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The ECANZ Excellence Awards is a biennial celebration of New Zealand's outstanding Master Electricians. The Awards Dinner is the culmination of a judging process of many electrical projects from across New Zealand ranging from domestic fit-outs, to large commercial and industrial work. The projects are judged on a variety of criteria including quality workmanship; management and commercial skills; application of new projects, processes and emerging technologies; and compliance with health and safety policies and procedures.

Aotea Electric is proud to have won the following awards:

• 2010 Winner Ideal Electrical Supplies Award                                                     for a medium sized project less than $500,000                                                   Christchurch Cathedral

Christchurch Cathedral
Built in the second half of the 19th century, the Christchurch Cathedral is the centre-piece of the Cathedral Square located in the heart of the city. Aotea Electric were engaged to completely replace the electrical infrustructure of the Cathedral. This project involved installing new mains, switchboards and a total redesign of the lighting and heating systems.

• 2007  Winner General Cable Award 
  for a major project over $500,000
  Milton Prison, Otago
  
• 2007 Winner Contact Energy Overall Excellence Award
  Milton Prison, Otago
  for the overall winner exemplifying excellence in the New Zealand Electrical Industry.
  
  

  
  
  Milburn Electrical designed and installed the entire electrical requirements for the Milton Prison, and as this was a 'green fields' site, they had to start from the ground up. The Prison site covers 15.5 hectares comprising 27 buildings housing 335 'guests', 2 power supplies, 3 emergency generators, and 5 transformers, with a lit security perimeter fence 1.6 kilometres long - giving an indication of the scope of experience, skill and man hours required by Milburn Electrical to successfully complete this project.

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• 2007  Finalist  Clipsal Award Solid Energy Communications Project
  for a medium sized project up to $500,000
  IAG Data Fit-out
  
  IAG contracted Aotea Electric Canterbury to do the design and data fit-out in their offices housed in two buildings in Christchurch, and as it incorporates their national claims centre IAG have a high reliance on robust and secure high speed data. The data fit included installation of 1050 Cat6 workstation outlets for data and voice over IP services, and the fusion splicing of a 24 core single mode fibre optic cable between the two buildings.
  

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• 2005  Winner  General Cables Award
  for a major project over $500,000
  The Palms Mall, Christchurch
  for a major sized project combining innovation and management with excellence.
  
  Judges comments included:
  "Aotea Electric Canterbury took on the enormous project of working with three separate building contractors on the very large extension to the existing Palms Mall in Christchurch. Not only did they have to do all the electrical work on a new eight-cinema complex, food hall, supermarket and a new retail wing - but also refurbish the older parts to the mall.
  With Aotea Electric running five gangs, the work was done in four stages: an area of the mall dedicated to a single car park first; then completion of a new Woolworths; major fit-out of existing tenants and demolition for the future tenants space; and lastly the feature cinema and arena area.
  From the start, they were asked as times to work outside the scope - but found this work challenging and rewarding."
  

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• 2005  Finalist  EEAC Award
  Kawarau Bungy Site, Queenstown
• 2003  Finalist  Rexel Lighting Award
  Knox Church, Dunedin
• 2001  Finalist  General Cables Award
  University of Otago, ISB Building
• 1999  Finalist  General Cables Award
  Millenium Hotel, Queenstown
• 1997  Finalist  Thorn Lighting Award
  Dunedin Railway Station

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