Waikato Business News April/May 2023

22 NEW HOME FOR ACC
WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS, APRIL/MAY 2023
Hawkins delivers
more than meets the
eye on ACC build
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associated with The Tainui Group
Holdings and Hawkins Construction with
The ACC New Home Development Project.
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As well as delivering a
significant landmark
building, Hawkins
central regional manager Ben
Connick says a huge success
for the Project Hauata build
is the implementation of the
social procurement initiatives
for Waikato-Tainui affiliated
subcontractors.
“The training, development
and financial outcomes
achieved for these businesses
and individuals have been significant.
We now have data
and reporting tools which
can demonstrate the flow of
money back into the Waikato-Tainui
business community
from THG’s investment.
There is so much more we can
do with this data and I feel the
project team have created a
great prototype to build on for
future projects.”
The project began back in
October 2022 and like most
large-scale projects undertaken
over a long period of
time, Ben says, they faced
challenges at certain points
during the build.
“Many of the supply chain
constraints and environmental
challenges encountered
on Project Hauata were not
apparent during the early
planning stages,” he explains.
“I feel proud of the way
our team have overcome
these challenges through a
mighty work ethic, innovative
sequencing and methodologies.
The ability for the team to
quickly react to the changing
market and implement alternative
procurement processes
was also a key factor in mitigating
time impacts, escalation
and shipping constraints.”
Ben says the project was set
up for success through TGH’s
forward thinking and decisive
approach to procurement
processes, which aligned with
the market conditions, along
with the investment in a great
design and consultant team.
Delivering a circa
10,000m2 landmark building
in Hamilton’s CBD, Ben says,
Projects of this
significance are
the reason many
of us work in
this industry
is a project the Hawkins team
will feel proud of for decades
to come.
“Projects of this significance
are the reason many of
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