Mainzeal recently celebrated 40 years of business in New Zealand – a significant achievement that is a testament to the company’s ability to adapt to a changing work environment.
Key milestones of the past four decades include:
2009
Continued growth in the 21st century, with major construction projects including Vector Arena, Spring Hill Corrections Facility, Two Double Seven shopping mall redevelopment, Tararua Wind Farm infrastructure, Defence House and Rotorua Energy Events Centre.
2008
- Sovereign House, North Shore, Auckland
2007
- Springhill Corrections Facility, North Waikato
2006
- New Freyburg project, Wellington
2005
- Northland Regional Corrections facility, Northland
2004
- Wellington Airport Retail redevelopment, Wellington
2003
- QEII Pool redevelopment, Christchurch
2002
- Northland LVL facility, Whangarei
2001
- Auckland Central Remand Prison, Auckland
2007
- Springhill Corrections Facility, North Waikato
2000
- Palmerston North Hospital Board redevelopment, Palmerston North
1999
- Mobil on the Park, Wellington
1998
- Wellington Airport Buildings, Wellington
1997
- North Harbour Stadium, North Shore, Auckland
1996
- Parliament Buildings refurbishment, Wellington
1995
- Takeover in 1995 by Richina Enterprises Holdings, a company with extensive business interests in China
Waikato Regional Council Building, Hamilton
1994
- Relocation of Museum Hotel, Wellington
1993
- Kiwi Cooperative Dairies Project, Taranaki
1992
- Wellington City Council, Town Hall
1991
- Project work including work on majestic Tower, Wellington
1990
- Work on many large construction projects through the 1990s. These included the Wellington Airport Terminal, North Harbour Stadium and Riccarton Mall redevelopment, and landmark restoration projects – notably the refurbishment of Parliament Buildings and the Wellington Town Hall
- Expansion in early 1990 to provide Development, Construction, Interiors, International, Parking, Investments and Project Management divisions
1987
- Merger with Leyland Growth
1986
- Refloating Mainzeal Group as a public company
1983
- Management buyout under the directorship of Peter Menzies
1980
- Acquiring the Gilberd Hadfield Piling Co Ltd, which enabled Mainzeal to extend into a wide range of heavy engineering projects
1973
- Floating of the company on the New Zealand sharemarket
1968 - 1979
- Construction of Manukau City Centre
1969
- Construction of the $40m Auckland Harbour Board Downtown Redevelopment Scheme - Mainzeal’s first New Zealand project, which was a joint venture with Dillingham Corporation and the Fletcher Group