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| In 1982, it was decided to create a contracting company
with a difference-rather than simply extract as much profit
from a project as many contractors operated at that time,
Wells decided it was better to use each project to build
upon the client relationship to generate future work.
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| The approach proved right and since then Wells has developed
long-term relationships with clients in the petrochemical,
oil and gas, dairy, electricity and telecommunications
industries as well as electrical, gas and water utilities
and retailers right around New Zealand and offshore. |
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| Here are some of the milestones for the company… |
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| 1984 Wells was formed with
a Taranaki focus on the local emerging petrochemical and
oil and gas industries, as well as the dairy industry.
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| 1988 Wells opens offices
in Hamilton. |
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| 1988 In Wells first offshore
foray, BHP contracts Wells to assist commissioning a Floating
Oil Production Facility in Japan (Nagoya) and Singapore.
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| 1989 Wells wins its first
multi-million dollar contract with the $2.8 million project
for the Re-instrumentation Upgrade of the ECNZ New Plymouth
Power Station. The project ran from 1989 to 1995 and totalled
80,000 man-hours. |
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| 1992 Wells opens offices
in Auckland. |
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| 1992 Solomon Islands: The
Solomon Islands Electricity Authority contracts Wells
to install generators and associated protection equipment
as well as switchgear and transformers at the Lungga Power
Station. |
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| 1993-98 Wells Metering
Services opens bases in Whangarei, Wanganui, Palmerston
North, Rotorua, Thames and Christchurch and gains registration
under the ISO International Quality Standards. |
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| 1999 Wells wins National
Electrical Industry Supreme Excellence Award for the New
Plymouth Rugby Park floodlighting project - a $1.2 million,
22,000 man-hour project completed in seven weeks. Judges
say that it was an “extraordinary triumph against
all odds”. |
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| 2000-03 Wells experiences
significant growth as a result of electrical retail industry
de-regulation and reaches nearly 4 million meters read
per annum. |
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| 2004 Wells I&E receives
ISO 9001:2000 registration |
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