Water guidelines for Auckland projects

ENBU814 Advanced Built Environment

Task

Brief

You work for a major consultancy that specialises in both vertical construction and infrastructure.

They pride themselves on taking exceptional care of the environmental in their projects, and use this reputation to help secure sensitive jobs, such as large CBD waterfront developments and major subdivisions on former farmland adjacent to beaches and Regional Parks.

You’ve been asked to put together a short, readable but well-researched resource that informs new junior project managers on best practice with regard to considering water in their projects.

Contents

Specific sections to be:

1. A description of the Auckland region from a water perspective, including the natural and urban water cycle.

2. An overview of issues project managers have to consider. How can their project adversely impact the receiving environment, both in the short and long term? For example through contaminants or inadequate stormwater provision.

3. What is the role of the Resource Management Act 1991, in protecting water quality, and why are consultation skills so important for a PM?

4. A summary of the different ways which water can be managed to reduce impacts on the receiving environment.

5. Future issues – what changes regarding water might they need to adjust to in their professional lifetime?

6. Conclusions. What are the key lessons regarding water your project managers should remember when planning projects?

It is crucial that you base your discussion on key data from authoritative, and up to date sources.

Apart from causing environmental damage, the firm risks losing its valuable reputation and even being exposed to legal action, if it performs badly in this regard.

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