During April 2011, Impact Project Management was appointed the project manager for the development of the Christchurch City Council’s Central City Plan in the wake of the major Canterbury earthquake in February 2011.
After the February 2011 Canterbury earthquake, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) was set up by the Government to lead the recovery work. Part of the work is to create a new vision for Christchurch’s central city that reflects the ideas of the greater Christchurch community.
The Plan is being developed by the Christchurch City Council and looks at all areas, from commercial opportunities and activities in public spaces to transport options and what facilities are available in the central city.
Impact Project Management has been appointed programme and project manager for the development of the Christchurch City Council’s Central City vision following the region’s earthquakes. Impact will oversee the creation of the local authority’s plan for the re-build of the city centre, which is due to be presented to the Government in December 2011.
On 11 August, 2011, the Central City Plan was adopted unanimously by the Christchurch City councillors and Impact was recognised for their significant contribution with Nick Regos invited to attend the landmark meeting alongside senior council staff members; the team received a standing ovation, the first time in memory.
“It was a very proud moment for the team, witnessing the gratitude and support for the over and above efforts that have been displayed by so many over the last 3 months. All councillors congratulated the team and the Deputy Mayor reminisced on her visit to San Francisco and comments that we could not achieve the impossible 3 month deadline that had been set, however we did it.”
The plan is a comprehensive, complimentary and detailed document that provides the building blocks to allow a bottom up approach to the rebuilding of the central city. In addition to Volume 1 there are an additional two volumes that comprise the Plan; the Regulatory Framework, which provides the ‘how’ and detailed Appendix, which include peer reviews, modelling studies, demand analysis etc. that further support the contents of the Plan.
“Only when you view the volumes in their entirety do you fully appreciate the complexities, communication challenges, scale of work and compressed timeframes that have been successfully managed.”
With the draft plan complete and now a public document, we are now transitioning into phase 2 of the project. As part of this change process we have reviewed and adapted the organisational and reporting structure of the team in addition to creating multi-disciplinary panels for the current stage of public consultation with key stakeholders and the wider community. See the Draft Plan here.
In addition, Impact we will be leading the process for detailed definition of all of the projects proposed in the Draft Plan. This will in essence provide project plans for every project including risk analysis, prioritised phasing, detailed cost estimates, funding security etc. that will expedite the implementation phase.
We will also be holding an international speaker series in late August with various experts from around the globe providing insights to assist in the rebuild of Christchurch City.
See media-related articles on the Christchurch City Council project in our Knowledge section.
Click on the following link to see a presentation on the development of the Central City Plan Draft: Mayoral Roadshow – Draft Central City Plan
