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The Government have announced they will be replacing the Resource Management Act with three Acts. Read on to find out what this means.

 In this update we will cover:

 ·      What is the Resource Management Act?

My career in surveying began when my brother needed a survey assistant. I had studied to become an electrician but didn’t enjoy the work. So, I got a job as a survey assistant.

Getting the balance right: Finding the happy medium between work-life and home-life

Creating safer streets: Combining traffic-calming measures, cycle-friendly design, and landscaping.

Over the years, Woods has grown from a small team with just a few members to an organisation with 167 staff members across two locations.

It’s a bit of a cliché, but in the engineering and construction industry, your reputation really does precede you.

From a personal perspective, good leadership stems from trust and giving people the confidence in themselves to proceed or make decisions. When good leadership is present in an organisation, there are unique team traits that come out of this.

From originally not knowing what a surveyor was in my pre-uni days, to joining the company in 1992 when there was just three of us, I never expected to go on the journey we’ve been on and to still be here with the company today.

The impact of Part 4A of the Conservation Act and Marginal Strips.