Make landscape delivery part of the programme
On a staged development, an area can look nearly finished while still being needed for deliveries or access to another building. The landscape programme needs to show both the finish and the route through the site.
Use our landscaping planning guide to connect the outdoor layout with the stages needed to build it.
Our landscape package management coordinates the people, materials and sequence needed to deliver the specified outdoor works. Tell us which homes or areas are due to open first, and which parts of the site will remain active construction areas.
External works before occupation at Raumati Beach
A residential development on the Kāpiti Coast
We delivered lawns, fencing, concrete driveways and pathways for the first stage of a Raumati Beach residential development. The work required attention to concrete levels, edging, fence lines and transitions between surfaces.
Residents were scheduled to move in after completion, so the programme linked the external works with the occupation dates. See the Raumati Beach landscape project.
A useful brief for a staged project names the areas needed for occupation and the routes that serve them. It also shows how later construction can proceed around those completed areas.
Create a stage-release schedule
| Work zone | Before it can be released |
|---|---|
| Shared entrance | Confirm the surface and drainage details, remaining deliveries, pedestrian route and inspection responsibility. |
| First homes | List the paths, fences and outdoor finishes needed for access, plus the preceding trades and acceptance contact. |
| Later-stage access | Record vehicles and trades using the route, the finish that can wait and how completed areas will be protected. |
| Final landscape areas | Identify the release decision, planting or turf schedule, outstanding items and care handover. |
Add the drawing reference and target date to each row. Treat “area ready” as a decision by a named person, supported by the required inspections, rather than an assumption based on appearance.
Include the address and earthworks programme
Tell us whether the property is in Wellington City, Kāpiti or another part of the region. The relevant council, site conditions and programme need to be identified for that address.
Where ground works are included, have the design team identify the earthworks and sediment-control requirements. Greater Wellington requirements depend on the work and location, including catchment-specific rules. Keep the approval responsibilities and any working conditions with the programme.
Separate public crossing work from private driveways and paths. Our Wellington driveway page helps map the private surface, drainage and road-boundary responsibilities.
Keep access and completion on the same drawing
- Mark vehicle routes and entrances required by remaining trades.
- Show pedestrian routes serving occupied or soon-to-open areas.
- Identify temporary access arrangements and who communicates changes.
- List inspections and approvals needed before each area is handed over.
- Record who receives the finished area and its care information.
Coordinate boundaries through the Wellington fence-run schedule. Where several packages need a shared decision process, use our construction project management brief to name the decision contacts.
Send your landscape plan, construction stages, site photographs and access drawing with your enquiry. Highlight the first area you need completed and the work that will continue around it.
Where existing water flow affects a work zone, use the driveway drainage observation worksheet to brief the drainage and surface interfaces together.
Questions about your project
Can landscape work follow several occupation stages?
Yes. We coordinate landscape packages with construction programmes. Share the areas needed for each stage, the access that must remain and the relevant handover requirements.
Do you work from our landscape design?
We coordinate delivery around the project plans and specifications. Send the current drawings and identify any selections or design details still to be resolved.