RUNNING IS A BLOOD SPORT – BCL supports local charities.

RUNNING IS A BLOOD SPORT  Tom  Bretherton – 13 May 2011   A series of articles on what we do…and what we are about   The 47th annual Rotorua Marathon was run on Sunday the 30 April 2011 with a bumper turnout of approximately 4000 keen runners and walkers.  Our congratulations goes to all the […]

Bank of New Zealand – REINZ Property Market Survey

BNZ-REINZ Market Survey Page 1 Mission Statement To help Kiwi businesspeople and householders make informed financial decisions by discussing the economy in a language they can understand.   NZ Residential Real Estate Market Improving Welcome to the first report outlining the results of our new monthly survey of licensed real estate agents aroundNew Zealand. What […]

IS YOUR RENTABLE AREA CORRECT? Article by Tom Bretherton (An Auckland Surveyor with BCL)

24 March 2011 BCL Blog for Auckland Property Hub ARTICLE 3 IS YOUR RENTABLE AREA CORRECT? T Bretherton – 24 March 2011 A series of articles on what we do…and what we are about Depending on which side of the fence you sit, as Landlord or Tenant, the lease of commercial premises is an asset […]

AUCKLAND COUNCIL GIS – A BUSINESS TOOL

T Bretherton – 27 January 2011       A series of articles on what we do…and what BCL are about     In being involved at the forefront of property development in Auckland, BCL Surveyors as surveyors, town planners and engineers rely heavily on the spatial and textual information held by Council in the […]

About Tom Bretherton

                   Position: Director – BCL Surveyors Bretherton Finlayson Consultants Limited Academic Qualifications: Bachelor of Surveying (1991) New Zealand Certificate in Land Surveying (1988) Professional Qualifications Affiliations: Professional Registered Surveyor (RPS) Licensed Cadastral Surveyor (LCS) Member of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (MNZIS) Member – Property Council New Zealand    […]

SURVEYORS – THE PRECISE DEFORMATION AND MOVEMENT MONITORING EXPERTS

By Tom Bretherton – BCL Surveyors If you are involved in construction and land development you need to seriously consider Risk Management…and the risk that subsidence, building failure litigation and prosecution may pose to you personally, professionally and financially. If your project – has excavations for basements or foundations or – is underlain with weak […]

BCL SURVEYORS – What we are about?

  By: T Bretherton/M Finlayson – 8 December 2010 In 1883 C.F. Dowsett placed his first peg in the fine soil of a quickly developing Taranaki dairy region, with that humble action a legacy began. A spirit of hard endeavour, honesty, loyalty and camaraderie with clients and workmates was born and that spirit has been […]