Eric Van Essen Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Provide leadership and direction to the Downtown Infrastructure Development Programme, ensuring that resources are used effectively and efficiently. Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, contractors and consultants to ensure project requirements are met and best outcomes are achieved. Develop a motivated, high performing team.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Provide leadership and direction and contribute to the wider leadership of the department.Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, contractors and consultants to ensure project requirements.
• Quay Street Cycleway ($2.5million) – fast tracked procurement and implementation, including development of bespoke planter boxes and associated separators.
• Franklin Road upgrade ($20million) – full upgrade of this iconic city street, lined by 100 year old London Plane trees and home to the annual Christmas Lights display. The upgrade included Copenhagen-style cycle lanes.
• Downtown Bus Interchange ($25million) – options assessment of Britomart East bus interchange options to unlock other interdependent downtown and midtown streetscape and transport projects.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Prepared project briefs, business cases, project initiation documents (PIDs), MSProject programmes, risk registers and NZS 3910 contract documentation.Procured professional services and physical works contracts.Managed.
• Quay Street Upgrade ($50million) – managed preparation of a site and context analysis report, concept design report and an EOI and RFP for the project’s preliminary & detailed design, which led to investigations into.
• City Rail Link Enabling Works Public Realm ($30million) – managed preparation of a concept/scheme design for the public realm reinstatement and upgrade associated with the City Rail Link cut and cover rail tunnel.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Prepared project briefs, business cases, project initiation documents (PIDs), MSProject programmes, risk registers and NZS 3910 contract documentation.Procured professional services and physical works contracts.Managed.
• Lorne St Upgrade, Stage 1 ($3.5million) – managed first CBD Streetscape Upgrade project to apply new CBD standard street furniture suite and paving palette, in 2005. Involved extensive prototyping and development. The.
• Vulcan Lane Upgrade ($1.5million) – managed this controversial project, which received much media attention and generated strong public opinion. Working through the project issues was a challenging and ultimately.
• St Patrick’s Square Upgrade ($9.2million) – managed this special project. The design and implementation was highly detailed, ambitious and technically challenging. The project was recognized with an NZILA Gold Award in.
• Elliott/Darby St Upgrade ($9.47million) – managed and delivered Auckland CBD’s first shared space project. Involved substantial research and development of the design concept, technical standards and materials. The.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Prepared project briefs, business cases, project initiation documents (PIDs), MSProject programmes, risk registers and NZS 3910 contract documentation.Procured professional services and physical works contracts.Managed.
• Viaduct Harbour Public Open Space Upgrade ($1.25million) – managed this high profile project, in preparation for the Auckland stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race. The work involved new paving, lighting, handrails.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Prepared project briefs, business cases, project initiation documents (PIDs), MSProject programmes, risk registers and NZS 3910 contract documentation.Procured professional services and physical works contracts.Managed.
• Britomart Train Station/America’s Cup Village Stormwater Diversions ($6.8million) – managed the stormwater drainage diversions associated with the Americas Cup Village and Britomart Train Station. All work was.
• Orakei Basin Sewer Separation ($14million) – managed this strategic project, which involved data collection, flow monitoring, development of an integrated catchment management plan, infiltration and inflow.