| 7 Hunter Civil Ltd: Sumner Skatepark REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Located in Nayland Street, on repurposed red zone land, the Sumner Skatepark promises to be a top-tier facility. Photos: Julian Fairmaid & Seb Jones Dave Du founded North Canterbury based Total Tra ic Management in 2013, when he identi ied an opportunity to deliver a high level of tra ic management support to privately owned local companies, who he believed were not being adequately serviced. The venture proved to be successful and over the past eleven years Total Tra ic Management has evolved from small home based business to a team of 17 skilled sta operating out of a workshop in Ohoka Road. While the business has stayed true to its roots servicing those smaller local civil contracting irms, it has also attracted some of the larger privately owned companies, like Hunter Civil who are currently building the new skate park in Sumner. Arborists wanting to remove or prune trees, along with lines companies undertaking repairs and maintenance have also become regular clients. With twenty years tra ic management experience under his belt, Dave says having the right team members has been crucial to the company’s growth, and its success. “You have to have smart people to do the work, and people who will engage positively with the public, and be a happy face. The public always responds positively to positive happy people. We’re very selective in who we recruit. They have to have the right The trafficmanagement experts personality and the right it within the team. The team all hold various levels of tra ic management quali ications and di erent driver licenses. So we tailor the crew for each project.” The journey to tra ic management commences when the client sits down with Dave and outlines the project. “We discuss their requirements and design the tra ic management layouts, working out the safest way to deliver tra ic management with the least amount of impact to road users and pedestrians. We then submit that plan to the relevant Council for approval. We can either implement the plan, supplying the people and equipment andmonitor the project through to completion or set it up and hand it over to a contractor quali ied in tra ic management.” While the bulk of Total Tra ic Management’s work is in Christchurch city and North Canterbury, work is also undertaken in Selwyn, all the way out to Banks Peninsula and even over Arthurs Pass and theWest Coast. For a number of years Dave has been quali ied to provide practical assessments for tra ic management quali ications on behalf of New Zealand Transport AgencyWaka Kotahi (NZTA). “As part of my assessing role, I also provide mentoring to other companies that are going through the tra ic management quali ication process.” Your final stop for full-service temporary trafficmanagement. 03421 7493 operations@ttm.co.nz 187a Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 7630 Proudly supporting Hunter Civil on the Sumner skate park Temporary trafficmanagement plans (TMP) Setup, monitoring & packup of all your jobs Site handovers for your own qualified staff Waka Kotahi (NZTA) accreditedMentoring &Assessing at all levels
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