Double Coin Imaging Awards

As a boy, Pete Dormer got his start in the trucking industry washing machinery and cleaning around the yard at March Construction in Christchurch.

While working at March Construction, Pete spent a lot of time around driver Bob Gerrard (known as Scouse) and his W924 Kenworth Running Bear. Pete would ride shotgun with Bob doing heavy haulage, carting excavators and shingle, along the way learning many life lessons from listening to Bob’s words of wisdom.

After working his way up through the ranks and learning the business, Pete decided to start his own operation in 1994 at the age of 17.

Since starting out on his own Dormer Construction has grown into one of the top construction companies in New Zealand, winning the Canterbury Contractor of the Year award in 2008 and 2011 at the New Zealand Federation of contractors, Canterbury branch Construction Awards.