SAFETY INSITE WINTER 2011 - Site Safe

Maori King earns his first Site Safe Building Passport
The Turangawaewae Marae located in the town of Ngaruawahia in the Waikato region is
currently being revamped. A very special trainee on the onsite building construction passport
course was the Maori King and marae workers. The marae is very significant for Maori people
and it is the headquarters for the Maori King Movement (Te Kingitanga). Hawkins
Construction are conducting the work.
Profiling our National Advisor Team
Site Safe's team of Safety, Health, and Environmental Safety Advisors has steadily grown
in response to the recent needs of the industry in the major cities. We now have four more
Safety Advisors to assist in the central region and the Canterbury region.
Mike Spekreijse
In this edition, we will introduce Mike Spekreijse who is based in
Wellington. Mike joined Site Safe in early 2011. The positions
that Mike has held most recently are with Hawkins Infrastructure
as an on-site operational Health and Safety manager, Fulton
Hogan Ltd as the Wellington Region Safety, Quality, Training and
Environment Manager and Shell Oil NZ as the national Health
Safety, Security and Environmental Manager.
Previously Mike had an extensive career with BP and eventually
became the Regional Engineer for the South Island. This role
required managing multiple projects covering design, construction, H&S and environment.
The experience with BP and world class H&S systems prompted him to change career in
2000 and joined Victoria University as an H&S Advisor to further his H&S knowledge.
Mike's key drive is to coach the smaller to mid size civil construction firms that sound planning
is a key tool to achieve Health and Safety and Environmental excellence and will also provide
the benefit of faster and more productive completion of projects.
Mike can be contacted at the Wellington office or on:
Mobile: 021 797 796
Email: mspekreijse@sitesafe.org.nz
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