| 5 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Calder Stewart Milton - Hillside Workshops Calder Stewart’s contract was for the construction of a new mechanical building, a new staff facility, and other ancillary buildings, infrastructure and landscaping. NEWZEALAND’S LEADINGSUPPLIER & INSTALLEROF SPECIALIST FLUIDTRANSFER EQUIPMENTANDFLUID MANAGEMENTSYSTEMS FORMECHANICAL & INDUSTRIALWORKSHOPS. WORKSHOPFIT-OUTS &SOLUTIONS FLUIDHANDLING EQUIPMENT FOLLOWUS: We have almost everything you need – and if we don’t have it, we can source it – or build it Your Bespoke System for Commercial, Automotive and Field Service advancefluidcontrol.co.nz 0800538058 Founded in 2008, Advance Fluid Control has evolved to become New Zealand’s leading supplier and installer of specialist fluid transfer equipment and fluid management systems for mechanical and industrial workshops. With headquarters, a warehouse, and a display room based in Nelson where it all began, the company now has a branch, warehouse, and installation team in Auckland, giving it nationwide reach for its clients. “Our core sectors are automotive, commercial, and agriculture, which includes car, truck, and tractor dealerships and service centres,” says Sales and Technical Manager Rhys Smith. GETTING ITRIGHT FIRSTTIME “We are thorough in what we do, and we are innovative, always trying to find new solutions and new ways of doing things that are faster and more efficient. It is that whole ‘customer-first’ mindset — we work for the customer.” Richard Loader “We provide oil, greasing, and air equipment, which includes oil tanks, oil pumps, air reels, and oil reels. We also provide fluid management systems where an operator can digitally track the dispense of oil. Our services include full design and installation of a complete system for the client. Typically, a client will come to us with a need, and we will go through a full requirements analysis with them and then propose and design a solution, supply the equipment, and arrange installation.” Getting it right the first time and proposing a bespoke solution that meets their customers’ specific needs is about asking the right questions from the start, says Rhys. “We always ask investigative questions to discover what the client is wanting to achieve, so that we can put forward a proposal and a solution to meet those needs, which are typically around efficiency. That was very much the case with KiwiRail’s Hillside workshop in Dunedin.” Advance Fluid Control had already supported KiwiRail with a similar project at its Waltham Street facility, and after successfully completing that, were asked to replicate the work at Hillside. “We were given specific flow rates that we had to achieve, and from that, we had to install bigger pumps, bigger piping, and bigger reels — everything was on a much larger scale than what it would be in a typical automotive workshop. Our own project management team went in to manage the on-site installation of the tanks, pumps, reels, and dispense points.” The drive to get things right the first time has been key to Advance Fluid Control’s growth and reputation, says Rhys.
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