Four strands, running concurrently rather than in sequence. The overlap is the point — the software has been written alongside the programmes it instruments, since 2017.
Structure before spend
A work breakdown structure that every invoice, consent condition and contract line codes back to. Built first, not retrofitted when the reporting starts to hurt.
One source of truth
Forecast and actual in the same model, at every tier. Where the client has no system, I build one — a council’s SAP-linked reporting spine, or PowerCAPEX where many funders, many buckets and many projects defeat the tools on the market.
No surprises
Funders, councillors and developers get the same numbers on the same day. Trust compounds; it is also the cheapest form of risk management available.
Guiding the team
Client-side, not consultant-side. The role is to hold scope, cost, consent and programme together when each specialist is optimising only their own.
Retained
Principal’s representative or programme manager on a monthly retainer.
Fixed scope
A business case, a plan change programme, a submission, a cost model, a site model. Scoped up front and charged at an hourly rate — no lump-sum work.
Associate
Inside a consultancy’s team or on a panel. Your template, my evidence. Two-page CVs: Programme delivery CV (PDF) · Intelligence & investigation CV (PDF). Your own format on request.
Particulars
KPMO, New Zealand entity, Kaikōura-based, remote-capable. Professional indemnity and public liability, rate card and referees available on request to william.loppe@kpmo.co.nz.
Contracts & roles
- NZS 3910 / 3916NZ standard forms of construction contract — build-only and design-and-build. Analogous to NEC or FIDIC.
- Engineer to the ContractThe named, impartial certifier under NZS 3910 — awards, values, certifies payment and completion.
- Principal’s RepresentativeThe client’s appointed authority on a contract; the owner’s side of the table.
Consents & planning
- Resource consentPlanning permission under the Resource Management Act.
- Private plan changeA landowner-initiated rewrite of zoning rules in the district plan, decided after public submissions and a hearing.
- s224 certificateCouncil sign-off that subdivision works are complete and titles can issue.
- ECan / KDCThe regional council (Environment Canterbury) and the district council (Kaikōura).
Funding
- IAFInfrastructure Acceleration Fund — a Crown fund for infrastructure that unlocks housing.
- NZTA / FARThe national transport agency and its funding assistance rate — the share of a local road project it pays.
- Better Business CaseTreasury’s staged investment-case method: strategic, indicative, detailed.
People
- Mana whenua / iwiThe Māori tribal authority with customary rights over a place; here, Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura.
- RatepayersLocal property-tax payers — the council’s own funding base.
Engineering
- M.Eng, Industrial EngineeringPolytech Lille, France
- Diploma, Electrical EngineeringJoseph Fourier University, Grenoble
Intelligence & governance
- MBA, Competitive IntelligenceISC Paris Business School
- State Diploma, Applied Economic IntelligenceEuropean School of Economic Intelligence, Paris
- MSc, European GovernanceInstitute of Political Studies, Grenoble
Accreditation
- Engineer to the ContractNamed under NZS 3910:2013
- Te Pūkenga AtawhaiWorking with treaty partners
- H&S on Construction SiteNew Zealand accreditation
- Construction Induction (White Card)Australia
Published
- European Energy Policy: Stakes and Lobbying DynamicsMaster’s thesis
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