Waikato Business News December 2016/January 2017
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28 WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS <strong>December</strong> <strong>2016</strong>/<strong>January</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
JOHN S MACDONALD BUILDERS LTD<br />
John S MacDonald’s<br />
renovation New Zealand’s best<br />
From page 27<br />
requiring a team of John’s<br />
builders on-site every day<br />
Before.<br />
After.<br />
throughout that period.<br />
Construction was preceded<br />
by a big demolition job.<br />
The builders gutted large<br />
parts of the house, a task<br />
made more challenging by<br />
the need to reuse many of the<br />
materials.<br />
Before.<br />
John says a key was the<br />
fact that the client, the team<br />
of builders and the architect,<br />
Julian Guthrie worked well<br />
together and understood what<br />
each other wanted to do.<br />
“We had a lot of planning<br />
and time together to<br />
make sure we understood<br />
each other. The client asked<br />
the architect and the team<br />
of builders a lot of questions<br />
which meant that we all made<br />
good decisions.”<br />
“It’s a real team effort.<br />
Communication is huge and<br />
everyone needs to buy into<br />
what you’re doing. It’s about<br />
everyone realising that we<br />
all have the same end goal in<br />
mind and we are not compromising<br />
on it. Everyone knew<br />
what they had to do, when<br />
they had to do it by and just<br />
got stuck in.”<br />
Registered Master<br />
Builders chief executive<br />
David Kelly said the number<br />
of top-quality homes entered<br />
in the competition this year<br />
has been outstanding, reflecting<br />
the ongoing commitment<br />
to quality from across the<br />
sector.<br />
“This is an exciting time<br />
to be in the sector. Our members<br />
have an absolute focus<br />
on quality across all price<br />
ranges, and this competition<br />
reflects that. Even in the current<br />
construction pipeline,<br />
productivity cannot be at the<br />
expense of quality. House of<br />
the Year has been celebrating<br />
quality craftsmanship for<br />
over 25 years - from cost<br />
effective builds to luxury<br />
homes.<br />
“Congratulations to all<br />
of this year’s national award<br />
winners, and in particular<br />
Before.<br />
our Supreme Award recipients<br />
– Richard Davidson<br />
Builders Limited and John S<br />
Macdonald Builders Limited.<br />
The projects are truly a credit<br />
Continued on page 29<br />
Proud to supply the tiling and<br />
underfloor heating to John S<br />
Macdonald. Congratulations<br />
on your award.<br />
Impact Tiling and Warmup<br />
07 847 9597<br />
office@impacttiling.co.nz<br />
www.impacttiling.co.nz<br />
80315<br />
The ‘Good Buggers’ are proud to have been chosen<br />
to carry out the plumbing, gas fitting, drainage and<br />
water supply on this awesome project.<br />
Well done John S MacDonald Builders,<br />
congratulations on your recent award.<br />
PHONE 07 827 9969<br />
kim@chrisryanplumbing.co.nz<br />
27a Albert Street, Cambridge<br />
30279<br />
<br />
<br />
0800 DO IT ALL<br />
(36 48 255)<br />
Proud to be associated with<br />
John S. MacDonald Builders.<br />
Congratulations on your recent award.<br />
30203<br />
info@switchedonelectrical.co.nz | www.switchedonelectrical.co.nz