Parking Design

All sites require efficient and practical access to and from the road for vehicles and pedestrians.  Many sites require circulation and parking designs that work, often in challenging and constrained circumstances. 

When a property investor wished to obtain resource consent for a childcare centre in the St Marks area in Auckland he engaged us to assist with the design of parking and to prepare an impact assessment for resource consent.  This involved surveys of other childcare centres to refine parking demand and trip generation estimates.
We provided expert witness services during the resource consent hearing and a subsequent appeal to the Environment Court.

The Reformed Church of Avondale engaged us when Council requested a traffic assessment for their resource consent application to replace an aging hall building on the site.
We reviewed the parking design, maximising the use of the site; surveyed parking supply and demand on the site and on the street, and prepared an impact assessment to Council's requirements

St Chads Church in Meadowbank, Auckland wished to upgrade the facilities on it site and we were engaged to assist the architectural team with parking supply and demand, parking design and in preparing for a resource consent application. 

Our work included parking surveys of the surrounding area to ascertain the impact of the changes and the preparation of an impact assessment to accompany the resource consent.  Construction is now underway.

When Albany City Developments needed to develop a large apartment-style retirement village in Albany they engaged Wes Edwards Consulting to assist.

We helped the architectural team to develop the site design ensuring that adequate access for all vehicles, including service trucks was provided, and we assisted with the design of the large basement parking area.  We also prepared impact assessments for resource consent.

We were engaged by Albany City Developments to assist with a new hotel project in Albany.

We helped the design team by reviewing the site design to ensure tour coaches and other vehicles had adequate access to the site, and in reviewing the parking design to ensure that it worked and was compliant with the District Plan requirements. 

We also prepared an assessment of effects for the resource consent including a detailed consideration of parking supply and demand.

We were engaged by a well known property developer for a multi-story office development project on a central city site.
We assisted the design team with design of the site and parking levels, and prepared an impact assessment for resource consent.
 
 

In this project we were engaged as a sub-consultant in the project to upgrade Beachfront Lane in Browns Bay.  We provided advice regarding street design, vehicle tracking and parking design.
 

We were engaged as a sub-consultant in the project to redevelop the northern part of the Glen Innes Town Centre.  We provided advice regarding intersection and street design and parking design, working together with the urban designers and Council's community team.
 

We assisted Albany City Developments in preparing a masterplan for this extensive office park located in Corinthian Drive Albany, and prepared assessments for the first of two office buildings to be erected.