Infrastructure

Cheal’s team of planners, engineers and surveyors provide a range of services to assist with infrastructure provision.

Our team of civil, structural and geotechnical engineers have significant experience in infrastructure provision including; earthworks management, water network modelling and design, wastewater treatment and reticulation, road design, stormwater management and catchment analysis, reservoir design, soils analysis and soakage design, sediment and erosion control, project management, geotechnical investigations, flood modelling, utilities design and installation and hydrology and hydraulic analysis.

Survey services to the infrastructure sector include; topographical surveys for all infrastructure design, laser scanning, as-built surveys, construction setout of all infrastructure, subsidence monitoring, hydrographic surveys, road closures and subdivisions.

Planning services include; asset management planning for stormwater and catchment management, obtaining resource consents for infrastructure projects such as road construction, wastewater treatment, water takes and discharges, earthworks, quarries, stream diversions, effluent disposal and power station construction.

Projects

Laser Scan for Height to Boundary Clearances

Cheal was engaged by Kermitt Architecture to provide a topographical plan for a small site nestled within a high density urban subdivision. An important element required from the survey was the levels and profiles of the adjacent dwelling roofs. Both a 2D plan set and a 3D AutoCAD model were required by the Architect.... more

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Taupo District Council engaged Cheal to design a new laboratory on the southern end of their existing waste watertreatment plant control room. The Council’s brief was to design the building in such away as to maintain natural light into what were to become internal rooms with no exterior walls.... more

Soil Nail Retaining Wall - Taupo District Council

Soil Nail Retaining Wall - Taupo District Council

Cheal was engaged by Taupo District Council for the daily construction supervision and quality assurance monitoring of a 10m high soil retaining structure. This wall was required as enabling works for the subsequent extensive upgrade and expansion of the existing Water Treatment Plant along Lake Terrace, Taupo.... more

Reservoir Design - Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Reservoir Design - Ruapehu Alpine Lifts

Difficult soil conditions, the remote nature of the site and common extreme weather conditions on the mountain resulted in constant challenges. With the continued growth of the ski field and associated facilities at Turoa, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts approached Cheal to manage the design, consenting and construction of a new water reservoir for the growing snow making infrastructure. Cheal was able to provide a... more

Watermain Upgrade - Taupo District Council

Watermain Upgrade - Taupo District Council

Cheal Consultants were engaged in mid 2010 by Taupo District Council to arrange, oversee and report on the geotechnical issues relating to a proposed major watermain upgrade for Taupo The project involved the laying of 3 kms of new 500Ø watermain, which is critical for the town of Taupo. The expected soil conditions included hot ground, rock, groundwater and unsuitable fill. These conditions required the client to... more

Flood Modelling - Pukawa D2 Trust

Flood Modelling - Pukawa D2 Trust

As part of the subdivision and resource consent process for the D2 parcel of land at Kuratau, the Pukawa D2 Trust approached Cheal Consultants to undertake flood modelling of the lower portion of the Kuratau River. The catchment for the portion of river in question had a number of complex modelling parameters as well as a 30km long catchment in the order of 300km2. The majority of the catchment is attenuated in Lake Kuratau... more

Hangarito Stream Diversion

Hangarito Stream Diversion

For over 10 years Cheal Consultants in conjunction with Land Information New Zealand, have been actively working towards a drainage solution for the lower section of the Hangarito Stream which drains a large catchment in the Turangi Area. Concept, Design and Consenting for the Hangarito Stream diversion commenced in 1995, which involved various Land Owners, Regional Council and Genesis Energy... more