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Anything steel you stand outside in Timaru is in a fight with salt air from the first week. That decides more about bollards than their shape does. BRANZ notes that sea salt in coastal atmospheres significantly increases corrosion of metals used in construction, so on this coast the finish gets specified before the style. Group One New Zealand designs, manufactures and installs bollards, travelling down from our Islington base in Christchurch, 157 km north. Sydney Chappell started the New Zealand company in 2026. Tell us what the posts have to protect and we will come and look at the ground they are going into.
Choosing a finish that survives the coast
Three finishes cover almost everything we install, and around the port and Washdyke the choice leans hard toward the first two.
- Hot-dip galvanised. Zinc bonded to the steel, inside and out. The default for working sites: meat, dairy and food processing yards, engineering workshops, transport depots, anywhere the bollard will be knocked and scuffed and nobody is going to repaint it.
- Powder-coated. Galvanised underneath, colour on top. Used where the bollard is part of a frontage that customers walk past, and where a colour helps drivers see it.
- Stainless steel. Reserved for entrances where appearance carries real weight and the posts get handled and cleaned often.
Damage to a coating is what starts corrosion, not age, so the more likely a bollard is to be clipped, the more it pays to spend on the base protection rather than the top coat.
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Industries We Serve
We proudly serve clients across a range of sectors, including:
Hospitals
Aviation Surfaces
Schools
Sporting Surfaces
Factory Safety Lines
Body Corporate
Setting one in the ground
The work runs in the same order every time.
We start with a site visit. We measure the run, work out what is being protected and from which direction traffic arrives, then mark each position against the vehicles that actually use the site. Before anything is dug, services are located and the boundary is confirmed.
Fixing is either in-ground or surface-mount. In-ground means a hole cored or dug past the base course into ground that will hold, the bollard set plumb, and concrete poured around it and usually inside it. That is the fixing that takes a genuine impact. Surface-mount means a base plate bolted down onto an existing slab, which is the answer where the concrete cannot be broken into or services sit directly underneath.
Then the surface goes back: asphalt patched, concrete made good around the footing, seal reinstated.
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A supplier ships a bollard; it still has to be stood up
Ordering one is easy. A pallet turns up, and every decision that determines whether the bollard works is still waiting: which side of the traffic path it belongs on, how much room to leave so vehicles are not clipping it weekly, whether the ground beneath will hold a footing at all, how deep that footing has to go, and how the finished surface gets closed up afterwards. None of that is answerable from a product page. It gets answered by someone standing on the spot with a tape measure and a good idea of what a truck does when the driver is in a hurry.
What changes the price
Bollards are quoted per site. We do not publish a rate, because the same bollard costs a different amount to install depending on what is underneath it. The quote comes off:
- Type, diameter and height of bollard, and the finish specified
- Fixed, removable or fold-down
- How many go in
- In-ground footing or surface-mount base plate
- The existing surface: asphalt, concrete, gravel, kerb
- Site access, and when the area can be closed off
- Reinstatement of the surface afterwards
Timaru District Council, and two heights that do not match
On your own land, inside your own boundary, bollard placement is generally yours to decide. Once the work reaches the road boundary, a vehicle crossing or public land, Timaru District Council is who to ask. Bollards on public ground are the council’s own call, which is how the posts at the entrance to the Pātītī Point car park came to be there.
If the bollards form part of a bigger boundary job, the district runs two separate rules and they do not line up. Timaru District Council lists fences or walls less than 2.5 metres high as exempt building work. The Timaru District Plan separately caps road boundary fences at a maximum height of 2 metres in its residential zones. So a street-front structure can be exempt from building consent and still breach a District Plan standard, which becomes a land use consent question instead. We flag it at the site visit; the council confirms it for your address.
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Client Testimonials
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The team from Group One were exceptional.
They arrived on time, did a fantastic job and made our childcare centre carpark look like new . Thankyou
Prompt and efficient service.
Very professional and experienced. Syd always answers his phone otherwise calls you back. Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
Competitive price, quality work and even helped me put up the customer parking signs. Went above and beyond. Thanks very much, Syd and Blake.
Great job and no complaints!
Wonderful to work with and helping us get our line marking completed. Would definitely use again and refer to others.
Highly Recommend Group 1 Linemarking!
We recently hired Group 1 Linemarking for a few of our residential strata projects, and the results exceeded our expectations. The team was punctual, professional, and clearly experienced. The line marking was crisp, precise, and done exactly to spec. Communication throughout the process was smooth, and they were flexible with scheduling, which made things a lot easier on our end. If you need reliable, high-quality line marking services, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Group 1. Great job!
Working with Syd and his team is always a pleasure
The quality of work is always to a high standard. The Group One team is always professional, they apply a high standard for safety ensuring their SWMS is tailored for the job and their equipment is serviced and well maintained. I highly recommend Group One and if you use them you won’t be disappointed.
Group One New Zealand, and the run south
Sydney Chappell founded Group One New Zealand in 2026. We are a small team, design, manufacture and installation are all our own, and we guarantee all the work we do. Timaru sits at the southern end of the area we cover, which runs from Amberley down the coast, so we plan South Canterbury work as full days on site rather than short visits. The full range is on our page.
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What sits under the surface has the last word on the whole job. Whether a post can be footed in properly or has to be bolted down to the slab, how deep that footing goes, and how much reinstatement the work carries are all settled once services are located and the first hole is opened, not from a description over the phone.
Phone us on 027 424 0600 or email info@groupone.co.nz, 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Group One New Zealand, Unit 1, 37 Foremans Road, Islington, Christchurch 8042. NZBN 9429053752833.
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Areas We Serve
- Bollards Amberley
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- Bollards Christchurch
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Common questions
How far apart are bollards spaced in New Zealand?
Auckland Transport’s published guidance is the useful reference: at least 1.8 metres of clearance between bollards and the kerb, and at least 1.2 metres between bollards across an entranceway so prams, wheelchairs and mobility scooters get through. Those figures are Auckland Transport’s, not a Timaru District Council rule. Start there and adjust to the swept path of your own vehicles.
How deep should bollards be installed?
Past the base course, into ground that will carry the load. There is no single figure. A heavy post protecting a loading dock corner is footed differently from a slim bollard marking a path edge, and what we find when we dig can change it again.
Are driveway bollards expensive?
A single removable bollard at a residential driveway is a small job next to a protective run along a commercial frontage. Both are quoted the same way, after a look at the site, and an existing concrete surface is usually cheaper to work with than one that has to be broken and reinstated.
Can bollards be removed easily?
That depends entirely on which type went in. Removable bollards lift out of a ground socket and the socket caps off flush. Fold-down bollards hinge at the base and lock upright. A fixed in-ground bollard can be cut off and the footing dug out, but that is a demolition and patch job, so it is worth choosing deliberately at the start.
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