FEATURED PROJECT – THE BIOSOLAR HOUSE

Hello. I'm Andi Steinemann.
I grew up and worked in Switzerland, then spent 5 years in New Zealand on various building projects.
For a decade I’ve been employed by Swiss company Arbos as a Project Manager and Quantity Surveyor.
I resettled in Carterton three years ago, and am enjoying bringing my international and local experience in building and design to the Wairarapa.
Services
I’m equally comfortable wielding a hammer, creating designs, or planning construction.
I specialise in the following areas:
Design,
Planning
&
Construction
Consulting for
Optimised Insulation
&
Vapour Barriers
Construction Planning
&
Consulting for
DYO Customers
Got a building job that needs doing right?
Experience
1991-1997
Apprenticeship and work as a landscape gardener, log builder and carpenter in Switzerland and New Zealand
1997-1999
Advanced Trade Certificate as carpenter in Switzerland
1999-2004
Steinemann Builders in Carterton: several new residential buildings, alteration work & restaurants
2004-2014
Project Manager and Quantity Surveyor for Arbos AG in Switzerland.
2015: Returned to New Zealand.
2015-Now
Andi has settled in Carterton and worked on many projects in Wairarapa and Wellington with a focus on design for sustainable, prefabricated, warm and affordable homes.
Skills
- New buildings
- Renovation & alteration
- Log homes
- Staircases
- Post and beam
- Half-Timbered constructions
- Draughtproofing
- Insulation