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Founded by Managing Director Clive Barrington, Clive Barrington Construction is large enough to provide the expertise and resources for high-end architectural builds and Commercial Fit Outs, but small enough to forge personal connections with our clients.

We have great team, who we also think of as extended family. Our Foremen and Leading Hands/Carpenters are all qualified tradesmen and Licensed Building Practitioners. To provide the craftsmanship we're known for, we only use our in-house Carpenters - we don't contract out.

Click on the photos below to see Management Team Bios.

Clive Barrington Managing Director

David Walker Director, Operations Manager

Margaret Grantham Office Administrator

Wendy Beck Administration and Office support

Brad Anderson Project Manager

Blair Stewart Project Manager

Jason Paul Project Manager

Kylie Michelle Quantity Surveyor

Clive Barrington Managing Director

Clive began his career early: reassembling his cot and smoothing his porridge with a spirit level. His drive for perfection continues - resulting in Clive Barrington Construction winning more national awards than any other New Zealand building company. Clive was recently awarded a Registered Master Builders Sapphire award in recognition of his winning three or more regional supreme awards.

Clive pushes for excellence across the building sector - his contribution to the industry is considered unparalleled in Canterbury. He also supports the Apprentice of the Year Awards, is a past President of the Master Builders Association was a Judge for the Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards. Clive was recently inducted as a Life Member of the Canterbury Masterbuilders Association. This was awarded in recognition of Clive’s outstanding and important contribution and service made to the Canterbury Master builders in pursuit of excellence in the building industry.

Always mindful of every build Clive keeps a keen eye on our Team’s progress. Clive says "The best part is always that bit where you sit down with the client at the end of the build over a bottle of wine and know you're both happy with the result".

David Walker Director, Operations Manager

David has lived and breathed Clive Barrington Construction for well over 30 years. He's living proof that the best foremen make the best project managers and operations managers.

Dave oversees the planning and execution of every aspect of our work and Team with integrity, passion, understanding and humour. He has an innate ability to work with complex architectural plans and help us turn them into masterpieces of construction.

Our clients love Dave, we love his organisational skills and 'old school' work ethic of sheer hard work.

When not at work, Dave, loves running half marathons. Dave is now a Grandfather and loves spending time with his family.

Margaret Grantham Office Administrator

Behind every successful construction company, there's usually an extraordinary woman. For us, it's Margaret. Financial tracking and administration are all part of Margaret's multi-faceted role. Margaret is amazing with figures and has the ability to spot a one cent error in a huge column of figures when no one else can see it. In her own words, Margaret said she missed her calling as a “Code breaker”.

In her spare time, Margaret really enjoys crafts, arranges a fabulous bunch of flowers and loves spending time with her family, particularly her 8 grandchildren.

Wendy Beck Accounts Payable & Office Support

Wendy does so much in the business for so many, where do we start! She calls herself the Old Duck, but to us, she's Camp Mother. Wendy has a lovely way of gaining rapport with our extended family - right through from young apprentices, to clients.

Despite having a mind like a steel trap for numbers, Wendy says she has worked in Law/Banking/ Administration roles for longer than she can remember; from the days of manual typewriters. "I love bringing order and simplicity to admin processes and I like Excel spreadsheets more than I'm willing to admit," laughs Wendy.

Wendy grew up on the Canterbury plains near Lincoln, as have six generations of her family. From researching her genealogy, she discovered she also has Scottish, Royal Stewart DNA (perhaps we should call her Your Highness, or Ma'am?).

Out of work, Wendy loves gardening, knitting and time with her beloved grandchildren.

Brad Anderson Project Manager

In his former life as the owner of a residential building business for 20 years, Brad was also project manager, foreman and carpenter on every project. We're very fortunate that he became part of the Clive Barrington Construction Team. Brad keeps an eye on a string of new builds with competency, accuracy and understanding.

Brad is also a Marriage Celebrant and enjoys meeting, mentoring and marrying lots of people. When not spending time with his family, Brad can be found in fairer weather wandering around the hills and mountain ranges in the pursuit of spotting wild game. A pastime that he thoroughly enjoys.

Blair Stewart Project Manager

Blair has project managed some of our most spectacular architectural builds, including 'The Rocks' in Sumner. He's known for his skill and dedication when it comes to delivering on builds deemed near impossible by other builders.

One of our top-performing foremen, Blair re-joined Clive Barrington Construction in 2016 as a Project Manager. A Career highlight for Blair was winning the national supreme award in the Registered Master Builders House of the year competition for the copper and curved wave roof home.

Blair holds a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Karate. He enjoys watching his family participate in sport, fishing and family time.

Jason Paul Project Manager

Jason ('JP') planned to be an architect but luckily for us, decided to be a builder. He joined our team in 2008 - progressing to Foreman, then Project Manager. "It's a drawcard that the company encourages promotion from within," says Jason.

Career highlights with us, include a Governors Bay home - winner of a Registered Master Builders New Homes $1 million - $2 million award ... And his first project as Foreman: the strikingly modern rebuild of Homebush - the Deans Homestead, which won an architectural award. "I enjoy the complexity and problem-solving aspects of architectural building," he explains.

Jason loves family time with his 'party of five' and is an avid sports fan, including greyhound racing and playing football at competitive level. His Manchester United screensaver at work causes much banter around the office.

Kylie Michelle Quantity Surveyor

Kylie’s excellent communication and organisation skills together with an eye for detail and friendly nature make her perfect for her role of Quantity Surveyor. Since joining our team Kylie has added supporting our Project Managers to her role and is keeping the Project Manager’s team ship shape!

Kylie has been working in the construction industry for over 10 years estimating for and managing a variety sub-contracting companies. Kylie is proud of a large project that she completed in Auckland for a big commercial build which fuelled her enthusiasm for Quantity Surveying.

When not at work Kylie enjoys a little bit of practical construction, successfully building her own deck, garden shed and a wardrobe. And like all good Quantity Surveyors, she had the exact amount of timber and screws for the job. When not at work, Kylie enjoys spending time with family, gardening and DIY.

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