Our Company
From a start-up business in 2012, Seipp Construction has flourished to become a highly respected, award-winning nationwide construction company. We’re proud of the reputation we’ve built as contractor of choice for difficult projects - particularly for underground infrastructure, multi-disciplinary civil projects (below and above ground), bridge structures and marine infrastructure (such as wharves, jetties, sea defence walls and outfalls).
We’ve achieved this based on founder Peter Seipp’s vision to build a world class team of people, supported with the best resources and management systems. From the very beginning, rigorous selection and performance criteria has been applied to our growing team.
As a result, the Seipp team is a hand-picked, high calibre group with industry-leading technical expertise in multi-disciplinary civil projects, pipelines, river and marine works.
Our company ethos is based on our employees being self-motivated, passionate and productive, which results in superior outcomes for our clients.
With a focus on setting high benchmarks and a refusal to compromise, Seipp Construction has established an enviable track record of performance across health and safety, quality and environmental practice. We achieved ACC tertiary accreditation at our first attempt and have successfully gained AS/NZS 4801, ISO:9001 Quality and ISO:14000 Environmental certifications.
More recently, we’ve expanded geographically from our Christchurch base, opening a second branch in Auckland. Seipp’s Auckland-based team has already established a solid reputation undertaking projects to expertly upgrade Auckland’s infrastructure assets.
We’re proud of the reputation both our Christchurch and North Island operations have established for innovative approaches on technically challenging projects and the positive feedback received from our clients on the value added by the Seipp teams.
Our Team
Peter Seipp
MCivilEng
Managing Director
Drew Griffen
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Technical Director
Brian Coman
MCivilEng
Regional Manager Auckland
Mark Gleave
NZQA Level 4 in Project Management (NZ), NVQ Level 4 in Project Management (UK)
National Design & Build Manager
Paddy Ryan
FCA, CA Ireland & NZ
Chief Financial Officer
Kieran Shine
Operations Manager South Island
Jerard Stock
Dip HSM, HASANZ Certified Health & Safety Practioner
HSQE Manager
Nicky Hanger
Finance Manager
Hamish Scott
Dip (Civil Engineering)
Works Manager
Cory Griffen
Senior Estimator
Guy Woods
MSc (QS & Commercial Management), BA (Hons) (Business Management)
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Kendra Tuck
NDip (QS)
Quantity Surveyor
Phil Crossman
Superintendent
Chad Gulliver
CPEng
Project Manager
Stuart Anderson
Project Manager
Chris Bastin
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Project Manager
Shaun Moore
BEng (Hons)
Project Manager
Callum McBeth
Supervisor
James Regan
Supervisor
Taz Reti
Supervisor
Barry Hofmeyr
DipEng (Civil)
Senior Project Engineer
Greg Valentine
NZCert Eng (Civil)
Senior Project Engineer
Howie Smith
BEng (Hons)
Project Engineer
Andrew Kingham
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Project Engineer
Fiona Gillani
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Project Engineer
Jake Tinnelly
BEng (Technology)
Project Engineer
Lorna Johnston
BEng (Hons-1st Class) (Civil)
Project Engineer
Tomos Davies
BEng (Hons)
Project Engineer
Paristosh Lall
Project Engineer
Tom Byrne
Foreman
Peter Taua
Foreman
Chris Pearman
Foreman
Aaron Watson
Foreman
Juan Pizorno
BEng (Civil)
Site Engineer
Shi Gong
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Site Engineer
Toby Cochrane-Dyet
MEng (Mechanical)
Site Engineer
Giezele O'Connor
BSc Eng (Civil)
Site Engineer
Stuart Duff
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Site Engineer
Yogi Fernando
BEng (Hons) (Civil & Environmental)
Site Engineer
Ebad Kamza
MEng (Geotechnical), BEng (Civil)
Site Engineer
Matt Quin
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Graduate Engineer
Jayden Maugham
BEng (Hons) (Civil)
Graduate Engineer
Advisory Board
Peter Seipp
Managing Director
As the founder and Managing Director, Peter has been leading the business from its inception in 2012. He brings an impressive set of skills and experience to Seipp Construction, obtained from an extensive career in Senior Management, both internationally and in New Zealand. His vision and values based approach has enabled Seipp Construction to sustainably grow to its current size and is key to its ongoing success.
Brett Chambers
Board Chair
Brett Chambers is an experienced corporate finance professional and strategic advisor with a high degree of business acumen and a track record of making a positive difference to the entities he advises. He chairs the Assurance and Risk Committee of Naylor Love Enterprises and Pegasus Health Charitable Limited and provides governance and specialist financial management advice to the respective Boards. Brett acts as an Independent Quality Assurance provider overseeing the University of Canterbury’s $1.1b rebuild programme and compliance with its Crown funding agreement. Brett is a retired Corporate Finance partner with nearly 30 years’ experience at Deloitte, most recently as the firm’s Managing Partner in the Christchurch office.
Lindsay Crossen
Lindsay Crossen comes from a background in the infrastructure, engineering and contracting industries and has extensive experience in leadership and governance roles. He is a professional engineer with affiliations as a Distinguished Fellow of Engineering NZ, a Fellow of NZIML and Life Member of Civil Contractors NZ.
During his career, Lindsay held positions as CEO for Fulton Hogan in both New Zealand and Australia for more than a decade and is the Past Chairman of Roading NZ
He is currently a Director on Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Ltd and has previously had governance roles as Deputy Chair on Crown Irrigation Investment Ltd, Chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board, Director of Lyttelton Port Company Ltd, and a member of CERA Audit & Risk Panel.
Jono Brent
Jono Brent has been operating within New Zealand’s infrastructure industry for the past two decades. He is currently the Group Transformation Lead for Orion Group. Prior to that Jono was Chief Executive of Connetics Ltd from 2010 to 2019 and the General Manager – Business Development of City Care Ltd.
Outside of Orion, Jono is chair of the board of College House (a University Hostel) and on the Advisory Board of Art of Work (Australia) Ltd. Jono is also on the steering committee of the New Zealand Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum.
Drew Griffen
Drew has been with the business since its inception in 2012 and has been a key contributer to the growth and success of Seipp Construction. Drew graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in 2009 and has spent his career becoming a construction professional with an impressive track record of delivering innovative project solutions. A background in onsite engineering and management roles gives him a rare combination of practical knowledge, theoretical insight, and leadership skill. Drew was the recipient of the 2013 New Zealand Contractors’ Federation ‘Leader of Tomorrow’ award for his exceptional leadership. Drew brings this skill and his intimate knowledge of the business and its people to the group to help shape the future of Seipp Construction
Our Vision & Values
An organisation’s success demands single-mindedness and the collective commitment of all individuals within it.
To us, our vision statement is not just a ‘tick the box’ exercise. It drives our success by reminding us of the importance of every aspect of every project we deliver. It focuses our goals and aspirations to be the:
Vision
Pipeline, General Civil and Marine Contractor of choice with a reputation for safely delivering challenging projects on time and within budget.
The growth and performance of our business tells us we’re succeeding in our endeavours. Key to this is our strong culture and values which underpin not just what we achieve but how we achieve it.
Managing Director Peter Seipp’s definition of culture is ‘’what people do and how they act, when they’re not supervised”. The Seipp Construction values reflect his high personal standards for safety, accountability, professionalism and quality. When we work in alignment with the Seipp Construction values, positive experiences are created for all stakeholders – from staff through to clients. Everyone is kept safe, and our momentum of innovation and excellence is maintained.
Values
Safety First
Ownership – Acceptance of responsibility
Encouragement – Encouraging growth and personal development
Credibility – Honest, reliable and professional
Innovation – Creative and progressive solutions
Our Approach
Starting from a zero base in 2012 to build a highly successful mid- tier contracting business which specialises in technically demanding projects, has required a committed and experienced approach to business. We’ve achieved this with our absolute attention to detail, strong leadership and a commitment to implement only the best management systems.
A focus on setting high benchmarks and a refusal to compromise has enabled the business to continue to grow whilst establishing an enviable track record of performance across health and safety, quality and environmental practices.
Early on the business embraced modern, cloud- based project management systems, set up individually for each project by the respective project management team. All systems are interactive, tailored to the specific needs of each client and accessible through individual portals for all key project stakeholders if required.
Together with our systems we have developed an extensive range of procedures and policies, which under our ISO accreditations are regularly assessed and reviewed. This guarantees continual improvement and ultimately superior delivery of even the most challenging projects on time and within budget.
Our approach to financial reporting is timely, no surprises, honest and transparent.
A true strength of our business is our proven track record of establishing collaborative relationships with our clients. We strongly believe that our teams can add the greatest value when working in partnership with our customers, resulting in a profitable outcome for both parties and a high quality asset.
Our approach has led to the successful delivery of numerous high profile projects with extremely satisfied long term clients.
Seipp Construction has been acknowledged as an industry leader in previous years, by winning Contractor of the Year Awards in 2015 and 2016 for two extremely complex projects – rehabilitation of the Antigua Street Bridge and repair of the Beachville Road Seawall.
Earlier this year, in April 2022, Seipp was awarded “Most Progressive Company 2021” at the Civil Contractors Canterbury annual awards presentation evening. Additionally, our delivery of the Ashburton River Crossing project for Ashburton District Council won in the Underground Services Project category. Seipp Construction are planning on maintaining this momentum as we bring further skilled Engineers and Operators into the business and together we tackle new complex projects.
