Custom poolside ball catcher

The Hawke’s Bay Community Fitness Centre includes a full aquatic complex which is a world-class venue for national and international swimming and water sports events. To stop game balls spilling between pools, the centre needed something to act as a “ball catcher” for the main pool area. We took on the challenge to design, manufacture…

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Trailer covers big and small

We became our own client when we needed a cover for our smart new trailer. Transporting curtainsides around New Zealand for fitting can be challenging. And we also needed whatever that solution might be to double as a flat deck, able to take 6.5m long galvanised poles for our custom shade sails. Modern Engineering crafted…

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Don’t worry Tourism BOP, we’ve got you covered!

When Tourism BOP came calling with an urgent job to do and rain setting in before the cruise ship season started, we couldn’t resist and ventured out in the rain to get started. We set to work on the design, manufacture, and installation of this custom canopy over a large container, which is used as…

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Shade Sails for local Playgrounds – Tauranga City Council

In collaboration with the Tauranga City Council, we have been busy getting some of our local playgrounds covered with our custom shade sails before the summer sun becomes too intense. Making sure we utilise the suns positioning to maximize shade we designed, manufactured, and installed these shade sails to ensure maximum protection for our tamariki,…

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Hutec Engineering Ltd: Acid proof catchments

When Jason Hughes, Shareholder/Director of Hutec Engineering, asked us to custom design catchment funnels and catchment basins that could withstand exposure to sulphruric acid we were intrigued. Hutec was helping a Fertiliser company with a major project, but they needed solutions to catch acid preventing acid exposure to people and surfaces that could be damaged.…

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Kauaeranga Valley Christian Camp – Temporary Bush Shelters

When a customer says they are building some temporary shelters in the bush you think of a cheap piece of material strung between trees. This is not the case when we were asked by the people at Kauaeranga Valley Christian camp to price up some custom made shelters for their camping guests, in fact the…

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Clever Core

Clever Core is New Zealand’s largest purpose-designed, offsite home manufacturing facility which opened in October. The high-tech facility will accelerate the manufacture of quality homes at scale by producing the core structural components of a home in a factory environment, in as little as a day. Clever Core manufacture wall, floor and roof components, which…

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Fire and Emergency NZ

Tarpaulin Makers has had a long term relationship with the Fire Service in the Bay of Plenty. We have worked with Phil Buckland Motors (who look after the engines) to make sure the Service have the best kit possible. In the last year big changes have happened resulting in the unification of urban and rural…

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