Wellington Water is one of our biggest clients in New Zealand. We sit on its consultant panel alongside Connect Water and GHD—the panel began in 2016 as a collaborative model to deliver greater value-for-money outcomes for customers. Typically competing in the same market, the consultants work together, sharing jobs according to capacity, resource, and skill. We developed an innovative flood risk survey tool with a 250% time saving and 70% cost saving on the traditional approach.
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