Around the Chapters

Corrie Cook • July 4, 2019

Members of the Wellington Chapter went on a great site visit to the Johnsonville Library project on 14th May, courtesy of Southbase Construction.

Jaime Lawrence from Athfield Architects also joined us and shared their vision for the project.

Above: At the Johnsonville Library

On June 12 , Susan Freeman-Greene hosted a lunchtime talk. She’s the CEO of Engineering NZ, and talked about exciting new initiatives as well as their Diversity Agenda – something close to our members’ hearts!

Coming up in Wellington on July 31 is a combined function with the NZIOB, featuring Steph Dyhrberg as guest speaker. She’s an employment law specialist and in December 2018 was appointed Wellingtonian of the Year for her contribution to tackling sexual harassment in the workplace.

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On June 18, our Auckland Chapter visited Waste Management’s Head Office new build, which is aiming for a minimum 4-star Green Star rating and is a pilot project for NZGBC’s ‘As-Built’ rating tool. The site’s design promotes the connection of people across all aspects of the organisation, and proved a most interesting and informative site visit.

At Waste Management

On June 19, our Canterbury Chapter hosted a “Wellness in Construction” seminar that highlighted mental health, safety and wellbeing in the workplace. This showcased a panel discussion featuring Laura Clifford of Hawkins Construction and NAWIC’s 2017 Helen Tippett Award winner – Alexia Hilbertidou, the 20-yeaer –old founder of GirlBoss NZ, and Sarah O’Connell, Executive General manager of TriEx Health Safety & Wellness.

Coming up in Christchurch on July 30 , Simpson Grierson will host NAWIC and share their expertise on NZS3910 - and how to get the best use out of this widely-used construction contract. Join us to find out how to avoid common mistakes and share their best practices for completing Schedule 1 of NZS 3910.

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Our satellite chapter in New Plymouth has been active too, with a site visit to McCurdy Engineering in early June and a shared CCNZ/NAWIC midwinter Christmas function on July 6.

Sponsor Hirepool hosts a ‘Hands On with Hirepool’ event in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch every year. This is always a lot of fun for our members, many of whom don’t get the chance to play with the “toys” on offer and relish the opportunity. Thanks, Hirepool!