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The ELE team in Christchurch was pleased to be informed on Wednesday that four of its carpenters were to be given awards by an ELE client, CPB Contractors, for ‘exceptional work’ on one of their sites. The four individuals, Nino Inguin, Erwin Agbayani, Antonio Niez and Pablo Baguingey, were singled out for praise at a site meeting last week because of their work ethic and consistent efforts towards the Christchurch hospital project. Speaking to Jo Harris, ELE’s Sales Director, it was clear that all of the team were extremely pleased…

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  Mizuno Ballpark was alight last Saturday with the Canterbury Championship softball finals, seeing ELE Papanui romp home in back to back games (3-2 and 4-2) against the PCU Devils to secure the title for the fourth year running. The team, backed by sponsors ELE Group, have had a fantastic season to date and would be looking to further their silverware collection in the national competition had the current coronavirus preventative measures ruled out the chance of play going ahead.   Speaking to ELE Papanui’s Jackson Watt, one gets the…

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Sunday may have been a day like any other for most of us, but for ELE’s Charley Marsh, it was certainly one to remember. She entered the Kapiti Women’s Triathlon. The event itself has been running since 1983, but for Charley, it was the first event like this in which she’d participated; not that you could tell with her very respectable time of 1 hour, 29 minutes and 39 seconds. The idea to enter the race came about several months before when Charley had caught a glimpse of a billboard…

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There is a lot of talk in New Zealand of the housing and construction boom as compared to fears elsewhere in the world of an imminent recession; but if the grass here is so much greener, one has to wonder why ‘33%’1 of construction companies ‘are intending to cut jobs’2 over the coming months and why firms like Tallwood Holdings and Stanley Group were ‘placed in voluntary liquidation’3 last year – the aforementioned impacting us directly. From our involvement in the construction sector, we’ve also seen a bottleneck on housing…

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The end of last year was a special time for ELE Group, being listed for a second year running in Deloitte’s Fast 50 companies after having achieved another twelve months of exceptional growth. To celebrate such success, the company was invited to attend November’s Festival of Growth – an all day business awards, conference and networking event held at the Villa Maria estate – to share in celebrating the success of New Zealand’s fastest growers. I spoke to Managing Director, Brent Mulholland, to get his thoughts on the experience and…

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We are proudly exhibiting at Auckland Build Expo, taking place at ASB Showgrounds on November 8th – 9th. The event has established itself as the leading construction expo to cover the latest projects and opportunities across the country. It is attended by all the key players in Auckland’s construction industry, including thousands of attendees made up of:  architects, contractors, developers, government, engineers, surveyors, local councils, housing associations, tool companies, tradespeople, suppliers and more. You will gain access to all features of the show, including the Main Conference, CPD-accredited Summit sessions,…

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On the 18th of September, ELE hosted a training session in Christchurch for its contractors. Managing Director, Brent Mulholland says “one of our core values is “Growing Together” and as such, we want to make sure our workers are fully informed of the benefits and opportunities of contracting to ELE”. Mulholland says “it’s also vital that our Contractors are aware of their obligations and responsibilities in terms of Health and Safety and ACC, but also that they are aware of how they can grow their own business by employing and…

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We’ve featured this incredible Nikola One hydrogen powered semi-truck in our new ad campaign for ELE Truck and Driver. It’s a pretty interesting insight into the way the industry – and transport in general – is changing. The Nikola One is a zero emission hydrogen and electric semi-truck. It’s powered by a stack of hydrogen fuel cells and a 320 kWh battery. It has over 1,000 hp and 2,000 ft.-lb. of torque with a range of 800 miles on a single tank of hydrogen and can be refuelled in just…

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Great businesses need great people who share common values, understand and strive toward common goals and have the ability and desire to contribute to the groups DNA. ELE is fortunate to have such an amazing and committed group of people, passionate about what we do and where we are headed. Key messages at this recent conference were centred around: our new brand which we are launching and rolling out across the country business excellence and our commitment to develop a globally recognised standard of business excellence and lead the way…

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