Professional Drafting
Kia ora, I'm Dave, freelance draftsperson working on projects across New Zealand. I take on overflow for companies in surveying, engineering, construction and design, with a particular bent for jobs in AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D.
If you or your company are looking for a tidy set of plans for Resource Consent on your next land project, or you need to offload drafting work, get in touch. With a decade's worth of experience in surveying and land development, I'm here to help nudge your job along from concept to completion.
Multi-disciplinary services
If you need a strong visual communicator and manager of spatial information, look no further. I offer a raft of skills backed by experience spanning disciplines including but not limited to:
surveying
planning
urban design
construction
earthworks
engineering
Land and Space
The jargon around land interests and spatial information can at times be burdensome to the layperson. All this talk of datums, projections, geodetics, levels, easements, covenants, offsets, setbacks, recessions, azimuths, topography, vectors, alignments, contours, surfaces, digital terrain models...
My job is to help you navigate the lot¹.
It all boils down to simple geometry: points, lines, areas, and volumes. That's the easy part. The crux is working out how it all interacts inside our legal frameworks, where (planning) law meets the land.
With ORIZURU you're not just getting drafting expertise; you're getting an understanding of how your project interacts with the real world, and the human systems that govern it.
¹pun very much intended
The Right Tools
The versatility of CAD software as an industry standard means the same set of geometric skills and property knowledge can be plied across a range of construction and design sectors.
3-letter file extensions are part of the game, for example:
.dwg .dxf .csv skp .las .laz .shp .eps .svg .skp .kml .kmz
The tools I use are chiefly Autodesk AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D but also, Trimble Business Centre, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator and GIS.
Just to... you know... really get that Search Engine Optimisation cranking.
If your project requires these tools (and the right person to wield them) then let's get:
a) talking
b) collaborating
(c) ready to take your project to the next stage...
Spatial Delivery
Subdivisions, land transfers, and infill developments in New Zealand typically require two key items:
Approval from your local planning authority
e.g. Resource Consent under the Resource Management Act 1991
Connection to your local survey system
i.e. land boundaries, survey marks, and records of title; together forming our land tenure framework as administered by Toitū te Whenua / LINZ
Both demand the careful arrangement of spatial data. The key is ensuring your project works in both theory and practice; functioning on paper AND functioning on the ground. Herein lies the benefit of having a land professional who can bridge those two worlds: someone to collate your land interests into a single framework, and then communicate it a way that is clear and accessible for the end-user, whether that's council, client, consultant, or contractor.
The end result? Plans!
Crafted and delivered as portable documents in paper or digital form:
· Paper — A1, A3, A4 prints; and
· Digital — PDF / DWG / DXF / SHP
Below is a handful of plan types ORIZURU offers:
outline development plans
survey and title plans
recession plane plans
cross section plans
long section plans
irrigation plans
covenant plans
concept plans
roading plans
as-built plans
fencing plans
LiDAR plans
service plans
scheme plans
drainage plans
cadastral plans
earthworks plans
sunlight hours plans
orthophotography plans
zone change proposal plans
Contact
If you need easy-to-follow graphics tailored to your local site, let's start planning schemes and scheming plans.
Drop me a line at dave@orizuru.co.nz
Feel free to attach a brief, outline, or back-of-the-envelope sketch. Or simply give me a call and we can go from there. Nice one.
About Me
Originally from the deep south of Waihōpai, Murihiku I learnt a rope or two at the University of Otago and cut my surveying teeth in Ōtautahi / Christchurch. Previous gigs include Fox and Associates in Canterbury and Paterson Pitts in the Queenstown Lakes District.
David Patterson (BSurv)
After a few stints up north and overseas, I've returned to my roots in the heart of Te Waipounamu / the South Island for easiest access to the mountains. Always up for slipping down slopes with a pair of skis or trail runners depending on the season. Other fun facts: I once walked the length of NZ and have penchant for consuming more caffeine than is legally safe or necessary. Want to grab a coffee?
Hit me up dave@orizuru.co.nz
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