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34 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS March/April 2018 VINZ NEW BUILD VINZ moves north with state-of-the-art testing station From page 32 complex.” Murray is trained up on every aspect of the job. He trained as an automotive engineer before doing 21 years with VINZ, 19 of them as a vehicle inspector and the last two as site manager. Setting up the former site in 2006 marked the start of heavy vehicle testing for VINZ in Hamilton; before then he and his workmates worked only on light vehicles, contracting out to other sites. Murray still lends a hand in the pits occasionally, but recent times have seen a huge increase in volume and these days he’s mostly involved in the people side. “It's definitely more of a people job I'm doing now, it's not so much nuts and bolts. It's dealing with people and the customers and keeping people happy. “Very much my philosophy is look after your staff first because if your staff are happy then they want to be at work, that transfers to the staff keeping the customers happy and then the customers telling other people and that's pretty much how it works. And it does work, it absolutely works. So we've got happy staff, a nice new station and happy customers and that transfers to word of mouth.” Service is the key, Murray says. That includes having enough qualified staff so there is always cover if someone is off sick or on holiday. “You need the staff, you need to supply a service, and that's what we're about. “It's all about how long you have to wait out there. People don't like to wait, It’s a waste of their time and money. We want to get them in, get them through, be reasonable about things, and communicate.” The building offers the full range of VINZ’s services, with a focus on heavy vehicle inspections and certification and NZTA transactional services. The range includes: • WoFs • CoFs, a regular inspection for passenger service, rental and heavy goods vehicles • Pre-purchase inspections, to give greater confidence to buyers and seller of used vehicles • Heavy vehicle entry certification • Hybrid and electric vehicle safety checks • Administrative services, such as re-registrations and vehicle licensing. • Motorcycle compliance • Off-site forklift WoFs • Work for the Serious Crash Unit Hamilton The build by AP Construction was completed in December last year. It is a 650sq m facility with a 150sq m office block, and it opened for business on February 18, followed by an official opening on March 13 at which NZTA chief executive Fergus Gammie spoke, along with Gordon Shaw. VINZ was established as a co-operative in the early 1990s by a group of NZ motor industry people, and is now a privately owned company. VINZ inspects more than 175,000 vehicles per year, and has been an appointed agent for the NZ Transport Agency for more than 20 years, working to ensure vehicles meet their road safety standards. VINZ employs more than 180 staff across 11 testing station branches, partners’ premises and its Auckland head office. • The new VINZ testing station is open from 8am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday, and 8am-noon on Saturday. See Page 36 to read about AP Construction’s role in the new VINZ testing station build. Phoenix Electrical Ltd More than 25 years experience specialising in commercial, lighting design, design and build. Quality you can trust Proud to be a part of the VINZ new build Tasman Road, Te Rapa Plumbing • Drainlaying • New work • Maintenance Digger hire Contact David Podmore PHONE 027 349 0603 www.phoenixelectricalltd.co.nz facebook.com/phoenixelectrical.co.nz A3965T Graham 0274 934 968 Phone 07 847 7344 Email bridge@xtra.co.nz 109 Colombo Street, Hamilton A3896T
VINZ NEW BUILD WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS March/April 2018 35 Waikato Post Ramming is proud to be associated with VINZ new build in Tasman Road Hamilton If you are in need of Pile Driving, Retaining Walls or Foundational Services contact Waikato Post Ramming. Matt and the team at On Guard Security Solutions are proud to be associated with the VINZ new build on Tasman Road, Hamilton 0800 ONGUARD www.onguard.co.nz www.facebook.com/onguardnz A6171T Waikato Post Ramming 26 Ray Road, RD2 Taupiri 3792 Phone: 027 632 0853 Email: waikato.postramming@yahoo.co.nz Residential & Commercial • Re-Roofing • Repair Work • Spouting Residential • Flashing& Commercial • Re-Roofing • Repair Work Residential • Re-Roofing & Commercial • Spouting • Re-Roofing • Repair Work • Repair Work • Flashing• Spouting ALL YOUR ROOFING NEEDS Residential & Commercial Proudly www.ctrroofing.co.nz Proudly providing our services across the Waikato Proudly providing Proudly our services Proudly across providing the our Waikato services Residential & Commercial providing • Re-Roofing providing our services • Repair Work our services across the • Spouting Residential and Call commercial: 027 5377 627 Re-roofing for your • free Repair across roofing work the • quote! • Flashing • Spouting Spouting Waikato • Flashing • Flashing Proudly providing • Flashing our services across Waikato the Waikato ALL ctrroofing@xtra.co.nz ALL YOUR YOUR ROOFING NEEDS NEEDS www.ctrroofing.co.nz ALL YOUR ROOFING NEEDS ALL YOUR ROOFING NEEDS Congratulations to VINZ www.ctrroofing.co.nz on their new www.ctrroofing.co.nz building at Tasman Road, Hamilton Call 027 5377 627 for your free roofing Call quote! 027 5377 627 for your free roofing quote! Call 027 5377 627 for your free roofing quote! Call 027 5377 627 for your free roofing quote! ctrroofing@xtra.co.nz ctrroofing@xtra.co.nz ctrroofing@xtra.co.nz ctrroofing@xtra.co.nz across the Waikato A5563T
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