by Ben Addington | May 9, 2020 | Architecture, Building, Construction, Engineering, Housing, Infrastructure, Land Development, Landscape Architecture, Local Government, Other, Planning, Surveying, Sustainability, Urban Growth
The government has announced that it will undertake a law change to fast-track eligible development. The details are still relatively light but the following types of projects have been singled out for priority at this early stage (my satirical comments added):...
by Ben Addington | Feb 15, 2020 | Land Development, Landscape Architecture, Laws and Regulations, Local Government, Planning, Sustainability
Consultation on the proposed National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity closes soon and some of the submissions by local government are fascinating. The ones I have seen (through Council Committee agendas) almost all reference a perceived tension between...
by Ben Addington | Jan 8, 2020 | Engineering, Land Development, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Subdivision, Transport, Urban Growth
The Road to Zero: New Zealand’s Road Safety Strategy 2020-2030 contains some pretty sobering statistics, including: In 2017, there were 7.9 fatalities per 100,000 population.In 2018, 182 drivers and 5 cyclists were killed.The majority of serious crashes result from...
by Ben Addington | Apr 8, 2019 | Architecture, Engineering, Land Development, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Surveying
A typical land development project involves a variety of professionals drawing from their respectively diverse bodies of knowledge. Despite this, the outcome sought by you as a developer remains a piece of land or a new building to use or sell. Achieving this outcome...
