Otago Peninsula Connection

Dunedin City Council | Dunedin, Otago

Bonisch is the Project Manager for the Peninsula Connection project. The scope of the project is to widen Portobello and Harrington Point Roads (over a length of 26km) and implement associated improvements including the provision of pedestrian and cycle facilities. This is the largest transport capital project ever to be delivered by Dunedin City Council (DCC) and is a high-profile project with many stakeholders and complexities which Bonisch, as project manager, has had to navigate.

Bonisch’s role in the project was initially to review the status of the project and all the current documentation and recommend the best way forward. Bonisch then prepared the project procurement strategy and tender for the professional services, evaluated tenders and produced the tender evaluation reports. Following this, DCC commissioned Bonisch to manage this project through to completion commencing in 2015.

Over the lifespan of this project Bonisch has instigated lessons-learned workshops, planned and attended numerous public open days and held over 50 one on one consultation meetings with stakeholders and led the procurement of Property Consultancy Services.

Bonisch has also led a significant value engineering process to reduce construction costs on the project by over 10%.