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www.manawatustandard.co.nz Manawatu Standard Tuesday, December 1, 2009 9
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30 years of dedicated service
A Manawatu Standard Advertising Feature
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B&M Electrical. For Domestic, Commercial and Industrial electrical service. From a new hot point in the kitchen to a multi
million dollar construction / installation project.B&M Electrical, “For Everything Electrical”!
30 years dedicated service and 100% locally owned and operated!
We are now located in our new purpose-built premises, conveniently
located at 305 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
305 Rangitikei Street, PO Box 1964, Palmerston NorthPhone: (06) 356 4912 Fax: (06) 356 9273
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Sparkling new: The new B&M Electrical is highly visible on Rangitikei Street, and offers ease of access for service and delivery vehicles at the rear of the building.
At the helm: The B&M Electrical management team, from left, Bevan Rennie, generalmanager; John Bragg, revenue and accounting manager, and Matt Procter, businessdevelopment manager. Absent from the photo is operations manager Rod Greaves.
For a business to secure itsfuture, it must adapt to changesin the market.In its 30 years, B&M Electrical
has seen a number of significantchanges, which have called for severalrefinements of focus.
The move to bigger, more accessiblepremises at 305 Rangitikei Street thusmarks the opening of another chapterin the company’s evolving story.
The slogan ‘‘For everything electrical’’still stands. But the new buildingrepresents a move away from the retailsector and back to the core of thecompany’s business – electricalcontracting and electrical servicing.
‘‘This move is [the culmination of] agrowth phase,’’ says general managerBevan Rennie. ‘‘We outgrew the oldpremises. The retail market becameoverexposed, and our requirementschanged.’’
Still strategically located next to thering road, the new purpose-built, two-storey premises offer easy access forthe specialist contracting and servicingteams that B&M Electrical has out in thefield every day.
Electrical contracting – installingelectrical wiring, electrical systems,appliances and equipment – has alwaysbeen B&M Electrical’s core business.
The day Baty and McLaughlinopened for business in 1979, theyalready had a contract up their sleeve.That was at the Milk Treatment Plant onGillespie’s Line.
‘‘By maintaining good old values andservice, we still have many of ouroriginal contracts,’’ says companyfounder Graeme McLaughlin.
When Mr McLaughlin started thecompany, in premises on Ada Street inPalmerston North, he had a staff offour.
Thirty years and three shifts later, itstill includes one member, officemanager Sheryl Wealleans, who hasbeen with the company almost as longas he has.
In this time, B&M Electrical has grownto become one of the largest electricalcompany in the southern North Island,
and one of the biggest multi-taskedelectrical companies in New Zealand.Meanwhile, its Spares and Repairsdepartment has developed a complexnetwork of agents and suppliers.
As a result of this growth,tradespeople from around the NorthIsland, as well as fellow suppliers, oftencall on B&M Spare and Repairs whenthey themselves don’t carry a part orhave trouble finding one.
B&M Electrical has built a reputation
as an experienced service agent and asa reliable source of spare parts for mostmajor-brand appliances.
Electrical servicing and contractingare the way forward, say generalmanager Bevan Rennie, revenuemanager John Bragg, and operationsmanager Rod Greaves. This team will
take over from Mr McLaughlin on April1 next year.
‘‘The appointment of a businessdevelopment manager is part of ourprocess of refocusing on core business– doing what we have always done,doing it well, and supplying support toclients and associates who work
alongside us,’’ Mr Rennie says.The support that B&M Electrical
receives from the community isreciprocated through its sponsorship ofthe B&M Centre in the Arena Manawatucomplex on Pascal Street, whichprovides a multi-discipline sportsfacility at reduced cost to its users.
‘‘We’re a local company. We’ve donewell, and we wish to contributesomething back to the community,’’ MrRennie says.
‘‘The B&M Centre is something thateveryone, in all sorts of sporting codes,has available to them. And through oursponsorship, they can afford to use it.’’
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Company loyalty: It’sis one thing that B&MElectrical has neverbeen short of, as thesepeople have provedby working at B&M for10 years of more,From left, at rear,Bevan Rennie, DayleRobbie, RogerSimpson, WarrenWagener. From left, atfront, SherylWealleans, ChrisHackett, John Bragg,Dean Berendt andDave Leese. Absentare Rod Greaves, RossJensen and WayneScandle.
Loyal staff join Ten Year Club
Keeping up with technology: Fully computerised systems are a far cry from themanual systems of past decades, but Sheryl Wealleans has seen them all during her27 years with B&M Electrical.
When a business not onlysurvives, but prospers, formore than 30 years, theachievement deserves to
be commemorated.Hence the celebrations at B&M
Electrical, which opened its doors in1979, and has never looked back.
But success in business does notcome easily, and at B&M it has beendue, in no small measure, to the loyaltyand commitment of its staff.
Two staff members – GraemeMcLaughlin and Sheryl Wealleans –have been with the company since dayone, and have had their namesinscribed on the far right of the roll ofhonour that hangs in the receptionarea of the company’s new premises at305 Rangitikei Street.
Together, they head B&M Electrical’sTen Year Club of employees who havebeen with the company for a decade ormore – and who have seen manychanges in that time.
For office manager Sheryl Wealleans,the biggest change came with theswitch from a manual office system to
a fully integrated computerised system.It was a change that proved to be bothchallenging and fulfilling, she says.
But she adds that, during her timewith the company, the greatestrewards have come from thefriendships she has made among staffmembers.
‘‘The Christmas parties for thechildren of staff members have alwaysbeen special. There have been timeswhen we’ve had lots of children amongthe staff. We’ve had Santa arrive forthem at Ashhurst Domain and out atHimatangi.
‘‘Then there have been the staffparties. [For a while], we went througha themed party phase. The ‘shipwreckparty’ saw some really creativecostumes. And at the ‘vagabonds andgentry party’, held at the Top Hat inBunnythorpe, the costumes wereamazing.’’
Wayne Scandle, another member ofthe Ten Year Club, finds that the mix ofwork and family life in PalmerstonNorth suits him.
‘‘I enjoy the challenging electrical
and service work, and find the staffvery supportive.
‘‘Palmerston North is a great place toraise a family, and it provides me withmany challenging and rewardinginterests. These work hand in handwith my role at B&M.’’
Also on the honours board aremanagement team members BevanRennie, 23 years; John Bragg, 22 years,and Rod Greaves, who has worked hisway up from an apprenticeship to thekey role of operations manager.
Others on the board, with 20 yearsplus, are Keith Morris and ChrisHackett. Ross Jensen, Roger Simpsonand Rod Greaves all fall into the15-year category, while David Leese,Wayne Scandle, Warren Wagener, DeanBerendt, Jeremy Cocks and DayleRobbie all have 10 years’ service totheir credit.
That a number of these peoplestarted as apprentices with thecompany, have done their time andremained with the company is furthertestimony to B&M’s excellence as anemployer.
Team players
Always on hand: Known as Buck by all his mates at B&M Electrical, he cameout of retirement to help the company to make its move to 305 RangitikeiStreet. ‘‘We don’t know where we would have been without him,’’ businessdevelopment manager Matt Procter says of the retired maintenance man/part-time handyman.
Top-of-the-line equipment: Dayle Robbie uses the latest test meter to check avoltage. Each of these state-of-the-art meters costs $3000.
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Company all set for expansion
Leading: General manager Bevan Rennie and business development manager Matt Procter are at the fore of the revamped B&MElectrical.
Keeping the wheels turning: Operations manager Rod Greaves, who ensures allcontracts, big and small, are completed on time.
During the past three decades,many of the constructionprojects in Manawatu haveinvolved B&M Electrical in
one way or another.As an electrical supplier, the
company is able to provide and servicemany major brands of equipment; andas an electrical contractor, it is able toinstall this equipment in industrial,commercial and domestic premises.
But that is not all. B&M Electrical alsoensures the equipment it installs isproperly maintained, and that itsmanagers and technicians are fullyconversant with developments in thefields of technology and compliance.
It is for this reason that many of themajor manufacturers based inManawatu have contracted their workto B&M Electrical, says companyfounder Graeme McLaughlin.
He adds that the demand for B&M’sservices is expected to increase in thefuture, and that a businessdevelopment manager has beenappointed to enable the company totake full advantage of its prominencein the electrical industry.
The appointee to this key position isMatt Procter, who has a strongbackground in sales.
Mr Procter first came to the attentionof the B&M management team after hestarted Warmup Manawatu, a specialistheating and waterproofing businessthat offered a superior product rangewith strong warranties. ‘‘We provided
clients with shower trays, under-tileheating, and wet-area water-proofing,’’ he says.
Later, Warmup Manawatuextended its field of expertise toexternal decks, which provedextremely popular.
Mr Procter still manages thisbusiness, with well-trained andqualified installers now completingthe installation work to meet his veryhigh standards and expectations.
The overall performance ofWarmup impressed B&M Electrical,which was a client at the time. Andafter a while, B&M realised that MrProcter was the ideal person to takecharge of its expansion programme.
Today, B&M Electrical’s vehicles areseen all over the region, as far afieldas Marton and Eketahuna.
The tasks its technicians undertakeare just as varied, and includedomestic wiring, data cabling, andwork on intricate monitoring systems.
Other day-to-day work includesensuring that power is alwaysavailable for critical industries, andthat the power supply is constant forsensitive medical equipment.
B&M Electrical’s reputation forservice and expertise has establishedit as one of the primary electricalcompanies in the central North Island.And with new blood in itsmanagement team, it can lookforward to reaching even greaterheights in the future.
Fixing faulty appliancesis B&M’s forte
Showroom: B&M Electrical stocks, or can source, an extensive range of spare parts for appliances and many hard-to-find lightbulbs.
Whatever the brand of the applianceyou buy, some part of it will have to berepaired or replaced at some stage.
The part might be something assimple as the element of a stove or thebulb of a refrigerator. It could be thecontrol board or motor of a washingmachine, or the cable, switch and socketof a light.
In any eventuality, B&M Electrical has adivision that can rise to the occasion –B&M Spares and Repairs.
On the repair side, the departmentdoes a lot of work with vacuum cleaners– the most used and abused domesticappliance, along with microwaves.
Where spares are concerned, stoveelements are toward the top of the list ofitems that have to be replaced. And
doing that is not always as simple as itmight seem. That’s because the makeand model most often quoted as beingat fault is the ‘‘white one’’.
In an attempt to resolve this problem,B&M Electrical has a display boardshowing all the popular makes andmodels.
If the customer doesn’t recognise theirrange from that, they just have to goback home and make a note of theparticulars of their machine.
Although B&M Electrical carries mostof the popular elements and commonlyreplaced spare parts, it can’t carryeverything for every brand. But this isn’ta problem. With its comprehensivecontact and referral list it can generallysource the required part quickly.
Among the items that can, at times, bedifficult to replace are light bulbs. Ofcourse, the common, and often lesscommon, styles are available through anumber of local suppliers.
But if you have specialist lightbulbs, you may have to turn to B&MElectrical, which has built a reputationfor carrying, or finding, these forclients.
Thanks to advances in technology,many of today’s appliances andelectronics equipment are capable ofself-diagnosis. But even the best ofthem still need servicing from time totime, which is why B&M Electricalensures its service technicians receivetraining that enables them to stay upto date with the latest developments.