Company History

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2007

ViaStrada was formed in May 2007 from the merger of Streets in Sync and Traffix.

Streets in Sync, established in August 2004, was involved in general municipal traffic engineering, specialising in the traffic engineering aspects of resource management.

Traffix was started by Axel Wilke and Warren Lloyd in November 2005 and specialised in planning and designing for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. Traffix also had nationally-recognised expertise in traffic signals. Andrew Macbeth joined Traffix as a director in November 2006.

In May 2007, ViaStrada had 10 technical staff, covering the areas of traffic engineering, transportation planning, and the traffic aspects of resource management.

In September 2007, ViaStrada added town planning to its expertise, and the number of technical staff climbed to 13.

In November 2007, project management was added to the skill set, bringing the number of technical staff to 14.

2008

In January 2008, a CAD & civil design capability was added. The environmental health part of the RMA (e.g. noise assessments) became available. The number of technical staff increased to 17.

In May 2008, the Dunedin office was opened. With 20 staff, ViaStrada now has a "critical mass" of people to handle most assignments in planning and transportation.

Best wishes to the Dunedin office from all the Christchurch staff: Russell was away but sends his best wishes also.

In July 2008, Jeremy Phillips became a director of the Christchurch office. The number of staff increased to 22.

In October 2008, the Auckland office was opened. The number of staff increased to 25.

Good luck to the Auckland Office from all the staff in Christchurch: and those who were not able to be present send their good luck too!

And from the Dunedin office: Good luck from us too!

By the end of 2008, ViaStrada had 27 staff across three offices.

2009

In February, the Auckland office had already outgrown its existing premises and the five staff shifted to Takapuna.

In March, the Nelson office opened, lead by Tony Quickfall and supported by a traffic planner.

In April, the Dunedin office moved into larger and more modern premises.

2009 has been quite different compared to 2008 in a depressed global economic climate and for a number of reasons, ViaStrada closed its offices in Auckland and Dunedin in December 2009.