The Connect Group is a specialist asset protection contractor based at 16 Magdala Place, Middleton, Christchurch, working South Island wide. Founded in Christchurch in 2004 as a specialist concrete and protection contractor, the company has grown over more than 20 years into a team covering six specialist trades: concrete repairs, seismic strengthening, passive fire protection, membrane roofing, blasting and coatings, and hydro demolition and scabbling.
Connect Group works across three sectors — Commercial (major builds for builders and developers), Infrastructure (durable protection for public and civil assets), and Facilities/Industrial (remedial work and fast response for asset owners). The company has delivered more than 5,000 projects across New Zealand, ranging from $2,000 repairs through to multi-million-dollar stadium components, and counts tier-one contractors such as Calder Stewart, Fletcher Construction, Fulton Hogan, Naylor Love, Leighs, CPB Contractors, Citycare Group, Ravensdown and Ryman Healthcare among its partners.
The team's approach centres on early involvement, integrated specialist crews that move between trades, and accountability — committing, communicating and resolving issues on site. Every scope is backed by full safety accreditation, including SiteSafe, SiteWise, confined space and working at heights certification, and Damstra, along with quality documentation for sign-off.
Since 2004, The Connect Group has been the specialist team called in on the parts of a build that have to be right. Founded in Christchurch as a specialist concrete and protection contractor, the company has spent more than 20 years protecting South Island assets, growing from a single trade into six integrated specialist services delivered by one accountable team.
Connect Group's work spans concrete repairs, seismic strengthening, passive fire protection, membrane roofing, blasting and coatings, and hydro demolition and scabbling. Rather than clients having to coordinate six separate subcontractors, Connect Group brings one integrated crew that moves between these trades without losing momentum — useful whether the job is a single-day fire protection repair or a multi-trade scope on a landmark build.
The company organises its work around three sectors: Commercial, for builders and developers on major builds; Infrastructure, providing durable protection and strengthening for public and civil assets; and Facilities/Industrial, covering remedial work and fast response for asset owners. Across all three, the company says the scale of jobs ranges from $2,000 repairs right through to multi-million-dollar stadium components.
Over more than 5,000 completed projects across New Zealand, Connect Group has worked on some of Canterbury's best-known buildings. Recent project work includes passive fire protection and coatings at the Christchurch Arts Centre, passive fire and concrete work at Te Pae Convention Centre, and concrete and seismic work at the Christchurch Town Hall — all civic and commercial landmarks where the specialist scope has to be right the first time.
The company's client list reflects the tier-one end of the construction industry, including Calder Stewart, Fletcher Construction, Fulton Hogan, Naylor Love, Leighs, CPB Contractors, Citycare Group, Ravensdown and Ryman Healthcare — the kind of contractors, as Connect Group puts it, who call in specialists they can't afford to get wrong.
Connect Group's approach is built around a few consistent principles. Early involvement means the team is brought in before problems become expensive, with input on method and sequencing saving time and rework downstream. Specialist teams are matched to each part of the job, but operate as one integrated crew across all six trades, giving clients a single point of coordination rather than juggling multiple contractors. Quality delivery is done to standard, on site and on time, and accountability runs through every job — the company commits, communicates, and resolves issues directly rather than passing the buck.
Every scope carries full safety accreditation, including SiteSafe, SiteWise, confined space and working at heights certification, and Damstra, alongside the quality assurance documentation needed for sign-off on tier-one projects.
Feedback on the company's site reflects that same focus on delivery. Zach McKay of Graham Hill Roofing Ltd praised the quick turnaround on fire protection work completed at his factory, noting the tradesperson was professional, kept the area tidy, and delivered great workmanship — the kind of detail that matters as much on a small job as a landmark one.
Based at 16 Magdala Place, Middleton, Christchurch, and working South Island wide, Connect Group can be reached by phone or email to discuss a project, whether it's a specific trade or an unclear scope that needs the right specialist pointed at it. The company describes itself simply: big enough to trust on a landmark build, down to earth enough to call for a one-day repair.