The Gough Group has opened a temporary branch on the edge of the Christchurch CBD red zone to help the needs of contractors throughout the demolition and rebuilding of Christchurch’s city centre and infrastructure.
The branch, on the corner of Lichfield and Barbadoes streets, was officially opened by the member of Parliament for Christchurch Central, Nicky Wagner.
The branch will be staffed by a team of heavy-duty mechanics and technicians and will include CAT sales, service and parts, CAT Rental, Transport Wholesale sales, CAT Power Systems and Gough Engineering.
Karl Smith, chief executive of the Gough Group, says the aim of the “pop up” branch was to ensure that the deconstruction and later rebuilding of Christchurch was not held back by machinery down-time and that the branch provided the most immediate service capability to all contractors operating within the central city.
“One of our key aims is to ensure that operators can get their machines serviced at night so that they are able to work through the daylight hours maximising productivity for contractors.
“We also have a new fleet of Cat gear arriving over the next few months specifically for this new branch,” he adds.
