Emcon Residential

Young firm forges a top reputation

In 2018, Matt Emerson felt it was the right time, following advice from his business mentor, to rebrand his building company and Emcon Residential was born.

Based on Auckland’s North Shore, the majority of the work Matt and his team takes on is north of the bridge, along with projects in the central city.

“One of the best things that happened was that my wife Shannon joined the company full-time in 2018, bringing her great design and colour skills on board, to assist clients with all the decisions they need to make around fitting out their home to be perfect for them,” Matt says.

Today, the team extends to fifteen people on the tools, plus project management, design consultant and quantity surveying roles and Matt say he’s very happy with the outstanding quality of work the collection of trade-qualified and qualifying builders produce.

When Business North spoke with Matt demand for his services were running high, with 2021 work booking out fast for the year. Last year, Emcon Residential’s work was recognised in a Gold Award at the Registered Master Builders’ Auckland-regional competition for a renovation and upgrade of a bach, including the construction of a large outdoor alfresco dining area, new kitchen and bathrooms.

Looking forward to what will be a very busy year, with a high-end apartment project in Remuera and a substantial renovation in St Mary’s Bay, Matt is also really looking forward to another business arm in his life, making a major impact on the building sector. Biowrap™, a completely landfill biodegradable shrink wrap and plastic technology is about to be launched on the local market. “I have partnered up with another person from overseas and this product will really have huge environmental gains, particularly in our landfills, where most of our existing shrink-wrap material ends up. “Biowrap™ ‘attracts’ microbes that eat the plastic reducing our plastic footprint for future generations. Matt says the timing is perfect to introduce this new technology, which can be used in a multitude of ways, including wrapping pallets, shrink wrap, timber wrap and agricultural wrap.

“There is so much new building work going on, driven by the economy, that this new option for builders will create a really worthwhile option for the wider construction sector to consider.” Matt also puts his success down to a select group of subbies he engages on most of his projects, saying their workmanship and attention to detail equates with what he and his team at Emcon Residential deliver to clients. “It’s so important to gather a group of like-minded trade experts around a project and I have huge professional respect for the work these company’s do on-site.”

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