Auckland

Managing stormwater is one of Auckland City's many activities. Auckland City aims to protect Auckland's unique and valued environment and allow for future urban growth. It is Auckland City's job to assist Auckland City residents to make sure stormwater is managed properly on their land, and to safely remove stormwater across the city.

Auckland City Transport’s drainage assets consist of approximately 27,300 catchpits, 2,100 soakholes and 450 manholes within the Auckland isthmus and Hauraki Gulf islands.  The condition and performance of these structures is critical not only to the city’s wider drainage and reticulation system, but also to the efficiency, safety and reliability of the transportation network.

GHD is pleased to announce the completion of the Merton Road Shared Cycleway in Auckland.  With innovation and team work at its core, the cycleway project is a success story for GHD, HEB and Auckland City Council. One kilometre in length, the cycleway presented a number of unique and interesting challenges for all parties involved. The preliminary design and consultation began in April 2009.

Considerable stakeholder management was crucial for this project and as part of the review process, included liaison with various groups including Cycling Action Auckland. The co-ordination of three contracts into one (OHUG, Physical Works and Resurfacing) was successfully executed to ensure optimum timeliness and cost saving.

When building two new schools on a green fields site in Auckland, Hawkins Construction approached GHD as we could provide the breadth of skills they needed, from Green Star Accredited professionals, to engineers and landscape architects – plus many more.

Situated in Flat Bush, the two schools, with shared library, administration, gymnasium and performing arts centre, will eventually cater for over 1,800 students. And a ‘fast-tracked’ timeframe meant the project was not only of a large scale, but also required completion with swift exactitude. Working closely with ASC Architects, Hawkins Construction, Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC), the tight timeframe required a strong partnering approach and working as a team. In the words of GHD project manager Thomson: “People make projects, not process”.

Highbrook Business Park is nearing completion after a twelve-year involvement by the GHD Land Development team in the Manukau office.

GHD was part of a team of international designers who developed the concept for the 190-hectare Highbrook Business Park, adjacent to Auckland’s Southern Motorway. Highbrook Business Park has attracted tenants from a wide range of businesses and will eventually accommodate up to 12,000 employees within 550,000 square metres of industrial and commercial floor space.

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GHD completes comprehensive study to accommodate sustained growth.

GHD was commissioned by the Timaru District Council and the New Zealand Transportation Authority (NZTA) to carry out research and analysis eventuating in a strategy for alleviation of Timaru’s escalating traffic issues. 

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In a joint initiative, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) and the Otago Regional Council (ORC) commissioned GHD to carry out a comprehensive study which would inform future transportation decisions in Queenstown.

The solutions researched and developed focused on Travel Demand Management (TDM) and maximising the public transport services in the district. Since the completion of the study, GHD has been assisting stakeholders in implementing the recommended strategy.

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GHD have been commissioned to design and construct bus priority lanes in the Christchurch CBD in order to alleviate the escalating confestion problem.

GHD is in the initial design stage for the first of three bus priority lanes, along the Columbo Street corridor. The project involves the widening of this main arterial allowing for dedicated and on-peak-only bus lanes for travel into and away from the CBD. The lanes will extend for approximately 3.5 kilometres. Other design features include bus stop relocation, B-signals, PTIPS, cycle lanes and changes to roadside parking allowances.

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GHD has provided an innovative roading solution which seeks to protect irreplaceable national heritage sites the Kerikeri Mission House and Stone Store from flooding and traffic vibration damage.

The design saw not only the removal of the old river crossing in favour of a new pedestrian bridge but also construction of a 1.6 kilometre vehicle bypass over an alternate stretch of the Kerikeri waterway. 

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Hamilton City Council wanted “A world class Water Treatment Station that delivers the water needs of the city and exceeds or meets the Drinking Water Standards of New Zealand at the lowest whole of life cost.” The original Hamilton Water Treatment Station (WTS) was a conventional clarification and filtration plant with a nominal capacity of 80 ML/d which draws water from the Waikato River. In recent years, increasing levels of unpleasant taste and odour have occurred in the river as algal levels increased. Cyanotoxins levels above detectable levels have also been found.

Hamilton City Council hence commissioned GHD to produce a ‘20 year strategy plan’ for the WTS. The plan evaluated a range of upgrade options for both capacity and treatment performance.

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Happy to teeter on the see-saw between preservation of heritage and modernisation, GHD have been awarded the contract to design an upgrade for Auckland’s historic Greys Ave Apartments.

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