We were really proud of the Trigg crew for completing this project, so we entered it in the 2024 NZ Commercial Project Awards. Darrell and Marlene took the entire team and their partners down to the awards evening in Wellington, not knowing if they would win anything!
Brogan joined Team Trigg in January this year as a Project Manager. He oversees our project planning and execution and works closely with our clients and consultant teams to ensure everything goes to plan, and everyone’s in the know, every step of the way.
Team Trigg is busy with a great bunch of projects right now, and future project planning is also progressing well, with a pick-up in inquiries over the last couple of months. The Ruakaka Rec Centre complete and open to the community and our Stand Children’s Services project is full steam ahead. We’re also excited to be on the cusp of starting the Mangawhai Medical Centre, and a wet sanding bay at the Marsden Cove Hardstand.
2024 has been one of the most challenging across the construction sector and the country. Residential consents are down 20% on last year to date, sitting at 33,677. The annual value of non-residential work consented was $9.1 billion, down 6.4% from the previous year ended September 2023. I feel the real picture is likely even worse than that.
Darrell, Marlene, and the team are proud to announce that Trigg has been awarded the main contractor role to partner with Stand Children’s Services Tu Maia Whānau (Stand) to redevelop the Maunu premises. This is a significant project for Stand and the Whangarei and Northland community.
Hayley joined the team in October this year in a Construction Support role and as Trigg’s Health and Safety Officer. Based at Trigg HQ with Marlene, Hayley likes to be busy and has added huge value to the team’s work in the short time she’s been with us.
A real highlight of the recent trip Darrell and I took to Europe was to go and have a look at some of the famous Hundertwasser buildings around Vienna, Austria.
After 35 + years, Darrell is retiring as a volunteer operational firefighter. Darrell spent 17 years in the Kamo Brigade and the last 18.5 years out at Ruakaka, where he has been the Chief Fire Officer for the past 13 years.
The months have flown by, and it’s that time of the year again, where for some, it’s a race to the finish line and, for others, a cruise into the break. For most, the hope is to emerge refreshed and ready to go again when the new year kicks off. Reflecting on the year, it was a mixed bag for the Trigg team.
Clients old and new have been asking us what’s up with skyrocketing construction costs and where we think things will head – up, down or stay much the same. Like you, we don’t have a crystal ball so we can’t see with any certainty where things will go. So, we asked Jeremy Blake, Associate Director – Quantity Surveying at Hampton Jones for his expert opinion. Here’s what he had to say.
