ISSUE 1 2020 He Whaihanga Tangata Tangata He Whaihanga Building People

110 years of of 110 years Naylor Love Celebrating Celebrating Front cover: Workers on the 1940 Centennial Exhibition site in Lyall Bay, Wellington, where the buildings were constructed by Love Construction Company and Fletchers. Below: Holiday Inn Remarkables Park in Queenstown, lit up for the Lumify light festival over Queen’s Birthday weekend.

Naylor Love Auckland 129 Diana Drive, Glenfield, Auckland 0627 09 444 4346 [email protected]

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2 Left to right: Naylor Love Project Manager Leighton Calkin with CEO Rick Herd.

Welcome to Building People

Kia ora

We’re celebrating our 110th year in that the construction industry remains to allow the construction industry to construction in 2020, and it feels like a great place to work. return to work at alert level three - the right time to start sharing our more than two weeks earlier than most After 110 years, Naylor Love is other industries. Naylor Love stories again. So, welcome the recognised leader in vertical to Building People | He Whaihanga construction and New Zealand’s largest I spent my lockdown advocating Tangata, our new biannual publication. privately owned construction company. widely for the vertical/commercial construction sector. Sometimes As well as marking a significant We might have been expecting more it looked like the Government’s company birthday, our first issue also birthday cake and less hand washing ‘shovel ready’ stimulus package marks the announcement of our new this year, but the Covid-19 pandemic was focusing disproportionately on purpose statement – Building People, has crystallised our leadership role in civil construction such as roads, but Creating a Sustainable Future. This the industry. we managed to get the message statement defines what lies at the out there that we must protect and heart of Naylor Love and our greatest I’m very proud of the way our team create skilled jobs, build valuable asset – our people. pulled together, particularly over the public amenities and stimulate the lockdown period, to work on essential economy by investing in vertical We’ve packed a lot into those six projects, price new jobs, and do infrastructure such as schools, words. everything they could to ensure we hit hospitals, community facilities and the ground running the moment we got social housing. Building People acknowledges both back on site. our primary business as a construction The Naylor Love team includes company and our commitment to Special mention must go to our health construction workers, project developing all those who make up the and safety team, led by Pete Lockhart. managers, engineers, architects and Naylor Love team. quantity surveyors. Many of these men As a member of the Construction and women are leaders in their fields Our vision for a sustainable future Sector Accord, Naylor Love prepared but very few of them are inclined to encompasses our focus on the comprehensive guidelines for boast about it - Building People will wellbeing and diversity of our people, managing building sites safely under bring you their stories. our determination to leave the planet a alert levels three and two. This hard better place, and our efforts to ensure work gave the Government confidence Ngā mihi, Rick Herd, Naylor Love CEO

3 110 years – a reflection Ask any 110-year-old the secret of longevity. They will tell you about how their relationships, values, and their approach to difficult times sustained them. For Naylor Love, our legacy is about these intrinsic qualities as much as it is about what we have built.

Both of our founding companies, Love Ownership of our company remains Brothers and WH Naylor, opened in private hands, with shareholders their doors in Dunedin in 1910. The deeply involved in its management two companies seemed unlikely and governance. Passing the mantle to partners when they joined forces sixty the next generation remains a carefully years later; Loves was focussed on considered tradition. Our future will growth and took on a diverse range see us balancing the economic and of complex projects throughout New social impacts of Covid-19 and climate Zealand. Naylors stuck to its knitting, change in how we operate and what gaining an enviable reputation for we build. It would be very easy to Trevor Kempton joined Naylor Love in 1987 quality and enduring relationships in forgo progress on environmental issues as Manager of Subcontracting Services. the south. while looking for a quick fix for the He was Managing Director from 2001 until economy, but working where these two his retirement in 2010, and has chaired Looking back, being able to balance imperatives overlap will probably be the Naylor Love Board since 2017. the complementary attributes of where the opportunities lie. We remain both companies has been key to committed to finding ways to build our success. more sustainably. Jim Love and Hugh Naylor could never No business has ever lasted 110 years have predicted that there would be a without having to work through difficult world war and an influenza pandemic times. Our ability to survive and even within a few years of them setting up thrive is due to our people, who have shop in 1910. Their resilience remains an always taken ownership of challenges example to us all. and proactively contributed to overcoming them. Trevor Kempton, Naylor Love Chair

Dunedin Town Hall project team, 1927

4 Putting people first

Naylor Love people are the company’s Naylor Love already had a flexible most important and valuable asset. “Looking after people working policy on the drawing board is fundamental to a when Covid-19 emerged. Surveys All aspects of staff health, safety and during lockdown asked staff if they wellbeing are a major focus for Naylor thriving business.” would like to continue working remotely, Love and that commitment starts in if their position allowed this flexibility, the company values – and is then and almost half said they would. keenly embraced through all levels of With many of Naylor Love’s construction the organisation. workers exposed to the elements, a sun Rounding out the wellbeing picture is smart campaign offers staff an annual the employee assistance programme “We are always looking at how we skin check. The last round of checks for staff and their families, and a series can support our people through our detected 11 serious melanoma cases of wellbeing seminars, covering topics wellbeing programme. Looking after and another 12 skin cancer cases. “We such as fatigue, stress management people is fundamental to a thriving have the satisfaction of knowing this and mental health. business,” says Pam McGarry, General initiative helped save lives,” says Pam. Manager – People and Culture.

Pam says the company’s group medical insurance scheme has more than 1,400 members and many claims are Below: Some of the Naylor Love team after a six hour bike race at for elective surgery. Having insurance McLeans Island, Christchurch. means staff can get surgery quickly, reducing worry and getting them back on their feet sooner.

5 Sylvia Park expansion The challenge: How to add 60 new shops to the country’s busiest shopping complex while keeping the tills ringing.

The latest stage of Sylvia Park’s effectively built a building on top of “It was great to be involved with the expansion involved adding a massive that building – all while screening project 18 months before construction mezzanine level to the existing Galleria. off our construction areas and began, working closely with the client keeping the lower level open for retail and their consultants. We’ve achieved Naylor Love turned Sylvia Park’s single customers,” says Justin. a collaborative build and a high quality level Galleria into a two-level vaulted product within the client’s budget,” atrium without any of the ground floor “This project had its share of says Justin. stores having to close their doors. challenges, including maintaining flexibility around retail store size Darragh Gillane was Naylor Love’s It also met the challenge of keeping and layout for as long as possible, Project Director for the construction shoppers safe throughout the project. as tenants were being signed up phase. “We had a great team throughout the construction period.” operating over a huge site, all in a live As well as constructing the 19,000 environment. We had Marty Johnson, square metre mezzanine floor, Naylor The total cost of the project is more Chris Bourke and their teams adding Love also built a two-level Farmers than $200 million and completion is the two multi storey car park buildings, department store and created parking expected mid-October 2020. for a further 1,500 cars. while at the same time Gregory Hoeben, Adam Gregory and their “This meant working around the clock teams were building 26,000 square for some parts of the development to metres of retail space – all while ensure the lower level of the Galleria “We’ve achieved a shoppers happily went about their could safely maintain normal trading, business,” he says. without disrupting service to shoppers,” collaborative build says Justin Calder, who was Naylor and a high quality “We enjoy a great relationship with Love’s Project Director during the 18 owner Kiwi Property at all levels and, month pre-construction phase. product within the by taking a wider team partnership approach, together we were able to “We removed the rooftop car park client’s budget.” strive for the same successful goal,” on the original Galleria and then Darragh says.

Sylvia Park Galleria atrium, due to open soon.

6 Jenya Zaitsev, Carpenter From Angola to Aotearoa Bruno and Jenya represent just two of the many nationalities and skillsets working at Bruno Goedeke, Director, Naylor Love. Naylor Love Auckland

Meeting for the first time at a He avoided some of the less desirable of Murmansk and using Angolan ports Christmas function, long-serving military postings by focusing on his tennis to change crews. While there, he could Naylor Love employees Bruno skills and being selected to represent the see and hear the wartime action. Goedeke and Evgeny (Jenya) Zaitsev defence force in tournaments. discovered they had something very Jenya was later conscripted into the unusual in common: their countries “I tried to play every tournament on the Russian army and served two years fought on opposing sides in the long planet,” he says. in Ukraine. His life took another turn running Angolan Civil War. when a fishing vessel he was crewing The technique was successful, though stopped over in New Zealand. Not only that, but they were both near he spent some time in Angola, where the Angolan battlefields at the same both his brothers saw action. “I never “I fell in love with Christchurch and liked time during the 1980s. personally fired a shot or was shot at.” the people.” He came ashore, got a labouring job, began working for Naylor Like all white males in apartheid South While Bruno was on the battlefields, Love and then trained as a carpenter. Africa, Bruno was conscripted into the Jenya was crewing Russian fishing South African military for two years. vessels travelling from his home port

7 Mahana House – back to the future This is a story about a priest, an architect and a builder...

Two years ago, Reverend Craig Dixon “The Mahana House is quite a large Naylor Love Director Chris Naylor sees approached Scott Watson, Business family home. The standard version has the project as “going back to the future.” Development Director at Naylor Love, four bedrooms and two bathrooms. to talk about building healthy homes It can also be produced in 3, 5 and In 1937 Love Construction was awarded for those least able to afford them. 6 bedroom versions,” Craig says. “It’s a government contract to build 38 carbon neutral where the site doesn’t state houses in Pine Hill, Dunedin as Naylor Love embraced Craig’s idea, require concrete foundations.” part of the first state housing initiative collaborating with renowned Japanese in this country. Craig believes the house will have architect, Shigeru Ban, and local strong appeal for iwi, councils, churches design studio Isthmus. The result is a “More than 80 years later we are using and the government. “The beauty of healthy, low maintenance home that our skills, experience and resources to the design is that it is entirely scalable create a 21st century version of those can be built in 35 days and costs about – we can produce as many of these the same as a flat pack home sold by a homes as the market wants. All or most original state houses for some of those national hardware chain. of the home can be produced off site, in our community who need it most,” then assembled on site. Chris says. A long-time passionate advocate for sustainable housing, Craig Dixon has “This is a family home; it’s warm and “It’s important to keep this valuable now joined Naylor Love as Community solid and will be a great place for kids heritage alive - a family home Living Project Director. to grow up,” Scott says. developed by a family company.”

Left to right: Chris Naylor (Naylor Love Director), Sir Stephen Tindall (Founder and Trustee of the Tindall Foundation) and Scott Watson (Naylor Love Business Development Director) view the prototype Mahana House.

8 Simoe White, Project Administrator, and Chris Frewen, Site Manager. Mates supporting mates The sad reality is that the construction industry has one of the highest rates of suicides across all industries in New Zealand.

Research points to construction workers MATES launched in New Zealand at the finding it difficult to discuss feelings and end of 2019. In Australia it is credited emotions with their colleagues, and with reducing construction industry the nature of their work makes social suicides by eight per cent. It’s hoped it Banking support more difficult. will have a similar impact here. This inspired Naylor Love to become a MATES sessions are for everyone on Premium Partner and advocate of the site, including subcontractors, so the on each MATES in Construction mental health initiative reaches deep into the industry. and suicide prevention programme. Naylor Love’s General Manager – “We have the reassurance of knowing People and Culture, Pam McGarry says that everybody on site is more aware other of the issues and can get the help this is about mates supporting mates. they need. Support for “MATES makes it OK to say you are struggling and easier to seek support. “The more people open up and share colleagues during It helps people to notice changes in their their stories, the more we can reduce mates and to ask them if they are OK. the stigma associated with mental tough times health issues,” says Pam. “It’s going to make a positive difference Naylor Love people continue to to the industry’s culture and willingness Find out more about MATES in demonstrate their care for each to have those essential conversations Construction at: mates.net.nz other, as seen with the recent about mental health,” Pam says. launch of a sick leave bank. Staff can choose to gift a day of sick leave each year into a leave bank Workers from the Sylvia for colleagues. Park site volunteered to receive more advanced This way Naylor Love people can MATES Connector training. give real and tangible support for their colleagues experiencing serious illness or trauma, who can access the bank once they have used up their personal entitlements.

The reaction to the scheme has been overwhelmingly positive, says Pam McGarry, General Manager – People and Culture, with some people even wanting to donate a whole week of sick leave.

The scheme was introduced in July and is supported with donations from both Naylor Love staff and the company.

9 Project Manager Paul Stevenson, who will manage the restoration project at Dunedin Railway Station. Champions of Heritage

Naylor Love’s passion for restoring Wellington Town Hall, the Christ heritage buildings makes it a natural Church Cathedral Reinstatement fit as sponsor of the Heritage and Project and Dunedin Railway Adaptive Reuses Property Award at station, we know that it takes the Property Council New Zealand’s collaboration, ingenuity and annual awards. commitment to make these projects work,” says Rick. Naylor Love’s Chief Executive, Rick Herd says, “The award celebrates Property Industry Awards recognise teams who have gone to great outstanding property developments lengths to strengthen, adapt and and refurbishments throughout New revitalise older buildings – something Zealand, and will be announced in we are passionate about. September 2020. ”Having completed restorations Find out more at: Historic and refurbishments and with other www.propertynz.co.nz/property- landmark projects underway, including industry-awards The CAB apartments in Auckland, Dunedin Christ’s College kitchen tower – a Railway project involving demolition, rebuild, structural and seismic strengthening, restoration of heritage features and Station internal fitout. makeover

Dunedin Railway Station – claimed to be the most photographed building in New Zealand – is to receive a major makeover, with Naylor Love team members applying the ‘makeup’.

Naylor Love has been awarded the contract for the first of three stages of the 114-year-old building’s refurbishment, designed to ensure it lasts another 100 years or more.

Director of Naylor Love Dunedin Jason Tutty says the work will take two years. One of the big challenges will be finding skilled stonemasons.

“Fortunately we have had the experience of working on similar buildings in Christchurch, such as Christ’s College and the Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement, so that will really help with this project.”

A Scottish tradition that Naylor Love observed at Christ’s College was embedding a bottle of whisky in the wall for the stonemason who repairs it many years later. Reports of these bottles being laid down far outnumber reports of them being found!

10 Auckland

Botany Town Centre: seismic upgrades and Lynn Mall: seismic upgrades to existing mall associated fit-out works superstructure Hotel 4: conversion of a three-storey office block Stoneridge on Lunn: new retail development in into an airport hotel Mount Wellington CCA Can Line: works for new can line equipment Sylvia Park: flagship Farmers department store and addition of a new mezzanine floor Datacom: reconfiguration/maintenance works The CAB apartments: conversion of a heritage SkyCity: an office refurbishment, the All Blacks listed office building into luxury apartments Experience fitout, and VIP rooms at SkyCity Casino

Waikato/Bay of Plenty A selection of Wellington (Tauranga and Hamilton offices) BUPA Crofton Downs: new three-storey Cambridge Pool: Early contractor our current apartment and aged care facility involvement (design, cost planning and James Cook Hotel: staged refurbishment of logistics) for a new pool in Cambridge projects a multi-storey hotel Lago World: childcare centre fit-out at Te Te Aro School: new classroom block Awa, The Base Shopping Centre Wellington International Airport: upgrade University of Waikato Accommodation: three and extension projects new student accommodation blocks at the Wellington Town Hall: seismic strengthening Hamilton Campus of a Category 1 listed building Papamoa Community Surf Rescue Base: Queensgate Shopping Centre: seismic a new two-storey surf rescue base, a upgrade of the multi-level retail complex community-funded project

Central Otago (Queenstown office) Dunedin

O’Connells Shopping Centre: reconstruction Deloitte: high-end office fit-out and refurbishment of a mall in the town centre Dunedin City Council: projects at several Holiday Inn Remarkables Park: a six-storey, key Council facilities 182 room hotel Investment House Apartments: heritage Toru Apartments: a three-stage apartments and office fit-out development of 230 apartments Mercy Hospital: infrastructure, services, Sudima Queenstown: a four-storey, 120 room seismic and heritage projects hotel, with conference and retail facilities University of Otago: new five-storey research support facility Dunedin Railway Station: upgrades and Canterbury (Christchurch and Nelson offices) repairs at the Category 1 listed building Burnham Storage and Ablutions Facility: Selwyn Health Hub: two-storey community amenities for the NZ Defence Force health centre in Rolleston Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement St Andrew’s College Fitness Centre: fully Project: first stage of the project, including equipped school Fitness Centre decontamination and stabilisation AgResearch Research Facility: scientific Christchurch Prisons: range of projects at the research facility in Lincoln three Christchurch prisons Green Gables: 27 apartments and Hagley College (Te Puna Wai o Waipapa): 61 care suites school redevelopment Manuka Street Hospital: redevelopment of Rangiora Borough School Library: the main hospital building new school library Briscoes/Rebel Sport: retail and offices in Lincoln University Recreation Centre Upgrade: Vanguard Street gym, teaching and research facility

11 Workers surveying the site at Naylor Love’s Frankton Marina project in Queenstown.