Land development and subdivision engineering – review of NZS 4404

Brett Gawn, Chair of the Standards New Zealand committee that is revising Land development and subdivision engineering, NZS 4404:2004, outlines the current thinking of the committee.

Standards New Zealand is reviewing the New Zealand Standard for Land development and subdivision engineering, NZS 4404:2004. NZS 4404 is widely used as the base document by territorial authorities (TAs) and designers for technical compliance for the subdivision and development of land where these activities are subject to the Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991. Some TAs adopt it entirely, others use it with more or less amendment, and others have their own documents for this purpose.

The Standard covers earthworks, roads, drainage, water supply, services, and landscaping, and is a guide to good practice. It sets out design objectives to be achieved and standards that can be used as a means to comply with those objectives.

STANDARDS IN DEVELOPMENT

Pool water quality

Committee: P5826
Project Manager: Nelson Procter
Estimated Publication Date: February 2010
Comments: Committee has been assembled and the first meeting has been held.

Land development and subdivision engineering amendment

Committee: P4404
Project Manager: Bruce Taylor
Estimated Publication Date: April 2010
Comments: Work on amending NZS 4404:2004 – Land development and subdivision engineering began on 20 April 2009 when the committee had its first meeting. The committee also met in June and had a further meeting in July before releasing an amended draft for public comment, scheduled for September 2009.