Williams & King, Surveyors & Planners
We offer a full range of surveying services, land planning & resource management solutions. Survey & Planning Solutions Limited was formed in 2002 from Thomson & King Ltd and, before that, von Sturmer Group Ltd. Von Sturmer Group comprised the offices trading as Thomson and King (Paihia and Kerikeri), Reyburn & Bryant (Whangarei and Dargaville) and Cowan & Holmes (Greymouth). The Group was formed in 1990 from an existing partnership of Registered Land Surveyors. At that time the Group was in the process of purchasing the Greymouth business but prior to this the partnership was established in 1987 from the Bay of Islands practice of D.B. von Sturmer and Associates. The partnership expanded its base in 1988 by purchasing the well known Whangarei practice of Reyburn & Bryant.
In 1998 the decision was made to split the Bay of Islands offices from the remainder of the Group and in 2001 wheels turned a full circle with the purchase of D B von Sturmer and Associates Kaitaia office followed, in 2002, by the split of Thomson & King. Chris Williams and Brett King formed Survey & Planning Solutions Limited (trading as Williams and King in the Bay of Islands, and von Sturmers in Kaitaia and the Far North). The company currently (2009) has a work force of 21, which includes two registered professional and licensed cadastral surveyors, four graduate surveyors, one planner, four survey technicians, three technician trainees, three surveyor’s assistants, two draughtspeople and support staff. The directors and senior staff have a wide range of experience in surveying, construction, computerisation and management, both in New Zeraland and overseas. The offices in Kaitaia, Kerikeri and Paihia are committed to modern survey, planning and management practices which includes modern GPS equipment, computer aided field data capture, calculations and calculations and plan presentation using Leica Systems LISCAD software suite. Survey & Planning Solutions Ltd is an active, expanding business with proficient and loyal staff and a wide range of clients. The company is available and competent to perform most survey tasks.
