About CadCon Surveying & Town Planning, Sunshine Coast

Sunshine coast based CadCon Surveying & Town Planning originated from a joint venture between Cullen & Couper Pty Ltd, a Hervey Bay firm of consulting surveyors and town planners, and M. H. Lodewyk Pty Ltd, a Mt Isa firm of geodetic and consulting surveyors.

In September 2001 John Gillespie, a Director, Licensed Surveyor and Town Planner at C&C, and Steve Egan, a Licensed Surveyor at MHL opened a new surveying and town planning office at Maroochydore trading as Cullen & Couper (Maroochydore). At that time we were engaged in a major contract with Maroochy Shire to create a spatially accurate digital cadastre across the entire Shire. We subsequently went on to undertake a similar project for Noosa Council ensuring that the position of property boundaries within the mapping databases used by these councils is accurate to better than ±0.1m in urban areas - significantly enhancing Councils business processes. Other major clients on the Sunshine Coast at the time included a large earthworks company. Having opened the office we soon found our surveying and town planning skills were being called upon across the full gamut of surveying and town planning services and expertise.

In April of 2005 John Gillespie and Steve Egan purchased C&C Maroochydore and renamed it to CadCon Surveying & Town Planning to better reflect the services we provide - Cad being a shortening of cadastral or property surveys and Con being a shortening of consortium reflecting the original ownership structure of the surveying and town planning company.

Cadcon Surveying and Town Planning and its staff are active participants in professional and industrial organisations on the Sunshine coast and in our industry areas. We also actively participate in Sunshine coast life with John being a keen member of the Mooloolaba Outrigger Canoe Club, a member of the Spatial Science Institute and the Planning Institute of Australia. Steve is also a member of the Spatial Sciences Institute.

The disciplines of Land Surveying and Town Planning are essential to the conduct of land related projects:

• The International Federation of Surveyors describes a Surveyor as "a professional person with the academic qualifications and technical expertise to practise the science of measurement; to assemble and assess land and geographic related information; to use that information for the purpose of planning and implementing the efficient administration of the land, the sea and structures thereon; and to instigate the advancement and development of such practices."
  
• The Planning Institute of Australia says that planners "guide and manage the way suburbs, cities and regions develop, making sure that they are good places in which to live, work and play. Planners are involved in making decisions about land use proposals and other types of developments whilst balancing the needs of communities and the environment. "
  
• Further "The role of planners is becoming more important, as society places greater emphasis on balancing environmental and development issues, promoting liveable communities and securing high quality urban design."

In today's world there is ever increasing competition between competing land uses. To create an appropriate land use for a site and to achieve a successful development approval all existing and future constraints and opportunities must be accurately identified, measured, described and accounted for - both on site and on adjoining land. CadCon Surveying and Town Planning combines the practical measurement, land administration, interpretation and presentation skills of the Surveyor with the land use knowledge of the Town Planner and their ability to guide, assess and mitigate differing land uses. This combination allows us to prepare and present accurate and comprehensive detail surveys, proposal plans, proposal reports and development applications in order to facilitate our clients land development projects.

CadCon Surveying & Town Planning Sunshine Coast is also proud to be a member of the following organisations -