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Iconic New Wellington Building joins our BWoF portfolio

Airways New Zealand have entrusted the monthly owner inspections, the annual inspection and the issuance of the annual BWoF to our Wellington based building compliance team. Tracy McAra and Ravi Alwis will deliver these services on our behalf.

SiteWise “Green” Status Achieved!

CoveKinloch partakes in an annual Health & Safety Assessment carried out by Site Safe, whose aim is to build a safer construction industry for New Zealand.
We are happy to announce CoveKinloch New Zealand has achieved SiteWise Green Status…

A new service incorporating the Annual BWoF Inspection with a Commercial Building Survey

CoveKinloch New Zealand Ltd (CKNZL) has recognised a need with a sector of our clients for practical early stage assistance with identifying deferred maintenance and programmed…

Marton Country Music Festival

Tracy McAra, our Senior Building Compliance Co-ordinator in Wellington, has been busy as co-convenor of the Marton Country Music Festival.  After a year of hard work the amazing event came to fruition with approximately 5000 people attending and 500+ motorhomes parked in the adjoin…

Congratulations to our Director Peter Bamford

Our congratulations are extended to Peter Bamford, Director CoveKinloch New Zealand, who has recently completed an 18 month journey to become a Chartered Building Surveyor with RICS. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an international professio…

Fire New Zealand Conference

A number of our Fire Engineers and Fire Evacuation Consultants recently attended and spoke at the national Fire New Zealand conference at Tauranga’s Baypark Stadium. This year’s theme centred around “The Evolution of Fire – Reflecting on the past and looking to the future” and…

Our People – Wellington Photography Competition

Tracy McAra, our Senior Compliance Administrator from our Wellington office, recently entered a photography competition run by the Wellington Severe Weather Watch Group. There were over 100 entries in which she entered 3 photos. All 3 photos…

Virtual Reality Demonstration

CoveKinloch New Zealand’s Auckland office hosted a virtual reality interactive demonstration to find out what it’s like to be placed in a real life fire-fighting scenario – virtually!

This event allowed staff, clients and visitors to learn how to use a fir…

Focus on Buildings – June 2018

The team at CoveKinloch New Zealand Ltd welcome you to our June 2018 Focus on Buildings newsletter. In this month’s edition; Fire Evacuation Changes Released for 1 July 2018, “Occupancy Numbers” – Just what do they mean?, “Storage Racking Systems” – A building and fi…

New Fire Evacuation Regulations – 1 July 2018

On 1 July 2018 the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fire Safety, Evacuation Procedures, and Evacuation Schemes) Regulations 2018 will replace the existing Fire Safety and Evacuation of Buildings Regulations 2006. The new regulations will impact both owners and tenants of buildings; th…