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Rapidly recedingred zone

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The GUIDE to Canterbury’s Residential & Commercial Rebuild

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Mitigating the mortgage minefield pg21 Creating a smart city pg39

There’s a ferocious determination evident in the rebuild of our

famed city; a fierce tenacity which has ensured that when Mother

Nature pushes us down we push her right back.

It’s like the greater the devastation, the more ingenious our response.There was the famed Gap Fillers brightening up our empty spaces, a

Dance-O-Mat for those who like to get down on the dance floor, cool

libraries – literally – made from retro refrigerators, containers which have

become creative canvases and mini golf courses developed in spaces

left by flattened buildings. On a much larger scale, there was the Crowne

Plaza’s pallet pavilion, the shipping container shops, and I for one am

still processing the fact that we have re-built our famed cathedral from

cardboard tubes. Yes we are an innovative and crafty bunch in our little

corner of the South Pacific. We are strong and resilient, but most

importantly we are adaptable. We have taken that which Mother Nature

has carelessly tossed over her worldly shoulder and created a new and

unique city and one that we can all be proud to call home. In the words

of Darwin, it’s not the strongest or the smartest who survive but those

who are most adaptable to change and whether it’s the seemingly daily

installation of bright orange cones, blocked roads, buildings going up

and buildings coming down, adaptable is certainly an apt description of

the Cantabrian spirit. So in the essence of change I am excited to have

come on board with Canterbury Rebuild Magazine. There are some really

big shoes to fill as Karen Pasco heads off in search of new adventures,

but she will continue writing for us, so we won’t be completely without her

magic touch. There are some exciting changes coming your way but,

until then, my lips are sealed. Guess you’ll have to keep tuning in.

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Melinda Collins

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5 Rapidly receding red zone

7 Resolving rebuild issues – Wynn Williams

8 Bringing energy efficiency to the classroom

9 City Council clearing up consenting systems

10 Construction: Significant sector with room for growth

13 The builder’s engine room – Jamie Tulloch

15 JD Homes has done it again – National HOY 2013

18 A day in the life – John Wright

20 Relaxing LVR rules

21 Mitigating the mortgage minefield

24 Cascading construction constraints – Peter Townsend

25 A product to prevent liquifaction

27 Land Use Recovery Plan developments – CERA

32&33 Self-made cities – the WikiHouse movement

39 Creating a smart city

40 Outlook of opportunities

41 Creating quake-proof buildings

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Rapidly receding red zoneERA chief executive Roger Sutton commended the willingness of the various insurers to work

together. “Almost 40 percent of the Crown owned properties have already been cleared in the flat land, but this has been happening in a sporadic way as each individual property owner settled with the Crown and/or their insurer,” he says.

“Through this new approach we have sequenced a geographic approach working together by either demolishing or relocating the houses, clearing the land, fencing it and then grassing it straight away.

“Not all houses in the Residential Red Zone flat land will be demolished. Around 300 houses have already been relocated to other green zone properties, mostly throughout greater Christchurch. If people are interested in knowing more about relocating houses from the Residential Red Zone, they should check the options out with individual insurers, relocations companies, or call our info line.”

The new approach sees the flat land red zone sectioned into 15 geographical areas and prioritised based on the least number of properties left to clear and where the work can be quickly completed.

By the end of this year all Crown-owned properties in each area will be cleared, which started in late 2013 in New Brighton.

Sutton says the key is ensuring the areas are immediately tidy and safe for residents who remain living in and around the red zoned areas. “We have been working with the Police and the Fire Service across the last two years to ensure that any issues

The rebuild is ramping up with a newly co-ordinated approach between private insurers, the Earthquake Commission and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority which will ensure Crown owned properties in the residential red zoned flat land are cleared by the end of next year.

“The key is ensuring the areas are immediately tidy and safe for residents who remain living in and around the red zoned areas”

within the red zone area are dealt with. But we know that the longer the Crown owned houses remain standing, the more opportunity that provides, so we want to remove that risk as soon as possible,” Sutton says. “There is a misconception that these Crown owned properties are simply abandoned and therefore fair game, but these are owned by all of us as taxpayers. Any damage caused to these homes jeopardises the insurance reconciliation process, which means that in the end everyone pays the price.”

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hat rebuild, you say? Well, we have seen many new

commercial buildings pop up, particularly on Victoria Street. Of course, Wynn Williams House, the building that our firm will move in to this year, is making great progress beside the Christchurch City Council on Hereford Street. However, there is still a lot of vacant land around the central city.

Some of this is because insurance claims have taken time. We have worked with many commercial building owners to progress and resolve their insurance claims but some are still not settled. In other cases, the central city rules, geotech issues and funding are making it harder to jump through the hoops to build new commercial buildings. The rebuild litigation dealt with by our teams has ranged from

litigation from insurance claims on houses through to the Christchurch Cathedral.On the domestic housing front, many homeowners have struggled to rebuild even a replica of their previous house, to get over changes to city plan rules since the original house was built, as well as any challenges with EQC and their insurers. Existing use rights are very handy for this – but this process is not always straight forward and we have dealt with many challenges with this over the year. Whilst the Christchurch City Council has tried

to be accommodating and pragmatic around the interpretation of existing use rights, there are still a number of technical matters that need to be worked through to obtain authority to rebuild. Existing use rights still remain a useful tool to deal with many rebuild and repair issues, where a building stood on the site before the earthquakes.

While mentioning the Christchurch City Council, it has been through its building consent issues also, with a new general manager now appointed to work alongside the crown manager. Additional resourcing and processes are being added to address these

issues. We hope to see that building consent issues are behind us, with increased numbers of consents being issued next year to enable the rebuild to reach its full potential.

Many of those working in the rebuild sector - contractors, construction companies, professionals and other industries working in, and affected by, the rebuild– have increased their

employee numbers. We have worked with a number of employers who have dramatically increased their numbers of employees. With that, comes the need to update employment agreements, and practices and procedures. We have worked very closely with a number of companies to bring their procedures and documentation up to date. This lessens the chance that these companies will be faced with personal grievances, which many of them simply do not have the time to deal with.

Of course, in the midst of all of this, the market for undamaged or repaired houses has been booming. Our conveyancing team has been flat out dealing with the huge number of house sales and purchases. These have been more complicated with the insurance issues mentioned above, as well as the planning issues that sit alongside them. Those looking to purchase need stamina to navigate the increased detail required.

Amanda Douglas is a Partner at Wynn Williams, specialising in Resource Management, and Employment Law. She has a lot of involvement in the rebuild sector, where she often combines her two areas of expertise.

“We have worked very closely companies to bring their procedures and documentation up to date. This lessens the chance that these companies will be faced with personal grievances”

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This concept was extensively explored at a recent Christchurch conference – the annual Education Leaders Forum – structured around the theme of Building 21st Century Learning Communities.

Delegates focused on identifying needs and solutions that would allow schools to adapt more easily to a digital learning environment – one featuring high speed broadband, mobile devices, more individual research, self-publishing and peer information sharing – as well as the kind of buildings that would support this.

One of the conference’s sponsors – Schneider Electric – is an ardent supporter of the “schools-of-the-future” quest. The company’s general manager of commercial operations, Kevin Lynn says the initiative is particularly important for the city, where numerous schools face earthquake repair and rebuilding programmes. The company has

Energy monitoring technology is to become an integral part of a new generation of New Zealand schools – where improved energy efficiency not only cuts the operating costs of each infrastructure, but is also incorporated as a subject into the school curriculum.

developed a team with diverse skills to offer support to these schools.

“I know we live in difficult times, but I prefer to think of our city’s adversity as a golden opportunity. The earthquake has given schools the chance to invest in energy efficient designs and technology which allows them to reduce operating costs and improve the learning environment. Ultimately, that means more of the budget can be channelled into education.

“More importantly, New Zealand’s existing school curriculum already features a sustainability and energy efficiency component – it’s called Environment and Planet – and it makes perfect sense to incorporate the appropriate technology

into the schools and to build on that component.”

He points out that Schneider Electric already has a Digital Schools programme – comprising technology that enables schools to participate in the digital age more easily – and sees the new energy efficiency initiative as a logical extension of the programme.

To sketch the possibilities available for a 21st century school, Kevin invited all the conference delegates to a presentation by Schneider Electric’s Richard Coulter. It

comprised an outline of the technology schools could use to enable them to use electricity and heating more efficiently.“Among the options is an energy

modelling programme that could be used as a teaching aid. “I can see it being a dynamic part of the teaching experience, where students become competitive, striving to be the most energy-efficient classroom. It could easily be used to

identify techniques the schools could adopt to cut energy costs.”

Much of the technology, says Kevin, is geared to monitoring energy use and identifying opportunities for cutting costs. “It’s about using smart technology; simple, automated systems, for example, that will switch off heating and lighting when the building is empty.”

The presentation to the delegates included a visit to Schneider Electric’s purpose built Vision Room, a facility containing an interactive display which demonstrates how the technology works. It allows them to handle and use a variety of solutions, to see how energy use can be controlled and the benefits it offers.

“Christchurch’s rumbles have created earth-shaking challenges – but the opportunities are equally ground-

breaking. “Schools and the teaching/learning experience have changed and will continue to change – in the digital age that change can be extremely rapid. We need to make sure we embrace the opportunities fully.”

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City Council Clearing up consent systems

Adams asked the Ministry for the

Environment to carry out the

assessment following International

Accreditation New Zealand’s decision

to revoke the council’s certification to

issue building consents.The review found a number of minor

issues with the council’s consenting

function, but these are within the

council’s capacity to resolve. “As the

Minister responsible for the Resource

Management Act, I needed to be

satisfied that the council’s resource

management consenting and planning

functions were being provided

effectively and efficiently, and with

capability sufficient for the council to

deal with the pace of earthquake

recovery,” Adams explains. She says the report revealed the

It’s been six months since the shock move which saw Christchurch City Council stripped of its ability to issue building consents. However, Environment Minister Amy Adams confirms there is “no evidence of systemic failure” and has asked the council to work closely with the Ministry for the Environment to resolve some minor issues which have been identified.

council’s consenting processing

timeframes are good, with more than 98

percent of the 1,984 resource consents

received during 2012/2013 processed

within statutory timeframes.However, there are a number of areas

where improvements need to be made. They are:

Some areas of the consent process

including section 92(1) requests for

further information could be improvedDelegation of who holds power to

make decisions on resource

applications could be clearerA better approval system for

subdivision survey plans is requiredInternal service level agreements

could be improvedThe Urban Design Panel could be

put to better use and its role clarified;

The application process for

certificates of compliance and existing

use rights could be improved

The report also recommends that

attention is required to revise the

council’s District Plan.“I note that the council had already

started the District Plan review at the

time the report got underway.

“The Government and the council will

continue this work to ensure the district

plan meets the needs of Christchurch,

as the city continues to recover from the

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Construction: significant sector with

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Construction Sector Report, the fourth in a series of seven, the industry has grown by 10,000 firms since 2002, but still lacks the capacity to deal with the massive demand of the Christchurch rebuild and the Auckland housing boom

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says the construction sector now employs seven percent of the New Zealand workforce – about 170,000 people – and generates annual revenues of $30 billion.

“The number of firms is 10,000 higher than 2002. This has been driven by construction services and residential building. With the Christchurch rebuild and Auckland city housing demand at al all-time high, the industry is experiencing unprecedented growth.”

The report also identified challenges faced by the sector – low productivity, the aftermath of the leaky buildings and the vulnerability of the industry to boom and bust cycles. “Through the Business Growth Agenda, the Government has

The construction sector is one of the largest in the country, employing seven percent of the workforce and growing, a new government report says.

set out 58 specific initiatives that directly relate to increasing productivity in the sector, growing innovation and creating safer workplaces in an effort to reduce its cyclical nature.”

Low productivity growth is partly the result of a skills shortage. The cyclical nature of the industry has discouraged firms from taking on permanent workers

and investing in their training. As a result, many employees lack basic numeracy and literacy skills.

The report says skills and labour were lost during the economic downturn and the sector’s volatility had acted as a disincentive to firms investing in training. It also notes the Government initiatives have led to an increase of

8000 apprentices in the trades area. Productivity growth was lower than other parts of the economy. For every hour worked in construction, $34 of GDP was generated, compared to an average of $48 across all sectors.

The Government is addressing these issues and has formed a number of strategic sector partnerships: the Building and Construction Productivity Partnership with industry groups, the Auckland Housing Accord with the Auckland City Council, and it continues to work with the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority with support from many Government agencies.

“Construction has a vital part to play in our communities and its activity can be felt throughout the economy. From infrastructure and telecommunications to city and community development, it has a direct impact on the quality of life of all New Zealanders,” Joyce says.

“Importantly, demand from the construction sector drives a wide range of other activities in the economy. Most of us deal with this sector regularly, whether through repairs in our home, re-wiring, re-painting or even building a new house. It is part of the fabric of society and that is why this sector is so important.”

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A combination of strategic, smarts, and style, the business engages a wealth of skills and creativity through its team of builders who are committed to helping clients make their concepts a

Seizing the day’ is a challenge we define and set for ourselves. For each and every one of us, making the most of our existence and grabbing an opportunity with both hands will yield a different outcome because every outcome is unique like us.

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In recognition of the need to create a little slice of innovative paradise for clients, the team can custom-design these options and, better still, provides

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In a nutshell, the extra hours are gobbled up just running the business. And running is probably the right word here. The builder, and his partner, wife or office helper have a 100 tasks to do every day just to keep the work up to the boys out on the job.If you run a business – any type of business – you have a very good idea of what needs to happen behind the scenes to keep the business working. In the building industry, the ratio of off-site work to on-site work is very high. Many builders feel that for every hour on the job, there’s another hour required to manage that hour. Whatever the actual figure is, it sure takes its toll on profits and margins. This brings me to the point of this article. Why are some builders making good money while others are very busy make making far less?Read this next bit carefully because this is the make and break part of a builder’s business – and almost any other business for that matter.The money is made or lost in what I call “the engine room” of the business. If the engine room is not pumping out the horsepower and the torque, then no matter what you do elsewhere in the business, it’s not going to make much difference. So, what is the engine room? The engine room is where your Gross Profit is generated. If your Gross Profit is low, it is virtually impossible to recover it from anything else you do in the business. The Gross Profit is one of

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the critical KPIs (Ker Performance Indicators) in your business. You just cannot afford to get it wrong.The Gross Profit is the invoiced value of your work minus the cost of labour and materials. Simple. As a simple example let’s say for every $100 you invoice, $40 is labour (either your own employees or contract labour) and $30 is materials. That leaves you with $30 Gross Profit or 30%. Your Direct Costs are your labour and material costs which consume $70 of every $100 you invoice.So your Gross Profit of $30 has to run everything else in your business, and provide you with your own income, pay your taxes, your ACC and every other expense you can possibly think of. As you can quickly see, if your Gross Profit is down, nothing else in the business will recover and rebuild your Gross Profit.The engine room suddenly becomes the most critical part of your whole business. If your engine room is under performing, What are the likely causes and what are the cures? Firstly – job costing. This is where it all starts. If your costing is wrong, or your price is driven down by unrealistic expectations by the client, insurance company or PMO, then you’re not going to make it. To undertake accurate job costing and quoting, you must invest in the best tools available. And you must know your absolute lowest price and margin and if you fall below this lowest price then there is little chance of recovery. It is better to walk away and maintain your margin than it is to accept a job knowing that your only chance of coming out ahead is to do it in less time and use fewer materials than quoted.What are your chances of achieving this? Probably near zilch. Know your absolute bottom line Gross Profit percentage and don’t budge. If you budge, you might as well be back working for wages.

In the last month I have met with many builders. Some are making more money than ever before. Others are making no more than good wages yet, because they run a business, they are working 30-40 hours on the tools and then another 10-20 hours behind the business. What are they doing and where are the extra 10-20 hours going?

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JD Homes has done it again

t is, therefore, an achievement of monumental proportions, that JD

Homes, owned and operated by the dynamic duo of Jesse DeWys and wife Marcella, not only survived the economic downturn, but has also flourished since inception.

Jesse naturally demonstrates great humility when it comes to the success of his business, and he’s certainly a ‘take it in his stride’ kind of chap when it comes to both the fiscal and literal ups and downs of the industry.

But there’s certainly nothing laissez fair about his attitude towards getting the job done. He laid the foundations for a boutique, bespoke building company very early on – investing a wealth of previous experience into JD Homes to ensure those foundations were not vulnerable to any challenges that came their way.

Today he and Marcella head up an award-winning organisation – one that operates with a style radar at its heart – adopting and engaging the latest and

Surviving the global recession, which caused irreparable damaged to commercial landscapes across the globe, seems an extraordinary feat in itself, but imagine the courage involved in setting up a business in that financial climate.

greatest in terms of aesthetics, products and technique.

“We are a family business and that is something we are really proud of,” Jesse confirms. In the context of JD Homes, ‘family’ means family in the literal sense, but it has much broader

application too. The notion of blood being thicker than water is not the case for this business, as Jesse and Marcella have worked hard to cultivate a ‘family atmosphere” that has nothing to do with genetics.

“All our staff members are incredibly important to us. We have number of our guys who have been with us five years, and they dedicate significant time and energy to the work they do. Because of the longevity of our staff, we have the benefit of continuity and consistency in our work.”

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ogether the team completes approximately eight or nine jobs a

year – each project has unique characteristics and is the result of a real labour of love. Jesse’s love of his industry is palpable when you speak with him, and it’s clear this sentiment is shared by the entire team.

“For us, strong ethics, flair, innovation, individuality and ingenuity, are all incredibly important qualities within our working environment. For us, as a team, it is wonderful to be working on homes of real distinction.

“If we didn’t concentrate so much on each and every project, maybe we could complete 25 projects in a year. But that’s not what it is about for us. We like to spend as much time with our client as need be to get their brief to a point that they can say, ‘Yes, that is exactly what we/I want – our dream home’. From there, it takes as long as it takes until they are 100 percent happy.”

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“It is definitely more competitive now than when we entered the market, but we are certainly not intimidated by that – it drives us harder.

“Our unique point of difference lies in the fact that we are not only a bespoke firm, but one that employs a very flat management structure.

Our clients enjoy and appreciate the fact that they can deal with me right from the start.

“I am extremely hands on every day in this business, as is Marcella, and I’ll always be the one to work with the client on their brief at the outset, and then hand them their keys at the end. It’s a great feeling.”

The company’s skills and fastidious attention to detail has clearly paid dividends – its reputation is not only second to none, but it has scooped several awards in the Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards throughout the years.

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“From the first time we meet Jesse from JD Homes, it all just seemed to fall into place. From the exciting design process to the finished product, he was on the same page as us. “Our ideas combined with his, and Jesse’s vision and experience has given us the award winning home we live in today. It is practical, modern, contemporary, energy efficient and just ‘us’. “We can’t wait to build again someday and would not hesitate to call upon Jesse at JD homes.” - Tony and Lisa Greenlow

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A day in the life...

By John Wright, Harcourts Ilam 2

Well there I was patiently waiting for the summer holidays to arrive and so looking forward to long hot days, splashing in the surf, relaxing and having fun; when suddenly I find myself back in the office working on the first auction programme for the year. Holidays are over and the scallops, fish and crayfish are gone and it’s full on once again.

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If the level of enquiry during December and the first weeks of January are anything to go by this coming year is going to be a repeat of the last. December was again one of the busiest months for sales here at Harcourts Holmwood with an incredible number of auctions conducted during the weeks leading up to Christmas. We did however notice a ‘softening’ in prices, with several properties passing in. Whether this is a result of higher stock levels pre-Christmas or high vendor expectations remains to be seen.

One thing with being away from the city for a week or two is that you get used to driving on nice flat roads with no traffic jams or detours due to road works. I have lost count of the number of my open homes that were disrupted because of road closures and road cones preventing cars from stopping. With in-ground services (water, sewer etc) likely to take some time to repair; disruptions around Christchurch will continue. I sympathise with those of you who have been affected financially and hope you can get through. All we can do is stay positive and believe in how good this city will be in a few short years.

Presently I have several clients wanting to sell their houses, but are unable to because they are embroiled in disputes with their (same) insurer. I am hopeful we will see an end to the nonsense that had some of them taking

time out to join a protest outside their insurance company’s office in December because of the lack of response they were getting with the handling of their claims.

A good idea from a client and engineer working on the city rebuild; she says move red-zone houses into the city centre where there are literally acres of bare land that is unlikely to be built on for years. Get hundreds of people back into the city to bolster the viability of the likes of New Regent Street and encourage other businesses to start up. Too simple?

One aspect some real estate agents have yet to come to terms with is the compulsory training required to be completed each year. There are agents who didn’t complete theirs by December 31 and as soon as the REAA catches up with them they will be “gone by lunchtime” and won’t be back for five years.

It is going to be very interesting to see what the record house sale price for 2014 will be, with several homes between $3 and 5 million coming to the market during December. We will be a little behind Auckland’s record price but who cares about that. That sort of money being paid for a house shows people have confidence in the future of Christchurch and that’s good.Phone: 351 3002, [email protected] or visit www.harcourts.co.nz/Offices

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Vicus Design has worked in confined spaces, large areas, hillsides, and challenging soil conditions. Active from Lower Hutt down to Queenstown, its designers have established robust and respected relationships with building companies throughout the country.

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“We will provide them with a comprehensive brief and work closely from the outset to educate them on the methodologies they will utilise, and then proactively project manage the work until it is completed.”

Strongly influenced by European trends and style, Vicus Design takes aesthetic design to a new level and the team selects materials and approaches that ensure every home is built to the highest standard. Its environmental awareness is demonstrated through its commitment to the internationally recognised ‘Passive House Standard’.

“We are about to build the South Island’s first Certified Passive House, and one of our previous homes will be entered in the 2014 Architecture Design New Zealand (ADNZ) House of the Year Awards in the $1 million + category.

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The measures, aimed at curbing house prices, mean low-equity borrowers with deposits lower than 20 percent must comprise no more than 10 percent of new homes.

The RBNZ has now relaxed the changes, removing the restriction against new residential builds.

The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) chief executive John Walley describes the move as a sensible concession, reducing some of the political pressure

In October last year the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) enacted controversial changes to Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) rules.

on the LVR policy and supporting expansion of the housing stock. “This is a sound response to the claim that the LVR policy was slowing new builds,” he says.

“There could also be a case for regional exemptions as the real asset price pressure is in Auckland and Christchurch.”

We need more than a simple reliance on interest rates, he says. “It is important we look beyond the immediate influence of the LVR policy

on the housing market, and look to the consequences of increasing interest rates across the economy, particularly for added value exporters and import competing manufacturers. With only interest rates in the RBNZ’s tool box we might well have seen higher interest rates by now when others, such as Australia, are still looking at further loosening of their monetary policy. This contrast is a real worry for exporters.

“This concession is the right one, but should not detract from the need for

LVR policy and perhaps other prudential restrictions at some point.”

Jennian Homes director Richard Carver is one of the many provincial builders who is welcoming the new amendment and he believes new builds should have been left out of the LVR changes from square one. “We strongly welcome the Reserve Bank’s swift action to exempt new house construction from the LVR regulations as this will increase the supply of new houses that are desperately needed,” Carver explains.

Without today’s action, up to 30 percent of new building enquiry was being negatively impacted by the new restrictions. This equates to thousands of new houses on current consent forecasts. The actions from the Reserve Bank go a long way to reversing the inability for young New Zealanders to realise the great Kiwi dream of owning their own home.

The Auckland housing shortage coupled with the Canterbury rebuild has given a false impression of blanket improvement in new housing consents across the country. “This has not been the case with many provincial regions still showing a lag in new consents. Removing the LVR restrictions goes a long way to making building new a very attractive proposition and should have a positive flow on effect for these areas,” Carver says.

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Cascading construction constraints

t has been really interesting and frustrating to see how long it has taken

for the recovery to gain momentum.Three and a half years after 4 September 2010 we are just starting to see the rebuild impacting across our economy. It has become clear to me that we are now involved in a series of cascading constraints as we work our way through the rebuild. The rebuild is primarily driven by insurance. Of the $40 billion plus total damage in Christchurch over $30 billion can be contributed either directly or indirectly to

insurance pay outs. Therefore, it is the private sector and insurance that will inject cash into our economy.

Given the time lag between cash pay outs and construction (which is caused by surveying, geotechnical, and engineering requirements; resource and building consents; planning; and then pouring of concrete) it will take between four to six months from the time cash is paid until the time construction commences. This insurance pay out delay has been a major constraint in the reconstruction of Christchurch, however we are almost through that constraint now.

The next constraint will be that of resource consents and building consents. We know how overloaded our local government is with the handling of consents and we know that there has been a fairly dysfunctional process to date. That process is being improved, by the day, but the challenge ahead of us is enormous. A small sub-set of the damage in housing stock indicates that there are about 11,000

seriously damaged homes that will be, or have been, cash settled. That means that there are 11,000 homeowners who now hold the rebuild or repair of their house in their own hands and from my perspective, they all want to do it tomorrow! Given the aforementioned delays, that will mean a huge demand on resource consents, which is the second barrier in the cascade effect.

The third barrier will be finding sufficient building companies and project managers to handle the enormity of the residential and commercial rebuilds. We have not yet reached that constraint, but it will be there and it will be big.

There are literally tens of thousands of homes to be repaired and there are thousands of commercial buildings to be reconstructed.

Associated with that third cascading constraint will be issues around the constraints of human resource and material supplies. The human resource issue is already starting to be significant, we have two percent unemployment below the national average in Christchurch and are tracking down. It is increasingly easy to get

work if you want it and we have a large number of people coming from outside of the city to work here.

However, an associated and important constraint on our human resource is finding sufficient accommodation. We lost 10,000 houses in the 22 February 2011 earthquake and there are 24,000 that will have to be vacated while they are repaired. The policy analysts tell us we require 25,000 people, above and beyond business as usual, to assist us to rebuild our city. That is three small towns that we require in Christchurch in the relatively near future. We are starting to hear some grumbles in the market about the increasing cost of materials and the delays in obtaining supplies (and this is with the reconstruction of Christchurch just starting to crank up). So expect to hear a lot more about that.

The cascading construction constraints of Canterbury are real. They require a recognition of the scale of the rebuild that we are about to go into and the need for companies to think strategically about their positioning one year and two years down the track to ensure they are well advanced in equipping themselves to cope with unprecedented demand and expediential growth. It is going to be a big year!

As we commence 2014 we irrefutably go into the biggest year of construction in the history of our city.

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The TTT MultiPole can be installed via water jetting (using the space created by the removal of the central core for the water jetting unit), vibration, or pile driving. By installing TTT MultiPoles close together, ground improvement is achieved which prevents liquefaction – a particularly invaluable benefit to Canterbury.

TTT Products co-director John Reelick talks about TTT MultiPoles and what they mean for the Christchurch market. Can you explain the product in layman terms?

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Rebuilding Christchurch through innovation was a key theme in the recently held event celebrating the best of our nation’s engineering work of 2013. But there was one winner which stood out to us down here in our little southern spot. Canterbury Rebuild Magazine looks at one of the winners of New Zealand’s Engineering Excellence (NZEE) Awards and how it can support the rebuild of our city.

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“These poles improve installation time, and are more economical at the end of the day.”

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The innovative team at BeachGrove subdivision recognised the need to introduce affordable housing into the residential mix in response to these conditions, and has worked strategically to create and deliver attainable and high quality living opportunities.

Whether it’s the first step on the housing ladder for some, or buyers who are looking for an opportunity to relocate to the pristine landscape of North Canterbury, BeachGrove can meet a diverse range of needs.

A fully constructed neighbourhood comprising seven stages features dynamic villas and townhouses in an established setting. Stage One is made

Accessible living at BeachGrove will soon be available just a short walk from the heart of Kaiapoi’s town centre – a neighbourhood that thrives thanks to its strong community spirit, dynamic personality and unique recreational offering.

up of 83 homes, additional building sites, a neighbourhood dairy, cafe, parklands, walkways and green spaces.

There is a preschool planned for Stage Two, and with the North Kaiapoi Primary School on its doorstep and a supermarket close by, this urban environment has strong utilitarian qualities, which benefit the locals and broader Kaiapoi community.

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There has never been a better time to discover the historic river town of Kaiapoi, as it is enjoying a colourful renaissance with a number of new retail facilities and the revitalisation of its town centre and amenities. On the recreational scene, boating, walking, cycling, fishing, shopping and dining options are boundless.

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More than 7,000 dwellings will need to be demolished or re-located in the residential red zone and as many as 9,000 other houses may need demolition.

Population dispersal and changes to business locations have impacted on economic activity, transport patterns, proximity to employment, entertainment and recreation.

The current Regional Policy Statement and Christchurch district plans do not address the current demands and are relatively prescriptive regarding where development can occur and under what rules. Existing Resource Management Act planning processes could take years to amend these current plans. New planning rules were needed quickly.

In November 2012 the Minister used his powers under the CER Act to direct Environment Canterbury to lead

Christchurch City Council, Selwyn District and Waimakariri District Councils, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, NZTA and CERA to develop a Land Use Recovery Plan.

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Brownlee says direction from the public has been clear as post-quake recovery has progressed. “There is a keen desire to see well-designed, people-focused and sustainable developments along with affordable housing and reduced urban sprawl. “This plan allows for that by giving a very clear direction about where and how new development can occur, in a manner that best assists our region’s recovery.”

For more information about the LURP visit www.cera.govt.nz/lurp. Copies of the LURP are also available in council service centres and public libraries across greater Christchurch.

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Stretching from Lincoln, Prebbleton and Rolleston in the south, to Kaiapoi and Rangiora in the north, as many as 40,000 residential sections could be developed by 2028 within the greenfield priority areas under these revised rules.

“The aim is to use amended intensification rules to deliver 8,000 to 10,000 new dwellings in Christchurch City within the next five years,” Brownlee says. “Getting more sections and houses to market sooner is the only thing that will ease Christchurch’s accommodation pressures.

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“We pride ourselves on our professionalism and attention to detail,” CCL co-owner and managing director Hamish Wright explains. “We focus on delivering the very best we can and on upholding the highest presentation standards in every element of our work – the staff involved in a project, the equipment used and, most critically, the end result.”

This focus on excellence is reflected in the company’s consistent workflow of repeat business and in the growth figures being experienced each month. Add in a rock solid work ethic and it is little wonder that CCL is able to achieve high productivity levels in its specialty fields. Ground remediation is a primary focus. CCL has been carrying out land remediation under lifted houses on TC3 land. The company’s own civil engineer provides the knowledge and expertise necessary to oversees the work process and liaise with the client, design team and geotechnical engineering teams. This facilitates the most efficient and economical outcome possible, which is CCL’s main priority.

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CCL Construction Contracting undertakes a variety of civil construction works ranging from roading to commercial and residential site works.

foundations on both TC2 and TC3 land. A staggering 20-30 of these are being handled each month. Significant experience has been gained too in large bulk excavations and backfill for commercial buildings. Of note are the Countrywide developments along Victoria Street.

Roading is another area of specialisation for CCL. Road upgrades, remediation and new route construction projects have been carried out recently for major companies throughout Canterbury, including SCIRT, City Care and Fletcher Construction. With its own quarry on Springs Road – the most

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CCL recently moved its offices to the Springs Road Quarry which has allowed for the expansion of the company. There is now a contract with NZTA to fill-in the quarry over a four year period to then be re-developed as an extension to the Southern Motorway. CCL is currently receiving around 10,000 cubic metres of concrete, gravel and silt every month from site and sub-division excavations to contribute to the filling of the quarry.

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Working in the environment of the intensive earthquake recovery, Alawin Homes appreciates the unique sensitivities and challenges involved with the repair and rebuild effort. The strategic partnership it has forged with Fletcher Construction, as one of its preferred suppliers, and its co-operative relationship with like-minded sub-contractors has catapulted the business even further along the road of success.

As a medium-sized firm it has the benefit of being large enough to cater for complex jobs that demand a strong force of skills and knowledge, while also being small enough to offer and maintain a personalised customer service.

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“The adoption of the Edgeware Village Master Plan represents a significant milestone for the local

community, property and business owners and other stakeholders who have helped shape this plan,” the Council’s Urban Design and Regeneration Unit manager Carolyn Ingles explains.

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labour for a build and houses will be financially competitive with traditional builds. But as with all fledgling ideas, funding is stalling progress and the project is looking for funding to accelerate development to get the project to market.

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Their plan revolved around the idea that these customisable houses will be great in earthquake-prone places like Christchurch — where even now some people are still living in garages, cars, or broken homes — since they are made of sturdy

“If design’s great project in the 20th century was the democratisation of consumption – Henry Ford, Coca Cola, Ikea, it might be that design’s project in the 21st century is the democratisation of production.”

components that slot together. The buildings are designed to rock in an earthquake, with any damage absorbed in replaceable components that you can swap in and out.

Much like Wikipedia’s free, user-generated content, WikiHouse is an open hardware project, where experts design houses or parts of them and share them online. With designs submitted under a creative commons licence, everyone can use them.

The world’s fastest growing cities are not formally developed, but rather ‘self-made’ cities and embracing this, Parvin explains, is the key to many of our problems. “If we’re serious about tackling problems like urbanisation, climate change and inequality, we need to develop solutions not just to construction, but also off-grid sustainable infrastructure and to put them into a democratic commons. A kind of Wikipedia for ‘stuff’, WikiHouse is one of a growing spread of open hardware experiments which suggest a very different economy for design.

“If design’s great project in the 20th century was the democratisation of consumption – Henry Ford, Coca Cola, Ikea, it might be that design’s project in the 21st century is the democratisation of production.”

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A literal one stop shop for immigration, Business Immigration (NZ) Ltd has been assisting families and individuals through the migration process, bringing New Zealand valuable workers for more than 20 years. “We get about 100 queries a week from potential employees,” managing director Lyn Sparks explains.

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There has been a significant influx of international migrants to the Canterbury region since the second half of 2012. In the first half of 2013, four thousand people moved to the region, an average of 25 people per day. Many of these new residents are from overseas.

screening process. We generally take eight percent of the people who approach us.”

Applicants must meet a high standard of English, pass a medical and have at least 10 years of verifiable work experience, including internationally.

Business Immigration couldn’t make the process any easier. The company screens the potential staff, organises visas, arranges tax registration and can secure accommodation. “All that we leave the employer is interviewing potential employees over Skype,” Sparks says.

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IT. One of its strongest points of difference is simply the

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“Before the earthquake Canterbury construction had an employment capacity of 40 percent. With huge investments being made into staffing, equipment and projects, the playing field is as different as it could possibly be. Now we’re at more than 100 percent capacity,” Sparks says. “There is a phenomenal amount of work out there and there is a huge shortage of workers to get that work completed.”

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According to Southern Repiling owner Dwayne Hubac, a large number of Canterbury homes slid clean off their piles in the earthquakes because the houses weren’t attached to them. “Even though the earthquake has hurt of lot of people, everyone is now a lot more educated and this will lead to us rebuilding safer houses for the future,” he says.

Prior to establishing Southern Repiling in Dunedin in 2009, Hubac was working for a house-levelling company in Christchurch. Following the earthquake, the company widened its perimeters to Canterbury to fulfil an important role in the city’s rebuild.

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Pile foundations distribute a structure’s weight evenly across the soil underneath, ensuring the building remains strong and level. Despite their importance to our comfort and safety,

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Specialising in repiling, underpinning and pile replacements, Southern Repiling also carries out house lifting. “We can lift and re-level anything from concrete floor slab homes, standard pile structures, ring beams – basically all type A and type B structures – we have the power to lift almost anything.”

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It was when the council released its preferred route options that discontent developed.

The first route option – down Chalmers Avenue and Grove Street – was quickly aborted against considerable community backlash.

Two alternatives were soon established – both using Chalmers Avenue – one proposing to create a new road east of Grove Street, one proposing to create a new road even further east of Grove Street. Significant time and resource has since gone into public consultation, research and submissions.

On July 4, 2013 Council approved “Option A” as the road alignment to proceed to land designation for the second urban bridge across the Ashburton River.

The proposed designation will

A second bridge over the Ashburton River has been on the District Council’s drawing board for several years. Designed to improve traffic flows through the district, It is a change thought to be in the interests of both locals and visitors alike.

connect the southern end of Chalmers Avenue with a new bridge across the Ashburton River and onto a new two lane road through low density land east of Tinwald to connect with Grahams Road at the south end of Tinwald.

Submissions have again been called for. Initially to be received in early December, the Ashburton District

Council has extended the time for residents to make submissions on the application to designate land for the Ashburton second urban bridge and associated roads.

Council Environmental Services manager Jane Donaldson says the council, as the planning authority, was only required to give 20 working days

for submission period, but has more than doubled the allotted timeframe for submissions. “All agreed that this is a significant project for council and the community and providing additional time for submissions was appropriate in this case,” she says.

A hearing is expected to be held later this year and, once the designation is in place, the bridge route will be protected and the land within that route can be acquired by the council. The bridge is unlikely to be built for at least 15 years.

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The extensive project is under construction by the Christchurch branch of award-winning South Island company Amalgamated Builders (ABL) and project managed by experienced property investment company TPI Ltd.

The initial Stage One consists of three larger units – one has already sold with strong interest shown from other potential buyers. Of the 22 units on offer, office spaces range from as little as 55sqm to 330sqm while warehouse sizes go from 60sqm to 514sqm.

Sitting right alongside Christchurch’s biggest residential subdivision Wigram Skies, which itself will include a full-size shopping centre and around 1800 homes, individual unit buildings at Harvard Hub cater for a range of

businesses from service and distribution storage to trades, professional offices, light manufacturers and a café.

TPI director Lindsay Topp, an experienced Arrowtown-based property developer, says he was thrilled to get the project underway with ABL. “They’re good southern guys with a great knowledge base built up over decades in the industry and I’ve had good experiences with them building a number of projects on time and to budget,” he says.

“They make it really easy from my point of view because they just take control and do the job, and it’s all about transparency, honesty and team performance.” Topp says the level of interest in the units, designed by Merivale-based DD Architects Ltd, was very high. “The fact we’ve been able to get through the consent process to get this underway is very appealing right now to businesses looking to establish themselves in this fast-growing area,” he says. Gavin Ryan of commercial property sales and leasing specialists M B Cook Commercial Ltd says there is currently a serious lack of this sort of product in the marketplace. “While there’s plenty of talk out there about

future developments, to my knowledge this is the only company which has actually started a ‘spec’ build of this nature ahead of the market,” he says.

The first three units are expected to be completed by June 2014. Work on Stage Two for the remaining 19 units is

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Sales and lease enquiries are welcome to Gavin Ryan on [email protected], mobile 0274 584 587 or (03) 341 4098 or visit the website www.harvardhub.co.nz

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A world leading project to transform Christchurch into a smart city of the future and create opportunities for New Zealand’s high tech sector is to receive government funding.

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce recently announced that Callaghan Innovation – the Government’s new High Tech HQ - is providing $250,000 in seed funding as well as technical expertise to help deliver one of the Sensing City initiative’s first projects, which will use sensor technology to

investigate the health impacts of air pollution.

“This is an ambitious, multi-faceted project that will help position Christchurch as a city of the future, grow the region’s ICT sector, and foster entrepreneurialism and the development of weightless exports via the creation of new IP,” Joyce says.

“It also fits perfectly with Callaghan Innovation’s role to accelerate commercialisation of innovation by firms in New Zealand.”

The nuts and bolts of the Sensing City initiative is that a network of digital sensors will be integrated into the physical infrastructure of the Christchurch CBD as it is rebuilt, generating data sets with multiple uses and benefits.

Brownlee says the announcement follows more than a year of discussion with innovation expert Roger Dennis, who recognised very early on, the opportunity rebuilding Christchurch presented the country.

“What we have in the Christchurch rebuild is a myriad of opportunities to use digital sensor technology to learn lessons about how modern cities work, and eventually create a longitudinal database of information from which technology companies can deliver

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“The project leverages the opportunity the rebuild has provided to install sensors in the infrastructure throughout the CBD. Other pilot projects will use sensor technology to collect real time traffic data which developers will then be able to aggregate into an app, and a community-based project to test water quality throughout the city,” Mr Brownlee says.

In addition to funding, Callaghan Innovation will provide expertise in the areas of sensors, networks and medical devices to deliver one of Sensing City’s first pilot projects, a health innovation and air quality demonstration project involving installing sensors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) inhalers and pollution sensors across the city.

Sensing City will provide an online platform for public access to anonymised data sets to demonstrate the value of collecting data to the benefit of all society.

“Publicly releasing the data will allow for wider publishing of the real time data, and allow for further investigation, deeper research and development of insights into respiratory conditions and air quality in Christchurch,” Joyce says.

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settings, and priority setting for tertiary education and

industry training, the report is broken down by industry

and occupation. It has a particular focus on labour

supply constraints arising from an ageing population

and highlights the importance of future productivity

gains to maintain economic growth.

The key points are:

• Total employment is expected to increase by

180,300 (1.6 percent per year) over the 2011-16 period,

and by about 174,500 (1.4 percent per year) over the

subsequent five years to 2021.

• Strong employment growth is expected in the

primary sector, primary processing, certain

manufacturing industries such as machinery and

equipment, metal products and in construction-related

activities. Service industries, including the health,

cultural and personal services sectors, will also

experience modest to strong employment growth. The

growth will be strongest for highly-skilled occupations,

including managers and professionals.

• Opportunities for lower-skilled workers are expected

to account for more than one-third of employment

growth over the 2011-16 period. This will be sustained

over the 2016-21 period as the construction sector

activity related to the Canterbury rebuild is expected to

continue beyond 2016. The food processing, retailing,

accommodation and personal service industries are

expected to create most of the remaining opportunities.

• The medium-long term employment growth beyond

the recovery from the recent economic downturn is

expected to be a mix of export-led growth and growth

driven by domestic household spending along with the

Canterbury rebuild. This has

associated impacts

for labour market

outcomes across

various

industries.

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for the 2011-2021 period and the outlook is positive.

There is no doubting the significant opportunities evident

in the rebuild of our city. Whether it’s job openings, or

even retraining. Christchurch painter and decorator Tessa Gregory

says enrolling in the He Toki ki te Rika (Maori trades

training) programme at CPIT was one of the best

decisions she has ever made.She graduated in December along with around 150

other graduates of the programme from various trades

such as carpentry, welding and plasterboard.Before she heard about He toki, Tessa was working full

time but looking for a new direction. Now she is

completing an apprenticeship and planning to travel and

work overseas.He Toki is an iwi-led collaboration between Ngai Tahu o

Runanga, CPIT and Hawkins Construction that is

changing lives as well as contributing more skilled

workers to the rebuild of Christchurch.“I was determined

to make something of my life because I didn’t finish

school and I didn’t finish CPIT’s Diploma in Maori, so my

next goal was to get a trade and complete it and even if I

can’t do anything else in life I can fall back on my trade,”

she says.“I was nervous because I hadn’t seen many women

around in the trade industry and I thought this could be

different. It could be really different. But I was excited. I

like being different and doing something different.”After the 14 week programme and a further six weeks

of work experience Tessa was offered an apprenticeship

with Frame Consulting. “I was so happy. I had finally

achieved something. I’m getting paid to learn.”In two and half to three years, Gregory will be both

qualified and experienced in painting and decorating for

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he long-term social and economic costs of earthquakes

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“These devices have been extensively tested at UC with funding from the Natural Hazards Research Platform. It will be immensely gratifying to now see these devices complete their journey from bench to building in their first use in protecting communities.’’

The device project is the result of an eight-year collaboration led by Dr Rodgers, Professor Geoff Chase and Associate Professor Greg MacRae at UC, as well as postgraduate students.

The devices will enable the creation of more resilient cities and communities that are far more resistant to the physical and economic damage that results from large earthquakes, and are contributing to the emergence of a new, more resilient downtown Christchurch.

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As the supplier and installer of surface protection products, the business has positioned itself strongly and visibly in both the commercial and residential sectors. Its strategic partnerships formed with builders and broader earthquake recovery contractors are true testament to its robust, reliable and innovative product.

Co-owner Debbie Savin says, “We are a niche business in the sense that

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Recyclable, and reusable, Ultimate Solutions’ products have been in hot demand, and utilised in major recreational, commercial and residential projects including rebuilds in the iconic Botanical Gardens, and during the new build of a three story property in Sumner that had $120,000 windows to protect.

“We are proud of the outcome of these projects, and the way we work collaboratively with our team of professional contractors to ensure every job is completed to the highest standard,” Debbie says.

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