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. With a tight time frame to meet, Aquaheat New Zealand’s
Deloitte Centre, Auckland accumulative history and experience with larger projects helped to get the job completed on time to a high standard. Aquaheat New Zealand, with its health care experience coming to the fore, is now involved with the new Kilmore Street Medical Centre, currently under construction and the first major medical centre to be put back in to the red zone.
Health Care Aquaheat has significant experience within the healthcare sector throughout New Zealand
Commercial Offices Aquaheat are at the forefront when it comes to the design and installation of building services in commercial buildings.
Auckland Hospital
Retail Britomart East Building, Auckland
BNZ Harbour Quays, Wellington
Aquaheat are at the forefront when it comes to the design and installation of building services in commercial buildings.
Riccarton Mall, Christchurch
Education Aquaheat has been involved in the education sector at a primary, secondary and tertiary level.
Service & Maintenance Owen Glen Building, University of Auckland
Alan MacDiarmid Building, Victoria University
Infrastructure We have a dedicated national division to meet the needs of infrastructure customers throughout New Zealand
Rotorua Hospital
Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, Wellington
9 Paradyne Place, T 03 348 0873 Sockburn, Christchurch 8042 F 03 348 3628
Operating 24/7 from our regional bases in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch, Aquaheat Service provide preventative and reactive maintenance services for: • Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems • Boiler and Combustion Plant • Medical Gas Systems • Natural Ventilation Systems • Fire Sprinkler and Alarm Systems • Water Treatment Systems • Building Automation and Control Systems • Electrical Power Systems
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