Residential & Rural
Example Projects

Client: H & F Bonk

Project: Boundary Inspection Survey Whanganui River

Details:  This was an interesting job for us as at first inspection it could have involved a field survey lasting several weeks.  Essentially the title was in the name of a deceased man who died about 1936 after the Great Depression.  The land was deemed to be abandoned by his beneficiaries due to outstanding debts in his name and a court order at the time recorded their intention to “walk off the land."  For the intervening 70 years another party paid rates and operated the land although this was not a serious farming operation and the bulk of the land remained regenerating native bush.

When we were asked to assist, another party was interested in buying the land too, however, his surveyor’s recommendations were that the entire periphery of the block should be redefined by ground survey.  This would have been a mammoth task and could not be achieved by GPS!

We investigated the legal requirements with the assistance of Land Information NZ and discovered all that was necessary was to prove no other party had occupied the land by inspecting aerial photographs and performing a visual survey.

We contacted Wanganui Aero Works and arranged the hire of a Bell Jet Ranger II helicopter to conduct an aerial inspection survey.

Coordinates were uploaded to both the helicopter and the surveyor’s GPS and away we went.

Transit to the site was 20min flying time from Raetahi and onsite about 20min.  The scenery was spectacular at that time of year and we certainly got a thrill hovering very close to native trees and precipitous cliffs!

Navigation:  DGPS from WAW / LMS handheld GPS.

Reporting:  Video coverage & report noted findings then recommendations that boundaries be accepted as not having any noticeable "adverse occupation" & the ownership was duly transferred to the applicant.

Outcome:  Our Client was successful in warding off another buyer by opting for a more economic method of field survey & reporting

Client:  A & R Williams

Site:  Thompsons Track, Katikati

Task:  Water Rights application to Environment BOP for extraction of water for farming irrigation purposes

Equipment: GPS

Other Notes:  Consultation with Fish & Game NZ & Department of Conservation

Client:  W Turner

Location:  Tanners Point Rd, Katikati

Task:  House Site Survey – using GPS
Determination of site boundaries & 40m Mean High Water Mark building offset line

Outcome: Client was able to properly assess the available building platform & use the topographical data collected to plan a new dwelling in conjunction with a specific Land Use consent to address the encroachment into the 40m landward exclusion zone.

Client:  O Millar

Site Location:  SH2 Mackaytown

Task:  Rural Subdivision

Equipment:  RTK GPS / Total Station

Client:  Ron Counsell

Site: Centennial Drive, Whitianga

Task:  Investigate subdivision potential of land on steep site

Client:  Skiffington

Site:  Bond St, Whangamata

Task:  Urban 2 Lot infill subdivision application - Topographical Survey – Iconic Kiwi Bach

Equipment:  GPS / Total Station

Other Notes:

• Assistance with overland flow paths
• Determine boundaries
• Check service locations
• Advise on development options
• Lodge application with Thames Coromandel District Council for subdivision approval

Client:  S Innes

Project:  Rural – Residential Subdivision – Driving Creek Road - Coromandel

Task:  Full Land Transfer Survey of site including

• Creation of easements & bush covenants
• Pegging boundaries
• Producing graphic plan of all lots and detailed description of mark locations relative to topographical features
• Lodgement of dataset with LINZ

Client:  B & A Wheeler

Project:  Subdivision & Topographical Survey
Site: Meadowland St, Matua
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