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Apollo Projects | 9,343 followers on LinkedIn. Building excellence for business + people | Apollo Projects (“Apollo”) is a design and construction company, specialising in the delivery of turn-key food and beverage processing facilities and controlled environment construction. Specialist industries we operate in include.

Project Manager

James O'Donoghue

Chief Executive Officer & Director at Apollo Projects | Design & Construction | Project Leadership

Craig Waghorn

Executive Administrative Assistant

Gillian Rosslee Gillespie

Project Director & Development Manager at Freelance Projects

Gareth Skirrow

Seeing the impact of bringing business and causes together is what gets us out of bed in the morning – since 2022, Apollo Projects has been a major contributor to our programme that provides funding for secondary school students who may otherwise miss out on competing in regional and national sporting events due to financial constraints. Apollo’s large-scale, ongoing commitment has impacted hundreds of young people including, most recently, students from Te Aratai College in Christchurch who have shared an insight into what the funding meant to them.

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🚧 Ground broken for Network Waitaki Events Centre. 🚧 Earlier this week our team members Gerry Sullivan , Alan Baddeley , and Isaac Clark represented Apollo as the team broke ground on the Network Waitaki Events Centre down in Oamaru. The facility, which is located at Centennial Park will become a valuable community asset for various groups to make use of. We can’t wait to see this facility take shape. 🏗 You can read more about the facility here: https://lnkd.in/gzmYKvVN Well done everyone! #construction #designandbuild #community

Last Thursday our team hosted an event for our clients, at the Apollo built Astrolabe Winery in Blenheim. This was an opportunity to thank everyone for trusting us with their projects and working with us to design and build various facilities throughout the region. The region holds great significance for Apollo as it’s where we procured not only our first winery job - an industry we now specialise in - but also our first ever project. 👷♀️ With the event being hosted at the recently completed Astrolabe Winery, it was a perfect way for us to close the loop from our beginnings to where we are now, it gave us time to reflect on the work we have done in the region and look to the future for the Marlborough wines industry. 🍷 A final thank you to everyone who attended the event, we wouldn’t be where we are without your support! 🙌 #community #designandbuild #winery

Earlier this week Apollo joined forces with our long-standing architecture consultant Architecture HDT Ltd to present at the Woodworks Conference in Rotorua. Our team members Dan Green and Mark Wilson attended the conference alongside Alex Head from Architecture HDT. Dan and Alex presented on a few topics, including aquatic centre design principles and the benefit of incorporating timber as well as Design & Build in your next aquatic centre projects. Alex said it “was great to connect with peers and have honest conversations around what’s worked but more importantly what hasn’t so we collectively move forward as an industry.” It was also noted that ECI / Design & Build has been an extremely successful method not only just in aquatic design but across the construction industry as a whole. Getting input from contractors and suppliers early on in the design process allows the job to progress seamlessly from design through to build and ensures that specific expert advice is there from the get go. It’s no secret that Apollo is an advocate of this method, and we promote the design and build process heavily! Overall, the conference was a success and Dan stated that the sessions were informative and provided space to connect with key stakeholders throughout the timber industry. Pictured below is the glulam timber used on the Te Ngaengae pools project which is due to open in December this year, and a snap Mark captured while at the conference. #conference #designandbuild #consruction #timber

Hump Day Shout Out incoming! ⭐ This month we would like to give a huge shout out to our HR and Health & Safety teams who have been working hard on getting a fantastic new benefit across the line. While Raise (EAP) is a valuable resource for Apollo, it tends to be utilised when people have already reached a critical point. To better support our team’s wellbeing and proactively address issues before they escalate, we have partnered with My Everyday Wellbeing . Our goal is to equip our employees with the tools they need to manage their wellbeing effectively and prevent reaching a crisis point. My Everyday Wellbeing provides a comprehensive suite of resources, including toolbox talks, live sessions, challenges, recipes, podcasts, reading material and much, much more. Investing in the My Everyday Wellbeing platform offers a one stop shop to enhance the health and wellbeing of our staff and their families! 🧘♀️ Well done to Libby Brazier , Meredith Hulme , Jess Thompson , Jourdan Cambridge and Blair Jones ! We can’t wait to see how our staff utilise this platform. #people #benefits #wellbeing #mentalhealth

At Apollo, our people are one of our most valued assets. This week we are celebrating a team member who has shown fantastic growth and leadership throughout her time with Apollo. Starting off as an Executive Assistant to our directors, then moving to HR Manager, now she is our General Manager of Corporate Services. Join us in celebrating Meredith Hulme for reaching 10 years with Apollo! 🍾 We recently spent some time chatting with Meredith to learn more about her time with Apollo, you can read all about it by clicking the link below. https://lnkd.in/gzHtvDfV Also check out these photos from Meredith's time with Apollo, from rowing regattas, to Apollo's 21st birthday celebrations! Well done Meredith, you truly are an asset to our growing team! 🎉 #construction #people #team

Last month, some of our team, along with the team at Waddell , hosted an amazing evening for Apollo funded Hamilton schools. We had the chance to hear firsthand from students, parents and principals about the difference this funding is making. The funding that Apollo provides goes directly to students who may not get the chance to participate in school sport and it’s extremely important for us to share these stories in hopes to encourage other companies to adopt similar sponsorship activities. Have a watch of this video, pulled together by Waddell and hear from the school principals, teachers, and lastly, our director Paul Lloyd . You can head to our website to learn more about Apollo’s Building Communities initiative. https://lnkd.in/gm5UKG9Y #communities #sponsorship #designandbuild #people

The hard work going into completing this project is incredible. We'd like to shout out Larry Osborn, Lourence Geldenhuis , Steve Meek and Caitlin-Rose Barker who are working extremely hard to get this project ticked off. The community-centric facility will be ready just in time for summer, the perfect time to take your family out for a day of fun! Well done to Hutt City Council for fighting for this faciltiy, it truly will be a game changer for the local community. 🏊♀️ #designandbuild #community #swimming

Our construction industry is losing nearly one person every week to suicide. 98% of those we lose are our men. Today is World Mental Health Day and it’s a good reminder to check in on those around you. Offer help or your support to those who might be struggling. The theme for this years World Mental Health Day is workplace mental health, and in an industry that suffers greatly from consequences of poor mental health, it’s important for us to shine a light on an organisation working hard to fight this. We can all equip ourselves with the knowledge and resources to help out those around us. Head over to the MATES in Construction NZ website to learn more about how you could help out a mate this World Mental Health Day. #mentalhealthawareness #worldmentalhealthday

August and September saw another busy month of recruitment for our team. Welcome to our four new starters, Jess Vanxay , Kylie Wilson , Sarah Davidson and Caitlin Cartwright - it has been great getting to know you all and we look forward to seeing you grow at Apollo. 🤗 Read more about our new starters below, and remember if you would like to join the growing Apollo team, keep an eye out for new listings on our careers page: https://lnkd.in/gwvGkiC #people #construction #recruitment

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