| 53 T T Hugh de LAcy Firm equipped to tackle any project Camex’s Taupo branch recently completed the $11.5 million Taupo Town Centre Transformation project for the Taupo District Council. Camex Civil “We can tackle any type of civil construction work, and are backed up by a specialist division that does both routine and reactive maintenance.” REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Buoyant demand for its services from both the local authority and the private sectors has the Taupo branch of civil construction company Camex Civil hitting the ground running with a range of projects for clients and the community lined up. Camex’s Taupo branch recently completed the $11.5 million Taupo Town Centre Transformation project for the Taupo District Council that opened up the lake-front to better access for pedestrians. The 18-month-long project saw Camex reconfiguring the town’s main access road, Tongariro Street, with new concrete structures, retaining walls and pathways to improve the links between the town and the lake from which it gets its name. The company is currently subcontracted to Naylor Love for a major upgrade of the Taupo warehouse and distribution centre of nation-wide food wholesaler Bidfood, from which that company will supply the central North Island with its range of 650 fresh, frozen and ambient-temperature products. Camex is also involved in three waters infrastructure work for the Taupo District Council at nearby Kinloch, where it has installed a new water line, and is upgrading attendant facilities. To cap things off and keep its 42 staff busy, the Taupo branch is also involved in the ground-work preparation of two residential sub-divisions in the district. “We do everything in the line of civil construction, with perhaps 60% of our work being for local authorities and the rest for the private sector,” Taupo area manager Stephan Brink says. “Our operational area extends down as far as Waiouru, where we were recently very pleased to win a contract to provide roading upgrades for the Army.” Based on a 2000sqm main depot in Miro Street, the Taupo branch is fully equipped for its diverse civil construction roles with an inventory that includes small and large diggers, trucks, water carts, compactors, bulldozers, graders, rollers and laser guides. Much of Camex’s machinery is equipped with TOPCON GPS technology that ensures both accurate and efficient excavation designs based on models produced by the company’s in-house surveying team. Camex is widely experienced in working on challenging sites that can be steep, remote, and with difficult ground conditions, and is adept at taking clients painlessly through the complex processes of planning and construction. Phone: 03 983 5500 waterfordpress.co.nz Find new clients with regular marketing in print media ADVERTISING IS GREAT FOR BUSINESS Camex welcomes small-scale civil construction projects no less than large ones – tasks like repairing or re-paving footpaths, installing pedestrian crossings, bus shelters and park benches, and building small drainage systems, the latter proving of increasing importance to the sodden central and eastern North Island after the rains of 2023. “We’ve got plenty of work on, and there are many exciting opportunities throughout the North Island covering infrastructure maintenance, roading, land development works, three waters infrastructure for local councils, and a wide range of private projects,” Stephan says. “We can tackle any type of civil construction work, and are backed up by a specialist division that does both routine and reactive maintenance.” The family-owned Camex Civil business was launched in Cambridge in the late 1990s as a one-man operation by Jon Brewer, a drainlayer by trade, who initially focused on rural services, mainly excavation and drainage, for farmers in the Waipa district. He employed his first staff member in 2000, then was joined in the company by his son Jason Brewer in 2005, and has since expanded the workforce exponentially to reach more than 150. The company prides itself on crafting and maintaining essential infrastructure facilities aimed at ensuring safe, efficient and thriving communities that live in harmony with the environment.
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