Paul Haggath
Paul is thrilled to see how far TEAM Projects has come since its inception in 2017. This has been a great year, with the TEAM Mates involved in a number of key regeneration projects. Paul is particularly proud to see TEAM gain a reputation for honesty, value, and as trusted advisors and experts in their field.
Another year has flown by, and as 2020 comes ever closer, we thought we’d ask our TEAM Mates what they’ve been up to since joining our collective of specialists two years ago…
Most recently, TEAM has been engaged in multiple roles for the New Brighton Hot Pools Development; Development Manager, Engineer to the Contract, and Project Manager. It’s a highly visible project with a lot of public interest, challenging time frames and a tight budget.
“It’s a great project to be involved in,” said Paul. “There were hot pools there in the 1920s so reinstating a historic facility like this, 100 years later, is a big step in the regeneration of New Brighton.”
Paul and Jon’s success with the Queenstown 3 Waters Project has become an ongoing relationship developing contracts and tenders into other areas. Paul is leading QLDC’s Project H GIS Capture. There’s so much going on in Queenstown that we are capturing everything on a GIS platform; to capture all projects in the region, opportunities, and any clashes, and to assist planning and traffic management around the town.
TEAM is also engaged to manage the Northeast Frankton Stormwater Project in Queenstown. It is a project that aligns with TEAM’s key values, particularly environmental responsibility. A major new 1.8m diameter stormwater main will rationalise the existing, uncontrolled network channels all to one single controlled outflow through filter beds at the north end of Lake Wakatipu. The new main will stretch from Frankton and the airport to Lake Wakatipu, and will not only accommodate Queenstown’s growing infrastructure, but ensure the stormwater systems are environmentally sensitive and sustainable.
Paul is particularly proud to have been part of the team reinstating the railway along the East Coast after the Kaikoura earthquakes in November 2016. He travelled that same railway as a tourist with his family over Christmas, and had a unique chance to see a project from the users-eye-view.
“It’s not often you get to experience the project from that angle. It was great to see everything working exactly as it was designed to. Of course, all the other passengers were looking out over the sea views, and I was looking at the tunnels and signal boxes!”
Paul is looking forward to expanding the training and coaching part of the business, continuing to develop Team Projects’ reputation as trusted advisors and, at home, getting to know his new horse – a rescue from the SPCA.
