Do you own all of the land you think you own?
At Woods, providing better outcomes for the DOC, our clients, and the end-users is very important to us. If you are thinking about purchasing land, completing...
December 17, 2020
Views and Knowledge from Woods
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Grow through what you go through – how hard times made Woods what they are now
From originally not knowing what a surveyor was in my pre-uni days, to joining the company in 1992 when there was just three of us,...
December 15, 2020
The importance of reputation in the eyes of a construction surveyor
It’s a bit of a cliché, but in the engineering and construction industry, your reputation really does precede you. Companies are often brought on for...
December 4, 2020
New freshwater law rushed through govt set to derail urban developments and throw future plans up in the air
2020 – the year that keeps on giving! New legislation regarding freshwater management that came into effect on 3 September has provided a new curveball...
December 1, 2020
The Unitec Carrington development: Smart urban enclave or ‘slum’?
Urban designer Matthew Prasad casts a critical eye over the recent Kiwibuild announcement at Unitec. You can read the original article on The Spinoff here It’s only...
April 10, 2018
Security of land tenure in post disaster Nepal
Surveying can look very different depending on where you are in the world. In July this year the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) launched their...
Once you stop learning, you start dying
“Once you stop learning, you start dying” - Albert Einstein The above can be closely related to where we are currently as a profession. With technologies such...
Communication at the heart of Auckland housing issues.
Noah Fagan recently attended the Auckland Housing Summit at the Pullman on the 1st August 2017. Here are his four main takeaways for the industry The...
August 14, 2017
Pioneering Low Impact Design
The urbanisation of the Long Bay catchment has been a long time coming. After an Environmental Court hearing in 1996, ten years of planning to...
May 25, 2017
Passive Houses: Raising the bar on efficiency and comfort
New Zealand homes have improved in the last decade: from cold, damp, mouldy and leaky homes, evolving to more comfortable, efficient and durable buildings. But...
May 22, 2017