Happy 20th Anniversary from Roy McKinnon

This month, we celebrate Evolution’s 20^th birthday.

All our employees, past and present have made Evolution what it is today. And from this, many have had great careers. Including me.

For me, it started with a friend, who started a traffic management company in Auckland New Zealand. He evolved his company from working in the film industry, into events and roading which then became a household name for major events in Auckland in the early 2000’s. I was very lucky to be one of the first employees with guidance from Nick, Pappa, Cava, Eddy and Andrew – some of the originals of Action Traffic / Evolution.

Nick was my first ever STMS, and I still remember my first job – 0430am start, kitted out in full PPE and straight into work on a film shoot on High Street & Courthouse Lane in Auckland. Boom. Straight into it. No mucking around. Nicks words were to me “Keep up with me and you will be fine. If you can’t do that, then you aren’t going hack this job’.

And still true to this day, TTM is still about communication, been polite and professional and keeping people happy and safe.

From that day to now, 24 years later, I have worked in roles with some sort of TTM involvement, which has gone from TTM event management to major event management, to Director of Events to TTM Construction management and then a full circle back to Evolution Traffic Management I am the Traffic Manager now.

A big part of Evolution is its legacy for so many people in the TTM industry, if they look back to where did they start their TTM journey – its probably Evolution.

I had been asked to come back to Evolution in 2021. Three years and 2 months later, here I am with Evolution, celebrating its 20 years.

I just want to say thank you to the people I first worked with when I started in the TTM industry, and also thank those who I work with today.

You all have true morals, honesty, pride, and the drive.

Thank you Evolution

Roy Mckinnon

National Operations Manager

ETM New Zealand

“In an industry where complaints are all too common, I wanted to highlight the excellent job and Evolution traffic controller is doing north of in Injune (90 km north of Roma) on Queensland’s Carnavron Highway. During a long weekend trip, I drove through a work site and was very impressed with the site setup and the cheerful traffic controller on duty. The traffic controller was happy, smiling and waving to all motorists while keeping everyone informed about the reasons for the delays.”

Jenny

“I Work with Sam at Springhill Depot and just wanted to let you know that he is a huge asset to Evolution, nothing is ever a problem, even when we throw impossible tasks at him with no time to accomplish them, he always finds a way to get it done.

It is a huge benefit and a pleasure to have Sam working in our office. We all could not be more satisfied with the service he provides”

Gearyn Adair

“On behalf of John Holland at PTA. I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to your staff who worked on Moore Street during the weekend shutdown. The professionalism, patience and empathy by the Evolution staff were a significant part of why the project was successful. We at John Holland appreciate Evolution’s expertise and assistance. Thank You.

John Holland

Happy 20th Anniversary from Roy McKinnon

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