The Christchurch Justice and Emergency Services Precinct is the largest multi-agency government co-location project in New Zealand.
The Precinct is intended to deliver justice and emergency services in one purpose-built facility, and provide a strong anchor and catalyst to post-earthquake regeneration of the Christchurch central city. The site was officially opened in late 2017.
Boffa Miskell advised the Ministry of Justice on planning requirements and consenting strategy, prepared the main resource consent for the construction and operation of the precinct which involved co-ordinating other specialist assessments to inform the Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE), and presenting before the Joint CERA, City Council, and Ngai Tahu Management Board tasked with making decisions on the application.
Following the Canterbury earthquakes, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority was tasked with preparing the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan to provide direction and the planning framework for the recovery of the central city. Boffa Miskell was involved in the development of the plan, and assisted the Authority with providing an enabling planning framework for the new Precinct, with relatively few further planning approvals required for its construction.
Boffa Miskell was later engaged by the Ministry to advise on, prepare applications for, and obtain resource consents for the Precinct from Christchurch City Council. Boffa Miskell also provided landscape architecture services for the project.
