SES Group began as Safe Environmental Solutions, a family run asbestos removal business on Auckland’s North Shore. Today it is a group of six specialist divisions working for hospitals, defence bases, telecommunications networks and commercial property owners across the North Island - still owner-led, still answering the phone ourselves.
Safe Environmental Solutions was set up to do one thing properly: remove asbestos safely from the buildings New Zealanders live and work in. That meant holding both WorkSafe Class A and Class B licences, training our own supervisors and operatives, and turning down work we could not do to standard.
Clients kept asking for more. The demolition crew that followed the asbestos crew. The specialist cleaners who dealt with the mould, meth or fire damage the survey uncovered. The maintenance team that made good afterwards. Each time, we built the capability in-house rather than subcontract the risk.
In 2026 those capabilities became SES Group: Asbestos, Demolition, Property Maintenance, Specialist Cleaning, Waterproofing and Recruitment, with a Civil and Earthworks division planned. One contract, one safety system, one accountable team.
A family run asbestos removal business on Auckland’s North Shore.
WorkSafe Class A and Class B removal licences held under the Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016 - friable and non-friable work with our own crews.
Health and safety, environmental and quality management systems certified by IQC across every SES company.
Contractor prequalification at the top score, assessed September 2026.
Six divisions, one contract, one safety system.
Four things every SES client gets, whichever division is on site.
SES is run by Managing Director Matt Stowe and a leadership team with more than 50 years of combined experience in asbestos removal, demolition and environmental remediation, working across New Zealand and Australia. Every job has a named manager who is accountable for its crew, its plant and its safety record.
Leads SES Group across New Zealand and Australia and is still on site and on the phone. More than 30 years in asbestos removal, demolition and environmental remediation, and owner of the group health and safety system.
Runs SES Recruitment and new business across both countries - placing supervisors, operatives and trades with SES crews and clients, and the first call for new commercial and government work.
Accountable for every SES crew, programme and site: asbestos, demolition, property maintenance and specialist cleaning in New Zealand, and SES operations in Australia.
Runs the Browns Bay head office and the paperwork behind every job - control plans, inductions, training records, compliance packs and the ISO 45001, 14001 and 9001 system audits.
Planning, safety and recruitment are run from our Browns Bay head office by the same people who supervise on site - so the plan that gets written is the plan that gets followed.
Asbestos removal control plans, demolition planning and job placements - prepared in-house at SES Group head office.
Every SES crew works to the same Integrated Management System. Our Policy Manual sets out the health and safety, environmental and quality commitments that apply to everyone who works for or on behalf of SES Group - and it is signed by our Director and reviewed every year.
Download the manual for your tender file, prequalification or contractor onboarding. If you need method statements or our full compliance pack, request it from the contact page.
SES works for Health NZ, the New Zealand Defence Force and Spark, alongside property managers, main contractors, councils, insurers and body corporates. We have worked in operating hospitals, secure defence facilities, live telecommunications exchanges, refineries, power stations, schools, apartment blocks and family homes.
Red SES utes and vans are a familiar sight on commercial, government and residential sites across the North Island - every one carrying the gear for an asbestos, demolition or clean-up job.
The SES fleet on commercial, rural and residential sites around Auckland and the North Island.
We are based at Browns Bay on Auckland’s North Shore and run crews across Auckland, Waikato, Northland, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. National clients get one project manager and one mobilisation plan for every site.
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