An engineering student from the University of Waikato has been awarded the Coresteel Buildings Innovation Award worth $5000.

Donovan Group NZ Ltd has been named one of New Zealand’s top companies in the engineering industry, as listed by the NZ Engineering News 2016 Annual Directory.

Donovan Group NZ Ltd was the overall winner of this year’s Westpac Northland Business Excellence Awards. The company scored a hat-trick, also receiving awards for innovation and excellence as a large business.

Together with New Zealand Steel’s Steltech business, Donovan Group has developed a lightweight, novel beam – the Tapered Box Beam (Vertebeam). An article regarding the development was featured in BlueScope’s latest newsletter, as below.

Technology entrepreneurs Jonathan Hendriksen and Tim Williams have bought a 16.6% stake in the Donovan Group Co. Ltd and Tim Williams will join the board.

Commercial and industrial companies looking to build in South Canterbury now have access to New Zealand’s leading steel construction technology, with local company Harding Construction taking on the South Canterbury Coresteel distributorship.

Coresteel is leading the New Zealand steel industry in both innovation and design with the development of box beam technology that will change the future of steel building.

Coresteel’s Northland franchise has proven the region’s building industry is strong, winning the Overall Winner of Franchise of the Year Award (2013) for the fourth year running.

Northland-based company Coresteel has been announced as the new back-of-shirt sponsor for the Northland Taniwha, as the team prepare to build up for the ITM Cup.