Business Central September 2021

4 | Digging in: the official sod-turning ceremony in 2019 for the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tākina, from left, Wellington Mayor Andy Foster, avid Perks, General Manager Regional Development, Destination and Attraction at WellingtonNZ, and Te Ati Awa iwi representative Kura Moeahu. DEVELOPMENT Wellington City Council The largest diverse civil subcontracting firm in the Wellington region 04 232 0250 | info@multicivil.co.nz www.multicivil.co.nz At Multi Civil Contractors people come first. It is this core strength that has led to the success and longevity of the company, which has worked on some of the Wellington region’s most significant projects. “Our people are the true champions of this business. We’re fortunate to have a great team,” says contract manager Cody Pepere. Multi Civil Contractors is a family-owned company that has been built from the ground up over the past 29 years. It is a diverse civil subcontracting firm that specialises in demolition, earthworks, drainage and siteworks. Cody says it is Multi Civil Contractors strong working relationship with all its clients, employees and subcontractors that has helped it to build a trusted name in the Wellington contracting community. LT McGuinness is one of its long-term clients and Multi Civil Contractors recently worked on the Wellington Convention Centre. This saw Multi Civil Contractors complete the bulk earthworks at the start of the project to prepare the site for the LT McGuinness team. Cody says that Multi Civil Contractors was proud to be a part of such a significant project for the city. “We take a very collaborative approach and are always willing to help and go above and beyond. That’s important on projects like these where we are part of a larger team. Our leadership team is actively involved on our sites and are very hands on. Our company culture is to provide a quality service, work hard, and deliver on time,” explains Cody. Other projects it has worked on with LT McGuinness include Cuba Precinct, Victoria Lane apartments and Bowen Campus. The companies also worked together on St Mary’s of the Angels earthquake strengthening project, which saw Multi Civil Contractors innovative approach brought to the fore as it completed selective demolition works. Cody says it was a complex project and involved a great deal of “thinking outside the square”. Multi Civil Contractors came up with different techniques and methodologies, problem solving to get the result the client required. The project won a New Zealand Demolition Award to add to the company’s collection of both regional and national awards for projects it has worked on over the years. “As a company we strive to create good opportunities for our people and continue our legacy of completing specialised and complex projects in the Wellington region. We are proud to play an important part in helping to deliver these to the region.” Great team, great results Wellington looks to the future T T from page 3 The City’s ageing pipe networks are a good ex- ample of this, where millions are being spent on water, sewerage and stormwater upgrades around the city. Sean says there are other exciting projects afoot such as the Transmission Gully motor- way, which will considerably enhance access from Wellington to the Kapiti Coast, and the construction of the $180 million cycleway between Ngauranga and Petone along the harbour foreshore. “Other significant projects include the rede- velopment of the Town Hall, the strengthening of the St James Theatre and the new build of the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Cen- tre, Tākina, which is currently under construc - tion and due to open in 2023.” Sean says that once completed there are numerous long-term benefits the projects will bring to the region: “Our investment sets out to provide for our expected population growth. “The Let’s Get Wellington Moving project is focusing on transport improvements across the city including improving traffic links to the Airport and eastern suburbs, removing gen- eral traffic from the ‘Golden Mile’ in the CBD and introducing mass rapid-transit commuter services to the southern and eastern suburbs. “The prospect of a rapid transit line is ex- citing - a bit of a case of back to the future as trams ruled in the early years of Wellington. “The critical aspect will be timing. We need to make sure our infrastructure, be it pipes, cables or power, are delivered in a coordinat- ed manner as we grow, that causes the least disruption to the city and utilises the workers we do have efficiently.”