Get your own geotechnical report

Last updated: 4 April 2024

You can organise and pay for your own geotechnical report to determine a risk category for your property.

We need to see a geotechnical report of your property before we can determine its risk category.

Once you Register online for a storm-affected property risk assessment, we can arrange the geotechnical report for you, or you can organise and pay for your own report through a registered geotechnical engineer.

The geotechnical report checks the condition and stability of your land. We use this information to provide you with a confirmed risk category for your property.

Find a suitable geotechnical engineer

If you want to organise your own geotechnical report you need to use either:

• a Chartered Professional Engineer who specialises in geotechnical engineering, or
• a Professional Engineering Geologist.

For help finding a suitable engineer, see Find a professional on the New Zealand Geotechnical Society website.

Forms you need to complete

If you organise and pay for your own geotechnical engineer and report, you need to:

• complete the Letter of engagement and give this to your geotechnical engineer before they perform the assessment
• send us the geotechnical engineer report template once it is completed by your geotechnical engineer.

Email propertycategory@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz with the completed report.

Download the letter to give to your geotechnical engineer

​Download the report template for your geotechnical engineer to complete

​Guidelines on the use of AGS2007 for landslide risk assessment in Auckland