Covid-19 update to our community – Alert Level 2
To the Fox & Associates Community, It’s been great to welcome the change to Level 2. Here at Fox and Associates, we’ve worked hard on our COVID-19 response and mapping out the transitions between the various Alert Levels. Our fieldwork teams continue to operate as if they are in Level 3, with appropriate processes, protective…
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To the Fox & Associates Community, We hope that you and your loved ones kept safe throughout Level 4 lockdown. The Fox team were scattered in bubbles from Kirwee to Picton, continuing where we could on office-based projects. The daily Zoom meetings kept the team tight and helped us set the priorities for the day…
Read MoreEstablishing new walking routes in Canterbury
The team on a walk in the great Canterbury outdoors Helping to establish new public walkways in Canterbury Like many kiwis, the team at Fox & Associates are enthusiastic about the great outdoors, be it hunting, stand-up paddleboarding, tramping or simply walking. We are always keen to do work in our playground and so we…
Read MoreClient Function 2020 – Coming together over gelato and drinks
At our annual client function in February, friends of Fox & Associates came together to have a drink, enjoy some gelato and catch up. Carl and Phil talked about what we got up to in 2019 and introduced some of our new capabilities. And, as he always does, David delighted us with one of his…
Read MoreAccolades and Congratulations
2019 was also a fantastic year of accolades for Carl Fox and Craig McInnes. Carl Fox was appointed the new Chairman of the Consulting Surveyors of New Zealand (CSNZ). He then made it a double and was appointed Councillor Surveyor of Survey and Spatial NZ. Craig McInnes was the recipient of the Survey and Spatial…
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The Fox team receiving the 2019 NZSEA Technical Excellence Award NZSEA Technical Excellence Award Winners 2019 A highlight of 2019 was our win at the NZ Spatial Excellence Awards. We are the proud recipients of the Technical Excellence Award for aerial mapping for disease detection in potato crops. Thanks to the Fox Team,…
Read MoreMeet Bathycat – USV Technology
Meet Bathycat Our new unmanned survey catamaran designed to complete bathymetric surveys From air to land and now water! As specialists in land and aerial surveying, we’re delighted to announce that we can now complete water spatial measurement surveys. Bathycat is a portable unmanned survey catamaran designed to complete bathymetric and hydrographic surveys. For those…
Read MoreUAV LiDAR – making the invisible visible!
ORC UAV and LiDAR unit Imagine discovering ancient Mayan cities hidden for centuries beneath dense foliage in the northern jungles of Guatemala. Sounds like a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. But thanks to a remote sensing and mapping technology called LiDAR (short for Light Detection and Ranging), archaeologists were able…
Read MoreLegacy Series: Shearwater Lodge
Shearwater Lodge 3D Laser Scanning A unique eco-lodge restoration project that enabled the continued protection of an endangered sea bird. Often legacy projects present unique challenges. Shearwater Lodge was no exception due to the remoteness of the site and the comprehensive nature of the work we needed to do. Shearwater Lodge is a luxury…
Read MoreLegacy Series: Taiora QEII Recreation and Sport Centre
Helping bring the QEII Centre to East Christchurch Taiora QEII Recreation and Sports Centre is a new facility built on the site of the original and much loved QEII stadium and pools. These were originally built for the 1974 Commonwealth Games but were destroyed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The new centre includes…
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