Why us?

80+ professionals across our Henderson, Orewa, South Auckland, Whangarei, Mangawhai and Waiheke offices, providing fully integrated design and delivery solutions for housing, land development, subdivision and infrastructure projects of all types and scale.

We provide a wide range of land development consultancy services including: Planning, Civil Engineering, Surveying, Architecture, Environmental Management and Project Management.

We are seeing major shifts; to address climate change, in urban form, in modes of transportation, in more sustainable practices of production and living.

Our practices and services are delivering for the communities of today and future generations.

Together we will design and deliver a better future.

For 50 years and 46,000 successfully completed projects, Cato Bolam has shown its ability to adapt and respond to the needs of its clients, its community, and the environment it works within and influences. 

We look forward to the future and continuing our purpose – Creating Great Places.

We have built a reputation for providing dependable, quality professional services, in our own friendly and approachable way. In an environment of ever-increasing complexity, our job is to make the complex simple, to communicate well and to achieve first-class solutions for our clients.

We make it a priority to form sound and enduring relationships with each of our clients and all others we involve in providing “start-to-end solutions” for the wide variety of projects, large and small, we are engaged to perform.

We set high standards for all aspects of our work, and clients trust us to deliver.

Each project we undertake is driven by the values of:

• Listening to our client’s needs,
• Understanding those needs, and
• Going beyond client expectations to deliver creative and inspired solutions.

Our people are our strength and all of us at Cato Bolam are committed to providing the highest standards of professional and personal conduct, in our relationships with our clients, with Councils and other external relationships, and in our own internal relationships.

Our reputation has been built over years of working with satisfied clients – we hold that reputation in high regard and act with integrity and honesty at all times.

View Cato Bolam’s Code of Ethics and Conduct for further information about our company values.

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With more than five decades of experience as land development consultants, we are seasoned professionals. We are a medium-sized consultancy operating from six offices, strategically located to enable us to provide a local service that is convenient for our clients. We are committed to best practice, integrated solutions that meet our clients’ needs. We also understand the need to balance commercial and environmental objectives

At Cato Bolam, we’re committed to excellence in every project. Our experienced team works with the latest technologies and robust in-house systems to ensure seamless, efficient project delivery. As an ISO 4001 accredited firm, we maintain high environmental and operational standards across all aspects of our work.

We continuously invest in our people and processes. Our professionals are active members of their respective industry organisations and regularly engage in ongoing professional development. This ensures our advice remains current, our solutions innovative, and our service delivery consistently of the highest standard.

We are proud to offer high-quality, personal, and accessible services to all our clients. Whether you’re a returning client or reaching out for the first time, we welcome your enquiry and look forward to working with you.

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For further information about how we can assist you, please complete the form on our contact us page. We will work with you by assembling and introducing a Cato Bolam project team carefully selected to achieve your project needs.