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As summer winds down, it’s not just the BBQs and beach days that are wrapping up, your building is also feeling the effects of the season. Long sunny days, sudden downpours, and the occasional strong wind all leave their mark, making this the perfect time to give your property a little extra care before autumn arrives. Think of it like a warrant of fitness for your building: take care of the small issues now and avoid bigger, more expensive surprises later. Why Summer Maint

The start of a new year is more than just resolutions and fresh goals. It’s the ideal time to put your commercial property maintenance plan front and centre. A proactive building maintenance strategy doesn’t just save money over time; it reduces risk, extends asset life, and ensures your commercial property performs at its best throughout 2026. Think of it like a gym membership. Everyone starts strong in January but tapers off throughout the year. When it comes to buildings,

Why proactive asset management beats reactive firefighting, every time. In facilities and asset management, unplanned failures aren’t just inconvenient, they're costly. Emergency breakdowns can result in operational downtime, higher repair costs, safety incidents, and even long-term structural damage. That’s where preventative maintenance proves its value. Rather than waiting for components to fail, a preventative maintenance (PM) strategy is built on scheduled servicing, ins

Choosing a property services partner is no small feat. That’s why we make sure every step is aligned with your needs and expectations. Our partnership value isn’t just about delivering services, it’s about creating a collaborative relationship that benefits everyone involved. In the bustling world of property services, where every repair and detail matters, we at APS strive to be a dependable and knowledgeable partner. Established in 1991, we evolved into a Complete Property

(Because Buildings Don’t Spontaneously Self-Repair—Unfortunately) Preventative maintenance doesn’t make headlines, but it is the unsung infrastructure hero standing between you and a six-figure remediation. We get it, everything appears fine until it catastrophically isn’t. Ignoring small defects is a bit like ignoring that ominous rattle in your car: it won’t fix itself, but it might evolve into a more dramatic (and expensive) plot twist. Below are three subtle distress sign

Protecting Your Investment from the Ground Up When it comes to commercial property maintenance, one thing’s for sure—cutting corners on building maintenance always catches up with you. Whether you're managing an office block, retail space, apartment complex, or an industrial site, your building needs more than just the occasional tidy-up. It needs consistent, strategic care to ensure property maintenance services are up to standard. In our industry, we’ve seen it all—building

APS Complete Property Services became carbon zero certified in 2019, now we are planning to double - and even triple - our offsets, to become one of just a handful of New Zealand companies that are carbon positive. “Getting to carbon zero may help save the planet by avoiding a climate disaster - but we believe carbon zero is just the starting point,” Director Robert Creemers says. “To heal the planet, we need to go beyond carbon zero.”Read more about our journey to carbon ne

Ride Coromandel engaged with APS to help design and build a purpose-built Kauri Dieback wash station for bikes. The brief was to reduce any transfer of microscopic fungus-like pathogen called Phytophthora agathidicida that kills most (if not all) Kauri it infects from cyclists entering the bike park. A collaboration between the Department of Conservation, APS and Ride Coromandel Bike Park produced the first specific Kauri dieback wash station to ensure riders have a fun and

APS nominated Sione Lolohea for the Contribution to Safety Award at Site Safe’s 2018 Awards Night. We were thrilled for Sione to be named a finalist and even more excited when he won the award. A builder by trade, Sione was recruited into the heights team eight years ago. After an early mistake, where he was seen wearing an unattached harness, Sione was quick to reform his ways and adopt the APS approach to safety. “It was a change in attitude that probably saved his life,” s

We are very proud to announce that Toitū Envirocare has certified APS Complete Property Services as carbonzero. We are the first New Zealand company in our industry to achieve carbonzero certification within our own organisation, without the need to purchase carbon credits to claim this status. This certification is a significant milestone and a clear recognition of our long‑term commitment to operating in a sustainable, environmentally responsible, and socially equitable man

APS have joined Partnership with the Red Cross with hiring refugees into the workforce. This is something that we are very proud of. Red Cross recently wrote a story on Areef and Omar who are brothers who are now fully part of the APS family and are working within the waterproofing and roofing teams. The APS site in Auckland is buzzing with activity as staff ready themselves for the day. In the middle of it all are Areef and Omar Areef. The Palestinian brothers catch a coup