Southern Lakes Scaffolds -South Island Wide and 100% New Zealand Owned

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    High standards - low prices-no surprises
    We are on time, fully professional and flexible to your needs to get the job completed

    Safety first

    Southern Lakes Scaffolds prides its self in its health and safety with our full time health and safety adviser on hand for all health and safety needs. Our scaffold is erected as a 1.2m wide (4/5 planks ) as standard practice.

    Fastest build times

    Southern Lakes Scaffolds takes all our jobs big or small seriously and when we say we are going to be there, we are. We pride ourselves in the build times and the safety of your scaffold.

    No surprises

    We will do a free quote and what you see is what you get, no hidden cost or surprises.

    What our customers say

    • Tony Posthuma
      Grace Builders have engaged Southern Lakes Scaffolding since 2010 with the relationship starting at Millbrook Arrowtown. They supplied and erected scaffolding to a large house we were building there and we quickly learned that Garrit had an eye for detail and knew exactly what was required. They also supplied propping for falsework as required. When Southern Lakes Scaffolds branched out to Christchurch, we engaged them exclusively to supply all our scaffolding requirements for both, commercial and housing builds undertaken. We have found the SLS team reliable, hardworking and a pleasure to have on site.
      Tony Posthuma
      Grace Builders Holdings Ltd
    • Toby
      We have been in business with Southern Lakes Scaffolding since 2012, and I would have to say they have transformed the way we build. We have worked closely with SLS and developed a build process which not only speeds up our build time, and delivers a safer work environment for our workers, but also has them onsite at a stage where they are the only sub contractor onsite. This significantly speeds up the process for SLS as well as our overall projects. SLS listen, understand plans and will do whatever it takes to ensure their scaffold is exactly what the builder requires. We highly recommend Southern Lakes Scaffolding to anyone needing scaffolding.
      Toby
      Shape Construction Limited
    • Southern Lakes Scaffolds have been providing Orange Homes with our scaffold requirements since 2014 and we have found them to be professional and hard working. They are always keen to help us and go the extra mile, all while meeting our sites Health and Safety expectations.
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    • Southern Lakes Scaffolds have been our scaffold supplier throughout the build of the new Christchurch Central Library. The Southern Lakes crew have been on site every day for the last year and have done a fantastic job building a scaffold that ticks all our requirements. The staff and management are great to deal with and I would happily recommend Southern Lakes Scaffolds to anyone.
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    Scaffolding Services

    Residential scaffold

    Southern Lakes Scaffolds provides a wide range of residential scaffold that is safe and reliable. We customise the scaffolding to your home, and ensure both safety and the best possible access and minimal disturbance to you while the work is being completed. Based in Christchurch, Cromwell and Kaikoura we are equipped to build scaffold for any sized house .

    Commercial scaffold

    Southern Lakes Scaffolds commercial scaffolding is fitted to the latest health and safety requirements. We take pride in the regular maintenance and consistent quality of our scaffold, Built by our qualified scaffolders we can assure you that safety and security of all contractors and clients is at the top of our list.

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    Civil scaffold

    Southern Lakes Scaffolds has the expertise to help you with your project. We specialise in bridge access and civil scaffolding. We have the expertise to ensure your scaffold is built to all the health and safety requirements in a fast and efficient time.

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    Propping

    Southern Lakes Scaffolds produce a propping solution for all requirements to ensure you get your project completed safely and efficiently.

    Multi -Unit Developments 

    Southern Lakes Scaffolds specialize in providing scaffold for small to large multi -unit and mixed used developments .Our scaffolding is purpose designed for each  project and built by our experienced qualified scaffolding teams who provide safety for both the contractors and public. The scaffolding is checked on a regular basis by our own in house inspectors to maintain safety at all times throughout the projects construction  period .

    Whatever your scaffolding needs are, we are the team to call:

    0800 757 2233

    Projects

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    Midland Line Fire recovery – Kiwi Rail

    One of our most significant project has been the Midland line fire recovery project. Following the large fire which burned between Cass and Springfield leaving several bridges with fire damage. Our Southern Lakes crew built an amazing scaffold to be able to assist the crew to re sleeper the damaged bridges and create an easy and safe access for our client.

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    NCTIR:

    Southern Lakes Scaffold have worked with NCTIR over the past 18 months helping get the road open from Christchurch to Picton. We have completed complex structures including access towers, hanging scaffolds to enable the construction of the new marina and Iron gate bridge in Kaikoura. We also built Tunnel protection scaffold to protect the traffic.

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    Hapuku Bridge

    Southern Lakes built a Hanging scaffold on Hapuku river road bridge on state highway 1. As part of the Kaikoura earthquake rebuild the bridge needed to be lifted off the pier caps. This allowed for the tightening and re strengthening of the bridge connection. For the NCTIR workers to carry out these repairs, a scaffold platform below the bridge on either side of the pier cap was needed. The scaffold platform had to be supported solely from the bridge as when the bridge was lifted the scaffold would need to move with it. Our scaffold team put great thought into how to achieve this platform safely and to the NCTIR team’s requirements.

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    Orange Homes

    The boys did a fantastic job at building a strong and safe scaffold, that got the Southern Lakes seal of approval. This was a tricky build on a small section with the crews having to really think and plan out how it was going to work smoothly for the builders. The job was built amazingly and made a niggly space not seem like an issue for our clients.

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    Southbase Gloucester Street

    Our staff did a great job working on this site every day to ensure all the scaffold is built to the heights safety standards and our clients specific requirements. Southern Lakes worked on this project daily for two years with a constant crew working on site building scaffold and propping the building. We started with the propping of the 120 ton, 26m high panels built on site and propping all floor levels. This was an amazing project to be a part of and to watch evolve into the new Christchurch central library.

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    Day Bros – Painters

    We erected a scaffold around the front and right-hand side of this building for the office to be re painted. The scaffolding was done to an extremely high standard like always and was also appealing to the eye. We make sure our jobs fit to the client’s needs whatever they may be this is why the planning stage is so important.

     
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    About Us

    Scaffolding

    We are experts

    Here at Southern Lakes Scaffolds we make all your height safety and access solutions possible. No job is too big or too small, and our qualified, professional staff will make you feel confident while completing your work using our safe and reliable products.

    We carry out all types of scaffolding and propping work - from light commercial and civil projects, to residential projects.

    We practice high standards in health and safety at all times.

    At Southern Lakes Scaffolds, we pride ourselves on the reliability and superior service provided to our clients.

    Our projects are cost-effective, executed well within the time frame required and have a high quality finish. With these attributes we have an excellent record in customer satisfaction.

    Meet the team

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    Garrit Van T Veen –  Director

    Garrit started Southern Lakes Scaffolds in 2005 in Central Otago where he was working by himself over time the company grew and now has 40 staff members. Garrit moved back to Christchurch where he had grown up just before the earthquakes since then Southern Lakes is now based in Cromwell, Christchurch and Kaikoura. When Garrit started the company he had a vision towards changing the view on scaffolding and bringing a professional approach to the industry. The clients we have gained over the years we have been able to bring that vision to light. Southern Lakes is involved in all areas of scaffolding which gives the clients and our crews an awesome veriety of work. We have a vision to be the best scaffolding company in New Zealand and we are extremely good at putting safety first which is extremely important in the construction industry.

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    Nathan Andrews -  Manager 

    Nathan has been with Southern Lakes Scaffolds for 8 years in this time he moved his way up from a labourer to a leading hand where he has been running his own jobs along side Kiwi Rail. Nathan is passionate about the industry and has a wide range of experience to bring to his new role. Nathan is a great communicator and has a great relationship with his clients and staff.  

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    Sue Van T Veen – Office Manager

    Sue oversees all the accounts for southern Lakes Scaffolds. She has a great understanding of all our clients and makes sure our office is run smoothly. Sue conducts in-house audits and manages the jobs in the office from start to finish.

    Ian Thompson – Sales and Marketing 

    Ian joined Southern Lakes Scaffolds in 2019 to work on sales and marketing in the commercial and residential markets after retiring from Beca Consultants Design Practice where he was an Associate and Senior Architectural Designer .Ian has gained extensive  experience working with Beca over 35 years on projects of different scales and for a wide range of clients and  contractors where he has developed skills in project management  and team leadership and communication. 

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