Since 2009 Mark Cochran, Woods Christchurch Director, has acted as the Project manager coordinating the engineering and survey works and compliance documentation, preparing the contract documentation and observing the contract implementation.
Challenges
A high degree of consultation between developers, local authorities and end-users was required in this project.
Woods Performance
The project comprises;
A series of neighbourhoods containing 2100 house sites and a retirement village
A town centre and commercial hub of 9 hectares
Community facilities including a library, schools and a community centre
A centrepiece lake connected to extensive waterways, wetlands and conservation Areas that occupy half the 324-hectare site
Parks, numerous sports facilities, an equestrian centre, an 18-hole golf course with 100 fairway house sites
Collaborators
We worked on this project with:
Boffa Miskell (Masterplanning, ecological, landscape)
Beca Infrastructure (2002-2006) Mason & Wales Architects
Mitchell Partnerships (planning)
Retail Consulting Group (town centre / retail advisors)
Traffic Design Group (transport planning) Anderson Lloyd (RMA legal advisors) Rawlinson’s (cost consultants)