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McDonnell Green Construction, we are your trusted partner in commercial construction.

Experience

McDonnell Green Construction are experts in delivering top-quality commercial projects, consistently meeting and exceeding client expectations.

Honesty

We prioritise integrity, open communication throughout the construction process, ensuring all parties; clients, stakeholders, and subcontractors; are well-informed and valued.

Relationship

Our strong relationships throughout New Zealand enable us to collaborate with a diverse network of skilled contractors, ensuring we meet project demands effectively.

Programme Certainty

With our finely tuned programme-led approach accompanied by expertise, our project teams are proactively prepared to foresight all aspects of construction ensuring all projects are executed meticulously, delivering on time and within budget while maintaining the highest quality standards.

CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY


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At McDonnell Green, your vision remains our guiding principle throughout every project. Our dedicated construction teams collaborate closely with you, fostering an environment of trust and reassurance at every step. By implementing a thorough evaluation process from the outset, we guarantee a premium-quality outcome that reflects your aspirations.

We oversee each stage of the construction process with a paramount emphasis on health and safety, risk management, precise scheduling, and uncompromising quality assurance. Leveraging our comprehensive industry expertise, we adeptly connect with top-tier subcontractors, suppliers, engineers, architects, and designers, ensuring a seamless build experience.

Our commitment to transparent communication and accountability is unwavering, as we strive to provide results that not only meet but exceed your highest expectations.

By embracing an agile and innovative methodology, paired with careful planning, we effectively reduce risks and costs, paving the way for successful project delivery every time.

Albany Primary library reconstruction

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Portside redevelopment, Whangarei

PRE-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND ECI ENGAGEMENT EXPERTS

In recent years, the McDonnell Green team have gained an outstanding reputation for our pre-construction engagement across the design and ECI phases.

Drawing from both our architectural and construction backgrounds, we adopt a practical approach to project delivery, engaging clients and stakeholders from the outset, through design and execution. This approach is highlighted throughout the construction phase, during our pre-construction engagement, and reflected through our strong relationships, budget adherence, and timely delivery.

Our experienced construction teams emphasise a people-first, systems-based methodology, with a rigour to find the most effective way to deliver, enabling us to effectively manage projects of all complexities


Cameron McDonnell

Managing Director

Cameron is the Managing Director of McDonnell Green Construction, dealing with all operations throughout the business, his strong background in construction and architecture accompanied by his passion to build has enabled him to successfully led projects in New Zealand’s commercial construction sector, with budgets ranging from $100,000 to over $250 million.

With over 15 years of experience, Cameron employs a process-driven approach to manage projects of all sizes. His architectural expertise allows him to focus on innovative, design -oriented work, earning him multiple awards from the New Zealand Institute of Architecture and Property.

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Who we are

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Matt Roberts

Projects Lead

Matt Roberts, McDonnell Greens registered Architect, combines the Architectural experience with his Project Management abilities to lead the delivery of McDonnell Green Construction's projects across the Auckland and northland region

Matt began his journey with McDonnell Green leading the pre construction and design phases of iReX and now manages and oversees all our construction projects, through process, program, detail and communication.

We are yet to find a problem that he can’t solve!

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James Thompson

Commerical Lead

James, trained as a civil engineer has worked on some of New Zealand’s leading civil and infrastructure projects. As James’ career developed he worked his way into Project management, specifically focusing on the commercial and financial side of construction delivery.

His experience and expertise enables his ability to lead all commercial aspects of McDonnell Green Construction across the pre-construction and project delivery space

Our Team

The McDonnell Green Construction team comprises highly skilled project managers, site managers, quantity surveyors, and tradespeople. Together, we leverage our diverse expertise to construct projects of unparalleled quality and innovation.

We cultivate a culture of trust and open communication, coupled with a genuine passion for our craft, ensuring that every project delivers both successful and enjoyable outcomes for our clients.

With a presence across New Zealand, our dedicated team is always eager to explore every corner of the country, bringing significant value to our regions. Supported by a broad network of contractors and subcontractors, no location is beyond our reach.

At McDonnell Green Construction, we are committed to prioritizing local recruitment of subcontractors. By nurturing existing relationships and embracing new partnerships, we strive to re-inject funds and vitality into the communities surrounding our region-specific projects.

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Health, Safety & Environmental

‘Protect our people, protect our environment’.

These are key principals that McDonnell Green stand by.

Everyone deserves to work in a safe environment and get home get safely.

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