Hi T Dobbie

I acknowledge receipt of your request below.

Before we can progress your request, we are going to need a timeframe. For example, are you wanting the expenditure to AECOM for the last financial year? Or a number of financial years?

Once we have this information we can action your request.

Kind regards
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Hi T Dobbie

Are you please able to refine your request as stipulated below?

Kind regards
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Hi

Thank you for your refinement. I will have a response for you within 20 working days of the date we received your refinement.

Kind regards
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Hi again

Apologies, can I also confirm whether you are wanting the expenditure to AECOM or Aurecon? Your original request asked for AECOM and your refinement suggests Aurecon.

Kind regards
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Hi

Thank you for your clarification again. I will now action this request.

Kind regards
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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Kia ora T Dobbie

I refer to your following request for information, which was refined to include a date on 14 May:
Please advise the total expenditure to AECOM the consulting company (from the US) or their NZ company for the last 10 years. A breakdown would also be appreciated by year and type of work consulted on, or as appropriate.

You will find attached a spreadsheet outlining the total amounts spend on both AECOM NZ Ltd and AECOM Consulting Ltd. Note we have not paid AECOM Consulting since May 2023 but are still receiving invoices from AECOM NZ.

The second part of your request, relating to the type of work consulted on, is refused under LGOIMA s17(f) - the information cannot be found without substantial collation or research. The information provided is a total relating to many invoices over the 10 years. To determine the type of work consulted on would require staff having to manually check each invoice, which would take an excessive amount of time.
If you are able to refine this part of your request, then we may be able to reconsider our decision.

You have the right to request the Ombudsman to review this decision. Complaints can be sent by email to [email address], by fax to (04) 471 2254, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests
Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with requesters' personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about this, please contact the Official Information team on [Christchurch City Council request email].

Kind regards,
Ella

Ella Sullivan
Official Information Advisor
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive

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