Toitu Enviromark Diamond Certified Carus is an ethically and environmentally focused painting company operating throughout New Zealand. We provide tailored painting and long-term maintenance services to various industries, including large scale … Read this >
Posted in: All / December 2020
We see it all the time – properties fall into a state of degradation that require major repairs to fix the problem, leading to overblown budgets, huge disruptions and unhappy owners. But there’s another way – having a preventative and proactive … Read this >
School Sanitisation Services Carus Group We Paint Schools We Chemical Wash Schools We Disinfect and Sanitise Schools Over the last four years Carus Group has worked with more than 100 schools or universities on their painting and chemical wash-downs as … Read this >
Posted in: All / April 2020
Carus Group Coronavirus (COVID19) Update Carus takes the unprecedented effects of COVID-19 on New Zealand and the rest of the world very seriously. We recognise this is going to change the way we work, so with this in mind we want to give our customers … Read this >
Posted in: All / April 2020
The Project: Southbridge School / Repaint The Brief: Repaint the school in time for their 150th Jubilee Celebration All schools repaints are important. Budgets have taken years to get into a position where the Board of Trustees and the Principal can un … Read this >
We catch up with Harvey Fisher, General Manager of Carus, on the company’s Deloitte Fast 50 adventure, the power of networking and the unforeseen lessons the team has learnt on the ride so far… Hi Harvey, tell us a little about your business and your … Read this >
Last week I visited one of the schools we painted earlier this year. It sits on a crossroads, slap dab in the middle of a small, farming community. This is a picture and a town that is repeated across the regions in New Zealand. There’s a community ha … Read this >
Is your school scheduled for repainting in 2018? If the answer is yes, then a few simple questions can help future-proof your assets, reduce stress and help you extract the maximum value from your budget. What we’ve found from visiting schools througho … Read this >
Asset management solutions, tailored to suit “We set out to shake up our industry,” says Harvey Fisher, the dynamic young general manager of Carus Group, “So we were absolutely thrilled to win the award for the fastest growing services business … Read this >
The picture you see below is the Old Post Office Building at 209 Tuam Street in Christchurch, and I love it. Originally designed by J.T Mair and built in 1932, the building’s owner has given Carus the exciting and challenging brief of returning the str … Read this >
Here is a comment from an Executive Officer of a school I visited this week. …”Look at you delivering as discussed… it does happen!?”… My journey to the school took a combined nine hours of driving time. (For our competition who is trying to work … Read this >
Keeping clients’ commercial properties and buildings at their best and enhancing their serviceable life is what property maintenance company Carus does best. The company has grown significantly, recently named fifth in the Deloitte Fast 50* and is the … Read this >
When we spoke with Paul, the building’s owner at the start of this project, our brief was simple. Return the old Post and Telegraph Office building to its original look, feel and colours. Simple, yet grandly ambitions. I think the ladies and gentlemen … Read this >
Local versus National – How do you choose? “We only use local tradesmen.” This is something I come across every day in my job. So before we go any further, how you do answer this question? My industry is commercial painting but the question is relevan … Read this >
Les Fauves “The Wild Beasts” At the start of the twentieth century a small group of talented and free spirited artists burst into the Salons in Paris using vivacious colours to construct their narrative. Matisse, Derain, Dufy and Vlaminck used the lang … Read this >
Carus offers maintenance programmes for all buildings, properties and facilities. Maintenance programmes can be tailored to suit individual requirements. Carus programmes will provide you with a streamlined planned maintenance, reducing your risks, hel … Read this >
Carus Environmental Statement: The team at Carus are 100% focused on keeping the environment looking as clean and green as the Carus logo. Helping Carus maintain its environmental vision, is Dulux: A key partner. Carus has recently purchased the Dulux … Read this >