Our projects in New Zealand
Below are examples of the projects we work on. Click for more information.
Auckland
Northern Gateway – Alpurt B2 Motorway Extension
ALPURT B2 is the last stage of the realignment and extension of the Northern Motorway between Albany and Puhoi, north of Auckland. The 7.5 kilometre extension comprises mostly four lanes and involves ...
Cosseys Dam
Winner of the Silver Award of Merit at the Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand award night 2006.
Cosseys Dam is a 40 metre high, zoned earthfill dam, impounding 14.1 million cubic metres o...
Tank Farm Decommissioning
URS assisted BP to decommission its former Tank Farm located on prime waterfront land near Auckland’s Westhaven Marina. URS completed an environmental site assessment (ESA) and obtained consent for a ...
Tauranga
Tauranga Harbour Link
This project is one of New Zealand’s largest transport projects ever undertaken and certainly the largest for the greater Bay of Plenty area. URS New Zealand with a joint team from our Auckland and Ta...
Southern Pipeline
The Tauranga Southern Pipeline project is the largest non-roading infrastructure project currently undertaken by the Tauranga City Council (TCC). URS New Zealand are the prime consultants for the proj...
Wellington
Kapiti Coast Water Supply
A history of water shortages prompted Kapiti Coast to undertake a major groundwater borefield development project for supplementary water supply. URS prepared a drilling strategy, supervised the drill...
Critical Facility upgrade
Wellington Central Exchange is one of New Zealand’s most important telecommunications sites, providing essential services for the CBD, industry, Government and emergency services. Prompted by growing ...
Policy and Guidelines
URS has assisted the Ministry for the Environment New Zealand (MfE), with the development and review of standards and guidelines related to a wide range of environmental challenges. These include Cont...
Christchurch
Burwood Landfill
Burwood Landfill, located in coastal sand dunes north of Christchurch city, has been used for disposal of solid waste for 20 years. The absence of an engineering liner necessitates comprehensive monit...
Clearwater Resort
Located within a 186 hectare site just north of the Christchurch CBD, Clearwater Resort is a tourist and lifestyle resort featuring an international golf course, conference and function facilities and...
Christchurch Outfalls
Two major treated wastewater disposal projects, involving ocean outfalls, are underway in the Canterbury region. URS has been involved over a number of years in assisting the Christchurch City Council...
Waimakariri Sewerage Outfall Scheme
URS managed the scientific and engineering investigations, the preparation of the AEE and applications for discharge permits to discharge up to 57,000 cubic metres per day of treated wastewater into a...
International Development
Eastern Indonesia National Roads Improvement Program
The largest roads project in AusAID history.
Working alongside the Indonesian Government, URS is helping to implement a major AusAID funded roads improvement program, part of a $1 billion package of a...
Sri Lanka–Australia Natural Resource Management Project
Rural communities in Sri Lanka are learning how to manage their natural resources more sustainably by participating in a major project managed by URS Australia. The project, which is funded by AusAID ...
Strategic level community relations and land access advice
BHP Billiton, through its subsidiaries in Indonesia, is committed to developing a number of world class coal mines in Kalimantan — collectively called BHP Billiton’s Indonesian Coal Project (ICP). Sev...
Avoided Deforestation Carbon Credits in West Papua
URS Forestry recently undertook a forest assessment and carbon modeling project in a remote area of West Papua, Indonesia for Carbon Conservation Pty Ltd, an Australian carbon trading company committe...
Australia
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