Waikato Institute of Technology & Boscotek

Hamilton is the new home to New Zealand’s most modern en­gi­neer­ing and trades education facility. The purpose built $25 million facility opened recently at the Waikato Institute of Tech­nol­o­gy also known as Wintec. The open plan design, exposed struc­tures and flexible teaching spaces make it a learning facility from every angle.
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This new facility was designed to address the National need for trained and skilled Engineers and Trades­peo­ple. The facility provides an op­por­tu­ni­ty for people to learn in an en­vi­ron­ment that better reflects industry standards and uses the latest tech­niques and tech­nolo­gies with an emphasis on practical learning and a real work place ex­pe­ri­ence. Wintec works closely with employers and industry & community or­gan­i­sa­tions in order to develop pro­grammes that reflect real-work standards.
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As a result Wintec equips students with relevant skills and in­ter­na­tion­al­ly recog­nised qual­i­fi­ca­tions. Wintec has already es­tab­lished a rep­u­ta­tion for providing a world class quality education in a number of dis­ci­plines including en­gi­neer­ing, trades, science, tech­nol­o­gy, agri­cul­ture, sport, health, social services, education, business, tourism, hos­pi­tal­i­ty, events, English language, media and the creative in­dus­tries. The programs offered ranges from cer­tifi­cates and diplomas to degrees and post-graduate degrees.
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There are ap­prox­i­mate­ly 20,000 students from 52 countries that study at Wintec each year, and the or­gan­i­sa­tion employs around 840 staff.
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Every­thing about Wintec, the building, the grounds, the equipment, the amenities and its programs, are all first class and represent a standard of nothing less than ex­cel­lence.
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The fit out of Wintec’s Au­to­mo­tive, Welding, Fab­ri­ca­tion, En­gi­neer­ing, Plumbing, Elec­tri­cal, Carpentry and Con­struc­tion workshops had to meet this demanding standard of ex­cel­lence. The fit out of the workshops was put out to tender.
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After a stringent tender process, Boscotek products were selected as the products that best met their stringent fit out re­quire­ments.
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Boscotek is an Aus­tralian made product, man­u­fac­tured by Wilson & Gilkes in Liverpool, South Western Sydney. Wilson & Gilkes is a quality ac­cred­it­ed man­u­fac­tur­er and maintains a strict set of standards, pro­ce­dures and protocols through­out every stage of pro­duc­tion to ensure pro­duc­tion of reliable, standard and con­sis­tent quality products.
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From the word ‘go’, Boscotek engaged with Wintec rep­re­sen­ta­tives to ensure the product perfectly met Wintec’s unique re­quire­ments. This entailed several meetings in the design phase with Wintec rep­re­sen­ta­tives to develop detailed spec­i­fi­ca­tions. Wintec’s Project Manager, Katherine MacGILLIVRAY best summoned up this suc­cess­ful working re­la­tion­ship, stating,
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“Wilson & GIlkes at­ten­dance and input into these meetings was in­valu­able and helped develop a very good working re­la­tion­ship to achieve a suc­cess­ful outcome for Wintec. The ongoing planning and install was managed ef­fi­cient­ly. Wilson & Gilkes worked with Wintec to achieve tight time­frames with excellent customer service”
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Wilson & Gilkes iden­ti­fied the Waikato Institute cus­tomised needs and were able to produce a more detailed spec­i­fi­ca­tion which they sub­se­quent­ly selected for their in­stal­la­tion.
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One of the main products ordered was the Mobile Flight Line Tool Storage. The Boscotek Mobile Flight line Tool storage is an ideal solution to organise mobile tool storage where large volumes of precision tools and in­stru­ments are required to be stored together and are in a dust resistant en­vi­ron­ment. The Boscotek Flight line cabinet came with the latest design in clear poly­car­bon­ate roller shutters, with a modern ap­pear­ance and counter balanced door, the roller shutter uses a poly­car­bon­ate joining system as opposed to aluminium, providing clear vision of the tools and in­stru­ments being stored.
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The Wintec facility also selected Boscotek Heavy Duty work­bench­es for their workshop fit out. These work­bench­es are designed to support heavy loads to ac­com­mo­date heavy duty ap­pli­ca­tions. These benches had height ad­justable legs that ensured each work­sta­tion meet the ergonomic re­quire­ments for each in­di­vid­ual. The workbench work top is arguably the most important feature of any workbench. The heavy duty workbench that Wintec chose was the 33mm thick com­pressed timber bench top with a 2mm laminated workface with black edge banding. These durable and strong bench tops resist acid, alkali and oil. The underside of the work surface is laminated to prevent moisture ab­sorp­tion, warping and shedding.
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Wintec also purchased Boscotek’s Mobile Metal drawer Storage cabinets on castors which are integral to any suc­cess­ful workshop and being mobile allows for efficient access and workflow flex­i­bil­i­ty. These Mobile Metal drawer storage cabinets came with a Steel Frame with 5 drawer, tray top with rubber mat, side pull handles, and standard par­ti­tion­ing & divider sets in each drawer.
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The com­bi­na­tion of products from the Boscotek range enabled Wintec to fit out its workshops pro­fes­sion­al­ly and safely to ensure the best possible learning en­vi­ron­ment for its students to attain the skills necessary to succeed in their re­spec­tive in­dus­tries.
Boscotek are extremely proud of the entire fit out project for Wintec and pleased with the feedback from the Wintec Project Manager when she wrote,
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“The product is well made, well per­form­ing and also is aes­thet­i­cal­ly at­trac­tive in a par­tic­u­lar­ly func­tion­al space…. The tender process and the planning meetings with Wilson & Gilkes also allowed Wintec to get best value for money, un­der­stand­ing where best to spend and where to simplify our approach. Wintec is very happy with the product, the service Wilson & Gilkes supplied and endorses the value for money in­vest­ment the Bosoctek range presents.”.