O.K. project buddies. You know what it’s like when you submit a project to a regulatory agency for approval. You are anxiously waiting to get approval, you hope the reviewer is a reasonable person and wish that any comments are easy to address.
I submitted two applications for construction on April 4th thinking it would take two weeks to get approvals. The project is to construct two vehicle wash down pads, at two separate DOC maintenance facilities. The project is one construction project, but because of the separate locations, two separate “consent applications” or construction approvals were required. Several issues later, I finally got approval yesterday, June 14, 2012 (or today depending when you are reading this).
Highlights -
1) Paying the application review fees. Walked one block to the Council building with a project manager who has a purchase card. Paid the fees by credit card in 1 minute or less. This has never been so easy.
2) Now the big one – on the approval letter for one of the sites, the property owner is identified as HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. How cool is that? I didn’t know that Queen Elizabeth II is New Zealand’s head of state. New Zealand is part of the Commonwealth of Nations which the Queen is the head of. Interestingly, on the second approval letter, the property owner is identified as the Department of Conservation. That would normally have been exciting, because it makes me proud that I’ve completed this portion of the project for DOC, but that paled in comparison to doing work for the QUEEN!
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| The District Council Office - one block from my office with a delicious coffee shop on the way - I'm loving cappuccino |
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| Such fancy approvals |
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| Note who the owner is: Her Majest the Queen |
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| See how happy she is about the approvals? |
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