Fifty Five years of building excellence

Based in Nelson Tasman and with teams in Marlborough and Queenstown-Lakes, Scott Building has delivered many of the region’s cornerstone building projects, along with a large volume of commercial, civil and residential projects over 50 years.


Our Values

Our Approach

Scott Building has a robust project management system and refined project controls that consistently deliver high-quality outcomes in accordance with client requirements.

Scott Building is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all staff, visitors, contractors and clients. We maintain a number of robust ‘pre-qualifications’ and accreditations including various local councils, ISN, IMPAC and Site Safe; meaning that our framework for managing Health & Safety is constantly undergoing review and improvement.

With Building and Demolition waste making up 40-50% of New Zealand’s landfill, we take our environmental responsibilities seriously. One of the biggest impacts we can have as a Building contractor is to minimise waste; we are achieving this through strong partnerships with local waste management contractors and a range of supporting initiatives including site-specific waste management plans, staff and subcontractor education, design collaboration and procurement policies. A number of our staff are Greenstar Accredited.

Scott Building is a proud partner of New Zealand Building Alliance (NZCA). NZCA is an alliance of like-minded regionally-based commercial Building companies providing New Zealand-wide commercial Building solutions. A unique benefit NZCA offers is the ability to gain and share knowledge openly between it’s partners

Connections and alliance

Scott Building is a partner of the Home Ground Building Alliance, a national network of eight independently owned regional builders delivering projects across New Zealand. 

We’ve been building across Nelson, Marlborough and Central South Island for more than 55 years, and we’re one of the South Island’s largest locally owned Building companies. Our work spans architectural homes through to civil and commercial projects. 

Being part of Home Ground means our clients also get the backing of a national network of experienced regional builders, while still working with a team that knows this region. 

National Partner. Local Advantage. 

Learn more about Home Ground Building Alliance at homegroundca.nz. 

Why Scott Building?

Award winners. We construct award winning buildings and operate an award winning business.

Enviable track record. We have a long history of professional performance - our clients come back for more.

A strong culture. We encourage ambition in our staff and reward great performance, resulting in high staff motivation and retention.

High quality build. We build our client’s projects like they are our own and keep the promises we make to our clients.

Innovative thinking. Clients and architects recognise our ability to think outside the square and ensure projects proceed to budget.

Partnerships. We mean it when we say all those that partner with our company should benefit from that partnership - from clients to architects, sub-contractors and suppliers.

Financial strength. We are in a stable financial position to implement our clients’ projects and manage our sustainable growth.

Flexibility. We pride ourselves on being user-friendly and responsive.

Entrepreneurial. We are open to opportunities, whether it be new products, services or acquisitions.