Your vision.Our commitment.
ABOUT US
Ascent Group is a boutique project management and quantity surveying consultancy. We work with developers, builders and funders on complex development and construction projects across the Southern Lakes and New Zealand.
We stay close to the detail, the decisions and the people. One project manager. Full accountability. No surprises.
We’re not the biggest firm in the room. We’re the most useful one.
Your vision.Our commitment.
ABOUT US
Ascent Group is a boutique project management and quantity surveying consultancy. We work with developers, builders and funders on complex development and construction projects across the Southern Lakes and New Zealand.
We stay close to the detail, the decisions and the people. One project manager. Full accountability. No surprises.
We’re not the biggest firm in the room. We’re the most useful one.

Deliver the upside.Protect the downside.
expertise
We believe the best projects are built on trust, not just contracts. So we show up, stay close and hold the line, even when it would be easier not to.
End-to-end control that keeps your project on time, on budget, and on brief.
We provide structured project leadership from appointment through to completion, taking full responsibility for programme, cost, risk, and stakeholder coordination. Acting as your central point of accountability, we ensure every moving part is aligned and performing.
Our project management service includes:
- Programme development, tracking, and recovery strategies
- Budget management, cost reporting, and financial control
- Consultant and contractor coordination and performance management
- Procurement planning and contract administration
- Risk identification, mitigation, and issue resolution
- Governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication
We don’t just oversee — we actively manage decisions, drive progress, and protect outcomes so your project is delivered with clarity and confidence.
Turning ideas into viable, consented, and deliverable projects.
We guide projects from early concept through feasibility, consenting, and into delivery — ensuring every decision strengthens project viability, reduces risk, and maximises value.
Our development management service includes:
- Feasibility analysis, site due diligence, and development strategy
- Financial modelling, funding strategy, and investment readiness
- Planning and consenting management, including authority engagement
- Design team assembly and leadership through concept and design phases
- Procurement strategy and delivery planning
- Commercial structuring and value optimisation
We take a proactive, commercially focused approach — aligning design, planning, and financial outcomes early, so projects are not just visionary, but practical, fundable, and ready to deliver.
Commercial clarity from day one.
We provide estimating, cost planning, tender analysis, risk management, contract financial administration and forecasting so budgets and cost reporting are realistic and decisions stay informed. We also provide Funders QS Services on behalf of project funders.
Deliver the upside.Protect the downside.
expertise
We believe the best projects are built on trust, not just contracts. So we show up, stay close and hold the line, even when it would be easier not to.
End-to-end control that keeps your project on time, on budget, and on brief.
We provide structured project leadership from appointment through to completion, taking full responsibility for programme, cost, risk, and stakeholder coordination. Acting as your central point of accountability, we ensure every moving part is aligned and performing.
Our project management service includes:
- Programme development, tracking, and recovery strategies
- Budget management, cost reporting, and financial control
- Consultant and contractor coordination and performance management
- Procurement planning and contract administration
- Risk identification, mitigation, and issue resolution
- Governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication
We don’t just oversee — we actively manage decisions, drive progress, and protect outcomes so your project is delivered with clarity and confidence.
Turning ideas into viable, consented, and deliverable projects.
We guide projects from early concept through feasibility, consenting, and into delivery — ensuring every decision strengthens project viability, reduces risk, and maximises value.
Our development management service includes:
- Feasibility analysis, site due diligence, and development strategy
- Financial modelling, funding strategy, and investment readiness
- Planning and consenting management, including authority engagement
- Design team assembly and leadership through concept and design phases
- Procurement strategy and delivery planning
- Commercial structuring and value optimisation
We take a proactive, commercially focused approach — aligning design, planning, and financial outcomes early, so projects are not just visionary, but practical, fundable, and ready to deliver.
Commercial clarity from day one.
We provide estimating, cost planning, tender analysis, risk management, contract financial administration and forecasting so budgets and cost reporting are realistic and decisions stay informed. We also provide Funders QS Services on behalf of project funders.


We like complex projects.
It’s where we add the most value.
At Ascent, every project is an opportunity to create lasting value and deliver work that stands the test of time. Below is just a sample of a few projects our team is incredibly proud to have been a part of:
Ayrburn Precinct, Arrowtown
Shotover Rise Subdivision and Townhouse Development, Queenstown
GWD Toyota New Showroom and Workshop, Alexandra and Wanaka
Skyline, Queenstown
Queenstown Airport Back of House Project
Anderson Road Townhouse Development, Wanaka
The Headwaters, Glenorchy
Riverside Residences Townhouse Development, Wanaka
Ngāi Tahu Multi Residential Development, Queenstown
Fliways Buildings | Hamilton, Napier, Cromwell
Jack’s Point Remarkable Start Early Learning Centre & Queenstown Medical Centre, Queenstown
Harvard Hub, Wigram, Christchurch
Onsen Hot Pools, Queenstown
Jack’s Point Pharmacy Building, Queenstown
Mipad Hotel, Henry Street Queenstown
Waikato Regional Council Building, Hamilton
Alexandra Medical Centre Funders QS, Alexandra
Henare Drive - Rolleston Commercial Building PM & Funders QS, Christchurch
625 Halswell Junction Road | Commercial Building Redevelopment, Christchurch
Rangitane Road | New Commercial Building, Hastings
Millenium Hotel, Queenstown
Wanaka Primary School, Design and Build, Wanaka
Queenstown Police Station, Queenstown
Mercure Queenstown Resort, Queenstown
Oncology Centre Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin
SBS Head Office Building, Invercargill
Shotover Primary School, Queenstown
Crown Range Road Seal Extension, Queenstown
We like complex projects.

It’s where we add the most value.
At Ascent, every project is an opportunity to create lasting value and deliver work that stands the test of time. Below is just a sample of a few projects our team is incredibly proud to have been a part of:
Ayrburn Precinct, Arrowtown
Shotover Rise Subdivision and Townhouse Development, Queenstown
GWD Toyota New Showroom and Workshop, Alexandra and Wanaka
Skyline, Queenstown
Queenstown Airport Back of House Project
Anderson Road Townhouse Development, Wanaka
The Headwaters, Glenorchy
Riverside Residences Townhouse Development, Wanaka
Ngāi Tahu Multi Residential Development, Queenstown
Fliways Buildings | Hamilton, Napier, Cromwell
Jack’s Point Remarkable Start Early Learning Centre & Queenstown Medical Centre, Queenstown
Harvard Hub, Wigram, Christchurch
Onsen Hot Pools, Queenstown
Jack’s Point Pharmacy Building, Queenstown
Mipad Hotel, Henry Street Queenstown
Waikato Regional Council Building, Hamilton
Alexandra Medical Centre Funders QS, Alexandra
Henare Drive - Rolleston Commercial Building PM & Funders QS, Christchurch
625 Halswell Junction Road | Commercial Building Redevelopment, Christchurch
Rangitane Road | New Commercial Building, Hastings
Millenium Hotel, Queenstown
Wanaka Primary School, Design and Build, Wanaka
Queenstown Police Station, Queenstown
Mercure Queenstown Resort, Queenstown
Oncology Centre Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin
SBS Head Office Building, Invercargill
Shotover Primary School, Queenstown
Crown Range Road Seal Extension, Queenstown
Good work starts with good people.
people
people
Good work starts with good people.

Karsten PedersenKarstenPedersen
ANZIQS Reg QS

Taylor GarfieldTaylorGarfield
Project Director

Stu MintyStuMinty
Project Director

