I've followed with interest the need for additional classrooms for schools in Havelock North.
My family business Cottages NZ has been involved in the construction of prefabricated buildings for many years for the residential and commercial market. Since 2001 we have built and transported over 350 buildings throughout Hawke's Bay and beyond.
In 2010/11 we undertook a major project of understanding the needs of the education sector. We conducted market research with schools after it was identified that many of the old prefab classrooms were well past their used by date.
At the end of the research and development we launched a new building design specifically for the education sector called the "Excel Series" which was developed along the lines of Whole of Life Costs. The aim was having learning environments that had low maintenance and provided less operational funding such as Solar energy.
The new range was officially launched by Prime Minister of the time John Key in September 2011. The timing was pretty good as the Government soon announced a tender to roll out replacements to the old prefab classrooms.