Business Central May 2023

| 51 QUALITY STEEL SHEDS DESIGNED FOR YOU Contact KiwiSpan Wellington to talk about your new project. wellington@kiwispan.co.nz 04 568 9119 kiwispan.co.nz Lifestyle & Residential Sheds, Farm Sheds, Commercial & Industrial Buildings Whether you are building a large commercial shed or a small garage, knowing that your builder understands your needs and the complexity of the build makes all the di erence, and that is exactly where the team at Kiwispan Wellington/Kapiti shines. In the ve years that James Marsh and his business partner have owned the Wellington and Kapiti dealerships, they have put the customer at heart of their business, and are now gaining the bene t of repeat business and referrals. The customer experience starts with developing a crystal-clear understanding of what the customer’s requirements are; getting into the ne detail as early as possible. “We like to visit the site to ensure there are no shhooks that might become an issue with either gaining consent or the build,” explains James. “We promptly turn around the concept drawings and an initial quotation, making the customer aware of any consenting issues that might arise. We manage the building consent process, then project manage the build from excavation and slab foundation. We have our own construction team but we happily work in with any subcontractors that the customer may wish to use.” James and his business partner have progressively re ned the systems, processes and business model to build e ciencies into how they deliver projects for their clients. “The model that we’ve adopted takes the customer’s project to a weathertight state. If a customer wants a commercial building, like RV Direct’s new showroom for example, we will consent it with any tout details required, but hand the project over to the internal tout team, once we’ve got the building to a weathertight state.” Located on Hutt Road, Lower Hutt, the Kiwispan team operates throughout Wellington, the whole of the Hutt Valley and Kapiti Coast right up to and including Otaki. Kiwispan’s diverse projects include a lot of commercial sheds, along with farm sheds, lifestyle sheds, garage/sleepouts, standard garages, car ports and even some habitable buildings. “The perfect world for us is that commercial market, because it ts our product very well and we enjoy working with customers in-depth and taking them from concept right through to weather tight. It’s pretty neat seeing those big businesses, like RV Direct, come out of the ground.” With a steel frame structure, a Kiwispan building provides the customer with plenty of clear space without the need for centre poles, delivering lot more top to bottom storage space. “We have a true clear span up to eighteen metres without the need for any apex braces and depending on the site, we can go up to thirty metres wide using braces. The length can be anything the customer wants. We describe our buildings as very grunty; there’s a lot more weight of steel that goes into these sheds than some others on the market. We also use quality xings and fastenings.” With that focus on the customer experience, James emphasises that the true heroes are the team. “We get a huge amount of positive feedback about the building crew on site, and pride ourselves on their experience. We have a strong, knowledgeable and stable building crew, and over the last ve years we’ve worked really hard to keep upskilling them.” Top systems, top service

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