About Morrison Low – Three Waters Reform

Morrison Low’s consultants are ’s leading Investment Logic Mapping (ILM) process to develop advisors to councils and government on three waters investment objectives by pinpointing councils’ underlying ✓ Extensive relevant experience reform. We are experts in the use of section 17A reviews issues, problems and opportunities. Examples of projects that demonstrate our relevant and the Treasury Better Business Case (BBC) approach for Our multidisciplinary team work together and in close experience include: analysing different models of service delivery, the partnership with council staff to ensure that the • Hawke’s Bay Councils (combined five councils) planning and procurement of three water services and shortlisted options are tangible and realistic. – Better Business Case based analysis of the infrastructure, and establishment, operation and review of future options for three waters service delivery alternative delivery models. ✓ Financial modelling capability in the region Our capability is demonstrated by the company’s • Department of Internal Affairs Our years of experience of working on consolidations, de- extensive track record in advising New Zealand and – Three waters reform amalgamations, establishment of business units and CCOs Australian councils as well as the Department of Internal – Review of the costs and funding of local means we have well developed tools and models which Affairs. government demonstrate the financial impact of different options over ✓ Excellent reputation the ten years of a long term plan. We can separate out • Council capex and opex and demonstrate impacts on ratepayers – Review of proposal for Water and Morrison Low consultants are experts in local government through the use of simple, clear charts and outputs. development of an alternative Management – this is our main client base – we advise 80% of New CCO option Zealand councils and over 200 councils in Australia. We • $1,500 Reviews of three waters services understand councils and what it takes to deliver three – Council (s17A) water services in their communities. $1,350 – Council (s17A) – Kaikoura District Council $1,200 ✓ Our value add • Procurement process for three waters infrastructure Morrison Low’s three waters experience is based on $1,050 and services practical working knowledge of plants, networks and – Lakes District Council: Highly successful $900 services in operation rather than theoretical desktop innovative process to develop and manage the exercises. Our team has extensive operational and asset $750 process to procure a $500M DBFO contract for management experience allowing us to support our clients wastewater infrastructure and services $600 with practical improvements within the realities of the – Far North DC: Development of an alliance industry. We take a strategic view to the issues, ensuring We continue to be at the forefront in assisting councils in contract that our clients focus on the big issues. developing their thinking about the future delivery of – Council: Development of an three waters and implementing changes in approach. operations and & maintenance contract ✓ Business case capability Following is a sample of our track record which clearly – Water Ltd: Regionalisation of the Morrison Low is experienced in applying the BBC five demonstrates our capacity and ability to deliver a wide operations and maintenance contracts across cases approach. This includes the implementation of an range of three waters related work. Wellington adapted BBC approach to explore full range of options, – Council: Support Council in Our approach is flexible to cater for a range of council engage widely with stakeholders and assess the options developing the specification for the 30 year requirements. For more information about our approach systematically. We are also familiar with the use of franchise contract with Watercare please contact Dan Bonifant or Ewen Skinner.

Consultants with relevant experience

Dan Bonifant – Managing Director Cushla Anich – Director Dan is an experienced public sector lawyer who spent a decade working Cushla is an experienced infrastructure manager and a chartered in central and local government in Australia, NZ and the UK. His work at professional engineer. She has extensive experience in strategic planning Morrison Low includes a broad spectrum of advice based on his areas of for the water sector, and across other infrastructure sectors including expertise in governance, procurement, reform / amalgamation, project transport, power, property and community assets. Her skills and expertise management, sustainability and local government law. He has advised on include strategy development, operations and maintenance, practices a number of projects involving the use of shared services and alternative reviews and audits, asset criticality, production of asset management service delivery options as well as projects relating to the reorganisation plans, benchmarking, international best practice for asset management of local government. [email protected] and financial management. [email protected]

Ewen Skinner – Director Steve Browning – Central Government Manager Ewen is a qualified civil engineer with post-graduate business Steve is an asset management specialist with extensive experience qualifications and he has extensive experience within the local working with infrastructure assets in New Zealand, the United Kingdom government market in both New Zealand and Australia. Ewen has been and Canada. He has worked on all sides of the infrastructure management involved in a wide variety of projects for councils ranging from process and has a robust understanding of construction and maintenance, organisational and governance reviews through to infrastructure data modelling and forward works planning. Steve has specialised in the development, complex procurement and project management. He is an transport, property and water sectors He is leading the IPWEA NZ training industry leader in procurement, service delivery reviews, waste working group to develop the next generation of AM training. management and sustainability areas. [email protected] [email protected]

Tessa McGregor – Senior Consultant Stu Cross – Senior Consultant Tessa is an experienced management consultant and civil engineer who Stuart is a chartered accountant and better business cases practitioner has provided strategic advice to executive teams in both the private and with significant experience in providing financial, accounting and strategic public sectors, developing responses to external market forces, as well as advice to a broad range of public sector organisations. His recent optimising organisational performance. Tessa’s recent experience covers experience includes multi-agency financial modelling to support the construction/infrastructure, financial services and primary industries; development of policy initiatives, financial improvement and and includes growth and internationalisation strategies, operational amalgamation modelling and best practice assessment. He has also been improvements, merger benefit analysis, business case development and involved in the development of policy and procedure documentation, organisational redesign. [email protected] governance frameworks and providing strategic advice concerning the establishment of subsidiary operations. [email protected]