Urban Connection is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure and transportation advisory, trusted by central government, local councils and private developers to take nationally significant projects from strategic business case through to delivery on the ground. We combine engineering rigour with commercial and strategic thinking, so our clients get advice that survives contact with funding rounds, consenting, and construction — not just a technically correct answer.
UCL delivers nationally — our team works from Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown, and our projects span state highways, regional councils and metro networks across the country. We combine senior, director-level technical expertise with genuine national reach: our clients get the calibre of advice you’d expect from a Tier 1 firm, with the direct access and pace of a smaller, senior-led team.
Since 2018, that combination has seen us trusted on nationally significant programmes for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, regional councils, and private sector developers — work we’re building out into a fuller record on our [Case Studies] page.
At Urban Connection we believe that the difference between a pragmatic and an impractical solution is understanding the client’s expectations and constraints upfront, and collaboratively working towards a solution that is robust, efficient and of the highest quality.
We built UCL around a simple idea: senior people, working flexibly, deliver better outcomes than large teams tied to an office. Every project is led by a Director or senior engineer — not handed down through layers of staff — so clients get direct access to the person actually making the technical calls. Our remote, outcomes-focused model means we can resource a project with the right specialist anywhere in the country, without
the overhead — or the delay — of a traditional office-based consultancy.
- an offset in office and transport emissions equivalent to planting 3,560+ trees.
- individual travel time savings of 144hrs equivalent to $2,687 per year per person, and;
- business savings of $7,976 per person per year in lost sick days and office operating costs
Whilst we now have an office where employees are centrally
located, this operates a flexible approach allowing for collaboration space and
somewhere for clients to come for meetings.
Our Business Services Manager is located at the office and their work
allows more time for the Directors and senior managers to dedicate their time
to our core business.
per employee p.a.
Our values underpin every aspect of our business. They were developed by our team, and not only reflect our company values, but also the personal values of our individual team members.
Whether we are working with our team, clients or partners our values are front of mind.
