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Meet the Team

Murray Hughes General Manager murrayh@aotea-southern.co.nz

As Managing Director of the Aotea Group of Companies based in Dunedin, Murray Hughes generally oversees the development and expansion of the wider Group activities. Murray was the original shareholder in the current Aotea Group, having purchased the business in 1990. Himself a registered Electrician, Murray has over 40 years experience in the electrical industry. Murray is a past National President of ECANZ, as well as a current member of the ECANZ Quality Assurance Committee and a current board member of ETCO.

Projects

Aotea Southern has a well established contracting and projects division in Dunedin. This has developed into the largest contracting base in the lower part of the South Island, with a large and diverse skill base within this division. Aotea has always been "Customer driven", with high standards and expectations in the market. Aotea Southern also prides itself with its diversification as we cover all aspects of the electrical trade, and offer the One-Stop-Shop. This is due to the broad range of experience we have through consistency of staff and internal training.

Meet the Projects Team

Paul Parsons Manager paulp@aotea-southern.co.nz

Paul Parsons has been with Aotea since 1987 and has covered many roles. Paul is actively involved in the electrical industry and is currently an elected local representative on the National Council for ECANZ. Paul is also an elected member of the Halberg Trust. His role at Aotea is very diverse and he is responsible for the day to day management of Aotea Southern.

Gordon Brocket Contracts Manager

Gordon Brocket has been with Aotea since 1991. Gordon is very well respected in the electrical industry and managed Dunedin's largest contract, Milburn Prison, which encompassed over 110,000 hours. Gordon is responsible for the management of the supervisors in the Contracting division at Aotea Southern.

David Ford Estimating Manager

David Ford has been employed by Aotea since 1989, originally as an apprentice. Dave has worked through all aspects of the electrical trade and is currently managing the Estimating Team for the Aotea Group. This includes peer review of the pricing, and also electrical design build solutions.

Recent Contracting Projects

Chinese Gardens
This site has just been completed in Dunedin. Aotea Southern were approached by the client to form a partnership with the consultants and to come up with a cost-effective solution to enable a very difficult project to commence. Aotea donated its margin and reduced the rates to assist with the development of this project. The difficulties included working with fittings supplied by the client, and also the language barrier involved with working alongside the Chinese workers on the site. All services are hidden with no surface cabling on this site. The services included electrical, fire alarms, data, communications and hydraulics. The scope of the work included approximately 2,600 hours, 400 lights (mostly ground mounted), and a value of $250,000.

Visit the Dunedin City Council website for more information about the Chinese Garden.

Finegand Lamb Cuts Upgrade
The client for this project called on Aotea to assist with a quick turnkey project to be completed in the off-season at the meat works. The work to date has completely reconfigured this area to streamline processes, terminations of robotic machines to assist with this. New mains supply, process switchboards, vacuum systems, emergency lighting, chillers and surrounding buildings were also upgraded using local resources. This peaked when 19 staff were on site to complete the project and resume operation by early November 2008, as required. The project scope included approximately 4,000 hours with a value of about $700,000 (to date).

Hunter Building, Otago University
This university building was Dunedin's first 5 Star Green Star rated building. This was retrofitted from old flats into a large multi-purpose building for Otago University. Aotea resourced information through its Green Star membership. The process was simplified with a partnering approach with the consultants and a can-do attitude from our staff on site using new technology and environmentally friendly products to produce a very energy efficient building. This project had a value of about $850,000, and 3,000 hours.

Visit the NZ Green Building Council website for more information on Green Star.

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Data and Communications

Meet the Communications Team

Recent Communications Projects

Otago Polytechnic
Aotea Communications have supplied Otago Ploytechnic with most of their Telecommunications, power and data services since 1995. In more recent years this has been in conjunction with Commit Services (a national telecommunications cabling company) whom have held the IT Service contract with the Otago Polytechnic for a number of years.

The Otago Polytechnic has evolved through the Cabling Standards of Structured Cabling from Cat.5 to the now default Cat.6 standard, and from conventional OM1 Fibre cabling to an OM3 Blown Fibre reticulation solution.

The Otago Polytechnic often has critical projects on compressed-programmed time frames to meet holiday timetables. Aotea prides itself on the fact that we can 'muscle up' staff resources from throughout the Aotea Group for these peak periods to ensure that our client's expectations and requirements are met.

The scope of this work to date involved over 10,000 hours and $1,000,000.

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Aotea Security

Meet the Aotea Security Team

Alistair Hogg MSc CPP Manager / Director Aotea Security Ltd alistairh@aotea-southern.co.nz

Alistair Hogg has been actively involved within the New Zealand Security Industry since 1987, in a variety of roles and across a broad range of activities encompassing most aspects of the industry. Alistair has a strong background in electronic security, close protection, manned services, training, design and consultancy, as an operator, instructor, consultant, manager, and industry representative. Alistair is currently an elected Board Member of the NZ Security Association, and is also a member of the National Executive Committee for the NZ chapter of ASIS International . An advocate of industry training in general and continuing training and personal development within the Aotea Group, Alistair holds both the CPP designation for Security Management from ASIS International U.S. and a Master of Science degree in Security and Risk Management from the University of Leister, U.K.

Eric Meinders Senior Security Technician ericm@aotea-southern.co.nz

Eric Meinders has been employed by the company in the role of senior secrurity technician since its formation in 1997, and is also a shareholder of Aotea Security Limited. Eric has in excess of 25 years of specific electronic security experience, as well as a range of product and industry qualifications. His lateral thinking and rapid fire approach to problem solving, combined with his years of experience has earned a respected reputation throughout the local industry and with our clients.

Lloyd Cron Service Manager lloydc@aotea-southern.co.nz

Lloyd Cron was also part of the original team that founded Aotea Security in 1997. He now holds the position of Service Manager, and as such is directly responsible for the day to day management of the installation and service staff. In addition to a lengthy electrical trade and electronic security career, Lloyd has strengths in man management and overseeing large projects.

Tim Knopp Systems Engineer timk@aotea-southern.co.nz

Tim Knopp's career and experience match and complement the senior management team perfectly, with specific skills in design and project management. Tim brings a further professional level of expertise to the operation which has become key to the success of the company, particularly in regards to leading edge technology and solution.

Aotea Security Reference Sites

Aotea Security is proud to have the following as recent clients:

University of Otago Otago District Health Board Wakari Hospital Forensic Unit Otago Museum Inland Revenue Department National Bank of New Zealand ANZ Bank of New Zealand Cadbury Confectionary Port Otago Ministry of Justice

Department of Courts Accident Compensation Corp Ministry of Education New Zealand Police Foodstuffs (SI) Ltd Turners and Growers Ltd Dunedin City Council Clutha Distric Council Dunedin Airport Queenstown Airport

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Servicing

Aotea Southern Servicing department specialises in all Commercial, Industrial, Shop Fitout and Residential service work including:

• Residential - installation, maintenance and repairs of air conditioning, heat pumps, nightstores, DVS ventilation, Stannah Stairchairs, commercial and residential lifts, C-Bus lighting and control
• Commercial - complete electrical installation for new buildings, repairs and maintenance of lighting, switchboard checks and servicing, temporary supply for construction sites, Test and Tagging for Health and Safety Regulations, C-Bus lighting and power control
• Industrial - design and build of plant and building electrical, and pump controls, motor repairs and maintenance, power factor assessment and installation
• Fire Alarms - installation and maintenance of new and exisiting systems, IQP Qualified Technicians, Building WOF
• Commercial Kitchen Equipment - full installation, maintenance and repairs of dishwashers, microwave ovens, electric and steam ovens, bakery ovens and rollers, check-out conveyors. See Agencies page for full list.

Meet the Service Team

David Brown Servicing Manager davidb@aotea-southern.co.nz

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Service Centre

Aotea Southern Service Centre has a comprehensive service for:

• Tool repair and sales
• Motor rewinding service
• Agency for and servicing of a large range of tools - see Agencies page for full list

Meet the Service Team

David Mackel Workshop Technician

Contact us today to find out more.