Helping hand from Vietnam

With a 2,500-strong team stretching from Kaitaia to Invercargill, PlaceMakers is a household name in New Zealand. What might not be known is that the company extends all the way to Vietnam, with 40 people contributing to the company operations from Ho Chi Minh City

The PlaceMakers network handles more than 26,000 sets of customer plans annually. This involves providing truss layouts, detailing the plans for frame and truss manufacture (F&T) and estimating costs for the balance of materials.

Most of this work is done at the National Estimating Unit (NEU) in Hamilton and Christchurch, while F&T is detailed across the country.

However, these operations are also taking place 9,000km away in Ho Chi Minh City, through a business solutions company called Platinum Global.

The Ho Chi Minh office consists of 40 highly skilled detailers and estimators led by manager Linh Nguyen.

“The team is proud to be part of the larger PlaceMakers family,” says NZ Distribution Chief Executive, Bruce McEwen, who recently visited the team.

“They are as passionate about the PlaceMakers brand as the rest of us, and work tirelessly to get those plans turned around and back to our customers in NZ.

“It was fantastic being able to meet the Ho Chi Minh team and witness the great work they do for us.”