74 | CONTRACTING MD Brown & Co. Ltd T T Kelly Deeks Polished equipment and polished workmanship MD Brown & Co is delivering specific provisions crucial to maintaining the functionality and safety of the Yarrow Stadium facilities. “With experience comes knowledge and expertise, all to provide a high-quality job. We’ve been around for so long we can make it work on large and small projects.” Your Business, Your Industry, Your News. Volume 6 | Issue 2 | April 2021 www.waterfordpress.co.nz ‘Excellence in Energy’ Taranaki’s Todd Energy will have a key role to play as New Zealand moves toward a low emissions economy. Page 8 Waikato farmers Dean & Ang Finnerty have expanded their dairy cow operation into a successful goat milking enterprise as well PAGE 10 Turning challenge into opportunity AUTUMN 2022 www.waterfordpress.co.nz Volume 6 | Issue 3 | July 2021 www.waterfordpress.co.nz Making waves Back on track New Zealand hydrofoil maker Armstrong is generating interest around the world with its high performance products. Work on the ambitious NZCIS facility in Upper Hutt is progressing well after Covid disruptions. PAGE 70 PAGE 10 Healthy delivery A new elective surgery facility in Hastings will provide a big boost to the region’s operating capacity. PAGE 52 Volume 6 | Issue 5 | December 2021 www.waterfordpress.co.nz Cheers Boys! YoungWellington irm3Māori Boys is creating a buzz with it’s ground-breakingWai Manuka natural beverage. PAGE 45 Passion and pride New Plymouth’s Energyworks has forged a strong reputation in 50 years of business. PAGE 64 Seaview upgrade CentrePort’s SeaviewWharf facility is set for a major upgrade to bring it up to international standards. PAGE 14 businesscentral Each edition priority delivered to your door. i i i i li . www.waterfordpress.co.nz/subscriptions . . . 03 983 5525 Stay informed; we work with business owners and decision-makers across all economic sectors, pro iling their success. i ; i i i i - ll i , ili i . Long-standing New Plymouth plumbing and drainlaying company MD Brown & Co has been providing high-priority services for clients across the Taranaki region for more than 50 years, and isn’t going anywhere. First established by Mike Brown, he has now been joined in the business by his son Darren, who says the company’s meticulous standards of presentation have played a key role in its continued success over multiple decades. “Even our diggers get polished,” he says. “A high standard of presentation sets the benchmark for a high standard of work. If a tradie turns up with a messy van, clients think their work is going to be messy as well. We clean all our vehicles inside and out every Friday to ensure we have a nice clean and tidy van to go with our clean and tidy job.” Founded on old-school values and ethics that emphasise hard work, integrity, and personal relationships, MD Brown & Co is committed to meeting the needs of its clients with efficiency and professionalism. MD Brown & Co is a key player in the new residential market, as well as commercial, industrial, and civil. “We do a bit of everything,” Darren says. “We do some big civil projects, and we’re currently working on the redevelopment of Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth, which is being earthquake strengthened and refurbished for a wider range of uses, and to ensure it remains fit for purpose for many more years.” A small business with big capabilities, MD Brown & Co is a team of nine, which is extremely well resourced with five diggers, multiple trucks and vans, and five decades of experience. “With experience comes knowledge and expertise, all to provide a high-quality job. We’ve been around for so long we can make it work on large and small projects,” Darren says. Subcontracting to the project’s earthworks contractor, Denis Wheeler Earthmoving, MD Brown & Co is delivering specific provisions crucial to maintaining the functionality and safety of the stadium’s facilities, ensuring a positive experience for all users, executing necessary replacements and repairs of components within the plumbing and drainage infrastructure, and implementing strategies to prevent future system failures, ensuring the stadium’s facilities remain operational and safe for users. MD Brown & Co is proud to support this major community project and committed to supporting the future of local sports, events, and economic growth for the Taranaki region. New housing has been a slow sector for 18 months or so, but Darren says it is starting to 02734 94954 office@newstylehomes.net pick up quickly, with MD Brown & Co preparing four preslabs within the first couple of weeks back to work in January. “You can see it starting to pick up, and we’ve got more and more people asking for quotes.” MD Brown & Co works closely with several local and national building companies to provide a well-executed preslab installation, which ensures a structurally sound and functional plumbing system in their builds.
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