Ceres Environmental NZ

09/03/2026

This week our team from New Zealand and the United States came together in Las Vegas for CONEXPO-CON/AGG

CONEXPO is always a great opportunity to see the latest equipment and technology shaping the industry. For us, staying close to these developments is important. Investing in the right equipment allows us to deliver safer and more efficient projects for our clients.

But the best show in Las Vegas isn’t always on the Strip.

For us, it was getting a ringside view of the East Cannery implosion. Watching a building of that scale come down with such precision is something you don’t forget quickly.

A big thank you to Controlled Demolition, Inc.for giving our team the opportunity to witness it firsthand.

It was also great to have our NZ and US teams together. Time spent learning, sharing ideas, and seeing the latest technology in action always pays dividends when we get back to site.

21/12/2025

All of us here at Ceres NZ would like to wish our clients, subcontractors, suppliers and our workers a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.

See you all in the new year!

13/10/2025

19/04/2025

01/10/2024

And that’s a wrap!
In March 2020 Ceres NZ started the demolition works of the former Cadbury Factory and Wilsons Block in Dunedin to make way for the New Dunedin Hospital Inpatients and Outpatients buildings.
One of the biggest demolition jobs ever in New Zealand
To the amazing Ceres NZ team, Director of Operations, Project Managers, Site Managers, Demolition Manager the demolition crews, the asbestos crews, office staff labour hire, and our great subbies March Construction, Geeves, Scope, Cut n Core, Titan Cranes, New Zealand Heritage Properties and many more we had on the job thank you for helping get this massive job over the line.
Demolition started with the old Cadbury warehouse making way for site offices and set up. Crews of guys and girls started with the internal strip out of the Cadburys building and surrounding buildings where we salvaged and recycled 86% of all demolition waste. There was extensive asbestos removal throughout both Cadburys and the Wilsons block along with lead paint removal.
The smaller buildings within the centre of the Cadburys site were demolished and a large crane pad constructed making way for the 250T crawler crane to help with the cut and crane of the top half of the building. They worked alongside the guys and girls who were sitting on top of the building breaking out the floors with 20T excavators. The high reach excavator was then used to bring down the rest of the building while the crew on the ground were processing concrete and steel.
The processed concrete from the Cadbury Building was saved and was used for the piling platform.
Excavation and ground works started first with the Outpatients site and then moving over to the Inpatients site. There were 78 x BDST piles driven on the Outpatients site with a staggering 324 x BDST piles driven on the Inpatients site. On the Inpatients site there was a total of 6056.97 m of steel pipe driven into the ground, there were 235,491 blows to place all the piles, 2047.9m3 of concrete poured into the piles and 1019m of welds.
The first of the demolition started in March of 2020 and the last pile was concreted on the 26th September 2024 in this time we have maintained an impressive safety record with no Lost Time Injuries. The supervision and skill set of our entire team, and camaraderie of everyone on site made this an amazing project to be a part of.

Thank you from all of Ceres NZ

08/09/2024

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Please be aware that the following email address is not associated with Ceres New Zealand: [email protected]
We want to remind you that any work visa applications or employment opportunities will be processed solely through official channels in accordance with our company policies.
Important:
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Stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

08/05/2024

05/05/2024

On Monday, our team in Christchurch joined forces with the Styx Living Laboratory Trust along the edge of the Pūharakekenui/Styx River planting native saplings of mānuka, kahikatea and harakeke. As a company we are conscious of carbon emissions and their impact on climate change. With the goal to regenerate and restore the land and waterways, we look forward to seeing it grow and thrive.

15/04/2024

Last week on the New Dunedin Hospital Inpatients site we had Andrew Holmes the Construction Director from Te Whatu Ora came to site and presented some awards to a couple of members of our team. We followed this up with a morning tea shout for the entire site.

Katherine Oude Wansink received the "Kieran Down" Good Bu**er Award.

Dheeraj Gogawale from March Construction received the Health and Safety award.

It is always nice to show appreciation to our team members for their hard work. Well done everyone! Team work makes the dream work!

12/04/2024

On Monday we welcomed a group of carpentry students from Otago Polytechnic to the NDH Inpatients site for a tour and to show them what has been happening. We explained the different stages of the piling process as they watched some piles being driven.



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