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.

This has included:

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

Scope of Works The scope of works being delivered included over 500,000m3 of bulk earthworks cut to fill, geotechnical works including a shear key and sand blankets to improve stability, 5km of new public access road including a new car park to be vested with Auckland Transport, a network of private roads within the 150 lot gated community, all services (water, waste, power, telco) needed to service the residential lots and other associated works such as retaining walls. There were also considerable landscaping and planting requirements.

Successful Delivery The project is now complete and finished ahead of original timeframes. The rate of spend over the construction seasons has typically been approximately $3 million/month, even higher at some stages, which required MPS review and approval each month as the principle to the contract. Some $2-3 million of landscape contracts over two planting seasons are also being progressed to meet the conditions of consent.

Complex 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. This required very close liaison with Auckland Transport and Council.