Civil Engineering
Civil engineering for land development, infrastructure, and construction.
- Development feasibility, design, consenting, and construction support
- Earthworks, roading, stormwater, wastewater, and water infrastructure
- Flood assessments, modelling, and hazard reporting
- Innovative engineering solutions for projects of every scale
Engineering expertise across the project lifecycle
Our civil engineers provide practical engineering advice from the earliest stages of development through to construction and project completion.
Whether you're planning a residential subdivision, commercial development, rural project, or public infrastructure, we help assess opportunities, develop engineering solutions, secure approvals, and support construction.
With more than 50 years of land development experience, we understand the importance of balancing technical performance, environmental outcomes, construction practicality, and commercial objectives. Our focus is on delivering engineering solutions that are efficient, buildable, and appropriate for the site.
Engineering services
Our civil engineering team provides expertise across all aspects of land development and infrastructure.
Our services include:
- Development feasibility and engineering advice
- Concept, subdivision, and master plan design
- Earthworks and sediment control design
- Roading and transport infrastructure
- Stormwater, wastewater, water supply, and utility infrastructure
- Stormwater attenuation, treatment wetlands, ponds, and treatment devices
- Flood assessments and hydraulic modelling
- Flood hazard reports
- Engineering design, plans, and technical reports
- Resource consent engineering inputs
- Council and stakeholder consultation
- Contract management and construction support
- Collaborative engineering services for projects led by others
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Contact us todayPractical engineering solutions
Every site presents different engineering challenges. Ground conditions, servicing, topography, stormwater, infrastructure capacity, and environmental constraints all influence how a project is designed and delivered.
Our engineers apply practical experience and modern engineering tools to develop solutions that respond to these challenges. From low-impact stormwater design through to complex earthworks modelling and infrastructure planning, we look for opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and add long-term value to every project.
Coordinated project delivery
Engineering is one part of a successful development. By working closely with Cato Bolam's planners, surveyors, architects, and environmental specialists, our engineers help ensure technical decisions are aligned across the wider project.
Start your project with confidence
Whether you require engineering advice for a subdivision, commercial development, infrastructure upgrade, flood assessment, or land development project, our team can help you identify the right solutions and support delivery from concept through to completion.
Civil Engineering Questions
We have qualified and skilled civil engineers and for some projects our surveyors can also provide valuable engineering advice and services.
The council’s flood hazard register is created by a large scale hydrographic study and may not take in the intricacies of your specific site. For this reason any flooding identification on your site should not be taken as being 100% correct. Our engineers can carry out a detailed flood assessment to accurately define the levels on your site. That will then enable an analysis as to whether building sites and access to those sites can sit at a required level. The costs of these flood assessments will be dependant upon the scale of the site and the catchment feeding the flood flow. We can provide an estimate of costs for the intial consultation stage.
If there is any engineering work involved in your development you will need the services of an engineer to design these works. This may include earthworks, sediment control, stormwater drainage, stormwater attenuation, stormwater treatment, roading, accessways, wastewater drainage, water reticulation, power and telecommunications and fire fighting compliance.
Engineers will work with Council engineers during the resource consent process and are also required to certify the construction of all works that are constructed as part of a consent. We have a team of skilled engineers that provide these services.
We believe “creating great places” should involve a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable approach to engineering design and construction. We will offer minimum impact approaches to all our projects, the aim being not only to protect our flora, fauna and waterways but also to add environmental value where we can.
