Waikato Business News October/November 2020

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16 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS October/November 2020 CANTEC Cantec opens new Hamilton HQ Waikato and Bay of Plenty company Cantec Services Ltd which, in Managing Director Brendon McLean’s words, “paints anything that does not move”, opened its new fit-for-purpose building and Hamilton HQ at the end of October. Situated on the corner of Tahi Street and Norton Road, the multi-million-dollar long-run steel and cedar structure is a huge step up from the “tiny lockup” near the Frankton Saleyards that Cantec used when the company first expanded into Hamilton from Rotorua in 1989. Cantec was established the previous year in Rotorua by two Waikato men, journeyman Claude Lundeberg and quantity surveyor Neil Waites, right after the financial crash. However, despite the timing, within a year they had expanded their business into Hamilton. The Hamilton business started to become an established presence in the Waikato construction industry when joined by now senior quantity surveyor Tony Keown in 1990. Tony’s input over the last 30 years has been a major contributor to the company’s growth. Nowadays Hamilton is the busiest of Cantec’s three branches (the third is in Tauranga) and has 40 staff in the field (30 full-time painters and 10 full-time roofers). Brendon who, as a newly minted tradesman, started sweeping floors with the company in Rotorua 28 years ago, has been able to watch the progress of the new build from Cantec’s cramped temporary accommodation directly across the road. But his workspace changed not long after 6am on Friday, October 30, when a work gang, taking advantage of a quietish Norton Road pre-rush hour, moved the final stock and office equipment across the road into the new building. Cantec’s 1300-square metre tilt-panel building, which Brendon describes as “future proofing the business”, took Wayne Beasley of Hamilton-based Commercial Construction nine months to complete. The new build is nearly three times the size of the old 118 Norton Road premises which, at just 500 square metres, had Cantec’s five 20 year Team Members: - Paul McLeod, Brendon McLean, Richard Leeman, Brian Lundburg, Phil Marr, Neil Waites. Hamilton management and administrative staff crammed into two offices and a repurposed flat. Brendon, who has worked alongside Wayne on many projects through the years, says the “contract” for the building, designed by Nick Crossfield at Studio4architecture, was sealed on a handshake. The signatures only appeared some time later when the banks got involved. The new building is designed with 5-metre-high roller doors on both Tahi Street and Norton Road which are designed to allow delivery vehicles drive-through access Continued on page 18 Solutions for every surface roud to Solutions associated for with every the surface Jumpflex new build Proud to be associated with business throughout the Waikato RCIAL / INDUSTRIAL / RESIDENTIAL PAINTING CIALIST COATING • WATERPROOFING • MEMBRANE ROOFING • TANKING hamilton@cantecservices.co.nz • JOINTING • INJECTION GROUTING 118 Norton Rd • Hamilton Tel 07 846 7166 Mob 027 220 8969 hamilton@cantecservices.co.nz 118 Norton Rd • Hamilton COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL / Tel 07 RESIDENTIAL 846 7166 PAINTING Mob 027 220 8969 www.cantecservices.co.nz LICENSED APPLICATOR FOR: X • VIKING ROOFSPEC • EQUUS • JAYDEX • NURALITE • ALTEX • ZONE • SIKA D U N C A N & E B B E T T C N R T E K O W H A I R D & M A A H A N G A D R H A M I L T O N P E R S P E C T I V E S 1 : 2 . 6 9 8 5 @ A 3
CANTEC WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS October/November 2020 17 Customer: GT Electrical Solutions Date: October 2020 24 hours 7 days ) 0211885133 500mm Customer: Hamiltons trusted residential and 800mm commercial electrical heating and cooling specialists GT Electrical Solutions Date: October 2020 Gary and his team are proud to be the chosen contractor with the Cantec new build 800mm • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL • EDUCATION SHOP & OFFICE FITOUTS • PRESTIGIOUS HOUSING • BUILDING MAINTENANCE • DESIGN & BUILD Commerical Construction Limited PO Box 15310, Dinsdale Hamilton 3243, Suite 7, 3rd Floor Seddon Park, 50 Seddon Road Hamilton P/ 07 834 0955 M/ 027 247 2016 E/ wayne@commercialconstruction.co.nz
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