Contractor Connect - Spring 2017
A quarterly update for our head contractors and their subbies.
Trust your instincts
Recent home visits by contractors working for Programmed Facility Management (PFM) quickly became emergency situations. Looking back, it’s clear to see the actions taken by our contractors helped to save the lives of two elderly tenants. Read more...
Hello from the Editor
Welcome to the spring edition of Contractor Connect. We have much to update you on, including the recent policy changes to lead paint removal, and in our Fast Facts section we outline our key achievements for the 2016/17 financial year. Read more...
From South Africa to the south
With a trades shortage in the south, Dunedin Housing Maintenance Contractors (DHMC) had been advertising locally for a carpenter with little success. Read more...
Steps to take when removing flaky paint that may contain lead
To ensure the health and safety of contractors and our tenants, Housing New Zealand issued the HS-214 Paint Containing Lead policy on 5 September 2017. Read more...
Home safely
Spencer Henshaw is collaborating with WorkSafe NZ to appeal to their Pacific (exterior painting and decorating) contractors through a new health and safety initiative called Puataunofo Come Home Safely. Read more...
Unlocking potential
Giving people, both young and old, a career pathway into the growing world of locksmithing is the aim of Auckland Lock Services. Read more...
Team effort houses mum of two
Just three months ago Natasha Purea was boarding with a friend, hoping that someday soon she would have a home for her two kids. Read more...
Gearing up for Christmas giving
Our PBMC contractors and trades recognise that Christmas is a time when many of our families in HNZ homes do it tough, and they look for ways to help out. Read more...
Scoring high with health and safety
Congratulations to Responsive Maintenance Limited and Dunedin Housing Maintenance Contractors Ltd, who have shown significant increases in their recently completed Impac PREQUAL scores.
- Responsive Maintenance Limited – 40% increase
- Dunedin Housing Maintenance Contractors Ltd – 23% increase
Well done to all those involved!
Housing New Zealand fast facts
2016/17 – our performance at a glance. In our last edition, we mentioned our next issue would include some of our key results for the last financial year. Read more...
Finishing with a flourish
As you know, we end every issue of Contractor Connect on a high note. Here’s just a small sampling of the positive feedback received by our Customer Support Centre about work recently done by our maintenance contractors. Read more...
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