Turning Strategy into Action.
Working with you through the research, scoping, engagement, design and delivery phases of your projects, we focus on operationalising the advice we prepare, so that strategy turns into action.
Research & Engagement
People know their places best. We help you to capture their knowledge and analyse the data to create a strong evidence base for your decision making. This involves:
- Community engagement
- Stakeholder needs assessments
- Market engagement & analysis
- Social Impact Assessments
- Integrated Impact Assessments
- Co-design and stakeholder engagement
- Housing & Amenities Assessments
- Urban, neighbourhood, town centre, and housing research
- Outcomes, monitoring and evaluation
- Post Occupancy & Sentiment Surveys
- Literature and policy reviews
Urban Design & Planning
Let’s work together to develop place-specific strategy and thoughtful design solutions, using:
- Precinct Planning
- Spatial and masterplanning
- Future Development Strategies
- Town Centre Development Strategy
- Private plan changes | Section 32 Report
- Urban Design Statements and Reviews
- Placemaking / tactical urbanism
- Resource consent applications
- Design guidelines
Strategy & Delivery
Action-oriented, we bring together project partners to make sure you have the best foundations for success through:
- Project brief development & procurement
- Project and programme implementation
- Urban renewal and urban regeneration
- Development Feasibility & property advisory
- Community facility and social infrastructure procurement
- Commercial transaction and funding
- Iwi-led development planning
- Business Cases development
- Investment Logic Mapping [ILM]
- Affordable housing delivery
- Housing Strategies
Fresh thinking
provided by our team’s diverse expertise in engagement, project planning, systems thinking and co-design, research, architecture, urban design, infrastructure, planning, economics and commercial advisory.
Clear direction
Provided through the primary research we undertake locally and internationally. We share our insights and knowledge at events, conferences, and through a variety of publications, and work with you as a ‘critical friend’ to assist on projects that need to regain a clear direction.
Balanced perspectives
Provided through understanding the views of residents, the private and public sector and how to bring these together so that each can benefit from and leverage the value of the other.
Understand the big picture and deliver on the details
provided through the breadth and depth of industry knowledge and technical experience we provide.
Creative communications
Provided through the way we communicate using a suite of creative tools to help effectively deliver projects in challenging environments.
National presence at all scales
Provided by a nimble team hroughout New Zealand who have extensive experience working on a range of projects, big and small.