Clear direction for civic infrastructure.

Aerial view of central Auckland and the Waitematā Harbour at dusk

AX1 is an independent strategic advisory helping leaders unlock the potential of civic-scale projects...
and de-risk the investment it takes to get there.

What we do

We work at the front end of transport, infrastructure and urban development — where direction is set, value is won, and change still costs little.

We turn ambition into a clear strategy and a practical framework the whole project can build from, turning diverse project objectives into a clear, functional, deliverable and high-value outcome.

Puhinui Station — Jasmax for Auckland Transport. Peter Engstrom was Principal / Design Lead for the project.

Platform and stairs at Puhinui Station, with a train arriving

Our role

Our role is to give aspiration a shape that can be funded, consented and built.

Civic projects are under growing scrutiny, tight budgets and many stakeholders. We help clients make the decisions that matter early, with the evidence to back them.

View our approach

When we engage

We engage when a project’s direction is being set, or tested.

1.
Before the brief is writtenDefining the problem, the opportunity and what success looks like, before cost is locked in.
2.
When a business case needs a credible optionFunctional planning, staging and design input that stands up to Better Business Cases scrutiny.
3.
When many parties need one planAligning agencies, operators, mana whenua and communities around a single integrated framework.
4.
When budgets come under pressureFinding savings and efficiencies without losing what made the project worth doing.
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When you need an independent viewClient-side review of designs and proposals by someone who has led projects at scale.

Experience

25⁺

years leading large, functionally complex civic and transport projects.

$25⁺

billion of planned programmes across metro, rail and civic infrastructure.

10⁺

countries — global best practice applied to New Zealand conditions.

From the Singapore, Melbourne and Dubai metros to Puhinui Station and Eden Park, AX1 brings experience that spans early strategy through to delivery, for public agencies and boards working in complex, publicly accountable environments.

About AX1

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