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Nick recently attended the AGM for the Triumph Riders Motorcycle Club held in Hanmer and returned to Auckland with three trophies in tow. Nick rode his "James Bond" Triumph Scrambler and was awarded the Furtherest Traveller 2022, Best Triumph 2022 1200cc under & Best Adventure Bike 2022. Nick had business meetings to attend in Wellington on both sides of the AGM dates in Hanmer so elected to travel economically on the bike with the weekend in between spent with fellow Triumph riders.
We love being able to work on projects that are a little further away than usual. Early Feb saw ECB send a couple of crew to Taupo for a job. It's not often we get to start the build process on such a flat level site and as you can see they’re experiencing the same hot weather we are back here in the big city.
With his Vice Chairperson hat on, Nick discusses the ins and and outs of what it’s like to be a builder in the time of Covid and dramatic material shortages. Read his full article below or in the latest NZCB In House Magazine.
Nick in his Board role was invited to the last Auckland NZCB Committee meeting for the year but the first one in person in 3.5 months. The Committee met at Wynyard Pavilion, all scanned in and socially distanced from other guests. It was great to see everyone in person and learn of Committee’s plans for 2022. The biggest challenge was navigating our orders of food and drinks from your phone. See the intensity on the faces.
We’re working our way out with just the deck to go on a quality build. It’s been a long year with Covid lockdowns and catch up for all. The crew are staying hydrated and sun smart. Nothing like an ice cold drink at smoko to celebrate a new deck!
Here’s a great write up of the recent Lockdown LBP Days Nick helped to host during the early part of the recent lockdown. Have a read!
Long time repeat client Suz is off to Sydney in comfort thanks to AIRNZ Premium Economy & wearing her Edgecity Builders mask. We wish Suz a happy time abroad reconnecting with her son & daughter-in-law for the first time in 2yrs and a very special meeting with her first grandchild.
It’s a pillar of ECB that we connect in positive and supportive ways with everyone we encounter. Whether that’s friends, family, suppliers, merchants, clients, or crew. Nick caught up with Chris from Mighty Advertising and Slade from Mates in Construction recently to get out and support our local businesses.
We loved being able to support our local The Grange on Freedom Day. This unique Christmas Tree is made from empty and cleaned Peroni bottles. Edgecity scaffold was used to assist the team building this tree. Get down to the Grange to check it out. Visit their website to make a booking and don’t forget your Vaccine Pass!
NZCB Regional Partner and business owner Peter Haszard recently delivered our latest plans printed on his Tuffplan paper. We met him socially distanced in the carpark and all masked up. We highly recommend Tuffplans for durable plans that go the distance. Check out his website for more details.
We are vaccinated and masked up over here at Edgecity! You may see us out about with our nifty branded masks to match our vehicles and sites. We got these awesome masks from Guy and the team at WPS Design and Print. If you need a great branded mask, check our there options here.
During the whole month of November MATES in Construction will be raising awareness of the importance of talking about mental health and suicide prevention across our industry. Here at Edgecity Builders we take mental health just as seriously as phyisical health and safety and have joined the Fly the Flag campaign by flying our own MATES in Construction flag at our warehouse. If you’re interested in some statistics about mental health in our industry, keeping reading.
Why is it so important to be involved in this campaign?
The construction industry has the highest rate of suicide when compared to all other industries in New Zealand.
The construction industry loses at least ONE person every week to suicide in construction, that’s more than 52 lives a year, which is the equivalent of 10 per cent of New Zealand’s total suicide rate.
We are 6 times more likely to lose somebody in our industry to suicide than we are to a workplace accident.
We are a heavily male dominated industry and 99% of those that we lose to suicide in our industry are our men.
Flying the MATES Flag shows our support and raises awareness of suicide prevention in the industry.
It’s great to be back on the tools now that we’re into the swing of level 3 and while we hard at it again, we thought we’d share some of the things we got up to at level 4.
Chisel loves his Pedal Pal Buddyrider
Edgecity Builders is pleased to announce we have recently joined the Construction Sector Accord.
The Construction Sector Accord is a joint commitment from government and industry to work together to create a high performing construction sector for a better New Zealand.
The Construction Sector Accord was launched in April 2019 by the Prime Minister, Accord Ministers, and the industry Accord Development Group made up of 13 sector leaders from across industry and government.
The Accord created a platform for industry and government to work together to meet some of the key challenges facing the sector including skills and labour shortages, unclear regulations, a lack of coordinated leadership, an uncertain pipeline of work and a culture of shifting risk.
The construction sector is an ecosystem that depends on the high performance of all its many parts and the Accord brings everyone together to support the collective cause.
Edgecity Builders congratulates Jack who has successfully completed his National Certificate in Carpentry. With the official confirmation and certificate arriving during Level 4 Lockdown, the crew helped Jack celebrate his milestone with “after work” drinks over Zoom. Jack moves into Edgecity’s team of Trade Qualified Carpenters and we look forward to his continued growth of experience, skills and knowledge in the industry.
Nick has been elected to Vice Chair role on the New Zealand Certified Builders Association Board. Nick was voted onto the Board earlier this year but no sooner was he there, he was elected to Vice Chair. Nick looks forward to working on a governance level with NZCB and the crew at Edgecity congratulates him on his new position.
The online Lockdown LBP Training event was a resounding success with close to 500 participants on both mornings. It involved running two simultaneous Zoom meetings with over 200 attendees on each and the organisation of 12 presenters covering a wide variety of products and topics.
Nick was pleased to be able to chair day one for the organisation with Barb MacGregor the new Auckland President chairing day 2.
