Projects

Morrison Low was asked to investigate how Council found itself in the situation of having to close the Waikanae Library after testing returned levels of toxigenic and allergenic mould within the building, and what could they do to avoid something similar happening in the future.

Are you relieved that the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan process is over? Did the process go well, were there clear timeframes and deliverables or was it more ad hoc?

The Northland Transportation Alliance is a joint initiative of the New Zealand Transport Agency, Northland Regional Council, Far North, Kaipara and Whangarei District Councils.

Corrections have a significant portfolio, with critical assets across the country. The organisation has set a goal to deliver exemplar strategic asset management. This required change in the way things were done. A higher level of asset management practice was being sought to support sound decision making and to effectively manage risk. Morrison Low has supported them on this journey.

Auckland Council's Parks Sports and Recreation Department (now known as the Community Services and Facility Units) commissioned Morrison Low to assist with identifying significant savings in the proposed ten year renewal budgets for the regional and local sports parks activities, as part of the 2015 Long Term Plan process.

Auckland Council set itself up to focus on the “housing crisis” it faces. Morrison Low has provided assistance over the past six years on a range of areas.

Morrison Low was engaged to provide advice and manage the procurement process to identify a Community Housing Provider to partner with Auckland Council. This new partnership was tasked to manage an older persons housing portfolio of 1,412 properties with the aim of improving services and upgrading the existing standard of housing to ultimately increase the number of properties.

Challenging the assumption that existing renewal forecasts are realistic was key to a partnership project between Morrison Low and a rural district council, intended to test the theory of asset design lives and service levels against available data.

The Local Government Commission (the Commission) is utilising a reformed approach to investigate re-organisation proposals for the Wairarapa. The Commission has developed six potential Local Government Options in conjunction with the community, Councillors from the Wairarapa and the Greater Wellington Regional Council. The options range from the Status Quo, a Wairarapa District Council through to a Wairarapa Unitary Council. Included in the options are potential new governance structures that would involve sharing governance responsibilities between the regional and district council. If implemented, these will be a first for New Zealand.

A high level ‘health check’ on the financial health and ability of the Kaikoura and Hurunui Councils to deliver substantial rebuild programmes as a result of the devastating Kaikoura earthquakes of 2016.