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Alex Wins Professional Excellence Award
The team at Fox and Associates are delighted to announce that one of our team members, Alex Liggett, has been awarded the prestigious S+SNZ Canterbury Peg for 2023. This is a fantastic achievement and a true testament to Alex’s unwavering commitment to the profession and his dedication to making a positive impact on the industry.…
Read MoreMitigating Dam Risks with Fox & Associates
Dam Safety in New Zealand: An Overview In a time when severe rainfall and flooding events are in the news seemingly every week, one aspect of New Zealand’s waterways that gets less media attention is its many dams. There are thousands of dams throughout the country, from vast hydro-electric dams to the small stock water…
Read MoreFrom Sanatorium to Housing Development: Our Connection to Christchurch’s History
Conservationists and historians in Christchurch now have a new reason to celebrate as a rare open-air shelter, which was once part of the Cashmere Sanatorium, has recently been given heritage status. The unique shelter, which was originally used to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh air and sunlight, has a fascinating history to which Fox and…
Read MoreChristchurch City Council Reduces Development Contributions; Good news for Developers
At Fox & Associates, we constantly search for ways to improve our clients’ financial and development outcomes. Whether by our passion and skills for design, maximising the value of properties, or our prowess in negotiating terms of approval with local authorities. In the last couple of months, the Christchurch City Council have reviewed their rationale…
Read More1981 – 2021: Celebrating 40 years of creating legacies with land
2021 is a special year that marks four decades in business. It’s a 40-year story that has its roots in the single-minded passion for land development of our founder, David Fox. This ethos runs through the company to this day. Surveying has always been more than a profession for David since he qualified as a…
Read MoreCovid-19 update to our community – Alert Level 1
To the Fox & Associates Community, We finally did it! We are sure we weren’t the only office in New Zealand to breathe a collective sigh of relief as the move to Alert Level 1 was announced on Monday. Thank you to all of our clients and associates for your patience and cooperation during the…
Read MoreThe Results Are In – NPS 2020
At Fox & Associates, we are always looking for ways to improve our service delivery and ensure your experience with us is the best that it can be. To help us do this, we conduct Net Promoter Score® (NPS) client surveys on a semi-regular basis and recently, sent out an NPS survey to clients who…
Read MoreWorking with the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society
Something we love about working at Fox and Associates is the diverse range of interests across the team, from windsurfing to drag-racing to fishing. You can imagine that the lunchroom discussions are often fascinating and wide-ranging. One of the team has a slightly unusual hobby that has great synergy with their surveying work. For over…
Read MoreCovid-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…
Read MoreCovid-19 update to our community – Alert Level 3
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…
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