15 homes handed over across 4 Auckland sites
Miles has completed and handed over 15 new homes across 4 Auckland sites: Clements, Ferguson, Surrey and Churchill. All 4 ran concurrently, and all 4 have now been signed off. It’s our latest multi unit construction programme in Auckland, and a useful case study in how bundled residential delivery actually works.
That’s the headline. The more useful part, if you’re planning or procuring multi unit housing yourself, is what sat underneath it. Delivering 15 homes across 4 separate addresses is a genuinely different exercise from delivering 15 homes on one site, and the differences are where programmes tend to come unstuck.
What multi site delivery actually involves
On a single site, you build once. One set of site establishment costs, one crew moving through in sequence, one relationship with one set of neighbours, one inspection schedule.
Across 4 sites, you do all of that 4 times, in parallel, with the same pool of people and the same suppliers. Every efficiency you get on a single site has to be deliberately engineered instead of falling out naturally.
Sequencing is where multi site programmes are won or lost
The trap in multi site work is treating each site as its own job. Do that and your framing crew finishes at one address and stands around waiting while the slab at the next one cures.
The alternative is sequencing the 4 sites against each other so trades roll from one to the next without gaps. Foundations at site three go in while framing runs at site one and linings go in at site two. It takes more planning up front and it’s far less forgiving of slippage, because a delay at one address now pushes work at the other three. In practice it means the programme has to be built as one programme with 4 fronts, not 4 programmes that happen to overlap.
4 sets of inspections, 4 sets of neighbours
Each site carries its own consent, its own inspection bookings and its own council interactions. Those don’t merge. Neither do the community relationships. Established residential streets take on real disruption when a build arrives, and the way that’s handled has a direct effect on how smoothly the job runs and on what the finished homes mean to the street.
Supply chain continuity
Running 4 sites at once puts genuine pressure on suppliers and subcontractors. Materials have to land at the right address on the right day, 4 times over, and a shortfall that would be an inconvenience on one site becomes a programme wide problem across 4.
This particular tranche came together because our suppliers and subcontractors committed to it. That’s not a courtesy line. Multi site delivery is only possible with trade partners who’ll hold a schedule across several addresses at once, and the 15 homes handed over at Clements, Ferguson, Surrey and Churchill are as much their result as ours. It’s the kind of work that sits at the centre of what an Auckland construction company delivering social housing construction in New Zealand needs to do consistently, not occasionally.
Where this sits in our multi unit work
Miles has been building since 2006, and our multi unit construction work in Auckland and across New Zealand spans the full range: standalone homes, duplexes, terraced housing, apartments and 3 to 5 level walk ups. Different typologies suit different sites, and on bundled programmes it’s common to see more than one across a single tranche. You can see examples in our multi unit project portfolio.
We deliver as both a build only contractor and a design and build partner, with architectural designers, quantity surveyors and project managers in house. On multi site work that matters, because programme changes can be costed and redrawn without waiting on external consultants while 4 sites sit idle.
Our Auckland team operates out of Parnell, alongside our Christchurch and Wellington offices. You can read more about how the business is structured and about our Telarc certified quality, health and safety and environmental systems, which are certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes were delivered?
15, across 4 Auckland sites: Clements, Ferguson, Surrey and Churchill.
What is a tranche in construction?
A tranche is a batch of work delivered as one package, often across several sites, under a single contract or programme. Public housing is frequently procured this way, with sites bundled together and awarded to one main contractor.
Why build across multiple sites at once rather than one at a time?
Bundling sites lets one contractor carry a single programme, one set of trade relationships and one quality standard across all of them. It shortens the total delivery time compared to running the sites consecutively, and it gives the client one point of accountability instead of four.
What is the hardest part of multi site delivery?
Sequencing. Trades have to move between addresses without gaps, which means the programme has to be planned as a whole rather than site by site, and slippage at one address affects the others.
Does Miles work outside Christchurch?
Yes. Miles has offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and delivers projects nationwide.
What types of multi unit housing does Miles build?
Standalone homes, duplexes, terraced housing, apartments, and 3 to 5 level walk ups.
Scoping a multi unit programme
If you’re scoping a multi unit or multi site residential development, we can review your plans, provide cost estimation, and advise on buildability and sequencing before you commit. Get in touch to discuss your next project.