Waikato Business News July/August 2021

20 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS July/August 2021
Awards a game-changer
for family-owned JCC Build
This year’s Registered Master Builders Waikato House of the
Year completion promises to be a game-changer for Hamilton
company JCC Build.
Family owned JCC Build,
just five years old and
growing, beat a strong
field to win the Waikato region
Supreme Renovation Award;
the Renovation $500,000 -
$1-million Award; the Carpet
Mill Lifestyle Award;
and a Gold Award for their
renovation of a home on
Hamilton Lake.
The swathe of awards
comes to the company in just
their second year of entering
the competition. JCC Build
entered for the first time in
2020 to test where the company
stood with its peers and
promptly took out the Regional
Category Winner and a Gold
Award in the renovation up to
$500,000 category.
Business manager Murray
Buchanan says the timing of
the latest awards for such a
new company was “fantastic”
from a business perspective.
“Following on the 2020
The awards
bring enormous
business value
and credibility. It’s
great for the team
and encourages
everyone in terms
of what it is we can
achieve.
awards it made sense to have
another go this year. To be recognised
for the level of quality
the team produces has been
very pleasing.
“The awards bring enormous
business value and credibility.
It’s great for the team
and encourages everyone in
terms of what it is we can
achieve.
The year-on-year wins are
particularly satisfying for managing
director Will Johnston,
who started JCC Build five
years ago as a “a man with his
van” before quickly growing
to four teams on the ground
and an office staff including
two project managers, a quantity
surveyor, and a business
manager.
Will says that “Building is
always better when done as a
team
To be recognised as a
company that produces high
quality workmanship is very
encouraging
Understanding what the client
wanted was the key to the
success on this project
I am extremely proud of
how our team works together
to provide a great building service
to each of our clients”
Build foreman Deryk Print
was responsible for transforming
the tired 1950s brick-andconcrete-tile
home situated
down a shared right of way.
“It was challenging to
say the least. Site access
was tight and steep, with
limited parking.
“It was quite remarkable
that the build plans were both
beautifully hand drawn but
also challenging to work off
as they didn’t capture everything
the client wanted. There
was a lot of working and collaborating
with the client and
sub-trades and navigating challenges
on site.
“The true tale is there to
be seen in the before-and-after
photographs of the original
180sqm house and the 230sqm
makeover. No surfaces were
left untouched. The concrete
tiles on the roof were removed
one at a time, the brick cladding
stripped and the all the
interior lining taken out.
“The highlight of the job
for me as a builder involved
placing steel portals and to
construct the exposed spruce
trusses which we had to engineer
on site using brackets
especially made up for the job.
Each of the visual trusses had
to be lifted into place by a team
of five, as we could not get a
hi-ab on site.“
One of the “wow factor
accents” commented on by
judges was the exterior river
stone detailing on the buttresses
and chimney. While
the stones are manmade, each
one had to be individually
selected, adjusted and placed
by a mason.
Deryk says the most challenging
aspect of the build was
the detailed black panelled
buttress-and- gable design.
“There were a lot of flashings
that had to be installed,
it was truly a brain tease, and
we had to come up with our
own solutions.”
And, he says, the renovation
faced the usual challenges
in the weather and the
mud. “But that just makes
the win all the better. When
you journey those builds, and
they are a battle, the awards
are very neat.”
Judges noted the JCC Build
team, which specialises in renovation
and extensions, had
applied their skill and craftsmanship
to every corner of the
house while maintaining ties to
the original home.
“No part of this home has
been left untouched,” the
judges said. “It has increased
in size and been completely
revamped with some clever
touches and details. One of the
most striking features is the
negative-detailed black panelled
buttress and gable design.
“New exterior cladding and
windows have given the house
a whole new look that pairs
nicely with the large courtyard,
pool, and garden.”
Contact:
Murray Buchanan
(business manager)
Phone: 027 522 1159
Email: murray@jccbuild.nz