Civil experience. Commercial thinking. Practical solutions.
Civil Solutions is a New Zealand civil infrastructure consultancy providing estimating, tendering, constructability, cost planning and project delivery support.
Established in 2015, Civil Solutions was built around a simple idea: provide clients with experienced, practical capability when they need it, without making things more complicated than they need to be.
We work with contractors, asset owners, government agencies, local authorities, developers, consultants and project teams across New Zealand and offshore, from individual civil projects through to major infrastructure programmes.
The right capability, when you need it.
Practical Experience at the Centre
Civil Solutions is built around practical infrastructure delivery. Our approach combines project and programme management, construction knowledge, estimating and commercial thinking.
That means we are comfortable moving between the different conversations that happen across a project — from discussing methodology with a construction team, reviewing an estimate, working through a design constraint, challenging a programme, dealing with a commercial issue or presenting a delivery strategy to senior stakeholders.
We focus on understanding the problem first, then working out what is actually required to solve it.
Anthony Hellyer
Director | Civil Solutions Ltd
Anthony Hellyer is a civil infrastructure and project delivery professional with experience spanning construction, estimating, project management and major programme leadership.
His career has included senior roles across complex civil and transport infrastructure, working with contractors, consultants and major asset owners.
Anthony’s experience includes leadership and delivery involvement across infrastructure programmes exceeding $700 million, as well as major project procurement, tendering, constructability, commercial planning and construction delivery.
- Major civil infrastructure
- Rail and transport
- Project and programme leadership
- Construction management
- Estimating and tendering
- Constructability and optioneering
- Procurement and commercial strategy
- Contractor and consultant management
- Complex operational environments
- Project recovery and problem solving
Anthony remains directly involved in Civil Solutions commissions, providing clients with senior input rather than simply overseeing work from a distance.
A Different Consultancy Model
Civil Solutions does not measure success by the number of consultants placed into a client organisation.
We start by understanding what capability already exists. If you have good people, we work with them. If they need guidance or additional senior support, we provide it. If a genuine capability gap exists, we can help bring in the right expertise.
We scale the capability around the project — not the project around our business.
Stronger Teams, Not Dependency
We believe good consulting should leave something behind.
When Civil Solutions works alongside a client’s people, mentoring, knowledge sharing and practical guidance are part of how we work.
Our objective is to strengthen the client’s delivery capability while achieving the immediate project outcome. If our involvement ultimately means you need less external support, that can be a sign that we have done our job properly.
Independent & Commercially Transparent
Trust matters when working inside another organisation’s projects and commercial environment.
Civil Solutions operates independently and transparently. We do not create unnecessary layers of resource, and we do not privately mark up subcontractor or supplier pricing introduced through our network.
We protect client confidentiality and recognise that tender, pricing and project information is commercially sensitive.
Connected to the Industry
Infrastructure delivery relies on relationships. Over many years working across New Zealand civil construction, we have developed relationships with contractors, consultants, designers, suppliers, subcontractors and infrastructure clients.
Where appropriate, that network can help connect a project with specialist knowledge, market information or additional capability. But relationships do not replace independent judgement. Our responsibility remains to the client and the project we have been engaged to support.
How We Work
Understand the problem. Before proposing a solution, understand what the project is trying to achieve, what capability already exists and what is actually preventing progress.
Use the capability already available. Good people do not need replacing simply because a consultant has arrived.
Bring in expertise where it adds value. Use specialist capability where the project genuinely requires it.
Challenge constructively. If we believe there is a better way to price, procure, programme or build something, we will say so.
Make decisions and keep moving. Projects rarely improve through another layer of administration.
Leave the team stronger. Share knowledge and develop capability while delivering the work.
What We Do
Estimating & Tender Support — First-principles estimating, tender development, procurement, methodology and commercial support.
Major Tenders & Constructability — Constructability, optioneering, major tender strategy, methodology, staging, programme and interactive tender support.
Cost Planning & Engineer’s Estimates — Independent cost planning, Engineer’s Estimates, benchmarking, option assessment and pre-tender cost advice.
Project & Programme Delivery — From individual project leadership through to major multi-project programme delivery capability.
Work With Civil Solutions
Whether you need help pricing an opportunity, solving a difficult construction problem, understanding what a project should cost or providing leadership around its delivery, start with a conversation.
Tell us what you are trying to achieve. We will help determine what support you actually need.