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Highest standards achieved<br />

through trust and respect<br />

In November 2016 the historic<br />

24-stand Highfield Woolshed near<br />

Waiau was all but destroyed in a7.8<br />

magnitude quake.<br />

Built in 1876 it was the heart of the<br />

<strong>North</strong>cote family’s farming business,<br />

and also apartofthe wider Waiau<br />

community having hosted many<br />

weddings, shows and community<br />

celebrations.<br />

Walls becameseparatedfrom the<br />

roof, and asection collapsed. The<br />

structure also shifted off its piles and<br />

was about 600mm out of level.<br />

The skills of local construction<br />

company,BGBeaven Builders, and<br />

heritage architect Dave Pearson, saw<br />

the woolshed restored to its former<br />

glory.<br />

The sympathetic restoration of<br />

the woolshed and the high standard<br />

of workmanship, within budget,<br />

was rewarded at the New Zealand<br />

Commercial Project Awards, 2020,<br />

with BG Beaven Builders Ltd, the<br />

project team partner,was awarded<br />

aSilver,and also won the Special<br />

Award, for excellence in workmanship<br />

construction practices and innovation<br />

in the Heritage /Restoration Project.<br />

Throughout the project Barney<br />

Beaven and histeam, treated the<br />

building with care and respect,<br />

providing solutions to the many<br />

challenges posed by such aunique<br />

restoration project.<br />

They communicated with the<br />

<strong>North</strong>cote family,finished the job to<br />

the highest standard of workmanship.<br />

The award winning construction<br />

company,which for over 42 years has<br />

been Rotherham-based, has extended<br />

its business into the Kaikoura<br />

district due to growing<br />

demand for its<br />

services.<br />

Barney Beaven<br />

began building<br />

woolsheds as<br />

a21-yearold.<br />

The<br />

company has<br />

expanded far<br />

beyond farm<br />

buildings<br />

and provides<br />

everything<br />

from repairing<br />

weatherboards<br />

to building<br />

$2 million<br />

architecturally<br />

designed<br />

Outdoor<br />

Living<br />

The historic Highfield Woolshed was restored to it’s former glory by<br />

BG Beaven Builders . Photo Supplied<br />

homes.<br />

BG Beaven can<br />

getplans drawn<br />

up for clients<br />

from reputable<br />

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and its project<br />

managers can<br />

provide pricing<br />

and guide clients,<br />

while also ensuring<br />

builds meet all the<br />

building standards, rules and<br />

regulations.<br />

Barney and his wife Wendy<br />

remain thefoundation of the<br />

business, and are deeply involved<br />

in their community.<br />

The couple and their business<br />

is trusted and respected, a<br />

reputation that grew in the<br />

aftermath of the 7.8 quake.Barney<br />

and Wendyprovided solace<br />

to many whose homes, farm<br />

buildings and other infrastructures<br />

were hit by the quake, which had<br />

its epicentre in Waiau.<br />

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