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New Zealand Engineering 1998 March
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Works Civil Construction Ltd is the contractor behind a vast range of New
Zealand's infrastructure maintenance and construction projects.</p>
<p>Current contracts include maintenance of many local authority assets
- including roading, sewerage, stormwater and water networks; parks and
reserves; landfills; maintenance of state highways for Transit New Zealand;
and many diverse and interesting projects. A small sample of the company's
recent projects:</p>
<p>• Earthworks and roading for the spectacular Otira Gorge viaduct</p>
<p>• Site development for Tranz Rail's Middleton freight terminal and marshalling
yard in Christchurch</p>
<p>• Design and build rural roading near Wairoa</p>
<p>• Kaikoura harbour development</p>
<p>• Bridge construction on the North Island's East Coast</p>
<p>• Rock face stabilisation in Queenstown</p>
<p>• Stage A2 of the Albany to Puhoi motorway extension (in joint venture
with Downer Construction).</p>
<p>Works Civil Construction is the contracting organisation resulting from
the 1988 corporatisation of the Ministry of Works and Development. Sold
by the Government in September 1996, Works Civil Construction is now part
of Downer Group Ltd.</p>
<p>The company's philosophy is summarised in its mission statement:</p>
<p>"We are in the business of building and maintaining roads and services
so that: our customers prefer to use us, our employees want to continue
to work with us and our owners want to continue to invest in us."</p>
<p>Works operates as a local/national contractor. New Chief Executive,
Graham Shaw, explains: "By this we mean that we have operational strength
and resources throughout the country providing physical services and management.
This local resource also provides the vital elements of local knowledge,
community awareness and the local focus of our business. This structure
is backed up by a central resource providing expertise in areas such as
technical support, quality assurance management, research and development,
and financial management."</p>
<p>This means all customers receive the benefits a major organisation can
provide, including: investment in service and product development; financial
security; technical and professional support; resource support from other
locations.</p>
<p>To achieve strong operational management in local contracts, Works provides
a high level of delegated responsibility to encourage accountability. This
is supported by strong training programmes in both personal and technical
development. Tailored training programmes also reinforce the company's
emphasis on safety and health and quality assurance. All operational groups
have achieved and maintain NZS 9002 accreditation. To foster best practice,
working groups meet regularly to focus on key areas of the business.</p>
<p>"Our preferred mode of service delivery is through partnering relationships
with our customers," says Graham Shaw. "It is our belief that our customers'
goals can best be achieved through cooperation to gain a clear and unambiguous
understanding of their requirements. We want to effectively become a part
of our customer's organisation." Works Civil Construction places great
emphasis on clear and timely communication in the success of projects,
and has developed sophisticated programmes and systems to handle the specific
requirements of individual customers and contracts.</p>
<p>The company is also committed to the development of the engineering
profession as a whole. For several years, Works Civil Construction has
sponsored the Young Engineer of the Year Award and annual conferences held
by IPENZ, ALGENZ (Association of Local Government Engineers of New Zealand),
and ACENZ (Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand).</p>
<p>This support reflects the company's emphasis on technical and personal
development. "Our aim," says Graham Shaw, "is to offer our customers innovative,
value-for-money engineering solutions which result from a thorough technical
evaluation."<FONT COLOR="#B2B2B2"></p>
<p><em>Material supplied by Works Civil Construction</em></p>
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