Defence Industry Commitee of NZ
Phill Goff - Minister of Defence
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Te Awamutu Skim Drier Project
"On behalf of Fonterra, I would like to thank you and your company for a first class job here on the Te Awamutu site.
The site team, lead by Danny Halley demonstrated how demolition work can be done to the high safety standards Fonterra pride themselves on."
Grant O'Connor
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Project Manager, Babbage Consultants
Kinleath Lime Store
"I have inspected the above site and am satisfied that your work is 100% complete as of Monday 11th October (2004).
I would therefore like to take this opportunity to record our appreciation for your speedy response to our request and for the manner in which you performed this task.
Because of our past successful association there is never any heistation in calling upon Nikau Contractors to carry out demolition work out at Kinleath site. I did initially think that this job may have been too small to bring someone all the way down from Auckland so I am pleased that you made that initial contact. I am not knocking the abilities of the other contractor that I had lined up for the work, but even he was the first to admit that the experts made the work look so easy and relieved him of a lot of responsibility.
Your efforts in this instance have been so clean and efficient that I am sure that many people on site are not yet aware that you have completed the job and have left. They probably all saw you arrive because your vehicles and equipment are always well presented. To me that is always a good indication that we are dealing with a professional contractor and I guess therefore that others on site probably felt the same.
I appreciate the time and obvious effort that you took to prepare your job safety plan. That in itself was a very professional presentation and obviously works well for you given the way in which your guys took onboard our safety inductions and concerns for their welfare as well as that for our own personnel and plant.
Thank you again. I have enjoyed our brief association and look forward to [perhaps] working with you again at some time in the future."
Peter Gibb
Senior Project Engineer
Carter Holt Harvey, Kinleith Mill
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" I have received from the Occupational Safety and Health Service their assessment of both Mainzeal and Nikau Contractors Ltd following their compliance inspection of the work place in relation to NRH10, demolition on 29 January 2004.
The results of both assessments show a rating of 1 (Ideal) and also contained several complimentary comments.
This result is an excellent achievement. Please pass on my thanks.."
Mark Hughes
Director of Operations, Capital & Coast District Health Board
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"I confirm that Nikau were the successful tenderers on this contract carried out between Jan and April 2003. The work involved the demolition of a 3500m2 approx concrete walled shet and adjacent concrete wharf. Nikau provided and operated the equipment on this contract in a safe and professional manner.
Included as part of the contract was the crushing of much of the concrete demolition material and the recycling of this material as basecourse for new paving to replace the footprint of the two structures. The contract was well supervised and the work was completed within the time frame allotted and to meet and in places exceed the specifications set down"
RJ Carter
Project Engineer, Centerport Wellington
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"On behalf of Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd we thank you for the efforts put in by you and your staff in the demolition of building 3 at Greenlane Clinical Centre.
The site project team were impressed by the method statement safety plans put in place by Nikau and, also the way your staff conducted their duties onsite"
Murray Svendsen
Project Manager, Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd
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"Just a quick note to say thank you very much to the both of you and your team. I'm very impressed with the speed and efficiency shown in clearing the May Rd site.......it does make a huge difference to find a reliable company in any given feild"
Brett Johansson
DTZ New Zealand
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"On behalf of Fulton Hogan Civil, we would like to thank and congratulate you and your staff involved in the demolition and reconstruction of the rail bridge in Whangarei last weekend.
The excercise was a huge success. The professional manner in which your staff executed their portion of the works, together with their exemplary behaviour, contributed greatly to the timeliness and qauality of the final product."
Noel Band, Creag McLaren and Tony "The Big Fella" King.
