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Northwind Build (demo)
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Project team working at laptops around a shared table

About us

A builder that plans first

Northwind Build has built offices, warehouses, apartments and fit-outs across Auckland and the Waikato since 2004.

Our story

Started by a site manager

Mark Ellison started Northwind Build with four carpenters and one van. Twenty years later we are a team of 85, with offices in Auckland and Hamilton.

We have grown, but the idea has not changed: plan the work properly, tell the client the truth and finish what we start.

  • Offices in Auckland and Hamilton
  • Our own carpenters and site managers
  • Site safety training for every worker
  • Twelve months of defects cover on every job
Site crew in orange vests working on reinforcing steel, seen from above

How we work

Four promises on every project

  1. Plan before we build

    A programme, a risk list and a site plan before anyone picks up a tool.

  2. One person to call

    Your project manager answers the phone, and calls you back the same day.

  3. No surprises on cost

    Changes are priced and agreed in writing before the work is done.

  4. Leave it better

    Clean sites, tidy streets and neighbours who would have us back.

Our people

Meet the leadership team

Download our capability statement

Who we are, what we build and how we work, on two pages. Tell us where to send it and the download starts straight away.

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What our clients say

We had never built anything before. Having one team responsible for design and construction made it simple.

Dr Hana Lowe, Partner, Riverside Family Doctors (fictional)

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A short film while ours is in the edit

Our site walk-through film is still being made. Until then this open-licence film (Big Buck Bunny, Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0) shows how the Video section works: it loads only when you press play.

Builders working on scaffolding around a concrete frame Watch video (opens in a new tab)

Northwind Build in numbers

Twenty years of building

The same numbers on every page that shows them: edit them once in Shared data.

  • 20 years building

    Since 2004, in Auckland and the Waikato.

  • 140+ projects handed over

    Offices, warehouses, apartments and fit-outs.

  • 85 people

    Our own carpenters, site managers and project managers.

  • 0 lost-time injuries this year

    Safety plans reviewed every week (fictional).