Resources

In order to ensure value-for-money and consistent environmental impact assessment and mitigation across the state highway network, the Environment and Urban Design team works closely with project managers to collect best practices, identify relevant international trends and develop New Zealand specific guidelines. We have prepared a high level aspects and impacts register which lists all the potential environmental and social impacts of state highway activities. Impact assessment guides help to achieve a nationally consistent application of assessment methods within the context of Transport Agency business processes. Environmental and social impact assessments assist in evaluating options; understanding and mitigating impacts; making decisions to progress a project; as well as supporting statutory approvals for approved projects.

The Transport Agency's internal administrative procedures for the planning & management of projects. This is a four-part document:

Section 1: Checklist
Section 2: Processes
Section 3: Forms and examples
Section 4: Guidelines

Note: Some of the forms in part 3 have been superseded and replaced by the documentation on the Highways Portal (Project Assurance and Approval Process).

A manual to provide guidance and assistance to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency staff involved with Network Outcomes Contracts. The manual covers the contract cycle from procurement, contract establishment, contract management, and the maintenance, operations and renewal delivery annual cycle, through to the final year and contract close-out. It contains checklists, processes, forms and examples, and guidelines for elements of the contract.  

The NOC contract document sets the contractual arrangement and specifications in SM032. SM034 sits alongside this to further explain processes in the NOC and who is responsible for them, with a focus on Waka Kotahi contract management processes. Disclaimer

Version 2 of SM034 is an interim version and has not been updated except where specified in the Summary of amendments.   It is the responsibility of the manual user to verify the accuracy of the information contained therein.

A manual for use by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency when preparing state highway tender documents for maintenance contracts. It contains the Transport Agency's Transport Services group physical works maintenance tender documents for the network outcomes contract. Note: Appendix B (also known as alliancing) is subject to intellectual copyright. Contact the Procurement Strategy & Methods team procurement@nzta. govt. nz if you wish to use this document. An updated version of Appendix B is available from June 2020.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency's Contract procedures manual contains procedures for procurement. Part A contains procedures relating to the contracting of professional services and physical works that are included in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP). Part B contains guidance, procedures and processes that govern corporate procurement (non-NLTP-funded).

SM031 is a manual for use by consultants when preparing state highway tender documents for traditional, design and construct, lump sum, alliancing and minor works and physical works construction contracts. Related information

Highway Information Portal: Physical works