, construction and finish of our clients’ homes.”

David Reid Homes Wanaka & Central Otago are Registered Master Builders and have won nine Registered Master Builders awards over the last seven years.

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BUILDING » Scott Construction

Business South / September 2013

Work on iconic pavilion recognised Kelly Deeks Nelson company Scott Construction’s exacting standards have resulted in a win for the company with the receipt of a gold award in the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards, for its work on the Saxton Oval Pavillion.

The state-of-the-art sporting centre was designed by Arthouse Architecture and built by Scott Construction.

The two companies had worked together in the past to build the Saxton Oval Utility Building which was finished at the start of 2010.

The company was presented the gold award in the tourism and leisure category of the inaugural commercial project awards run by the Registered Master Builders.

Saxton Fields is a $50 million, 75-hectare sports-ground which, together with the $12m Saxton Stadium, provides facilities for hockey, softball, football, archery, cricket and athletics, as well as five basketball/netball courts, 12 volleyball courts, a main 500-seat sports hall for tournaments, a dedicated table-tennis hall, and sport administration offices for several codes.

It is a regional facility meeting the sporting and recreational needs of Nelson and Tasman.

The Saxton Oval Pavilion is the project’s latest development, and caters for cricket, football and athletics. It fits between the cricket and football field on one side, and the athletics oval on the other.

Scott Construction managing director Justin Candish says the Saxton Pavilion is a special building.

“With its structure on show, the building offered very little tolerance, and the accuracy had to be perfect.”

Working to a brief for an iconic building that clearly identified the Nelson Region, while remaining simple, functional and cost-effective, Arthouse Architecture came up with a design which was essentially a cylinder, 100m long by 20m wide.

The design included 20 curved portals, and rather than using laminated timber to create them, Arthouse Architecture chose to use steel, for its advantage of being slimmer than timber.

“The chosen corrugate was a cost-effective option, with the additional advantage it could be bent to meet the building’s low profile, without losing aesthetic appeal,” says Candish.

“It also meant the building could be naturally

The eye-catching Saxton Oval Pavilion in Nelson - combining style and function. ventilated. In its interior, Saxton Pavilion uses plywood to wrap around its curved bay walls.

Changing facilities are located at both ends of the building, with umpires and referees accommodated separately from teams.

There is a first-aid room, and a lounge with a dropped acoustic ceiling. Sliding panels open up a full commercial kitchen and a bar, which can cater for 130 people with no echo.

Candish says the job was a real team effort, with everyone from the Scott Construction office having input into the project.

“We are so proud of our team,” he says. “We did a great job on site, and the result speaks for itself.”

Scott Construction tendered for the project on its attributes rather than price.

It worked closely with the project’s steel constructor Chapman Engineering, to ensure an efficient methodology that would make the company’s tender price competitive.

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“As a sporting venue, Nelson will be giving Queenstown a run for its money,” he says.

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Awards reflect quality and design Jo Bailey Two showhomes built by Wanaka firm Turnkey Homes struck gold at the 2013 Southern Region Registered Master Builders awards.

A compact 150sqm home in the Kirimoko Park development was named the region’s overall Showhome of the Year as well as receiving a gold award.

Turnkey Homes director Phil Smith says the modern three-bedroom, two-bathroom showhome, with a kitchen by Melanie Craig Design, is a “great example of the stylish, well-finished, individual homes offered in this subdivision”.

Turnkey Homes’ new showhome at Peninsula Bay won gold in the $450,000 to $600,000 category, with a third project taking silver in the $600,000 to $1 million category.

“We were thrilled with the results, particularly the gold awards for the two showhomes which represent the company in the market,” says Smith.

“These awards give our clients assurance they are dealing with a company that consistently builds to the highest standards.”

The Kirimoko Park showhome has since sold.

However the new Peninsula Bay showhome is open to the public for two hours each Thursday and Saturday.

Smith says this is a “wide house on a wide site” with expansive views from bedrooms and living quarters, and a unique internal courtyard that offers protection from the wind. “The home has a bach feel, with features including tiled floor to ceiling bathrooms; whitewash plywood ceilings with negative details in the living spaces; and a central joinery element with a fireplace, TV area, bookshelves and additional space.”

Turnkey Homes has several other homes under construction at Peninsula Bay and other areas in Wanaka, as well as the wider Central Otago region.

“Wanaka is our main focus. We are very busy there with much of our work coming from referrals or repeat business,” he says.

Turnkey Homes generally operates in the mid- to top-end of the market, building substantial 250-550 sqm homes for clients looking for careful attention

Turnkey Homes’ Peninsula Bay showhome won gold in the $450,000 to $600,000 category at the 2013 Southern Region Registered Master Builders awards. to detail at a fixed price, says Smith. However last year the company completed a number of smaller 150-180 sqm homes for the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust in Central Otago, including the Kirimoko Park subdivision, where it also built a number of private homes.

Smith says around 80 percent of clients have already purchased bare land and want a complete building solution from Turnkey Homes, from

concept and custom design to project management and construction, and in a lot of cases, completion of hard and soft landscaping. ”As a company we focus on creating a total concept with colour 3D images that ultimately reflect the finished house.

“Then we go about creating this picture into a finished product that will replicate these images as closely as possible.”

A small percentage of clients want Smith to find them a piece of land as well while others approach the company with the land secured and plans already complete.

Both Smith and his construction manager Dean Millar have wide experience in the Wanaka market.

“Dean plays a key part in the success of the business. We complement each other and are a well established team of some 10 years.”

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2013 HOUSE OF THE YEAR AWARDS » Justbuilditnz

Business South / September 2013

The regional award-winning home is set over five different levels, and blends into the landscape with natural materials of cedar, schist, zinc, and glass.

Lakeside residence a stand-out Kelly Deeks Queenstown’s justbuilditnz has been recognised for its high quality workmanship this year, scooping six regional awards at the Registered Master Builders House of the Year awards.

These included the Supreme Award for the House of the Year, and the Westpac New Homes over $2 million category for a home on Lake Wakatipu.

The company also secured the Plumbing World Bathroom Excellence Award, the Outdoor Living Award, Resene Sustainable Home Award, and the Craftsmanship Award.

Justbuilditnz managing director Geoff McNee says winning the Craftsmanship Award was the best of all.

“Even though we won the regional supreme

award, winning the Craftsmanship Award is recognition from Registered Master Builders that we’re doing things right,” he says. “It’s recognition of all the employees that work for me, that they are proud in what they do, and they’re there to do the best job they can for the owner.”

Justbuilditnz’s work impressed the competition judges, who said the build posed an array of challenges for the builder, with a steep, uneven site sloping down to Lake Wakatipu.

The large home is set over five different levels, and blends into the landscape with natural materials of cedar, schist, zinc, and glass.

The kitchen, living and dining area open out onto a terrace while the den area opens up to an outdoor court area, making the most of the home’s stunning mountain setting and maximising outdoor living opportunities.

It’s recognition of all the employees that work for me, that they are proud in what they do, and they’re there to do the best job they can for the owner.”

Competition judges said with flawless joinery throughout the home, and a perfect finish on rare Belgian window and door joinery, the craftsmanship in the home is immaculate.

The Resene Sustainable Home Award took into account the use of imported European windows, heavily insulated and thermally broken and which are comparatively wide when compared with the narrower thermally broken windows available in New Zealand.

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stone and cedar, concrete panels heavily insulated with 100ml of polystyrene, underfloor heating and good solar gain with large north facing windows also set the home apart from the competition.

This year’s award success built on past success for justbuilditnz.

The company has been a Registered Master Builder since 2009, and has won many awards including a gold award for a renovation over $500,000 for a heritage renovation on 100 year old horse stable.

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The house features natural materials including stacked stone and cedar, and concrete panels heavily insulated with polystyrene, underfloor heating and large north facing windows.

“We converted it into a two-bedroom house,” McNee says.

“We kept the original stone walls and windows, we took off the original roofing iron for re-use and kept the rimu trusses and put a steel structure inside the building.”

Lean-to rooms on either end of the building were rotting and falling down, so these were demolished and rebuilt with the master bedroom on one end of the building and a children’s bedroom on the other end.

Justbuilditnz scooped more gold awards in 2010 and 2012, including a regional gold reserve award for new homes over $2 million.

Justbuilditnz has now been in business for 11 years.

It has a team of 16 staff, including a quantity surveyor and administration staff.

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2013 HOUSE OF THE YEAR AWARDS » Trevor Ward Builders

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Winning homes display diversity Jo Bailey Two very different but equally stunning new homes have led to further success at the Southern Region Master Builders House of the Year awards for Queenstown firm Trevor Ward Builders.

The first, a contemporary 400sqm Queenstown “city pad” with superb lake and mountain views, won a Gold Award and was also named the overall regional winner in the $1 million to $2 million category.

Trevor Ward says the four-bedroom home, designed by Wilson and Hill architects in Christchurch, has been built to take full advantage of its 360 degree views.

“You get the feeling you’re right in the view when you’re in the open plan areas, which have extensive

use of floor-to-ceiling glass and recessed, remote controlled blinds.”

The two-storied home is clad in a cedar and board finish with concrete panels. Other features include a scullery, bar, separate guest wing, office, and designer bathrooms.

A sheltered outdoor area with swimming pool, spa and bespoke barbecue, is enhanced with basalt paving, feature lighting, glass fencing and gas heating.

“This home has amazing indoor and outdoor living.

“It’s a modern-looking home that was a pleasure to build.”

Also winning a Gold Award for Trevor Ward Builders in the $1 to $2 million range is a country home of similar size in the Dalefield area.

Our focus is on providing honesty, integrity, good communication and top quality workmanship whatever the size of the job.”

This home also won the Southern Region Heart of the Home Award and Lifestyle/Interior Design Award.

“This is a very different style home to the first, with a lot of stacked stone and cedar on the exterior. It is tucked amongst trees and beside a pond, in a beautiful setting the owners have spent the last 10 years establishing.”

A designer kitchen and extensive living areas incorporating large open living sections and smaller special-use rooms provide casual and formal dining options and plenty of room to relax in comfort.

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Winning homes show off diversity • From page 30 Other features of this striking two-storied home include a media room, art studio and gym.

“Effective heating and insulation is a real focus of this home to ensure it stays warm during Queenstown’s chilly winters,” says Ward.

It has a thermally broken slab, extensive insulation, diesel central heating, an open and enclosed fire, and Intello vapour barriers to walls, ceilings and window fanlights to ensure a good airflow.

The two Gold Awards add to an already impressive tally of Master Builders awards picked up by the company over the years.

“The awards show consistency in the level of quality we produce, which is particularly pleasing for my staff.

“I’m only as good as the guys who work for me as it’s a big team effort to produce an award winning home.”

Ward says business has been steady after a bit of a lull in the Queenstown market.

His team of six staff is currently building a 300sqm retirement home for clients in Arrowtown.

“We’ve just come to the end of a couple of reasonably big jobs and have another house about to start in the Dalefield area for an overseas client.”

Trevor Ward Builders has worked for numerous overseas clients over the years, with technology making communication easy throughout the building process, he says.

This award-winning country home in the Dalefield area features stacked stone and cedar on the exterior.

“We email regular building reports and photos and keep in contact with the architects who generally run the jobs on the client’s behalf,” says Ward.

“Most of the clients fly over every three months or so to have a look.”

Ward says the word from local architects is

that the market in Queenstown is going to be “very busy” again shortly.

“The housing market is moving again and sections are selling much faster as confidence returns.”

Although the company is comfortable working at the top end of the market, it is also happy to take on projects across the spectrum including alterations, says Ward.

“Our focus is on providing honesty, integrity, good communication and top quality workmanship whatever the size of the job.”

Even after more than 30 years in the industry,

Ward, a licensed building practitioner and Master Builder, says he gets a thrill from helping to bring his client’s dreams to reality.

“It was great to win the awards for these two unique homes but we get the greatest satisfaction from knowing that our clients both really love their new homes.”

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Business keeps on moving forward Jo Bailey Piers and Sharon Mingham have made a few changes since taking over long-standing Ashburton structural steel specialists North End Engineering and its sister company Micanta Construction a year ago.

“We’ve changed the branding, introduced all new sign-written vans, and recently bought in what is the largest band saw in Ashburton, capable of cutting 750mm wide steel,” says Piers Mingham.

The couple emigrated from the UK with their young family in 2001 and Mingham has worked at North End Engineering ever since.

He worked his way up to production manager, and when the company’s previous owner Gerry Power retired, decided it was a great opportunity to purchase the business alongside Gary Goodwin, the manager of Micanta Construction who has a minor shareholding in the operation.

“We couldn’t have dreamed of doing something like this back in the UK and Ashburton is a great place to do business and bring up kids,” Mingham says.

Structural steel for residential, commercial, industrial and farm buildings has been the core of North End Engineering’s business since it was established in 1984.

“We tend to focus on bigger structures and steer clear of smaller fiddly jobs.

“At the moment we’re doing a lot of structural steel work for new houses and earthquake strengthening projects, and have completed around 14 new dairy sheds this season for a couple of builders in town.”

North End Engineering also carries out general engineering and certified welding services.

The company’s 10 staff are kept up to date with the latest design standards and undertake projects from concept drawings to completion.

The company has worked on numerous high profile commercial buildings in Ashburton, including the new offices for Electricity Ashburton, and the town’s Burger King, KFC and McDonalds’ outlets.

The company is just finishing steel production for the new Ashburton Art Gallery and recently completed a couple of large sheds in Christchurch for scrap metal dealers Sims Pacific.

Micanta Construction is a smaller part of the business that is focused on producing turnkey sheds for industry, farms and lifestyle blocks.

“Micanta has been going for 50 odd years and used to be a huge company in Ashburton, making buses for the army and school runs.

“It also had transport and earthmoving divisions, and made thousands of lattice work haysheds around the country.”

By the time Gerry Power bought the business

Structural steel for residential, commercial, industrial and farm buildings has been the core of North End Engineering’s business.

several years ago it was “run down”, but he carried it on with mainly rural building work.

Today the company has a popular kitset product called the Micanta Easy Shed which Mingham says is a little more expensive than other kitset sheds on the market, but costs dramatically less to erect.

“All the components are already cut and drilled in our workshop, which means a builder can put our sheds up in a day, rather than a few days or a week like other kitset products.

“We’ve already done all the hard work for them.”

The company also makes what Mingham calls its “shiny sheds”, made of purlins that are screwed together.

“This is a cost effective option, especially popular with lifestyle block owners. We try to cover the market in terms of cost.”

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Industry proud of safety record Jo Bailey The Crane Association of New Zealand plays a key role in the keeping New Zealand a leader when it comes to crane safety.

“The regulators set out the minimum standards for health and safety in the workplace, but as an industry we try to exceed that,” says association executive officer, Rod Auton.

“By supporting our members in these and other operational objectives, the New Zealand crane industry has become an international benchmark of success, which is something we are extremely proud of.”

He says the crane industry’s “very good safety record” is also among the best across New Zealand’s wider construction sector.

With human error being the most frequent cause of most crane incidents, effective training in crane operation and accident prevention is vital for anyone working with cranes, he says.

“Cranes demand the respect and safety consciousness of everyone associated with the use, maintenance and operation.

“We are fortunate to have an industry full of well-trained competent, reliable and safety conscious people in New Zealand, who will continue to be the biggest influence on safe working and operating conditions.”

Training is a big focus of the Crane Association, and, in conjunction with The Skills Organisation, recently rewarded some of its top performing members who have shown excellence in training initiatives.

The awards, made at the Association’s 39th annual conference in Napier, were presented to Brian Perry Civil, Auckland (Training Company of the Year); Malcolm McWhannell, Brian Perry Civil Auckland (Trainer of the Year); and Ethan Boyce, Titan Cranes, Wellington (Trainee of the Year).

“The conference was very successful with some great presentations to help our members, particularly around the event’s focus on health and safety,” says Auton.

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CONTRACTING » Crane Association of NZ

Crane training for the rebuild Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP) offers a wide range of crane training to NZ Qualifications Authority unit standards both in Canterbury and nationwide.

These practically-based courses provide the hands-on skills and knowledge to ensure your staff can safely and effectively work with cranes while also meeting the relevant Codes of Practice and legislative requirements.

Our tutors have the qualifications, skills and industry experience in the use of cranes and the delivery of crane courses across a wide range of industries including building and civil construction, transport and logistics, and manufacturing and mining.

Our experience tells us that having employees who are properly trained improves productivity and lessens workplace accidents.

All our training reflects industry best practice, enables participants and their employers to meet the applicable Codes of Practice, and has a health and safety focus.

On successful completion participants are awarded the NZQA unit standard and a TPP wallet sized “Completion Card”.

TPP can tailor flexible training courses to cover specific work situations and deliver them to suit the employers’ time schedules - including weekends, early starts or night shifts.

Group training can be provided at your worksite or at one of our scheduled courses in Christchurch or Auckland.

A significant amount of our training is also delivered on worksites in provincial and rural areas throughout New Zealand.

Refresher training courses are available to update and refresh your staff on techniques, to reinforce industry best practice, and identify any changes to legislation and Codes of Practice.

Tai Poutini Polytechnic re-issues completion cards and renews participant’s NZQA unit

standard achievement dates on successful completion of refresher training.

Lifting Loads – Dogman Designed for people working with cranes, this practical course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to identify hazards, prepare and sling loads and communicate with crane operators to direct load movements in compliance with industry best practice. It consists of Unit Standard 3789 - Sling regular loads and communicate during crane operations.

Overhead – Gantry Crane This course is designed for employees working with gantry cranes as part of their regular work activities.

It will provide the skills to safely operate a gantry crane as well as covering hazard identification, calculating, slinging, lifting and travelling loads in compliance with industry best practice and the company’s policies and procedures. It covers Unit Standard 3800 Operate a radio remote or pendant controlled overhead crane and lift and place regular loads.

Hiab – Truck Loader Crane Aimed at employees working with truck loader cranes as part of their regular work activities, this practical course provides the skills and ability to identify hazards, calculate loads and safely operate a truck mounted crane in compliance with industry best practice. It is based on Unit Standard 16617 - Use a truck loader crane to lift and place loads (and can also be delivered in conjunction with Unit Standard 3789 at a discounted rate).

For more information contact Lisa Crestani at TPP on 0800 800 411 or lisac@tpp.ac.nz

Group training can be provided at your worksite or at courses in Christchurch or Auckland.

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Crane industry setting the standard in sector safety • From page 34 “Next year is our fortieth anniversary and the Association still has members who attended its original meeting back in 1975.

“This sort of retention points to the value of the organisation,” says Auton.

The Crane Association was originally founded by crane owners to represent their interests, a role that it still does today.

The membership has diversified considerably in recent times to reflect the development of the industry.

Lobbying on behalf of its members (who make up around 85 percent of crane operators in New Zealand) is one of the Crane Association’s primary roles.

“We have good relationships with regulatory authorities and with our members which allows us to actively pursue their needs through regulatory submission processes.

“We basically look at all sectors of the industry and have an influence where we can to ensure best practices are followed around operations and health and safety; and that consideration of our members is included in any guidelines.”

The association works with other associations and organisation in areas like elevated work platforms and produces guidelines on operational and health & safety issues.

“We have been working with the Scaffolding and Rigging Association to produce guidelines that meet both Associations’ needs.

“We continue to work with regulatory authorities and government departments to ensure that new rules, regulations and legislation is fair and equitable and that the subsequent changes also meet that criteria, he says.

Regular communication with its members is another focus.

“We can advise our members if they are having a problem or issue, whether it be around training, health and safety, or even their current business practices.

“We also produce a lot of guidelines for the industry that are easily accessed by members, as well as a crane safety manual, and light lift plans.”

If an accident or incident does occur on a work site, the member company can visit the Crane Association’s website and follow a checklist to ensure they are following correct protocol.

Auton became executive officer in April, following Ian Grooby, who had served in the role for 17 years.

He is pleased to have taken over such a “well run” organisation, and is looking forward to the future.

“We have a young and energetic council, and under our current president Grant Moffat I believe we will continue to progress well.”

We basically look at all sectors of the industry and have an influence where we can to ensure best practices are followed around operations and health and safety.’

The Crane Association represents the majority of New Zealand crane operators.

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The Christchurch Southern Motorway (CSM) was a 10.5km infrastructure project undertaken to improve traffic flows around Christchurch and Canterbury region as part of NZTA’s ‘Roads of National Significance’ programme. As part of this $110m design and build contract, the existing 2-lane motorway was duplicated to form a 4-lane motorway.

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The tower was cracked horizontally at two levels at the top section moved slightly in plan with respect to the lower section of the tower. The first stage of works involved the top section of the tower being carefully lifted off by a 120t Crane.

The Central section of the tower was straightened up and re-mortared into the correct position and the top section lifted back to its position.

This duplication required new motorway bridges, adjacent to existing bridges, to be constructed over local roads within confines of a suburban environment. The local roads remained open for the duration of construction. The angle with which the local roads intersect the motorway required a large skew in some of the bridges which presented a number of construction challenges. In addition to the requirement that new precast bridge match the profile of the existing cast-in-situ bridges.

Fulton Hogan utilised its own crane fleet for the installation of the bridge components, at some sites requiring tandem lifts of the beams. The various structures used prestressed gutter beams, double hollow core beams, and Super T beams up to 32m long and 50tonnes in weight.

The remedial works currently underway include constructing new abutments with new piles and capping beams, thickening the pile caps with an overlay of reinforced concrete, and ground improvement at the new abutments. No damage was sustained to the bridge deck; however strengthening works include thickening the diaphragms between the deck beams and installing shear keys at both pier hammerheads. As part of the works, the embankments are to be filled and slopes re-grassed; the approaches on both ends of the bridge will be re-graded and paved; and power and water services will be relocated and improved.

Fulton Hogan has used various types and sizes of cranes on the project to date. Activities so far include Piling works (H Piles for temporary jacking structure), and sheetpile installation (for detour structure). The 180t crawler crane gave us head room needed for lifting pile sections, and long reach ability to manoeuvre around the live traffic. The permanent piles that will be constructed later on in the year involve oscillating 1.2m dia, 15m sections of steel casings to a depth of 45m from deck height.

The work comprised the earthquake damage repairs to the stone masonry clock tower including: The construction of a structural steel lifting frame for the removal of the upper part of the stone masonry tower above the line of the masonry cracking and tower rotation.

The construction of new concrete foundations.

The construction of a reinforced concrete structural skin within the stone tower.

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CONTRACTING » Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete

50 years of service to region Kelly Deeks Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete has been providing the Canterbury region with concrete products and services for more than 50 years and is well resourced to provide the same as the Canterbury rebuild continues.

With aggregates and shingle sourced out of the Waimakariri and Selwyn Rivers as well as three quarries at North End, Amberley, and Kettlewell, the company produces concretes at three fully computerised transit mix batching plants, two based at Belfast and one at Hornby.

The company has doubled in size over the past three years, with a staff of 150 and a concrete mixer fleet totalling 41 mixers, including eight mini mixers, to meet the demands of both large and smaller projects.

The vehicles are dispatched using a custombuilt computerised dispatch system, and currently have a production rate exceeding 60 cubic metres of concrete per hour per plant, which gives a total production capacity of over 200 cubic meters an hour.

Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete spokesman James Eckersley says the company’s fleet is growing steadily to ensure it can meet the increased demand for its products and services resulting from the Christchurch rebuild.

Eckersley says that to ensure the sustainable growth of the company, the company is focused on the “resources side of the business”, placing emphasis on the acquisition of raw material.

Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete undertakes extensive rehabilitation on sites during extraction, creating lakes and planting flora to attract native bird life species.

The company produces a full range of speciality sands and aggregates which can either

Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete has 41 mixers in its fleet, including eight mini mixers.

be collected from its sites, or delivered by the transport fleet which ranges from small trucks suitable for house driveways, to bulk truck and trailer units.

The company also runs a mobile crushing and screening operation for on-site processing of aggregates and soils.

Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete’s civil contracting division provides a range of services including commercial site works, residential and lifestyle works and horse arenas.

It also offers plant and equipment for hire with experienced operators.

The company’s well equipped and purpose built mechanical and engineering workshop supports both internal and external customers, providing fleet servicing, equipment fabrication, and assembling of new concrete mixers.

Eckersley says that over the past three

years, product demand has changed as building specifications have improved and the demand for quality has increased.

“A lot of new premises in town are opting for seismic basements and that means basements need to be thicker and stronger to handle any ground movement,” he says.

“Everything has been specced-up so much more to meet demand and there has been a lot of development in concrete for future industry standards.”

Christchurch Ready Mix Concrete can provide assistance with all concrete solutions including pod floors for houses.

The company is in the process of developing its own pod floor system, where concrete is poured on top of interlocking reinforced steel in-filled with polystyrene, providing good insulation and ground movement properties.

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CONTRACTING » Fitzwilliam Electrical

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Quakes throw up new challenges Kelly Deeks Longstanding Christchurch electrical company Fitzwilliam Electrical has recently been involved in a Transpacific Industries Group project to handle the huge amount of debris from the deconstruction phase of the Canterbury rebuild.

Fitzwilliam Electrical is a well-established company evolving from a major electrical contracting company formed in 1957.

The original company, RA Fitzwilliam and Co, was formed by Ron Fitzwilliam, Barrie McGlinchey, and Angus Neaves.

Since July 2011, Fitzwilliam Electrical has been owned and directed by Angus and Jeramie Neaves.

The company’s focus and expertise has altered since its contracting days as it meets the demand for prompt, efficient service form a knowledgebased service team.

“Our core business today is industrial, commercial, high-end housing, and hospitality,” Neaves says.

“We have developed an excellent relationship with the bottling industry, both wine and beverage drinks, plastics injection and forming, recycling industry compactors, roll formers, chemical industry, printing industry, and council infrastructures to name a few.”

Neaves says immediately following the Christchurch earthquakes, hospitality took a backward step.

“We had three full-time service technicians servicing our Starline wash systems agency, today we only commit one service technician as businesses start to reestablish restaurants and cafes in the city.”

Architectural housing and high end residences requiring upmarket resolutions are still buoyant, and Fitzwilliam Electrical offers a total solution for these installations.

Fitzwilliam Electrical has recently established an automation division, having supported industrial clients for many years with turnkey solutions through to programmable logic controllers (PLC) support, motion control solutions, variable speed

Fitzwilliam Electrical has recently established an automation division providing a complete range of services to the sector. drives, soft starters, safety solutions, and process controls systems.

Fitzwilliam Electrical’s most recent project is the electrical installation of the Burwood Recycle Recovery Project.

“This project utilised all our skills incorporating heavy industrial contracting, a tight time-frame, safety, and automation coordination for several pieces of plant manufactured in different countries with multiple control voltages,” Neaves says.

“We mounted a control switch board in a 40 foot transportable container, so this plant can be lifted up and transported anywhere in the world to the next disaster area.”

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Fitzwilliam Electrical’s most recent project is the electrical installation of the Burwood Recycle Recovery Project. been installed and wired in such a way it can be dismantled.”

The plant incorporates a new German Vecoplan crusher, which consists of two 150kW meters.

The crusher transfers material through a series of conveyors to a picking line, where debris is separated into saleable items.

The installation and upgrade is the kind of challenge Fitzwilliam Electrical enjoys, although Neaves says that if it hadn’t been for the earthquakes the company would never have had the opportunity to work on it.

“It was great that we landed the contract,”he says.

“We had to compete with others to win the job and getting it told us that we are in the right market place,” he says.

“Transpacific is an existing customer, and for us it also means an amount of ongoing service work for the next five years, depending on how quickly they can move the pile of debris.”

Other recent projects of note are at the Redwood and Wainui Christchurch City Council pumping stations, Coca Cola new blow fill plant, Frucor ozone and CIP plants, Turners and Growers Christchurch depot, and PPI mains installation for extruder plant, and boiler and flare installation at Momentive Chemicals in Hornby.

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Top quality and safety guaranteed Kelly Deeks With core operating principles based around safety, supply, quality, and service, Christchurch-based New Zealand Scaffolding Supplies is proud to be the first New Zealand-owned scaffold supply company to gain ISO 9001:2008.

The company’s sales and marketing director Bruce Knapp says this guarantees clients the best quality and safety every time.

“Our products are guaranteed, and we are constantly striving to ensure that they meet or exceed industry standards, and more importantly they meet our customers’ requirements,” he says.

“Our commitment is to customer convenience.

We aim to be easy to do business with, by having available scaffold equipment and accessories that our customers need, and being as convenient to our customers as if we are next door.”

New Zealand Scaffolding Supplies is proud to be a 100% New Zealand owned company, supplying scaffold equipment and accessories to customers throughout New Zealand.

The company was established in Christchurch in 1992 by Laurie Sayers and Tony Gibling.

“These are two different guys, with two different skill sets,” Knapp says.

“Laurie is the scaffolding side of the business as an advanced ticketed scaffolder and rigger. Tony, with a business degree, is the business side.”

In the past year, New Zealand Scaffolding Supplies has turned into a family affair with Sayers and Gibling’s children joining the company.

Laurie Jnr is also a ticketed scaffolder, and Gibling’s daughter Melissa Smart has joined New Zealand Scaffolding, to follow in their father’s footsteps and learn how to run the company.

Customers in the North and South Islands are serviced from the company’s manufacturing base in Woolston, Christchurch, where it produces H-frame access systems and lightweight mobile systems.

With changes in the scaffolding industry seeing the Department of Labour now enforcing scaffolding regulations with an emphasis on height safety, new designs are often required to ensure the best and safest product possible is available in the market place.

“To that end our staff undergo ongoing research and development, with Laurie as the main designer to produce new products that will meet our clients’ needs,” Knapp says.

A recent example of a custom-made product was for the construction of 20 new homes and three apartment blocks at the Rangers Park temporary accommodation development in Linwood.

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“There was pressure to get the roofs on these homes, and because of the way scaffolding is put around a single storey, we had to come up with a plan to allow us to do a whole row of houses,” Knapp says.

“We came up with a new scaffolding base which can be used in conjunction with our Pro Frame series,.

“This will save time, money, and provide roof edge protection.”

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Scaffolding firm goes from strength to strength Jo Bailey When Christchurch builder Mark Backhouse and his wife Kay started a small scaffolding company with a business partner in 2004 they never imagined it would grow to become a thriving standalone operation that has tripled in size since the Canterbury earthquakes.

“We started Action Scaffolding to service the two building companies that Mark and our business partner at the time were working for. Not long after, we took over a tender originally won by a company that went out of business,” says Kay. “We ended up with a bigger operation than we intended, and soon had to employ someone to run it,” she says.

In 2010 the Backhouses bought out their business partner and have since managed the entire operation themselves.

Staff numbers have grown from five to 16, and the company now has nine trucks instead of two.

The earthquakes are one factor in the company’s dramatic increase in work, with new health and safety regulations around single-storey residential sites also creating a lot of extra work.

“There has been a huge change in this market.

We used to only put scaffolding up for the gables on single-storey homes but are now required to erect full platform scaffolding right around them.

“Health and safety is vitally important on construction sites with the new regulations brought in to improve site safety and make sure no one gets hurt.”

Action Scaffolding offers a full erection and dismantle service for its range of “safe and secure” scaffolding to clients for a wide range of residential and light commercial projects such as new construction, earthquake repairs, renovations and extensions.

“We don’t really get involved with clients on big commercial jobs, but look after a numerous Canterbury-based building companies, roofing companies, and trades-people such as painters and plasterers.”

All the steel long tube and planks used by Action Scaffolding are New Zealand made, with most of its fittings and components brought in from overseas.

With the new full roof edge regulations requiring full scaffold, the company is about to introduce some steel planks which will make the erection process much faster, she says.

“Some roof edge companies continue to use scaffold that hangs over the soffitt but we have always put up a full platform as we think it’s the safest way to go.

“The steel planks will replace the existing wooden planks in some applications. The advantage is that the steel planks clip over the scaffold and don’t just sit on it.

“They can be put up much quicker and also end up flush, providing a full floor working platform which is much safer for the end user.”

The husband and wife team are kept busy managing the fast-growing operation. Although there is potential for it to continue to get bigger, Kay Backhouse says the structure would have to change for this to happen.

“Mark and I currently run the whole company with no office staff and have probably grown it as far as we can as a working couple.

“It will have to move to another stage to get much bigger, probably sooner rather than later.”

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PLUMBING » Clyne & Bennie

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Firm expands into North Canterbury Jo Bailey Christchurch firm Clyne & Bennie Plumbing has expanded into the North Canterbury market.

The plumbing, gas-fitting and drainlaying specialists took over some staff and assets of an existing Kaiapoi business in December 2012 and are already relocating to new premises in the fastgrowing industrial zone on the southern outskirts of Rangiora.

“We’ve brought the North Canterbury operation under our own brand with new vehicles and four staff permanently based there,” says Martin De Gouw, who owns the company with James Cowles.

“We plan to grow our market share and provide clients with the same level of award-winning service we are known for in town.”

He says extra labour is pulled from the Christchurch operation as needed for bigger jobs.

“We also have an operations manager who is highly experienced in lifestyle and rural projects,” he says.

Clyne & Bennie Plumbing was founded back in the late 1950s.

Both De Gouw and Cowles were former employees before moving into management and ownership roles. Under their leadership and former partner Dave Gillespie, the company was awarded New Zealand Master Plumber of the Year in 2010.

The company’s team of 48 staff offers a wide range of residential and commercial services such as general plumbing, hot water heating systems, home heating, design and installation of plumbing packages, sheet metal or gas fitting.

Clyne & Bennie’s North Canterbury crew is currently working on Foundation Foods’ new processing plant; local housing projects and has provided services to Hurunui District Council.

Back in Christchurch, drainage repairs, fit-outs for the hospitality and medical sectors, and ongoing regular maintenance and preventative servicing are keeping the team busy.

Clyne & Bennie offers a wide range of residential and commercial plumbing, gas-fitting and drainlaying services.

Projects include the new Kilmore Medical Centre, the Fergusson Wing at Hillmorton Hospital and a new optometrist’s clinic in Papanui.

“We’ve also tendered for projects including several other medical facilities. Sometimes we get a run of multiple projects in one sector like this.”

The earthquakes cost the company a significant amount of regular maintenance work in the central city. However this market is picking up again, says De Gouw.

“Although there is less maintenance required on new buildings in the short term, preventative servicing is still very important. The owners have made a big investment in their buildings so they should be properly looked after.”

Two years ago, Clyne & Bennie launched an online plumbing shop www.plumbingshoponline. co.nz that is gaining some traction in the market, says De Gouw.

“We set up the concept to assist people wanting a quote for bathroom alterations without a fixed idea about which products they wanted to install.

By visiting the website they can shop from the full product range at their leisure to create a package that includes our price for installation.”

He says the process gives people “a good ballpark figure” for their project, and the ability to change options to suit their budget.

At the touch of a button, they can then simply order the package, and Clyne & Bennie will do the rest.

De Gouw says as the company grows it continues to look for new staff for its North Canterbury operation and is taking on additional staff on temporary contracts in Christchurch.

“We have the systems in place to allow us to grow further. I think we’re in a good position to do that should the need arise.”

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New crops aim to help forests produce income Kelly Deeks With a history of excellent products and service provided in forestry, farm shelter, natives, amenity species, trees, and shrubs, Oamaru’s Oregon Nurseries is also now eying the development of new products and markets.

The company is one of four which have come together to develop new ways of cultivating edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (EEMM) such as truffles and the saffron milk cap, and to provide pre- and post-planting management advice.

Edible Forest Fungi New Zealand (EFFNZ), Chowbent, Truffles and Mushrooms Consulting Limited (owned by New Zealand truffle industry pioneer Dr Ian Hall) and Oregon Nurseries are the four companies involved in the cultivation of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms.

They have developed the De Licio brand of truffle and mushroom mycorrhiza infected seedlings to help change pasture or existing forests into a viable truffle or mushroom producing crop.

Oregon Nurseries manager Kevin Fearn says the group aims to provide plantation forestry owners and lifestyle farmers with the opportunity of producing an annual crop of truffles or edible mushrooms in plantations that otherwise would not produce significant income until the trees are felled.

“We anticipate that forests producing significant income are less likely to be felled early and this may have positive implications for the accumulation of carbon credits,” he says.

He says there are other reasons to become involved in New Zealand’s rapidly growing truffle and mushroom industry.

“This is a relatively young industry in New Zealand and so far it has been through the efforts of several determined individuals and the possible rewards are being seen,” Fearn says.

“A successful EEMM crop will offset the cost of establishing the plantation, and under some circumstances the harvested truffles or mushrooms may exceed the value of the timber.”

“Even modest quantities of truffles and mushrooms may be sufficient for a grower to be

New crop: edible mushrooms, suillus lakei, fruiting under a Douglas fir.

able to delay felling a plantation until timber prices are optimal.”

While financial rewards can vary, and truffle yields tend to be lower per tree than the other edible mushrooms, truffle prices can be much higher and well in excess of NZ$3000 per kg.

New Zealand’s first commercial saffron milk cap plantations produced their first mushrooms 18 months after planting in 2001.

Production is now 3kg per tree, with the mushrooms selling for NZ$30/kg.

Many of the host trees for mycorrhizal mushrooms also produce quality timber or edible nuts, so there is also the opportunity for double cropping.

Outside of fungi, Oregon Nurseries’ other work is centred mainly around growing forest trees.

The company runs a large complex set up for containerised forestry, and in recent years has expanded into native and ornamental trees.

“We supply a lot of trees to our region, from big forestry blocks, to shelter belts for farms, right through to a shrub for the garden,” Fearn says.

“We cater for a wide range of needs whether it be for other nurseries, forestry, re-vegetation, or the garden at home. To meet these needs we have a team you can trust and the facilities to do the job.”

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New mill targets growth in Asia Jo Bailey

The move to harvesting machines is the “ultimate vision” for FICA and the foresty industry.

Trained workers the answer Jo Bailey The way media reports health and safety incidents in the forest industry is being questioned by the Forest Industry Contractors Association (FICA).

Chief executive John Stulen says a 51-yearold Southland freezing worker who died in August while assisting a friend to cut native logs on a rural property was incorrectly described as a forestry worker in media reports.

“It is tragic that a man has died while helping his mate on a farm but this accident has nothing to do with the forest industry,’ says Stulen.

“This type of media reporting is frustrating for forest industry leaders as it unfairly skews the sector’s health and safety record.”

Stulen says one of the biggest issues facing the industry is the fact there are two very different types of crew working in it.

The first are the “very professional and well resourced” forestry companies, who belong to a professional body like FICA and use only accredited trained workers.

“These companies avoid risks by having daily tailgate meetings and participating in regular health and safety meetings and workshops.”

Then there are the crews who come into forestry as a summertime activity, or people working in farm forestry, who between them contribute the highest number of accidents and fatalities, he says.

“Just because someone picks up a chainsaw or starts moving logs on their farm, it doesn’t make them a trained forestry worker.”

With the farm forestry harvest ramping up significantly in the next eight years, Stulen says a number of initiatives are being introduced to better educate people involved in this work.

“Within the next year ACC plans to launch a programme it has been working on with FICA and other industry groups that will communicate to farmers their obligations to hire professional people to carry out their farm forestry harvest and what the implications could be if they don’t and an accident, or worse a fatality, occurs on their property.”

Stulen says studies around five years ago highlighted that three felling and breaking out were the two forestry activities where an incident was most likely to occur.

Since then FICA, which represents around

60 percent of the forest harvesting industry, has worked “constantly” to improve safety in these areas through a range of initiatives.

These include regional network meetings, safety communications workshops, SafeStart breakfasts, and a programme called Growing a Safety Culture which teaches crews how to identify gaps in their own safety culture and provides resources to fill them.

FICA itself was established in 2002 to give a common voice to forestry contractors and to foster development and improvement in the industry.

It also offers members national buying discount schemes and lobbies on the industry’s behalf.

Stulen says the move to harvesting machines is the “ultimate vision” for FICA and the forestry industry, with a catchphrase of “no hand on the saw and no man on the hill” a strategy it is working on now.

An issue for the introduction of these machines to the New Zealand industry is the size of the logs being handled.

“The rest of the world cuts logs averaging around one tonne.

“However the average tree on a farm forest or our plantation forests is 2.4 tonnes given our rapid growth rates of good wood and the desire of forest owners to harvest bigger volumes.”

Stulen says the answer could be a steep slope harvester capable of handling 2.5 tonne logs that has been developed in Nelson.

“The shift away from chainsaws to tree harvesting machinery is starting to happen.

“In the last 18 months we’ve gone from one steep slope harvester felling machine for tree harvesting to four being operated in the industry which is pleasing.”

When it comes to extracting the logs, he says there is now a viable alternative to men “holing” the logs onto the yarders by hand.

“A mechanical grapple with a camera built in has been developed by at least three companies - led by a contractor in Nelson.

“This camera grapple is operated remotely which is a far safer harvesting method.

“It will take time to make the transition to machines and train people to operate them. But FICA is dedicated to help drive this change within the industry.”

A multi-million dollar expansion has seen Southern Cross Forest Products (SCFP) significantly increase its capacity to service the Asian market for Radiata lumber.

The company is in the process of ramping up production on its high-speed sharp chain mill at Milburn in Otago, with an ultimate goal of processing 500,000 tonnes of logs per annum at this site.

Managing director Tom Whitefield says the logs of smaller size and shorter length produced at the mill are mainly destined for customers in China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

“Much of our mid grade, knotty material is being sent to China and other Asian destinations for further manufacturing, eventually ending up as high grade furniture and house fittings throughout North Asia,” Whitefield says.

He says the new mill is operating well under a staged “phasing up” process that will take around two years to complete.

About 85 new positions will eventually be created by the mill, for both on-site work and downstream processing and logistics.

“We employ mainly local people so it’s a good news story for the region,” says Whitefield.

The company also continues to develop its Shanghai office which opened around two years ago to service the Chinese market, he says.

The SCFP group employs around 370 full time staff equivalents across five manufacturing sites – New Zealand Wood Moulding (Mosgiel) that produces solid lineal mouldings and finished retail products; Thames Timber (Thames) the group’s major sawmill site that also carries out select board manufacturing; and two further sawmilling operations Millstream Lumber (Milton) and Rosebank FP (Balclutha).

Around 90 percent of SCFP’s total production is exported, mainly to Asia, US and Australia.

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The group also has a forestry division that manages planting, harvesting and distribution to its own mills and the export wharf.

Around 90 percent of SCFP’s total production is exported, with its three biggest markets being Asia, the US and Australia.

Most of the product going into the US and Australia is destined for the big box store chains that Whitefield likens to New Zealand stores such as Mitre 10 MEGA or Bunnings “on steroids”.

“These markets focus more on our highly manufactured clear grade products such as mouldings clear boards, treated products, decking and flooring.

“The Australian market is geographically challenging and requires the company to operate distribution centres in three regions to service the market” Whitefield says SCFP has faced the same “dilemmas” as other exporters; a high exchange rate and increasing domestic costs.

“The impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) continued through 2011 and 2012 with low customer demand and a high dollar being a tough combination to deal with.

“This year has shown a return to more normal demand and the USD at least is moving in the right direction.”

He says the wood products sector as an industry has huge potential for further growth.

“We shouldn’t just take the easy route by exporting all our raw material as logs. Adding appropriate value to our forest resource by downstream processing ensures a higher return to New Zealand and opportunities for expanding employment. The use of higher technology and attracting the brightest and best to our industry will be pivotal to future success.”

Despite the challenges, Whitefield is optimistic about the company and industry’s future.

“We operate in the housing (shelter) market where there is always demand. Our softwood resource in NZ is a great natural asset for the country to farm sustainably and create an economic benefit for the whole country.”

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Bradfords delivers for Burger King Kelly Deeks As one of Canterbury’s longest serving building companies, you might think Bradford Group had seen everything to do with construction with its history dating back nearly 70 years.

However last year Bradford Group built its first ever building for Burger King in Ashburton, an interesting job for the company and one that could result in further opportunities to build for Burger King in the future.

James Kay was Bradford Group’s project manager on the job, and he says while the same systems and processes were required to get the building constructed, there was a particularly tight time scale which had to be adhered to.

“Basically when we finished and handed over the keys, they used the keys to open up and start selling burgers,” he says.

Site foreman Hamish George also lent his expertise to the project, in charge of the day to day running of the Burger King build.

Kay says George’s involvement was critical in ensuring the success of the job.

“An excellent team of subcontractors all bought into what we were trying to achieve with the build, and this helped to ensure the tight time scale was adhered to and the building was completed within the 14 week time-frame,” says Kay. Its previous experience with similar projects was a great asset to Bradford Group.

Much of the building materials used were sourced from Burger King’s regular suppliers.

“They are working on Burger Kings throughout the country all the time, and they were always ready to supply the materials we needed,” Kay says. “They’re not going to let Burger King down, and they didn’t let us down either.”

With only 14 weeks to fill an empty site with a fully operational fast food restaurant, some would be tempted to fill the site with manpower to get the job done as quickly as possible.

But Bradford Group knew better.

Bradford Group 03 308 9039 www.bradfords.co.nz

Bradford Group had to adhere to a tight time-frame in the construction of Ashburton’s new Burger King outlet.

“Because it’s a small building it becomes counterproductive on site if you start loading it with men,” he says.

“You have to get that balance right. It was a case of getting all the subcontractors almost working on top of each other.

“Every subcontractor and supplier bought into what we were doing, and they did that from the get go.”

During the final two weeks of construction, as well as contending with a looming deadline,

Bradford Group had to take on board all the restaurant’s new staff in the building completing their training.

“As we were finishing off the project we had to make sure as much as possible was external works,” he says.

“Nevertheless we were in there testing and commissioning the equipment, fitting seating booths and furniture. The kitchen is not a very large area to work in when you’ve got every trade working on top of each other.”

The Ashburton-based Bradford Group has been going about its construction business for two generations.

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Aquaheat New Zealand continues to grow Nationwide building and mechanical services company Aquaheat New Zealand is set to continue the growth phase of its Christchurch operation, having expanded by 30% over the past 12 months.

Company contracts manager Mike Harris is saying the company is still keen to bring more experienced people on board.

Aquaheat New Zealand Limited is formulated from three previously successful businesses that have heritage dating back to the 1950s and has been delivering high quality building services solutions to commercial, industrial, and infrastructure customers throughout New Zealand, from four regional locations in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, and Christchurch.

Queensgate Mall, Lower Hutt The company has established an impressive track record in the design, installation, and commissioning of specialist mechanical, hydraulic and fire protection services throughout the country.

The Christchurch team of 39 has significant experience in commercial offices, health care, retail, and infrastructure projects.

New staff include the regional general manager Shane Mackintosh, senior quantity surveyor Mike Tunney, and mechanical engineer Mark Betts.

Aquaheat New Zealand is an active member of the New Zealand Green Building Council, and since 2007 has installed sustainable HVAC, Mechanical and Plumbing, and Fire protection solutions for nine new commercial office projects throughout New Zealand, with Green Star ratings of 4 and 5.

Aquaheat New Zealand in Christchurch operates a service and maintenance division to provide preventative and reactive maintenance services for systems including air conditioning, plumbing and gas, water treatment, building automation and control, and natural ventilation.

Harris says business in the Christchurch branch has kept reasonably stable through some very trying times in the past three years since the first earthquake.

“We’re now at a point where our growth has to occur in order to manage the current and forward workloads,” he says.

The Aquaheat New Zealand business requires highly skilled staff which can be hard to come by, but Harris says the company, and Christchurch, is seeing an influx of people from overseas starting to come into the local labour market place.

“We’ve taken on a number of those, and we’ve taken interest from other parts of the country as well,” he says.

“People see there is a need here and that there is going to be a lot of work with infrastructure and building.

They’re starting to gravitate towards this area to be part of it.”

As well as the infrastructure rebuild work Aquaheat New Zealand is completing in Canterbury, it is business as usual in other parts of the South Island and Aquaheat New Zealand is a part of it. “We’re working with a number of companies in provinces including Nelson, the West Coast, and Otago ,” Harris says. “Some of that work has sustained us through the lean times, and

fortunately during the global recession we had no redundancies at Aquaheat New Zealand in Christchurch.”

Aquaheat New Zealand has recently completed the air conditioning and refrigeration for Ashburton’s new Burger King restaurant, with a stand alone air conditioning system, and walk in chiller and freezer.

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