{{Short description|Major New Zealand construction company}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox company |name = Fletcher Construction |type = Subsidiary |founded = 1919 |hq_location_city = [[Auckland]] |hq_location_country = New Zealand |hq_location = <!--modifies "Headquarters" entry--> |num_locations = <!--# of locations--> |key_people = |area_served = New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, American Samoa |industry = Construction |products = |services = Construction |operating_income = |net_income = |num_employees = |parent = [[Fletcher Building]] |divisions = |subsidiaries = |website = {{URL|www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz}} |defunct = |footnotes = |logo = }} '''The Fletcher Construction Company Limited''' is a [[New Zealand]] construction company<ref name="Hrld">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/8/story.cfm?c_id=8&objectid=10371151 |title=Red ink reins in builder Mainzeal |author=Gibson, Anne |date=6 March 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=30 September 2011}}</ref> and a subsidiary of [[Fletcher Building]]. Together with Higgins Contractors Ltd and Brian Perry Civil it makes up the Construction division of '''Fletcher Building'''. Fletcher Construction is widely known in New Zealand, and has delivered various projects including constructing the [[Auckland Sky Tower]].

It has five main business units:

*Major Projects *Buildings *South Pacific *Higgins *Brian Perry Civil

==History== In 1909 [[James Fletcher (industrialist)|James Fletcher senior]], a builder and stonemason from Scotland, began a building business along with Englishman Albert Morris. The firm was known as '''Fletcher and Morris''' and received their first commission on 1 June 1909. This was for a double bay wooden villa at [[Broad Bay, New Zealand|Broad Bay]] on the [[Otago Peninsula]] and was built for £375 (New Zealand still used British pounds at that time). The house was occupied on 10 November 1909 by local merchant Hubert Green following his marriage to Agnes Galloway. However, they made no profit in this venture.<ref>Pride of Place: A history of the Fletcher Construction Company, Peter Shaw p.4</ref> It later became Fletcher Bros.<ref name="bus_hist">{{cite web|title=University of Auckland Business History Project – Fletcher Challenge|url=http://www.businesshistory.auckland.ac.nz/fletchers/founders.html|publisher=[[University of Auckland]]|accessdate=31 August 2007|archive-date=17 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217073041/http://www.businesshistory.auckland.ac.nz/fletchers/founders.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The house, now known as [[Fletcher House (Otago Peninsula)|Fletcher House]], still stands and is open to the public.<ref name="fc_house">{{cite web |url=http://www.fletchertrust.co.nz/fletcher_house.php |title=The Fletcher House |publisher=[[The Fletcher Trust]] |accessdate=1 September 2007 |archive-date=8 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208001611/http://fletchertrust.co.nz/fletcher_house.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, despite being bailed out by friends their company made a net loss and they had to cease trading in 1910. In January 1911 they revitalised the firm with a bit more financial acumen, building houses in [[Abbotsford, New Zealand|Abbotsford]] and south Dunedin. In March 1911 they started their first workshop: on Cameron Street next to the railway.<ref>Pride of Place: A history of the Fletcher Construction Company, Peter Shaw p.5</ref> [[File:Fletcher Bros & Morris (later Fletcher Brothers (Fletcher Bros) and forerunner of Fletcher Construction Co Ltd) - workmen on construction site of Ross Chapel, Knox College (55390).jpg|left|thumb|321x321px|Workmen on construction site of Ross Chapel, Knox College, c.1912]] In the summer of 1911 the firm was joined by James' brother [[William John Fletcher]], who was a trained stonemason. He invested $1000 to become an equal partner. On 24 November 1911 they received their first larger (non-domestic) commission: a Coronation Hall for the [[St Kilda, New Zealand|St Kilda]] district. This was designed by local architects [[Mason & Wales]].<ref name="Place p.6">Pride of Place: A history of the Fletcher Construction Company, Peter Shaw p.6</ref>

[[File:Dominion Farmers' Institute, Ballance Street frontage from Featherston Street.jpg|thumb|150px|Dominion Farmers' Institute, Wellington, completed 1918]] The company was renamed '''Fletcher Brothers''' in May 1912 after the departure of Bert Morris, who took fright at their first truly large project: [[Knox College, Otago]]. This contract was received through James' in-law [[Andrew Cameron (Presbyterian minister)|Rev Andrew Cameron]] who was chairman of the building committee.<ref name="Place p.6"/>

The company was registered as a [[limited liability company]] in May 1916.

In 1917 they renewed their link to architects Mason & Wales in the building of the 102 bed Nurses Home for [[Dunedin Hospital]].

In 1925 the company headquarters was moved to [[Auckland]], and in 1940 Fletcher Construction became a subsidiary of the Fletcher Holdings group, which listed on the share market that year.<ref name="bus_hist"/> In 1942, following the resignation of his father to help New Zealand's war effort, [[James Muir Cameron Fletcher|James Fletcher junior]] became managing director of the company. Fletcher junior placed a greater emphasis on the firms building products manufacturing divisions, with Fletcher Construction retaining the core construction business.<ref name="nzh_obit">{{cite web|title=Sir James Fletcher, the mild-mannered man of steel|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10460854|date=31 August 2007|author=Graeme Hunt|author-link=Graeme Hunt|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|accessdate=31 August 2007}}</ref>

In 1981, Fletcher Holdings merged with Challenge Corporation Ltd and Tasman Pulp Paper Ltd to form Fletcher Challenge. Fletcher Building was formed with the split of Fletcher Challenge in 2001.

In June 2025, the [[SkyCity Entertainment Group]] sued Fletcher Construction and its sister company [[Fletcher Building]] for NZ$330 million on the grounds that the companies had taken ten years instead of three years to build the New Zealand International Convention Centre at [[SkyCity Auckland]]. SkyCity sought damages for losses incurred by the company caused by ongoing delays from the completion of the project, including damages resulting from the [[New Zealand International Convention Centre fire]] in 2019. In response, Fletcher Construction said that it would defend itself against the charges, arguing that it had flagged risks associated with the Convention Centre.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gibson |first1=Anne |title=SkyCity Entertainment Group suing Fletcher Building for $330m over NZICC |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/skycity-entertainment-group-suing-fletcher-building-for-330m-over-nzicc/I5GMVNL7UJHLDBE5J43IF66R6I/ |access-date=6 June 2025 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=6 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250606231824/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/skycity-entertainment-group-suing-fletcher-building-for-330m-over-nzicc/I5GMVNL7UJHLDBE5J43IF66R6I/ |archive-date=6 June 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{see also|Fletcher Building|Fletcher Challenge}}

==Major projects== Major projects have included: *[[Knox College, Otago]] (first large project, 1912–13) *[[Kingseat Hospital (New Zealand)|Kingseat Hospital]]<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19390302.2.201&srpos=1&e=-------10--1----2kingseat-- Building activity]. ''Evening Post''. 2 March 1939.</ref> *[[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Te Papa]] Museum in [[Wellington]] (completed in 1996)<ref>[http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/35 Te Papa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815232111/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/35 |date=15 August 2007 }} (from the Fletcher Construction website. Retrieved 25 November 2007.)</ref> *[[SkyCity Auckland]] Convention Centre and Grand Hotel (completed in 1996)<ref>[http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/32 Sky City Casino] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819122420/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/32 |date=19 August 2007 }} (from the Fletcher Construction website. Retrieved 25 November 2007.)</ref> *[[Sky Tower (Auckland)|Sky Tower]] (completed in 1997)<ref>[http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/56 Sky Tower] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031003055/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/56 |date=31 October 2007 }} (from the Fletcher Construction website. Retrieved 25 November 2007.)</ref> *[[Westpac Stadium]] in Wellington (completed in 1999)<ref>[http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/34 Westpac Stadium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819122109/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/34 |date=19 August 2007 }} (from the Fletcher Construction website. Retrieved 25 November 2007.)</ref> *[[Manapouri Power Station|Manapouri Second Tailrace Tunnel]] (completed in 2002)<ref>[http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/28 Manapouri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819121952/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/28 |date=19 August 2007 }} (from the Fletcher Construction website. Retrieved 25 November 2007.)</ref> *[[Upper Harbour Bridge]] in Auckland (completed in 2006)<ref>[http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/57 Upper Harbour Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122224323/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/project/57 |date=22 November 2007 }} (from the Fletcher Construction website. Retrieved 25 November 2007.)</ref> *[[Rewa Bridge]] in Fiji (completed in 2006)<ref>''High-Tech Bridge Buildings Hits Fiji'' – ''e.nz magazine'', [[IPENZ]], July/August 2007, Page 21</ref> *[[Northern Busway, Auckland]] associated infrastructure (completed in 2008) *[[Mangere Bridge (bridges)|Manukau Harbour Crossing]] (completed in 2011)<ref name="NEWS">[http://www.transit.govt.nz/projects/mhc/resources/pdf/Newsletter-MHC-3.pdf Manukau Harbour Crossing, January 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810092606/http://www.transit.govt.nz/projects/mhc/resources/pdf/Newsletter-MHC-3.pdf |date=10 August 2011 }} – [[NZ Transport Agency]] newsletter. Retrieved 9 August 2009.</ref> *[[Waterview Connection]] (completed in 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/transport/waterview-connection|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126131218/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/transport/waterview-connection|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-01-26|title=Waterview Connection|website=from the Fletcher Construction website}}</ref> *Fonterra Building (completed in 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/commercial/fonterra-building|title=Fonterra Building|website=from the Fletcher Construction website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126172552/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/commercial/fonterra-building|archive-date=2017-01-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Fergusson Wharf (completed in 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/industrial/fergusson-wharf|title=Fergusson Wharf|website=from the Fletcher Construction website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928145835/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/industrial/fergusson-wharf|archive-date=2017-09-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Hobson Bay]] Tunnel (completed in 2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/water-and-wastewater/hobson-bay-tunnel|title=Hobson Bay Tunnel|website=from the Fletcher Construction website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406164752/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/water-and-wastewater/hobson-bay-tunnel|archive-date=2017-04-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Momi Bay Resort (completed in 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/momi-bay-resort|title=Momi Bay Resort|website=from the Fletcher Construction website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126172424/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/momi-bay-resort|archive-date=2017-01-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Fiji Four Long Bridges Project (completed in 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/transport/fiji-four-long-bridges-project|title=Fiji Four Long Bridges Project|website=from the Fletcher Construction website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126172440/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/transport/fiji-four-long-bridges-project|archive-date=2017-01-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[New Zealand International Convention Centre]], Auckland<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/commercial/nzicc-and-horizon-hotel|title=NZICC and Horizon Hotel|last=|first=|date=|website=Fletcher Construction|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822011255/http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/commercial/nzicc-and-horizon-hotel|archive-date=22 August 2019|access-date=9 November 2019}}</ref> which [[New Zealand International Convention Centre fire|caught fire while under construction]] in October 2019

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book|last=Goldsmith |first=Paul |title= Fletchers: A Centennial History of Fletcher Building |publisher=Davia Ling Publishing |location=Auckland |year=2009 |type = hardback |isbn= 978-1-877378-35-5}} *{{cite book|last=Smith |first=Jack |title= No Job Too Big: A History of Fletcher Construction, Volume I: 1909-1940 |publisher=Steele Roberts |location=Wellington |year=2009 |type = hardback |isbn= 978-1-877448-69-0}}

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