Site 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. 

After assisting with several other childcare centres for Kidicorp we were engaged to assist with a new site in Rotorua.  This involved helping the design team with the site design and parking layout, and preparing an impact assessment.  Access to the site was difficult as the site is located on the intersection of a narrow local road with limited visibility and a busy State Highway.  The site is now operating.

When Encounter Christian Centre acquired a warehouse and office site in a commerical area they engaged Wes Edwards Consulting to review the site design and to prepare an Impact Assessment to accompany the resource consent for the new church auditorium and offices. 

We were engaged to assist Avery Team Architecture in designing the Sovereign Pier Apartment complex adjoining the canals in Whitianga.  We helped to design access, circulation and parking layouts and prepared an impact assessment.  We also provided expert witness services to the resource consent hearing.

Our client had a challenging development problem - a block of undeveloped land in Kohimarama with relatively steep topography and constrained access and a goal of building a 200-unit apartment-style retirement village.

Wes Edwards Consulting was engaged by the trust board operating the Edenvale Resthome in Mt Eden to assist them in their plans for expansion of the site, and to upgrade the facilities provided to residents.
We assisted the architects in preparing site and parking designs to accommodate the changing needs of the home over several stages of development.  We prepared an impact assessment for resource consent and this included surveys of on-street parking in the area.  We provide expert witness services to the resource consent hearing.
 

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 Addison Developments to assist in the development of a new neighbourhood centre.  We joined the design team in preparing street designs, site designs, and parking designs; prepared impact assessments and appeared as an expert witness in a resource consent hearing.  Consent was granted.
The neighbourhood centre concept included retail shops, a restaurant, offices, and a child-care centre.

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.