Environmental & Ethics Position Statement:
Justin Mcentyre • April 23, 2019
At Contego we are conscious of playing our part to be ‘Good’ contractor & make sure our impact on the Environment & Community is positive. At the beginning of 2019 we sat down & evaluated our business operations & looked at how we can best change or enhance our operations with Environment & Community in consideration.Out of this we reviewed our current Policies & developed these further & created a guiding document for us as an organisation to follow. This document is called the “Contego Environmental & Ethics Position Statement 2019”.The aim of the document is to set us steps & company policies to see us through the next 12 months. We will look at this again in 12 months’ time & review again & see if we can raise our own personal benchmark again.Through this review we were conscious of the ‘token or generic’ efforts that so many companies around the world which is often copy/ paste. Therefore Contego set goals & policies that were specific to our work & operations & actually achievable & measurable.Micro policies such as:
- Utilising waste – internally & also collaborating with other local companies to minimise waste to landfill
- Buy locally – with a priority ranking when purchases have to be made outside of our immediate region
- Using technology in the field to reduce paper
You can find a full copy of Contego Environmental & Ethics Position Statement 2019 & see the steps & actions we are taking this year to play our part using the link below.
The Passive Fire Protection Intumescent Coating Code of Practice suggests that this should be a collaborative effort between all design consultants to ensure all aspects are considered. This way of thinking is no different to any other collaborative effort in designing a building whereby multiple consultants need to talk & collaborate on a solution.
Assessments – ask the extra questions. As most Passive Fire Protection contractors are aware AS1530.4 & AS4072.1 assessments satisfy compliance with NZBC and Acceptable solutions. However, when utilising an AS4072.1 assessment I would urge a little extra caution.
South Island passive fire protection contractor Contego today announced that it will continue its business expansion by opening a new base in the North Island in December 2021. Located in New Plymouth, the branch is expected to employ 10 persons over the next 24 months. The business currently employs 35 personnel between its bases across the South Island.
Our managing director, Justin McEntyre outlines our top 5 tips for managing your building compliance with regards to passive fire protection.
It has been a busy summer for the Intumescent coatings division with projects right across the lower South Island.
Sadly I am hearing more or more frictions within the industry between Passive Fire Contractors and
consultants and Council inspectors.
I’m sure I’m not the only one that is experiencing weekly headaches with freight delays and lead time materials. What was once available down the road, can now be a lengthy delay to get a hold of it. The feedback I am getting from suppliers and contractors is that the worst is not over, and we should be planning to deal with this for the remainder of this year.
With the current codes of practice and Passive products annual renewal being worked through the issue of Tested vs Assessed is constantly brought up in conversation. NZBC accepts the use of AS4072.1 Assessments as a way of showing compliance as an equal with a tested solution in accordance with AS1530.4.
We are excited to announce that Contego have been selected as finalists within two categories at the 2020 Westpac Otago Business Awards. This year we have been selected as a finalist for the Excellence in Service Award and also the Future Business Leader Award.
Contego is proud to announce that we have been awarded a 3 year contract to provide IQP services to SDHB for all Passive Fire Systems including SS15.2, SS15.3, SS15.4, and SS15.5.