New Zealand: Earthquake Rebuild Supported by UK Scaffolding Manufacturer

New Zealand are in the midst of a rebuild programme following the recent earthquake.

New Zealand contractors are facing many factors – the main one being a lack of skilled workers to install scaffolding, provide management and dismantling services, during the earthquake rebuild.

Graham Burke, chief executive of Scaffolding Access and Rigging New Zealand is calling on the government to permit skilled scaffolders to be granted visas to allow them to stay in the country. To work with the rebuild programme, due to severe lack of advanced scaffolders – even before the earthquake on November 14th.

New Zealand Construction Supported by UK Scaffolding

Not only has the lack of skilled scaffolders posed a problem for New Zealand, companies and contractors have also began to face a shortage of scaffolding.

St Helens Plant already have relations and associates in New Zealand, due to supplying a major contractor three years ago with large quantities of Cuplock, alongside edge protection systems.

Once again, we are pleased to have been called upon to provide safety and reliability of supply, alongside diversity in solutions.

St Helens Plant are providing a range of scaffolding accessories, scaffold staircases alongside; Cuplock, Haki and Tube and Fitting scaffolding systems to numerous contractors within the Auckland area, during the earthquake rebuild programme.

Unfortunately we cannot supply the scaffolders – under the current visa legislation.

However, we are keeping a watchful eye on the calls made the chief executive of Scaffolding Access and Rigging New Zealand.

Should the visa restraints be slackened during this time of need to permit UK scaffolders long term entry for the earthquake rebuild – we may be able to help there too!

The UK’s Award Winning Scaffolding Manufacturer – Continues to Support Overseas Contractors

Safety of supply and reliability of supply has and always will be the backbone of each and every fabrication passed in production at St Helens Plant.

So much so, 2016 has seen the team at St Helens Plant become winners of the 2016 Build Awards due to our safety and reliability of supply.

Alongside, becoming finalists in the Construction News Scaffolding Specialist of the Year 2016, through our continued high standards and commitment to safety and reliability in both – new and refurbished scaffolding and access systems.

Last month, St Helens Plant made moves in Malta supporting the mass of construction underway at the moment – with UK manufactured scaffolding and scaffolding supplies.

The Maltese have called upon UK contractors to complete the majority of construction work planned, who have in-turn looked back home – for guaranteed safety of supply.

Sourcing reliable scaffolding and scaffold safety solutions, with many already provided and planned for dispatch by St Helens Plant.

In Summary

St Helens Plant, albeit based in Merseyside UK, are far from being just a local company.

Our highly knowledgeable team of scaffolding specialists are based within our various plants and scaffold refurbishment centers – throughout the UK. Supporting local, national and international customers, companies and contractors.

Our stringent focus on safety of scaffolding supply has gained us an international reputation for safety, quality and reliability.

We’re proud to have been called upon to support two major countries in the midst of a mass of construction, within the last eight weeks.

If your next project is based overseas and you’re unsure how reliable or safe the local source of scaffolding is, save yourself the trouble and time of not finding the right access for the project at hand.

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