Bloxam, Burnett and Olliver

Name

Bloxam, Burnett and Olliver

Legal name

Bloxam Burnett & Olliver Limited

Website

https://bbo.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamilton

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: BBO generates revenue through providing professional engineering and planning consulting services including infrastructure engineering, structural engineering, water resource engineering, traffic and transportation engineering, planning, land development, and surveying services to government agencies, councils, and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BBO is a multi-disciplinary engineering and planning consultancy providing infrastructure, structural, water resource, traffic and transportation, and surveying services, alongside planning, land development, and construction monitoring. The firm collaborates with councils, government agencies, property developers, and other consultants to plan, design, manage, and deliver infrastructure, commercial, and residential development projects in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions of New Zealand.

Product overview

Bloxam, Burnett & Olliver (BBO) is a multi-disciplinary engineering and planning consultancy offering a unified suite of integrated professional services. The company operates as a single organisation with interconnected service lines rather than separate products: Infrastructure Engineering, Construction Monitoring, Structural Engineering, Water Resource Engineering, Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Planning, Land Development, and Surveying. These services are designed to work collaboratively to deliver complex infrastructure and development projects from initial planning and design through to construction monitoring and completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Infrastructure Engineering Engineering design services including geometric design, road safety improvements, urban mobility, carpark design, earthworks, erosion and sediment control, utilities relocation, and stormwater, water, and wastewater reticulation for councils, government agencies, and developers.
• Construction Monitoring Engineer to Contract services, site observation, quality control audits, and traffic management audits providing independent verification that physical works are completed in accordance with specified requirements.
• Structural Engineering Structural engineering for bridges, wind farm foundations, industrial structures, and conventional buildings, including new bridge design, inspection, maintenance recommendations, retrofitting, and strengthening.
• Water Resource Engineering Consulting, design, and modelling services for domestic water supply, wastewater systems, stormwater management, and rivers and streams including stream bed stabilization, stream realignments, bridge hydraulics, and flood investigations.
• Traffic & Transportation Engineering Transport planning advice, transport modelling services, Integrated Transport Assessments, traffic engineering design, road safety audits, Safe System audits, and expert-witness traffic evidence for government and private clients.
• Planning Resource management, environmental planning, transport planning, infrastructure planning, land subdivision, development feasibility studies, urban design, plan change requests, notices of requirement, and expert evidence for hearings.
• Land Development Integral specialist services combining planning, civil design, traffic engineering, stormwater engineering, construction supervision, and surveying for residential, rural, commercial, and industrial land developments from concept to title delivery.
• Surveying Professional surveying services for subdivision, civil engineering, and building developments, including legal surveys, topographical surveys, set-outs, legal boundaries, river cross-sections, subdivisions, and settlement monitoring.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered Peacocke Strategic Transport project $250M construction value 3 months ahead of programme and within budget
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and key client.

• Safe Roads Alliance (BBO, Beca, NCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015The Safe Roads Alliance was established by the NZ Government in 2015, comprising BBO, Beca (nationally), and NCC (upper north island), working with NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. The Alliance's remit was to accelerate the planning, design, and delivery of road safety improvements across New Zealand, with a programme budget of $600m across 55 projects.
• Tainui Group Holdings Ltdkey clientOthersTainui Group Holdings Ltd is the owner of The Base Shopping Centre, a flagship retail development. BBO served as principal civil and transportation engineering consultant for all stages of the development from 2002 through 2015.
• Kiwi Propertykey clientOthersKiwi Property is now a co-owner of The Base Shopping Centre. BBO continues to provide advice on various matters associated with ongoing additions, changes and expansion of The Base shopping centre.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD New Zealand: Global engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services company with extensive NZ presence. Competes with BBO across infrastructure, planning, water resources, and transport engineering for council and Waka Kotahi mandates.
• AECOM New Zealand: Global infrastructure consulting firm with NZ offices providing planning, engineering design, transport, water, and environmental services. Comparable offering to BBO on large-scale public infrastructure and competing for similar tenders at higher scale.
• Stantec New Zealand: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consultancy with NZ operations delivering infrastructure, water, planning, and transport services. Direct overlap with BBO's core service lines and NZ government/developer client base, with much larger international scale.
• WSP New Zealand: Global engineering professional services firm with significant NZ presence providing infrastructure, planning, transport, and water services. Comparable service offering and competes with BBO for the same NZ council, Waka Kotahi, and developer projects, but operates at substantially greater scale.
• Beca: One of the largest NZ-owned engineering and planning consultancies, offering infrastructure, water, planning, and advisory services across NZ, Australia, and Asia. Directly comparable service offering and shared client set (including co-partnering with BBO in the Safe Roads Alliance); Beca operates at much greater scale and broader geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• Tonkin + Taylor: New Zealand-headquartered environmental and engineering consultancy providing planning, geotechnical, water resource, and infrastructure services across NZ and Australia. Highly comparable to BBO in service mix (planning + multi-disciplinary engineering) and customer base (councils, Waka Kotahi, developers), though typically larger and broader geographically.
• Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP): NZ specialist environmental and engineering consultancy covering water resources, planning, and infrastructure. Highly comparable to BBO on environmental planning and three-waters work, serving similar government and developer clients across NZ.
• Riley Consultants: NZ engineering and planning consultancy focused on land development, infrastructure, surveying, and resource management. Closely comparable mid-sized peer with similar integrated planning/engineering model serving NZ councils, developers, and government agencies.
• Morphum Environmental: NZ environmental engineering and planning consultancy specializing in water resources, stormwater, and sustainable infrastructure. Comparable to BBO's water resource engineering and environmental planning service lines, with similar council and developer clientele.

Emerging players

• Woods (now part of WSP): Formerly independent NZ planning, urban design, and landscape architecture consultancy, now operating within WSP NZ. Directly comparable planning and land development service overlap with BBO, particularly on council-led rezoning, master planning, and resource consent work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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