Weiti Development

Project Overview

The 860ha Weiti site is situated on the coast between Okura and Stillwater just north of Auckland. The initial focus was the delivery of the 150-lot private residential development, WeitiBay, with later stages being the development of two Villages, comprising between 400 and 1050 residential lots, including some mixed use.

Williams Land retained MPS to manage this greenfield project from design through to issuance of title including:

  • Management of the resource consents,
  • Input to Auckland Unitary Plan zoning,
  • Design management,
  • Value engineering,
  • Budgeting / funding,
  • Procurement,
  • Contract negotiation (over $60 million in two civil works contracts), and
  • Working with utility providers on supply and relocation issues.

The scope of works included over 500,000m3 of bulk earthworks, geotechnical works including a shear key and sand blankets to improve stability, 5km of new public access road including a new car park all services (roads, water, waste, power, telco) needed to service the residential lots.   There were also considerable landscaping and planting requirements.

Post design changes in the alignment of the access road design, required MPS to manage the redesign and consent process of 1.3km of public road in under six months, allowing construction to start on time. There were other unexpected complexities including the clearance of unexploded army ordnances that again needed to be fitted within the programme.

As part of the staged project close out there has been significant focus on issuance of section 223 and 224c title including surveying, QA/QC of works, consent compliance, producer statements, as-builts, monitoring data, a range of easements, vesting and legal input.