Waikato Business News September/October 2020

28 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS September/October 2020
SUMMIT SCAFFOLDING
Summit Scaffolding eyes
growth in Waikato
Summit Scaffolding has expanded its
operations to the Waikato with an eye to
the region’s growth.
The Auckland-based
company, established
in 2010, shifted into its
brand new Waikato storage
warehouse in February this
year.
The 4,100 square metre site
in the Hamilton airport precinct
sees Summit Scaffolding
doubling its storage space.
The cheaper cost of land
in the Waikato compared to
Auckland was part of the
appeal for the company, but
there were also more strategic
reasons for the shift.
The Waikato is
a growth region,
director John Scott
says. It’s mainly
focused on produce,
an area of the
economy that doesn’t
slow.
“The Waikato is a growth
region,” director John Scott
says. “It’s mainly focused on
produce, an area of the economy
that doesn’t slow.
“We see the Waikato as a
dynamic region.”
The building at 127 Ingram
Road was a Foster Construction
project and Scott says
the well-known Waikato firm
couldn’t have been better to
work with.
The firm, which has about
150 staff total, is starting with
12 staff in the Waikato and
aims to increase that to 30.
Summit Scaffolding
Waikato is a leading provider
and installer of residential,
commercial, civil and industrial
scaffolding. The company
also offers an equipment hire
and sales division.
Waikato branch manager
Gary Pearson is originally
from the UK, and is an
advanced scaffolder with 30
years’ experience worldwide.
The company can supply
tools and manpower for any
scaffolding job. It has a focus
on intensive and ongoing staff
training and certification,
exceeding standard certifications.
With its new storage space,
Summit Scaffolding Waikato
is focused on expanding its
services to reach a wide geographical
area. The fleet of 32
working vehicles means it can
easily reach clients north and
south.
It uses four main brands of
scaffold:
• Tube and fitting scaffold.
• Kwikstage scaffolding.
• K Guard Edge Protection
(https://kguard.co.uk/):
Concrete frame edge protection,
steel frame edge
protection, debris guard
barriers, structural steelwork
protection and safety
walkways.
• vertemax.com/products/
catchfan/ (containment system
against falling objects).
Summit Scaffolding
Waikato also provides a working
platform width of 1 metre
- more than the standard usage
of 750mm which it says in its
experience is inadequate for
work access, storing of material
and safety.
The company provides
industrial scaffold and shoring
systems for a full range
of jobs, including capital
projects, upgrades and modifications,
shutdowns and turnarounds.
The management team
is well versed in workplace
safety management practices
including health and safety
assessments, giving quotations,
design plans and site
audits. All installers hold a
current Site Safe Card, and
their supervisors, including
Pearson, hold Site Safe Gold
Cards.
Summit Scaffolding
has been involved in major
Robert Aughey and Gary Pearson
projects in
Auckland and the Waikato.
That includes a three-year
Auckland International Airport
upgrade, undertaken in
a working airport with Summit’s
staff working 24 hours
seven days a week in shift
patterns. It also provided the
access for the two ventilation
buildings and additional tunnel
works in the Waterview
tunnel in Auckland, a project
that ran for two years. Prison
construction and development
work includes for Wiri,
Paremoremo and Springhill.
One major component of
the scaffolding practice is
installing the support mechanisms
which hold a temporarily
non-supported structure
firm and stable. This process,
called propping (falsework)
and shore loading, enables
safe access to a project while
preserving and protecting
the skeleton. Summit Scaffolding
Waikato provides the
propping (or falsework) and
shore loading services needed
to support the weight of the
structure under repair or renovation.
This removes any risk
of building or construction
collapse and allows contractors
safe access while work is
undertaken.
When it comes to residential
requirements, Summit
Waikato covers the range
from installing the scaffold for
a new house paint job, right
through to tailoring scaffold
to access an architecturally
designed ‘tricky to reach’ roof
replacement.
The hire and sales
Commercial
Industrial
Residential
Propping & Shore Loading
Equipment Hire & Sales
Summit Scaffolding
Delivering projects to the highest
standards across the whole range
of scaffolding requirements
Contact: Gary Pearson
0220 432 619
gary@scaffolding.org.nz
www.scaffolding.org.nz