Shearings (RA Shearing Contractors Limited) is a Christchurch construction company with over 40 years of experience, based in Sockburn. The company operates across three core service areas: earthmoving and civil works, driveway and paving construction, and swimming pool building, giving it a broad footprint across residential and commercial construction projects in Canterbury.
For earthmoving and civil work, Shearings runs a full range of excavators from 1.8 to 12 tonnes, along with loaders, rollers, trucks and trailers, and its team is experienced on both flat and hill sites. In driveways and paving, the company positions itself as a market leader for both residential and commercial clients, specialising in a wide range of finishes. Shearings also holds the licence as pool builder for Mayfair Swimming Pools across the Christchurch and Canterbury region, giving it in-house control over the entire pool building process from excavation through to landscaping and paving.
As a division of a wider construction group, Shearings is positioned to manage projects end-to-end, and offers free measures, site visits and quotes for its earthmoving and paving services.
Shearings, operating as RA Shearing Contractors Limited from Sockburn, has been a Christchurch construction contractor for over 40 years. Across that time, the company has built its business around three core service lines: earthmoving and civil works, driveway and paving construction, and swimming pool building — a combination that lets it manage a wide range of residential and commercial projects.
Shearings runs a full fleet for earthmoving work, with excavators ranging from 1.8 tonne through to 12 tonne, alongside loaders, rollers, trucks and trailers. The team is experienced working on both flat sites and hill sites, and its civil works capabilities span car parks, driveways, tennis courts, commercial and domestic foundations, floor preparation, section clearing, retaining walls and rock breaking. Shearings also supplies roading materials, hard fill, sand and soil directly, and offers a free measure and quote for earthmoving projects.
Shearings describes itself as a market leader in driveway and paving construction, serving both residential and commercial clients. The company offers a wide range of finishes, including asphalt, plain concrete, textured concrete, coloured concrete, stamped concrete, and exposed aggregate concrete. All work is built from high-quality materials by an experienced team, with a free site visit and quote available to prospective clients.
One of Shearings' standout offerings is its role as the licensed pool builder for Mayfair Swimming Pools across the Christchurch and Canterbury region. Using the Mayfair system, Shearings can build free-form fibreglass pools in any size or shape, from small indoor pools through to large commercial pools. As part of a wider construction group, Shearings has full control over the entire pool building process — from excavation through to landscaping and paving the finished product — rather than needing to coordinate multiple separate contractors.
Shearings has been building swimming pools in Canterbury for more than forty years, working with hundreds of satisfied customers over that time. This long track record, combined with the company's broader civil and paving capabilities, positions Shearings as an established name in Christchurch's construction sector rather than a newer or more narrowly focused operator.
What distinguishes Shearings is the overlap between its three service areas. A pool project, for example, can draw on the company's own earthmoving equipment for excavation and its paving expertise for surrounding hardscaping, all managed under one roof rather than split across separate contractors. The same applies to larger civil projects, where driveway, car park and retaining wall work often go hand in hand.
Shearings is based at 210 Main South Road, Sockburn, Christchurch, and can be reached by phone or email for enquiries, free quotes, or site visits across its earthmoving, driveway and paving, and swimming pool services.