Smart Alliances delivers innovative yet practical resource management and environmental science solutions for private, business and governmental clients. Their depth of expertise guides clients and their projects through the sometimes complex resource management process to achieve economic and practical outcomes. By introducing their expertise into the process early on, in collaboration with the engineering and architecture teams where appropriate, they achieve environmental objectives, enable application fee savings and avoid significant approval and other delays.
We also offer stand alone resource management and environmental services that don't require engineering or architecture. Things like water take and use, marine farming, discharge permits, asbestos management plans, etc. No job is too big or too small. We have a highly qualified team to assist you with your resource management requirements.
Resource Management
Based on their local knowledge and attention to detail the Smart Alliances team has built a reputation for gaining positive consent decisions with practical and reasonable conditions. The team provides a comprehensive professional resource management and environmental planning service package. They manage plan change applications and undertake due diligence reporting on planning matters for property purchasers. On their clients’ behalf they liaise and negotiate with submitters and other relevant parties to gain positive outcomes. They regularly prepare and present expert planning and engineering evidence at council and Environment Court hearings.
The team’s emphasis is on achieving great outcomes for their clients through a collaborative approach. Every project is unique and requires a different approach but all of them start with an in-depth understanding of both the client’s goals and the various plans and regulations and the people who manage and enforce them. The goal is always to achieve the best result for the client with the least friction and lowest overall cost.
The team undertake a wide range of projects including:
Assessments of environment effects and associated resource consent applications
Residential and commercial development
Air emissions
Water permits
Land use and soil assessments
Marine farms
Coastal permits for moorings, jetties and boatsheds
Quarries
Subdivisions
Forestry development and harvesting.