Business South March 2016
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Dunedin firm Alan Terry Engineering has been delivering reliable, high quality service for nearly 40 years
Quality service with personal touch Russell Fredric For almost 40 years Allan Terry Engineering has helped to keep Otago homes and businesses both warm and cold. The Dunedin firm’s team of qualified refrigeration engineers specialise in all types of refrigeration systems, heat pumps and air conditioning systems. Director Allan Terry, his wife Liz and son Nigel run the family business, which has a big focus on delivering reliable, high quality service with a personal touch to clients throughout Otago and Central, he says. “We understand many of our residential clients are busy during the week, so often consult with them in the evenings or at weekends when there is more time to sit down over a cup of tea and design the best air conditioning system for their needs. We’ve worked pretty much seven days a week as long as I can remember.” Allan Terry Engineering is well known for its consultancy and design build work, with everything completed “under one roof”, says Allan.
“We even have our own steel fabrication division, which manufactures units, machinery and brackets in stainless steel, aluminium and mild steel that are required for our projects.” The firm’s refrigeration equipment is used for a wide range of applications, such as fruit drying, blast freezers, deep freeze rooms, cool rooms for restaurants and milk cooling systems for dairy farms. “We can handle pretty much anything related to the food processing industry and any other commercial refrigeration application. We also have the expertise to fix any of our clients’ refrigeration problems.” The firm also sells, services and repairs all makes and models of heat pumps and air conditioners for both commercial and domestic applications. It is an authorized dealer for Daikin heat pumps and air conditioners, and is an approved installer for the Temperzone brand. “We offer a full design and build for air conditioning systems as well back up service and repairs.
“We offer a full design and build for air conditioning systems as well back up service and repairs.
“We are also contracted to provide service work for all the BP and Mobil service stations in the region, and look after the air conditioning for some other big companies, including large shopping complexes.” The company is registered to provide air conditioning “warrants of fitness” that meet council certification. Allan says his team’s 24-hour availability for repair work is a big part of their workload. “With the hot weather lately we’ve been repairing a lot of air conditioners, which involves some
weekend work. We try not to keep our clients waiting.” Allan qualified as a refrigeration engineer in 1969, and started his own company in 1978. His wife Liz manages the administration side of the business, with their son Nigel, another qualified refrigeration engineer also working in the business. “It’s great working with Nigel, who is heavily involved in the design side of things and often comes up with a different way of doing things.” When he looks back over nearly 40 years in business, Allan says it’s been “an amazing journey”. “We’ve been involved in some major projects over the years, such as doing all the air conditioning work at the Twizel electrical complex, and the Benmore and Ohau power stations.” He says every jobs is “a challenge” but also enjoyable. “The best part of our work is the pleasure of seeing a job through to its completion, and working with some great people. We’ve built up a family circle of clients, many of whom don’t bother asking for a price any more. They trust us to get the job done for them.”
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