Infrastructure

Infrastructure Strategy, Planning and Delivery — Nationwide

A Fresh Infrastructure Perspective

Straight advice for complex infrastructure environments.

Sound planning leads to better infrastructure at lower long-term cost for the community.

Your capital plan is more than a list of engineering projects. It is a long-term investment in community outcomes. Seeing it that way changes how organisations think, plan, and deliver.

Too many infrastructure organisations are carrying more delivery, governance, and investment risk than they realise.

We help infrastructure leaders gain clarity, plan well, and deliver better.

Or contact us to work through your specific infrastructure needs at consulting@nonsuch.co

What we hear from the sector

“Everything feels urgent.”

We help sort the portfolio, cut through the noise, and put the highest priorities front and centre, so the organisation can move from reacting to planning ahead.

“We’re moving and delivering, but I’m not convinced we’re set up well.”

We help leaders see the risk they are carrying and test whether delivery is being supported by the right systems, controls, and capability.

“Board confidence seems low, and the reporting demand is beyond our current capacity.”

We help strengthen governance, improve reporting, and build the decision logic needed to give boards greater confidence.

“Getting decision makers on the same page seems almost impossible.”

We help infrastructure executives build the strategies, evidence, and narrative that bring community, governance, and management into a common sense of what matters, its criticality, and how it will be achieved.

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Nonsuch is a trusted partner to infrastructure executives navigating growth, reform, regulation, and complex investment choices.

Think

Get the foundations right

  • Infrastructure strategy and master planning
  • Investment planning and prioritisation
  • Business and investment case development
  • Better Business Cases (Treasury BBC)
  • Governance frameworks
  • Policy, compliance and regulation

Plan

Measure twice, cut once

  • LTP, AMP and Capital Planning
  • Capital and investment prioritisation
  • Portfolio and programme planning
  • PMO design and implementation
  • Benefits frameworks & stage-gate design
  • Workforce and capability planning

Deliver

Use the right tool for the job

  • Programme and project management
  • Delivery governance and assurance
  • Commercial and cost oversight
  • Stakeholder and community engagement
  • Benefits tracking and realisation
  • Project close and lessons learned
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The Infrastructure Warrant of Fitness

A board-ready infrastructure health check. In 10–15 working days, we give senior leaders a concise, credible view of where their investment pathway is strong, where risk is building, and what to do about it.

We review against our standard seven dimensions, or shape the review around your specific needs, and give you a clear RAG-rated picture in plain English. Succinct, straight-up advice. Board ready.

Indicative fee: typically $3,000 to $5,000 + GST

AoG panel procurable · 10–15 working days
Sample WoF — Sample Council

Strategic direction: Strong

LTP and capital plan process: Strong

Investment logic and business cases: Attention needed

Governance and gateways: Attention needed

Portfolio reporting: At risk

Commercial and financial practice: Attention needed

Workforce and capability: At risk

Your infrastructure team

Senior infrastructure advisers with deep experience across strategy, investment, governance, planning, and delivery.

Chris Fisher

Principal Consultant

Sarah Gill

Principal Consultant

Youssef Mourra

Executive Consultant

Pete George

Principal Consultant

Heather Stallmach

Principal Consultant

Rob Cousins

Principal Consultant

Live work

What we are doing right now

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Working with water CCOs to shape regulation-aligned business models and delivery settings

Building investment management roadmaps, portfolio frameworks, and benefits approaches

Developing strategic infrastructure master plans for councils facing growth, renewal, and reform

Strengthening governance, reporting, and delivery confidence across live capital portfolios

Supporting investment cases, business cases, and prioritisation for complex infrastructure decisions

Working with

Local Government (City, District, & Regional Councils) · NZ Water CCOs · Utilities · Infrastructure-focused Central Government Agencies · Community Housing Trusts · Asset Management Organisations

Infrastructure Warrant of Fitness

The first step in gaining clarity, planning well, and delivering better. Tell us a little about yourself and we will be in touch shortly to get started.

We are proud to be the Platinum Sponsor of PMI Conference 2026

Join us at New Zealand’s leading project, programme, and portfolio management event.

Nonsuch is supporting this year’s PMI Conference to drive conversations that go beyond theory and focus on what actually works in real world delivery.

Our team will be onsite in Auckland, sharing practical insights on governance, assurance, and delivery confidence with senior leaders from across New Zealand.

If you are attending, we would value the opportunity to connect.

We can work it out