Waitomo District Council is seeking feedback on an updated version of the Regional Infrastructure Technical Specifications (RITS) document.

The RITS sets out the infrastructure design and construction requirements and is around 400 pages long. 

It lists the most common standards, acts and other key legislation that must be considered when designing and building public infrastructure.

It’s a means of compliance document for resource consent conditions issued by councils to developers and their agents, and is widely used by engineering consultants, contractors and council.

The RITS has recently been updated by Co-Lab on behalf of councils in our region, including Waitomo, and they are seeking targeted feedback.

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Key Changes to the RITS Document

1. Recognise that Rotorua Lakes Council is now included

2. Section 2, Earthworks and Geotechnical Requirements, was re-written to include geothermal and to then enable Rotorua Lakes Council to join

3. The introduction has additional background on the significance of the Waikato River and the importance of water

4. The RITS was completely retyped so that the wording, structure and style is now more consistent, as v1 had some sections written by different authors

5. Must is now used consistently rather than shall, will, should as well as must

6. The Acceptable Products list is no longer in the main document so it can be updated more easily and regularly

7. The drawings are no longer in the main document but are hyperlinked and this makes it easier to navigate to and from them. Higher quality drawings can be used now

8. The stormwater section related to climate change requirements has been updated

9. The use of NZ Vertical Datum 2016 has now been mandated by LINZ and replaces the 1953 Moturiki Datum

10. A number of minor errors and typos were addressed

11. Some enhanced wording for clarity and additional detail is provided

12. Updates to other document links, references to standards and other key documents

13. A number of sections were updated to reflect the latest engineering and landscaping thinking

14. The drawings were reviewed and updated along with cross references to other drawings

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If you use this document and/or are familiar with it, please have your say before 5pm Thursday 12 December 2024.

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Amendments:

Water Service Gates Valves (PDF 450 KB)