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Thanks to The Botanic, for hosting an evening event for staff and Directors to celebrate the Fraser Thomas Christchurch office reaching its 10th anniversary. The Christchurch office has been in operation since February 2013 (although Fraser Thomas have been providing significant...

We are pleased to announce that, as of 1 April, the Fraser Thomas Group has welcomed three new Directors; Adam Mead, Alistair Stuart and Jake McKenzie. Adam is a Senior Surveyor, with over 30 years of service at Fraser Thomas.  He...

In August 2022 a significant rain event occurred, causing severe flooding across the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions. In response to this significant natural disaster event, our Nelson and Marlborough regional branch manager and senior engineering geologist, Raquel Miller, was...

Fraser Thomas Scholarship students have had a blast this summer, undertaking a mix of field and office work.  These young engineers have demonstrated that they have a great future ahead of them. Fraser Thomas currently supports 7 scholarship students, studying Engineering...

We are pleased to announce that Mason Reed has been elected to be an Engineering New Zealand Fellow. Fellows are engineers who have been recognised by their peers as being a leader in their field and to have made a...

Completion of the conversion of your existing cross-lease ownership to fee simple ownership is likely to increase the value and saleability of your property. Under a cross-lease ownership, as ‘tenants in common’, each flat owns an undivided share of the land that makes up...

From August 2022, greater opportunity for property development was unlocked. In December 2021, the NZ Government passed the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021; this subsequently resulted in most Tier 1 territorial authorities notifying residents of...

Our team of 16 brave and dedicated souls participated in the Auckland Marathon 11km Traverse on Sunday 30th October 2022.  With 8 runners and 8 walkers, we were excited at the prospect of crossing the Harbour Bridge by foot, a...

Highbrook Office - Dr Rudi's in the Viaduct Harbour in Auckland greeted Fraser Thomas staff and partners for an evening of food, refreshments and banter.  With the added bonus of an All Blacks game in the background, we had a...

Contaminated land version of how it started vs. how it’s going. A recent underground fuel storage tank removal for a project on Auckland’s North Shore revealed a decade long slow leak. Now fully remediated, this was a complex project for our...