That problem has been solved in New Zealand for 25 years by Programmed Maintenance Services – now renamed Programmed Property Services.
This Australian company (founded in the 1950s) lists among its New Zealand agribusiness clients Fonterra, PGG Wrightson, AgResearch and RD1, also Wharekauhau Lodge and Country Estate, Wairarapa; Ruanui Station, Taihape, and Mount Alexander, Maniototo.
Now looking to service more farmers, Programmed points out the “ever increasing maintenance dilemma” facing agribusiness, says national sales manager Tony Jane.
“This is a distraction management doesn’t need,” Jane says. “Take a large farm with, say, 10 buildings – houses, woolsheds or dairy sheds, barns, equipment sheds, pump houses, etc.
“The bill could amount to $150,000 to paint them all. The alternative offered by the company would be to have a Programmed plan for, say, 10 years at $16,000 per year. The company would prepare and paint as well as come back, clean the buildings and carry out maintenance to keep them in good condition.”
Programmed’s 15 New Zealand branches employ or retain staff expert in painting, building repairs and interior fitout, landscaping, turf and grounds management, horticultural management and now also corporate imaging and signage.
“We’re proud of our achievements, especially with farming clients,” Jane says. “We have a workforce of at least 200 skilled staff, trades people and apprentices.
“And we have four maintenance programmes for customers to choose from – different levels of involvement to cater for all budgets and requirements.”
The company recycles waste materials from painting jobs, including leftover paint; sends empty plastic paint buckets to council recycling centres; sends empty paint cans to metal recyclers; and collects and chemically treats waste water from washing paintbrushes.
www.programmed.co.nz
