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WAIKATO EXPRESSWAY - CAMBRIDGE SECTION

On completion of the Cambridge Section of the Waikato Expressway, HEB Construction engaged Cogswell Surveys to establish Post Construction Settlement Monitoring Pins. These pins were established on roads in areas of fill, both the main expressway alignment and local roads, as well as bridge abutments and bridge columns.  This involved working on the expressway shoulder, with the aid of Traffic Management NZ as per NZTA and HEB’s health & safety requirements of the project....

MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

Our clients for this project approached Cogswell Surveys in early 2017 for advice prior to the auction of the subject property at 13 Robinson Street as to its development potential. Following consultation with the planning team at Cogswell Surveys the clients proceeded with the purchase of the property and the foundations were laid for an intensive housing development which required a joint land use and subdivision consent. The subsequent purchase of the adjoining property at 11 Robinson Street ...

THORNTON PARK - STAGE 3

Thornton Park Stage 3 has 10 lots which also includes a cul-de-sac (Brennan Place) and walking access to the reserve which runs parallel to the Waikato Expressway.Cogswell Surveys have been involved with all areas of the Thornton Park Development, including Stage 3, from gaining subdivision consent to completing engineering design plans, through to Project Management of all aspects of construction....

ST KILDA CAMBRIDGE

This project was recently completed and is the single largest project undertaken by Cogswell Surveys. This multi award winning project involved the development of 285 large residential sections, with a Commercial area, retirement village ( BUPA ) and several duplex developments within. This project was undertaken in 5 stages over a number of years and is now the premier subdivision in Cambridge being an eco-friendly development with over 17 km of walkways networking with reserves and wetlands wi...

ROSE LEIGH DRIVE EXTENSION

This recent project has seen the first stage of construction completed of 16 Lots and planning for the second and final stage underway. This project consists of a total of 40 residential sections with associated roading and infrastructure including the connection of Rose Leigh Drive to Swayne Road. The project will provide a mixture of housing options with mainly medium size residential sections and a future medium density development in the front. Cogswell Surveys prepared and obtained Resource...

STAGE 1 NORFOLK DRIVE EXTENSION TO VICTORIA ROAD

Cogswell Surveys worked with our client and Waipa District Council to design and build the infrastructure necessary to provide the strategic link of Norfolk Drive through to Victoria Road. This project required a close working relationship with Consulting Engineers, the designers contracted by Council to design and build the major intersection which was the interface with our client’s subdivision. The project of 24 Lots in the first stage fronting the new road was completed on time and close t...

2017 Property Professional of the Year Award

Cogswell Surveys are delighted that Director Pete McLachlan has won the Rider Levett Bucknall 2017 Property Professional of the Year award at the Waikato Property Awards held in Hamilton.We acknowledge the other finalists in this category and thank The Property Council New Zealand and sponsor Rider Levett Bucknall for this valuable award....

Goodwood School

Due to a rising school roll and limited room for carpark expansion, Goodwood School was in desperate need of additional land for car parking. That’s when neighbouring landowner, Andrew Bayliss, proposed sub-dividing his property and gifting this land to the school. Once consent for subdivision was gained Cogswell Surveys provided the following input into the project pro bono. Initial consent meeting with Goodwood School representatives. Project brief for the engineers, Graymatter.&nb...

Hautapu School

Cogswell Surveys certified the location of the new Hautapu School Pool after being approached by Matt Douglas of Professional Pools.Matt said "Professional Pools have just completed the construction of the Hautapu School Pool. As the project was subject to a land use consent, the local council required us to be very accurate with the siting of the pool within the school’s grounds. This is where Cogswell Surveys Ltd stepped up to the mark. Within hours of my call boundaries had been located, pl...

Cambridge Primary School

Approached by Aaron Guerin of LAD Architecture for a price to produce a site plan for Cambridge Primary School director Pete McLachlan decided that this was a project that Cogswell Surveys would support and came up with a Joint Venture proposal with LAD Architecture to complete the work for the school pro bono.The work included a detailed topographical survey of the site which included locating all buildings and features. This information was then provided to LAD Architecture who completed the b...

Avantidrome

Cogswell Surveys has recently completed an as built survey of the cycle track at the Avantidrome in Cambridge. Approached initially by Craig Palmer of BikeNZ for a quote, the directors of Cogswell Surveys decided to complete the task pro bono as part of their on-going contribution to the Cambridge community. Due to high use of the facility the survey was carried out late at night over a 3 hour period.Using our state of the art Robotic Total Station the survey was completed accurately and efficie...

Alistair Bond 2016 Rio Olympics

Our graduate surveyor, Alistair Bond, was recently featured in the NZIS magazine Surveying + Spatial. After winning two gold medals at the World Cup and finishing fifth in the Lightweight Men's Four at Rio, Alistair is now home and enjoying sharing his experiences in Rio and at the World Cup....

ST KILDA, CAMBRIDGE – COMPLETION OF AN AWARD WINNING DEVELOPMENT

This development is the brainchild of the Father and Son partnership of Mike and Matt Smith and their Development Company Grantchester Farm Ltd. The parent property was operated as a small dairy operation and was dissected by the Waikato Expressway, leaving a portion within the Cambridge Town boundary and the larger balance of the property of approximately 80 ha on the Eastern side of the Expressway, left in the Rural Zone. Following a lengthy consultation period with Council and surrounding lan...

Waipa Business Awards 2015

Cogswell Surveys are delighted to have won the Excellence in Business Award - Medium Business at a gala function held at Mystery Creek on Friday 31st July. This follows months of preparation by the team writing and collating data for the entry to be included in the judging process. We acknowledge the other finalists in this category and thank the University of Waikato Management School for their comments and input into this valuable business award. ...

2014 NZ Property Council Industry Award

St Kilda in association with Cogswell Surveys and BECA won the 'Urban Land Development Property Award’ at the New Zealand Property Awards 2014 receiving an achievement of ‘Excellence’. A black tie function was held at the Wynyard Events Centre in Auckland with an attendance of 1,100 people. This prestigious award is a great recognition of the unique vision and amazing amount of work that has gone into creating the beautiful St Kilda Cambridge sub division....

2014 New Zealand Institute of Surveyors Silver Award of Excellence

Cogswell Surveys won the 2014 New Zealand Institute of Surveyors Silver Award of Excellence with the Cable Undergrounding Project at St Kilda. The Gold Level winner was Surveying for SCIRT, Christchurch – Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team. Our directors, Phil Cogswell and Pete McLachlan along with St Kilda Cambridge director Matt Smith, were at the ceremony to receive the award. ...

Waipa Business Awards 2011

Cogswell Surveys were proud to be among the finalist nominees in the Customer Service - Professional section of the 2011 Waipa Networks Business Awards. Chamber member businesses were automatically assessed for this category. Two mystery shoppers make a telephone inquiry to every registered business. These are scored against set criteria and comments are noted. The 10 top scoring businesses in each category (Manufacturing/Trade, Hospitality/Tourism, Professional, and Retail) were then visited by...