18 | “The key has been growing with our people, and people are the core of our business. As we’ve grown, we’ve added more skillsets and service lines to now offer an end-to-end multi-disciplinary consultancy.” Northland: Stellar Projects T T Richard Loader People ‘the core of our business’ Stellar Projects was heavily involved in the design and consenting of the new boardwalk, shared path on Molesworth Drive for Kaipara District Council. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Since its foundation a little over a decade ago, multi-disciplinary project delivery specialist Stellar Projects has experienced rapid growth in its geographic reach, scale of operation and the size of its team. From the early days when it operated out of a home garage on the North Shore, Stellar Projects has assembled a team of 100 specialists, spread across offices in Auckland (Head Office), Whangarei, Cambridge and Tauranga, with satellite offices in Kerikeri and Taumaranui. Lucas Nikkel joined his friends Benji Potvin and Peter Everett as a co-director a few months after they formed the business, followed by Michael Kwok a year later. “We were all mates who had come from a background of management roles with tier one consultancies, public sector and construction companies. “We saw an opportunity to take our experience and provide great project management and engineering advice to our clients without the red tape associated with some of the larger organisations,” says Lucas. “The key has been growing with our people, and people are the core of our business. As we’ve grown, we’ve added more skill-sets shelley@ticcontracting.co.nz | 027 279 0876 | www.ticcontracting.co.nz NZ'S LEADING SPORTS FIELD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TIC CONTRACTING We are New Zealand’s leading sports turf construction company, priding ourselves on the knowledge of having the most advanced and up to date equipment and resources to provide the best possible service and outcome to our customers. Sportsfield Services | Project Management | Construction | Renovations | Drainage | Irrigation | Retaining Walls | Fencing | Concrete Work | Cricket Block Construction | Artificial and Natural Surfaces | Supply & Install Goal Posts Proud to be working with Stellar Projects on the Waipapa Sports Hub Project. and service lines to now offer an end-to-end multi-disciplinary consultancy.” Although the bulk of Stellar Projects’ operation is concentrated in upper North Island from Taupo to Whangarei, the company has undertaken projects throughout New Zealand and the Pacific. While clients encompass both the public and private sector, it is heavily skewed towards public sector infrastructure, with core clients ranging from NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), to smaller regional councils, network utility operators, Auckland Airport and City Rail Link. Projects range from residential landscape designs and project management, through to
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