The RIMS 2023 Forum took place in Ōtautahi Christchurch 22-23 March 2023. The theme, 'Leave No One Behind' encompasses both our industry peers and the wider communities of Aotearoa.
Transportation is critical to a well-functioning society and equity issues related to access, intergenerational investment, geography, sustainability, including social, cultural, economic and environmental, abound.
Road Infrastructure professionals are constantly challenged by such imperatives, the resolution of which requires trade-offs that seek to balance impossible priorities.
The 2023 RIMS forum explored what it truly means to leave no one behind, bringing the experiences of those who are doing so, to those who are seeking to do better.
It was great seeing all attendees in Ōtautahi March 2023!
Majestic Centre | Ōtautahi, Christchurch, 22-23 March 2023
At the 2023 RIMS Forum we will explore what it means to leave no one behind, bringing the experience of those who are doing so to those who are seeking to do better.
Transportation is critical to a well-functioning society and equity issues related to access, intergenerational investment, geography, sustainability, including social, cultural, economic and environmental, abound. Road infrastructure professionals are constantly challenged by such imperatives, the resolution of which requires trade-offs that seek to balance impossible priorities.
With many changes of personnel throughout the industry and NLTP submissions just around the corner, this forum will give delegates the opportunity to take home new tangible knowledge and skills.
With interactive workshops that dive deep into focused topics through facilitated collegial collaboration, our own people will not be left behind in meeting their work programme challenges.
Workshopping & Tangible Skills
For the first time, the RIMS 2023 Forum will include workshopping sessions to help you and your team build tangible skills to bring back to your workplace ahead of NLTP submissions.
Workshops will support those new to the roading infrastructure management industry as well as those who are subject matter experts, with insights into (including but not limited to):
- Optimised Decision Making
- Back to Basics
- Corridor Management
Thought-Leadership
In 2023, the RIMS Forum theme will tackle the equity challenges that the Roading Infrastructure Management Sector face.
Keynote speakers will grapple with topics such as:
- Accessibility
- Intergenerational Investment
- Social, Cultural and Economic imbalances
Presentations will also be delivered by industry peers and colleagues, taking a deep dive into current projects, challenges and opportunities, to enable the sharing of information.
Networking & Collaboration
Networking and building productive, collaborative working relationships is vital to any conference, and that is not exception at RIMS 2023.
RIMS will gather Roading Infrastructure Management Professionals from around the motu, including those new to the field and our seasoned experts.
It’s the perfect opportunity to meet someone new and learn from others, through informal networking opportunities at our trade exhibition, and at our evening drinks and dinner.
Wednesday 22 March 2023
9:30am
Mihi whakatau
9:40am
Welcoming Address with:
- Christchurch Mayor, Phil Mauger
- Gemma Mathieson, RIMS Forum Convenor
- Murray Pugh, CEO of IPWEA NZ
IPWEA NZ President’s Address
10:00am
New Zealand’s transport system plays a vital role in our nation’s success — moving people and freight, and keeping us all connected. The safe and efficient operation of this network is being challenged by climate change, funding constraints, and a myriad of other issues. How is Waka Kotahi responding to risk in 2023 and beyond? And what do we need to be aware of, as we try to future-proof our land transport system?
10:45am
Morning Tea – Emerging and Under 35 Networking at IPWEA NZ Booth
11:15am
Under 35 Presentations (15min each including Q&A)
- Leave No Utility Behind – William Reid, Reveal
- Seeing is believing – visualised asset data quality for improving data confidence – Owen Xu, Auckland Transport
- Taking charge of Road Structures Management – Michael Zhang, GHD
- Zeus and All Things Weather – Michael He, Downer
Proudly sponsored by
12:15pm
Plenary Presentations (20min each including Q&A)
- Asset management of Auckland Harbour Bridge – Carol Ma and Eric Audigé, HEB and Sixense Oceania
- Joined Up Planning – Leaving no-one behind – Mike Harrison, Waitaki District Council
1:00pm
Lunch – Meet people from your region at the IPWEA NZ booth
1:45pm
Concurrent Presentation Streams – 20min each including Q&A
Chasing our tails
– Gemma Mathieson & Lucien Zhang
IDS & Beca
Asset Management framework for retaining walls
– Sikander Singh
Tauranga City Council
Discussion on the NZUAG/Civil Strikes reduction project
– Nick Miskelly
Chorus
2:15pm
Interactive Workshops Streams
Interactive Workshop on reducing GHGs in the Transport sector
– Cal Roughan & Mike Tapper
WSP & Beca
Launch of RIMS Fault Assessment Guide
– Peter Mortimer
Downer & RIMS
Wellington’s underground mission
– Denise Beazley
Wellington City Council
Update on the National Code of Practice review
– Nick Miskelly & Ian Cox
Chorus & Waka Kotahi
2:45pm
Connecting good practice to tell a more compelling investment story
– Roger Brady
Te Ringa Maimoa & Waka Kotahi
Panel Discussion Part One
Represented by Utility, Council, NZUAG, and Contractor.
Suggested topic: working together in a positive way to ensure excellent outcomes.
3:15pm
Afternoon Tea
3:45pm
This is your opportunity to have a focused conversation with a rotating audience format. Each group gets a 20-minute rapid download of knowledge, before moving to the next table. At this roundtable event, you can focus on connecting with industry professionals.
4:45pm
Keynote address: Mark Inglis ONZM – mountaineer, sportsman, winemaker, scientist
5:30pm
Happy Hour around the Trade
7:30pm
Networking Function – Charity Casino evening
10:30pm
Close of evening
Programme is subject to change.
Thursday 23 March 2023
7:30am
Breakfast in the Trade Area
8:20am
Rising to the infrastructure challenge: What’s fair?
We can’t build our way out of the infrastructure challenge and difficult trade-offs will have to be made. What’s fair when it comes to how we prioritise, fund and deliver infrastructure? And how is Te Waihanga finding out?
9:00am
RIMS update: Alison Hermes
9:10am
Concurrent Presentation Streams – 20min each including Q&A
Not another pothole!
– Mat Johnson
Fulton Hogan
Supercharged renewals management: eight years later
– Scott McIntyre
Datastack
Accessing the network
– Bryce Ongley
Kiwirail
9:30am
What lies beneath
– Craig Reed
Fulton Hogan
Communicating through large scale events
– Nicholas Brewer
HEB Construction
Three strikes and you’re…
– Tracy Bell
Timaru City Council
9:50am
Smarter, Safer, Faster – a case study of using Mobile Laser Scanning on the Western BOP renewal program
– Nikhil Vishwanath
Road Science
Keeping communities connected
– Nick Webby
Fulton Hogan
The next step to a connected future
– James Gunn and Daniel Nolan
Media Suite & Christchurch City Council
10:10am
Morning Tea
10:40am
Interactive Workshops Streams
Taking on knowledge transfer challenges in infrastructure asset management
– Fritz Jooste
Lonrix
Enough is enough … or is it?
– Tony Lange
Te Ringa Maimoa
Cracking on with consistent condition data collection
– Alison Tomlinson
Queenstown Lake District Council
Discussion on NZUAG future directions
– Lead by Jim Donovan
NZUAG Independent Chair
11:10am
Asset management plan and business case development
– Theuns Henning, Erik Barnes & Grant Holland
IDS, Auxillium & Waugh
Latest learnings from Traffic Count Estimation (TCE) and Asset Management Data Standard (AMDS) tranches
– Jeremy Hughes & Bryan Miles
Company-X
Panel Discussion Part Two
Represented by Utility, Council, NZUAG, and Contractor.
Suggested topic: Forward planning – how it provides common service opportunities, and what that means for us working in the corridor.
11:40am
Industry Updates
- IDS Update with Theuns Henning
- RIMS SIG Update
- IPWEA NZ Update – Jodie O’Doherty
- Q&A
12:10pm
Lunch
1:10pm
Best Paper Finalist Presentations – 20min each including Q&A
Back to basics for a step change forward
– Andrea Nicol and
Vesta Gribben
GHD & Inframax
Clustering the backlog
– Chris Cummings
WSP
Incorporation of innovative data sets to enhance forecast for funding requirements using pavement modelling
– Khaldoon Azawi
ASC Consultants
Proudly sponsored by
2:10pm
Awards Presentation & Prize Draw with Exhibitors
2:20pm
Common sense ain’t that common
Born with Cerebral Palsy, Gary Endacott’s parents were told that Gary would never walk. With great determination, a can-do attitude, grit and strong parental support, he has achieved a remarkable amount in his life, including winning world tennis titles. Gary’s presentation will help enable attendees to achieve the goal of leaving no one behind.
“Last time I checked you get one shot at life – it’s not a dress rehearsal so I wanted to make the most of that and I wanted to have a good quality of life”.
3:10pm
Forum Closes
Programme is subject to change.
Keynote Speakers
CEO | Waka Kotahi NZTA
Nicole Rosie has had a 20-year executive career at Board, CE and Senior Executive Level across the public and private sector. She has passion for roles that link care for people with economic outcomes having deep experience in transformative change, systems thinking, high-risk regulated industries and health, safety and environment.
Joining Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency as Chief Executive in February 2020, she brought with her more than two decades of CE and senior executive experience across the public and private sectors, including leadership roles at Toll NZ, KiwiRail, Vector, Fonterra and three years as CE of Worksafe.
She currently holds or has held a number of governance roles including being a Director of Auckland Transport and the Establishment Unit for Light Rail Auckland, and a steering committee member of the New Zealand Construction Accord and Let’s Get Wellington Moving.
Originally from Gisborne, Nicole studied at the University of Otago and University of Auckland graduating with a First Class Master of Laws degree and undergraduate degrees in Law and Arts. In 2002 she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the USA to undertake a Master of Public Health degree at Harvard.
Nicole has been a nationally-ranked tennis player and is a mother of four teenagers. She is passionate about making a difference and sees the land transport system and the critical roles Waka Kotahi plays across infrastructure, climate change and mode shift, regulation and safety as being at the heart of a successful New Zealand.
‘Do not let a disability define your life’
“Imagine, you are 23 years old, trapped in an ice cave for 14 days by a sub-zero blizzard on the summit of New Zealand’s highest peak.
You are starving and freezing to death. You wake up in hospital to find that you have lost both legs below the knees due to frostbite.
What do you do next?
If you are Mark Inglis, you climb Mount Everest, of course.”
Between losing his legs at 23 years old due to frostbite and then going on to be still the only double amputee to have stood on the roof of the world, the summit of Mount Everest, Mark has carved out careers as a mountain bike trail builder, scientist, a world recognised winemaker, business creator and innovator, paralympic athlete (NZ’s 1st paralympic cycling medal, a silver at Sydney 2000), Himalayan mountain and trekking guide, philanthropist and a leading International Motivator. Who else can truly define the often used saying, “Attitude determines your Altitude”
GM Strategy | Te Waihanga, New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
Geoff Cooper has a background in global policy having worked for the United Nations, the United States Treasury and the Federal Reserve. He is a former Chief Economist for Auckland Council, where he worked on infrastructure, housing, regulation and financial policy.
More recently, as Chief Economist at PwC, Geoff has contributed to the economic appraisal of a range of large infrastructure projects, including Wellington’s Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme, Auckland Light Rail, Hamilton to Auckland High Speed Rail and Queenstown’s Way to Go programme. Geoff holds a Master of Economics with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland and a Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University.
M.N.Z.M.
Born with Cerebral Palsy, Gary Endacott’s parents were told that Gary would never walk. With great determination, a can-do attitude, grit and strong parental support, he has achieved a remarkable amount in his life, from running four New York marathons, winning world tennis titles, climbing Mt Kilimanjaro to being made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to disability.
Gary works for the Ministry of Education as the only Disability Facilitator. “Having the opportunity to work with and for other people is most rewarding because that’s potentially life-changing”.
“Last time I checked you get one shot at life – it’s not a dress rehearsal so I wanted to make the most of that and I wanted to have a good quality of life”
And that’s a quality of life he wants for all New Zealanders.
Presentation & Workshop Speakers
Business Development | Reveal
William Reid is a Geophysicist and an Associate Business Development Manager at Reveal, with a First-Class Honours Degree in Geophysics from the University of Auckland. He is passionate about the urbanisation of Aotearoa New Zealand and the opportunity that presents for a more prosperous society for more Kiwis. Away from the office, he can be found on or in the water.
Senior Asset Planning Analyst | Auckland Transport
Owen Xu, a mechanical engineer turned data analyst, is a senior asset planning analyst at Auckland Transport. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in both mechanical engineering and information technology. He has over 5 years of mechanical engineering experience in the US and New Zealand, plus more than 2 years data science and data analysis experience in New Zealand.
He is currently leading asset management business intelligence, data quality reporting and process improvement, and asset investment planning financial data management at Auckland Transport. He has a passion for telling stories with insightful visuals that could bring great value to the decision-making process in asset management.
Senior Advisor – Asset Management | GHD
Michael Zhang has over 9 years of asset management experience in New Zealand and internationally. He has extensive asset management & asset systems experience in the public and private sector across several different infrastructure sectors. He is experienced in providing specialist services around asset management strategy, asset systems designs and process flows, business intelligence, data visualization and data standards.
Development Engineer | Road Science
Michael He is currently a Development Engineer working to create valuable and effective projects in the Bitumen and IoT space.
His expertise is currently in working in project development and management of new projects and innovations that are resourceful to the transport industry.
National Maintenance Assets Lead | HEB Construction
Managing Director | Sixense Oceania
Eric is a French-Australian engineer and business manager with 35 years of experience in monitoring. Throughout his career he has driven the development and international applications in more than 20 countries of new monitoring solutions in a wide range of domains, including the environment, Defence & security, nuclear energy, mining and civil infrastructure.
After relocating in Australia in 2009, Eric joined Sixense in 2013 as Managing Director of the Oceania branch of Sixense Group to foster real-time monitoring in civil construction, infrastructure and mining.
Roading Manager | Waitaki District Council
Mike has a varied background across Council, Contracting and Consulting.
He has held key roles at Christchurch City and Dunedin City Councils; as well as being a Business Development Advisor for Enterprise Dunedin.
COO | Infrastructure Decision Support NZ
Gemma is the Chief Operating Officer of IDS and has over 10 years of experience in infrastructure asset management.
She has been involved in the development of forecasting models across infrastructure assets. Gemma was a technical specialist on the Waka Kotahi 2021-24 NLTP Strategic Maintenance Investment Justification Analysis, which received the IPWEA Australasia 2021 Project of the Year Award.
Asset Engineer | Beca
Lucien is an Asset engineer with three years’ experience with Beca, prior to those three years as a data analyst and research engineer in China.
Lucien specializes in computer algorithm design and automation, programming in a number of languages, mathematical modelling and data analysis.
Team Leader – Transport Asset Management | Tauranga City Council
Sikander has a bachelor’s in civil engineering and a master’s in Transportation Engineering from the University of Auckland.
For the past 12 years, he has been involved in the roading industry in New Zealand, initially with engineering consulting and since 2017 with the Tauranga City Council in asset management and planning place.
Stakeholder, Consenting & Acquisition Team Manager | Chorus
Nick manages the Stakeholder, Consenting & Acquisition Team at Chorus and has been a Utility representative on the Board of the New Zealand Utilities Advisory Group since 2014.
Nick has over 20 years in the construction industry with the last 10 years focused on Telecommunications with Chorus.
Asset Management Engineer | WSP
Cal works in Asset Management for WSP and is a recent graduate of the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Auckland.
He is primarily interested in machine learning, data visualisation and optimisation algorithms for large-scale infrastructure investments relating to decarbonisation.
Technical Director | Beca
Mike is a Senior Technical Director with 30 years’ experience in road asset management and network management.
Mike is the Beca practice lead for Transportation Infrastructure asset management and sits on the Higgins consolidated NOC Board. Mike recruits’ people like Lucien who know what a random forest classifier with oversampling methodology is.
National Asset Management Lead, Transport | Downer New Zealand
Peter has been with Downer for 22 years and was previously involved in design engineering, design management, road surface engineering and asset engineering.
He is responsible for supporting the people and systems delivering Asset Management services across Downer transport sector contracts.
Programme Director, Wellington Underground Asset Register | Wellington City Council
Denise is the Programme Director for Wellington’s Subsurface Asset Register initiative.
She has worked across the corporate sector, central and local government in New Zealand and the UK, specialising in strategy, risk, social marketing and communications.
Denise was previously the Network Activity Planning Manager for Wellington City Council and was responsible for producing Wellington’s Development Response Plan.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
Bay of Plenty System Manager | Waka Kotahi
Roger joined Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency as the Bay of Plenty System Manager in September 2021. This change has enabled him to return to an operational role where he can combine his passion for activity management and empower people.
Roger is an enthusiastic member of Te Ringa Maimoa (Transport Excellence Partnership) Whānau and for the last couple of years has chaired the Sector Excellence Working Group.
Summer Intern | Fulton Hogan
Mat Johnson is a 4th Year Civil Engineering Student at the University of Canterbury. Mat worked for Fulton Hogan during the 2022/23 summer, investigating pothole failures on New Zealand’s State Highway Network for Callaghan Innovations. Mat has a construction background, since 2016 he has spent his summer holidays working in residential and commercial construction. This is what ignited his passion for all things Construction and Infrastructure.
Founder and Principal Consultant | Datastack
Scott supercharges data and systems for clients who want to change the game with their ideas and make a difference with the work they do.
Scott’s thought leadership, creativity and pragmatic solutions have made him a trusted advisor to people and organisations across the asset management supply chain. His clients include road controlling authorities, contractors, consultants and data suppliers.
As the Founder & Principal Consultant at The Datastack, Scott loves doing cool stuff with data and technology, and he is fuelled by a serious amount of coffee.
National Corridor Manager | Kiwirail
Bryce joined KiwiRail in 2019 as KiwiRail’s National Corridor Manager and is responsible for granting access to all third parties wanting to conduct work in the rail corridor.
During his time, Bryce has overseen a significant change to keep contractors safe in the corridor and has championed change, particularly at the road-rail interface.
Prior to working for KiwiRail, Bryce worked for several contractors in Auckland, where he led reactive and planned water maintenance teams. He understands what it’s like to be a contractor and how complex it can feel gaining access to the Rail Network.
“We welcome feedback on common issues.”
Asset Manager | Fulton Hogan
Craig worked for WSP as a Senior Asset Manager, then moved into the NOC space as Contract Manager for 5 years and now is actively pursuing his Asset Management career with Fulton Hogan.
Asset Information and Systems Engineer | HEB Construction
Nick is an Asset Information and Systems Engineer for HEB Construction, he has 10 years’ experience in infrastructure and network management ranging from electrical utility to roading infrastructure assets.
He has a Bachelor of Science majoring in Geography where he specialised in GIS systems which he has merged with his on-site skills gained through years of working as a drainlayer and roading contractor before his studies.
Nick’s expertise is in managing RAMM for HEB construction and delivering field solutions for the business to improve communication and workflow across multiple areas.
He has a passion for technology and empowering people to work as efficiently as possible in a way that resonates with different skill levels.
Road Corridor Technician | Timaru District Council
Tracy has been involved in the Infrastructure industry for the past 20 years, she is currently the Road Corridor Technician for the Timaru District Council a role she has held for the last 13 years.
Tracy spent the previous seven years gaining industry experience working with Downer and Fulton Hogan. Her most recent personal achievement is she completed a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English and Anthropology at the end of 2022.
Product Manager | Road Science
Nik works for Road Science as the Product Manager – New Business.
He is tasked with helping bring new technology and products to the market and currently leads Road Science’s Mobile Data Capture business.
NOC Contract Manager | Fulton Hogan
Nick has worked for Fulton Hogan for 15 years.
He has worked in both the Wellington and Canterbury regions and now resides in Nelson where he first started. During his time he has lead surfacing teams undertaking chip sealing and asphalt works, been involved in construction projects including full street upgrades with 3 waters and pavement reconstruction. He now looks after the Nelson Tasman NOC contract as the contract manager for Fulton Hogan.
Partner Outcomes Manager | Media Suite
Jame is a Partner Outcomes Manager for Media Suite, the Christchurch software development house behind traffic impact permitting tool myWorkSites.
In this service design role, James helps facilitate and design digital tools to meet the needs of complex modern enterprises.
James has 15 years experience working in strategy, delivery management and consulting on data ecosystems, geospatial platforms, and other projects in the public sector. This makes him uniquely placed to provide an authoritative view on creating real change in domains such as corridor management.
Traffic Management Coordinator | Christchurch City Council
Daniel is a Traffic Management Coordinator for Christchurch City Council. He has been using myWorksites as his primary planning tool for the last 4 years.
After starting his career “on the road”, Daniel progressed to designing and submitting CCC traffic plans in Temporary Traffic Management before taking up his current role reviewing plans for the CCC. With 16 years of traffic management experience, Daniel is in an expert position to describe the challenges and opportunities of integrating data analytics to traffic planning with firsthand knowledge.
Founder & Director | Juno Services and Lonrix
Fritz has been working in the field of pavement design and asset management for more than 25 years.
He earned his PhD from Texas A&M University in 1997 and since then has been involved primarily in research and with the development of systems related to pavement design and asset management. Fritz is a founder and director of Juno Services Ltd and Lonrix Ltd.
Principal Investment Advisor | Te Ringa Maimoa
Tony is an engineer with a passion for improving how we maintain operate and improve the roading network.
Until recently Tony led the Te Ringa Maimoa Evidence and Insights team, who develop and embed good practise initiatives for the sector.
Tony started his journey with the transport sector as a lab technician for British Pavements. and has held various roles since, He spent significant time in Local Government and as a Technical Auditor with Waka Kotahi.
In his present role, Tony is working with the Canterbury and West Coast councils on their maintenance and renewals programme and development of their 24 – 27 Asset Management Plan.
In his non-working moments, Tony is a proud dad of two, a Crusader’s supporter and as a keen cyclist enjoys contributing to his local cycle club.
Chair of Evidence & Insight | Te Ringa Maimoa
Alison is the Strategic Asset Manager for Queenstown-Lakes District Council. She has worked in Local Government roading asset management for nearly 20 years in the UK and in New Zealand.
She is the current Chair of the Te Ringa Maimoa Evidence and Insight Group and a deputy chair of the RIMS Special Interest Group.
Chair | NZUAG
Jim is chair of NZUAG, the forum for corridor managers and utility operators to develop the National Code of Practice.
Jim advised major electricity and telecommunications businesses during industry reform, and became a power company CEO and ESA board member. He then led an award-winning telecommunications manufacturer. His board roles have included the Tertiary Education Commission and chairing a Crown-owned telecommunications business.
Director of Master’s Programme | University of Auckland
Theuns is a Director of the Master’s programme in Infrastructure Asset Management and an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland.
Theuns has been a practising Civil Engineer in the road management area since 1992 and has worked for a range of road agencies, consultants and the university. Theuns is a Technical Expert in Asset Management, Infrastructure Investment Planning, Performance-Based Contracting and Climate Adaptation.
Managing Director | Auxilium
Erik is the Managing Director at Auxilium. He has worked in senior management & governance roles across a range of public & private businesses enabling him to understand the challenges from many different perspectives; as a people leader, entrepreneur, strategist, and infrastructure & growth manager.
Erik has extensive experience in operations & infrastructure management & development, wellbeing, strategy & business case development, asset management, facilitation, and learning & development.
Asset Management Specialist | Waugh Infrastructure Management
Grant is an Asset Management Specialist and Infrastructure Advisor with Waugh Infrastructure Management. He has worked for a range of clients across NZ and overseas.
Grant was a co-author of the Road Maintenance Task Force – Better Asset Management, Planning and Delivery Report. Following that report, Grant assisted Te Ringa Maimoa (formerly REG) with ONRC development and other Te Ringa Maimoa workstreams.
Grant has been part of the RIMS Conference for many years. He has chaired the Optimised Decision Making stream and presented regularly. He is always keen to encourage and challenge conference participants.
Business Analyst | Company-X
Bryan has more than 35 years of experience in IT software integration and implementation.
He has five years of experience as the Company-X Business Analyst working with Te Ringa Maimoa on the Transport Insights web portal.
Director and Co-Founder | Company-X
Jeremy is a co-founder and director of software specialist Company-X. Jeremy has more than 30 years of experience in IT development consulting, delivering high-quality software.
He has a track record of delivering industry-wide efficiency gains through the application of IT processes and technologies and is a University of Waikato graduate with a Bachelor of Management Studies degree.
Senior Asset Manager | GHD
Andrea is a Senior Asset Manager at GHD, based in Taumarunui. Prior to taking on this role, she worked at Ruapehu District Council for 16 years in the Land Transport department, becoming Team Leader, then Manager Land Transport in 2018.
During her time at Council, she studied and obtained her Bachelor of Highway Technology through NZIHT. She spent a year as REG champion for Manawatu-Taranaki and been part of the development of a number of Asset Management plans and 10 year budgets.
CEO | Inframax Construction
Vesta is Chief Executive Officer of Inframax. Vesta has over 18 years’ experience in the infrastructure industry (both vertical and horizontal infrastructure).
Her approach is described as customer-centric with an unrelenting focus on putting people first. Inframax is a civil construction and maintenance company with specific expertise in local authority maintenance contracts.
Transportation Asset Information Specialist | WSP
Chris is a highly sought-after Transportation Asset Information Specialist with 18 years’ experience and 13 years focused on RAMM.
His expertise lies in managing and maintaining asset management databases and associated systems and processes supporting the asset management life cycle (RAMM, Juno, DTIMS).
This includes asset condition and data collection activities, Traffic Counting and High Speed Data (HSD) programmes, and RAMM database updates. Chris provides technical support to multiple asset management functions, including data extraction, cleansing and analysis for reporting as part of forward work development, Asset Management Plans, and Long-Term Plans.
He is highly experienced in asset management IT systems, such as RAMM, Juno, GIS, Deighton, Wrike, ADT, MS Access and Excel, including SQL database management and SQL scripting.
Civil Infrastructure Engineer | ASC Consultants
Khaldoon is a civil infrastructure engineer with more than 25 years’ experience in the management and maintenance of transport and infrastructure assets.
He has worked in consultant, contractor, client secondment and client roles. He has a wealth of knowledge in the areas of road asset management and pavement modelling, network management and maintenance planning, contract, and project management.
He has a practical approach to client teams and the issues they face. He is also well-versed in forward planning and work programme development.
Khaldoon has excellent skills gained in a variety of disciplines including management of road network renewal and maintenance contracts, focusing on long-term network sustainable management and resilience. Management of a wide variety of infrastructure projects such as pavement rehabilitation, watermain and sewer rehabilitation projects. Management of various airport airside and landside projects.
Topics & Abstracts
The underground is a mess. Utility strikes are common, costly, and dangerous, and inaccurate plans are a major driver of infrastructure project delays and cost blow outs. To drive a safer, more efficient, and sustainable world, we cannot leave utilities behind.
Poorly documented underground maps result in utility strikes, fatalities, and billions of dollars in unplanned costs. When Reveal mapped Wellington, we discovered that forty percent of all utilities were not on any maps. These issues are endemic, and they are not isolated to Wellington or even New Zealand. With increasing urbanization globally, the need for smarter solutions is only becoming more pressing.
Reveal are innovative underground experts who combine years of boots-on-the-ground experience with geophysical and digital tools. We are creating a comprehensive and accurate data source for the underground, starting right here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Finally, we can ensure we do not leave utilities or their users behind.
Do you have big headaches of understanding your asset data quality? Are you still wasting your time in examining data quality issues out of your spreadsheet? Are you stuck with moving forward to improve your data confidence? I will tell you the story of letting the visuals speak about data quality.
To leave no one behind in the asset management industry, our asset data quality must be thoroughly understood to be continuously monitored and improved. Auckland Transport manages one of the biggest asset data, whilst facing the biggest challenges in data quality management. Spreadsheeting was once the unrivalled way to examine the data quality issues before BI tools such as Power BI came to play. With BI technology tool, data quality issues can be visualised, and sliced and diced into different metrics, types, and geographic areas.
In this presentation, I am going to talk about why we brought in data visualisation for data quality management, why we selected our metrics and built 3 different types of data quality reports, what meaningful insights we extracted on our data quality, and how we built the BI report that tells us data quality stories.
Why are roads structures often managed and treated separately to all the rest of road assets? Are your bridges still managed in spreadsheets or a third-party system and getting data to analyse seems challenging? Join us to hear the journey of four councils as they embrace a RAMM centric approach to whole-of-life management of their road structures.
We are often seeing the clients being left behind for Structures Management. With the skills and experience outsourced, we often see clients with:
- No visibility on when structures have been, and will next be inspected
- No data available for analysis as reports are provided in pdf format
- Maintenance issues found during inspections not being promptly communicated and addressed (let alone trying to find out if the maintenance has been completed)
- Data only available via external systems / consultants
- No clear performance management for inspections delivery
- Valuations and asset planning being done separately
- Inspections that never seem to improve the quality of your asset data
Four councils have now taken the journey with GHD to take a standardised and digital approach to the management of their road structures, centralised on RAMM. By working with GHD and their MAX.structures integrated product, they have centralised all structures management in RAMM, further enhancing their investment in their existing asset management system, addressing all the issues above and delivering better outcomes for both the asset owner and the inspector.
Weather forecasting is one of the 20th centuries greatest forthcomings. We went from looking at clouds and being able to estimate one day in one location in advance, to having reliable forecasts up to 15 days in advance all across the globe.
A report by the World Bank in 2021 says that weather-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, energy, transport, construction and disaster risk management can benefit by over $160 billion US dollars per year globally with our current state of scientific knowledge and our technology. [1]
When we look at the transport industry, one of our main businesses is road sealing which is heavily impacted by weather. We cannot seal in the rain, when its too humid and when the temperature is too cold. Our seals are also most vulnerable in its first few days after being sealed and if the weather becomes too cold or too wet this can lead to early failures which can cost the business hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
At Road Science, we looked at this risk and the vulnerabilities of our sealing activities. We then looked at our weather forecasting tools we use, and found that this was one of the main risks to early sealing failures at Downer. We identified a lack of weather stations from individual providers resulted in biased results with some main forecasters in New Zealand showing different predictions for the same geolocation. An example of their weather stations is shown in the figure below, on the left-hand side.
Because of this, we partnered with a weather supplier that utilizes all personal and public weather stations available across New Zealand to provide a high-resolution weather algorithm across New Zealand. By using our new forecasting system (shown in figure 1 on the right-hand side), and integrating this into our sealing activities we have been able to support our construction teams on the ground to know the best times to seal. This led to a reduction of 5 preventable failures per annum to 0, saving over $150,000 per year in rework.
This weather data has led to further work in our forward works planning and analysis of our historic winters and summers. We were also able to lead to understanding our pavement temperatures across New Zealand better than before. This is what I believe, to be just the start of using big weather data for our transport industry.
[1] https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/new-study-shows-socio-economic-benefits-of-weather-observations
The topography of Tauranga is such that retaining walls have been constructed in high numbers to support vulnerable slopes. Historically, the asset inventory and information on condition of retaining walls was inadequate and had led to higher cost of maintenance.
Given the number of walls, it was essential for Tauranga City Council (TCC) to identify walls that may be of greater vulnerability and establish a long-term strategy for renewal or replacement. So, TCC carried out a network wide Asset inventory survey of retaining walls to update RAMM asset database. This advanced work has included capturing key asset information such as retained height, wall length, structural form, and an estimated age. In some instances, unretained slope batters have been incorporated.
The renewal and replacement of retaining walls can be expensive, particularly within the road corridor where works can be constrained by the built environment (proximal buildings, utility networks, road corridors) and topographic features. TCC have developed a retaining wall assessment and prioritisation framework for the screening and detailed assessment to identify the critical retaining walls in the city that may require additional monitoring, maintenance, and renewal. The framework focused on the following core objectives:
- Establishing a retaining wall assessment methodology using Critical Vulnerability Rating (CVR), comprising of three components; Wall Vulnerability, Wall Importance and Network Disruption;
- Providing a robust and consistent framework that is compatible with current RAMM asset management system for walls requiring more detailed inspection; and,
- Providing a suitable solution framework and indicative costing for critical walls.
The outcome of this study is to help form a future maintenance strategy to be incorporated into TCC’s long-term planning. There have been 2897 retaining walls identified in Tauranga, 735 of which have been identified within the road corridor and have been prioritised for further investigation. The framework allows TCC to have a decision-making process to apply to the effective management of all retaining wall assets and particularly the ones requiring immediate attention.
An update on the IDS/Waka Kotahi embodied carbon modelling project. How the model was developed and results of application to the State Highway NLTP analysis.
Background: the need for change.
The project: the process we went through to develop the guide, including consultation.
The outcome: overview of the guide.
Interactive session with series of fault photos – audience can choose the names and the severity, before seeing the right answer. This exercise will:
- Introduce the new fault terms.
- Introduce the severity terms.
- Demonstrate the importance of the guide to get consistent interpretation and implementation.
Our nation’s underground infrastructure is being tested as never before. If we are to ensure communities’ continued access to water, power, gas, internet… then we need to improve our knowledge of our underground environment. Wellington is building a system that will ultimately improve the quality of subsurface asset information and people’s access to it.
Wellington is embarking on a New Zealand-leading initiative to build an updateable digital map, recording the location of underground assets beneath the city’s streets.
It could be the start of a long journey towards a subsurface digital twin.
With billions of dollars of infrastructure construction planned across the city over the coming decade, we need to better understand our subsurface environment. The aim is to move away from legacy records and outdated paper processes held across many locations, to a federated online map-based library. There are real benefits to establishing a platform that everyone working in the sector can access 24/7, 365 days a year.
We want to build a system and supporting compliance policies in conjunction with the sector that could be scaled up for the whole of New Zealand.
WCC Programme Director Denise Beazley will share Wellington’s journey and seek your input on what we can do together to reach a better national outcome.
Responding to the carbon challenge is becoming more urgent. Waka Kotahi have commissioned work to benchmark the national land transport infrastructure carbon footprint in a research project. This presentation will provide a preview of some the work currently being undertaken prior to release of the research later in 2023.
Beca have been commissioned by Waka Kotahi to undertake a research project to calculate the carbon footprint of all land transport infrastructure in New Zealand.
This covers assets such across road, rail, public transport including bus stations and ferry terminals and covers the full asset lifecycle from construction, maintenance, operation to end of life. While the research project is not finished yet, this presentation is a great opportunity to update industry on some of the initial findings of this important study.
The presentation will focus on some of the initial individual asset class findings and challenges, including sourcing national asset data and calculating the carbon across the full lifecycle.
The research project will be a key benchmark document and the presentation will be a preview of the work undertaken and some of the methodologies and issues involved.
Imagine the power we can harness by connecting and sharing good practices in transport asset management. By connecting practitioners in the industry, we can support those that need help and ensure they are not left behind. Sometimes it only takes seeing one good example or having a five-minute conversation to solve the most complex problem.
In our complex and fast-changing world, we need to be able to understand how we can tell a technical story in a way that is understandable to the public. Te Ringa Maimoa has completed the second review of all transport asset management plans across the country. We see a positive trend of improvement but also further need to improve our practices.
The review has identified some great examples of good practices and ways that can help improve our investment story. By sharing and connecting RCAs that have spearheaded innovative ideas and good practices with RCAs that need help, we can grow the capability and maturity of the sector.
We have compiled a growing collection of good examples and are developing a collaborative network/resource to share and connect individuals who can support each other.
Key learning points:
- Understand the national trends in asset management and business case practices.
- See and test practical examples of good practices.
- Connect those that need help to those doing good work.
12 Tables | Audience rotates three times | 20min at each table
Table 1#Nigel Lynton, Company-X
AMDS – The latest from the tranches with Nigel Lynton
Company-X was deeply involved with the development of the standard as well as preparing for and validating its practical implementation across Waka Kotahi, RCAs, and maintenance contractors. Company-X business analyst Nigel Lynton will share the latest learnings on data mapping, with real life before and after migration examples, as well as share tips and tricks on how to integrate AMDS data with third party tools including Transport Insights.
Table 2#Bryan Miles
Getting underway with the new Traffic Count Estimation (TCE) module with Bryan Miles
Company-X business analyst Bryan Miles will focus on how the TCE module implemented in Transport Insights will help the transport sector optimise decision making. The TCE module uses traffic count data for up to six previous years imported from RAMM to generate a full set of traffic estimates for road controlling authority owned Carriageway Sections.
Table 3#Mark Stephenson and Darren Newland, WDM
A fraction more friction
WDM NZ have undertaken SCRIM and HSD surveys In New Zealand since the 1990’s applying SCRIM measurement principles. This provides detailed data relating to the safety performance of the surveyed roads, as well as approaches to investigate and carry out safety reseals. Worldwide experience indicates that a proactive Skid resistance strategy can reduce wet crash numbers by 30% or more. Speak to Darren or Mark to find out more.
Table 4#Aaron Wilson, Symech
ElectronicPrestart checks – added value to Fleet management
By providing your roading asset drivers and operators the ability to carry out Pre-Start Checks on their mobile devices, you can monitor your roading fleet in real-time and ensure the Health & Safety of your staff.
With our powerful rules engine and template builder wizard, you can quickly create a specific Pre-Start Check to target any user, asset or asset type. Customise intervals or dates, enabling operators to answer additional questions during different seasons or times of the year. This ensures no company is left behind and all can implement the technology to the level they require. Ensuring reduced downtime of vehicles, machinery, and equipment by detecting issues early and notifying Servicing staff for scheduling.
Improve Servicing efficiency, job prioritisation and streamlining asset Servicing workflow.
Our solution can work with roading assets with no tracking device installed, providing businesses transparency of asset locations, travelled distances and operating hours without the expense of hardware and installation costs. Combining this with the roading asset management system you can achieve greater job efficiencies and complete tasks more efficiently.
More to come!
With potholes hitting headlines throughout 2022 and becoming a key topic for politicians, we wanted to identify common causal factors to help prevent their likelihood of occurrence. This presentation explores data to answer the questions ‘Why is that pothole there?’ and ‘How can we stop these things popping up?’
Potholes pose a serious safety hazard and also present a significant concern to vulnerable communities when the costs of tyre and wheel damage mount up. In an effort to better understand the problem and build an evidence-based case for better-targeted funding, Fulton Hogan undertook a research project looking at all available data for themes and trends leading to potholes.
This presentation provides an overview of the research which examined and matched potholes against traffic data, pavement and surface age, drainage conditions, rainfall data, changing weather conditions over time and repair activates completed. The commonly used reasoning for potholes; ‘not enough/poor maintenance practices’ and ‘lack of renewal funding’ are tested. We will then identify options for both the client and the contractor that have the best short-term (lasting month), medium-term (the next construction season) and long-term (next renewal timing) solutions.
In 2015, the Renewals Forward Works Programme (RFWP) system went live in Auckland Transport’s RAMM database. The RFWP is a bespoke renewals activity management system created directly within RAMM. Now nearly eight years later, we look at the RFWP’s history, its ongoing evolution, and the benefits it continues to deliver.
In 2015, the Renewals Forward Works Programme (RFWP) system went live in the Auckland Transport RAMM database. The RFWP is a bespoke renewals activity management system designed and created directly within Thinkproject’s RAMM platform.
A key feature of the RFWP is the active system link it maintains between the long-term programming and delivery of activities to renew assets. This link enables the RFWP to provide daily insights into the current status of all renewal activities delivered via RAMM dispatches, leaving no one activity behind in a delivery period.
In operation for nearly eight years, the system has actively managed and tracked thousands of activities in the renewals forward works programme.
In this talk, we will look at the RFWP’s history, its ongoing evolution, and the benefits it provides for managing and delivering renewal activities across the network.
The three most important things in road maintenance are drainage, drainage, and drainage. This old adage is just as relevant as ever and new technology is providing rich data which help asset manager ensure no piece of road is left behind.
It has been widely accepted that pavement moisture leads to a reduced design life, more maintenance repairs and faster deterioration.
The changing dynamic of our road networks, including increasing traffic, changes to adjacent farming practises (irrigation), urban sprawl, as well as weather events becoming more frequent, requires us to explore new data sources to better inform decision making.
This presentation outlines a case study where Fulton Hogan have completed TDRI moisture surveys on the Northland and West Waikato NOC Networks encompassing over 2900 km of traffic lanes. Key points include:
- How moisture effects our networks, what is normal or base line, comparing Northland and West Waikato Networks.
- Identify locations for the current forward works programme which have higher moisture content or are susceptible to moisture and therefore have a higher risk of failure.
- Provide insight around collection constraints, data interpretation and quality.
August 2022 saw a significant rain event effect the Marlborough districts roading network, utilising new data pickup techniques and reporting systems allowed the network state and repair programme to be communicated and managed efficiently through various customers and stakeholders.
In August 2022 an atmospheric river event in the Marlborough region resulted in network wide flood and slip damage resulting in assets that were unusable and not fit for purpose for a significant timeframe.
Utilising ESRI systems the Marlborough Roads NOC team recorded over 4000 individual faults in just over 2 weeks from Utes, helicopters, and electric bikes across 3 different organisations.
The challenge was then communicating network state across various customers to ensure delays were clear and concise as well as working with different organisations to efficiently programme and manage the repair work in a consistent manner.
This presentation will focus on the technology utilised to collect the faults and how the data and system was then used to communicate with customers and collaborate across Waka Kotahi, Marlborough Roads, and Local Iwi to ensure efficient programming and culturally sensitive areas were allowed for when engineering the required remedial works.
In a resource constrained environment with a large package of work to deliver, WSP were looking for ways to streamline and improve their workflow to ensure client expectations were met.
A key constraint was the resource and time required to complete surveying prior to design.
Road Science has been investing in mobile data collection technology for over 7 years, their most recent investment, Pegasus, is a mobile laser scanner that collects survey accuracy point cloud data and high-quality photogrammetry.
Over the past 6 months, WSP and Road Science have collaborated in collecting data using Pegasus for the upcoming two years of renewals for Western Bay of Plenty. The result has been the delivery of a larger program, reduced surveying costs and client expectations were met.
This case study proves that the use of technology like mobile laser scanning is not constrained to large-scale, large-budget projects, but it can improve the commercial and delivery performance of most contracts when used correctly.
The next (and the current) generation is motivated in their work by the ‘why’. Everyone wants to go home at the end of the day knowing they have made a positive difference. What more noble cause is there than helping communities in distress when weather has cut off basic needs?
At a point in time when we are getting more intense and more frequent weather events impacting our road networks, the need for our teams to be well prepared and equipped has never been greater. This presentation will outline the challenges and also rewards of working in emergency response as part of a road maintenance contract.
Drawing on the Fulton Hogan experience over several recent events in the Nelson/ Tasman region, we will highlight key lessons for successful response and transition into the recovery phase across aspects including:
- Proactive planning and resourcing – people and gear.
- Taking care of the team throughout the event.
- Data collection, triage and reconnaissance.
- Links with client and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
- Solutions to quickly re-establish community lifelines.
- Public communications.
The past decade has witnessed a virtual revolution in the quantity and use of data to drive decisions in many business domains, especially in the information technology sector. How do we ensure that young civil engineers and workers in infrastructure asset management do not get left behind? This workshop will investigate this question through a short presentation followed by table discussions.
The past decade has witnessed a virtual revolution in the quantity and use of data to drive decisions in many business domains. This sea-change has been most visible in the Information Technology sector. In fact, it can be argued that a young civil engineer working as an asset manager may feel that, on a day-to-day basis, the data science revolution is bypassing them entirely.
This workshop will consist of a short scene-setter presentation and then allow participants to contribute using their experience in road infrastructure asset management as well as experiences related to training and retaining staff. Identifying challenges while at the same time investigating potential solutions, this workshop aims to help identify means to entice more roading engineers and data scientists to bring modern data science tools to bear on infrastructure asset management challenges.
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. So, how can an infrastructure professional, who has not experienced more than enough, know when enough is enough?
What is enough when it comes to investing in New Zealand’s transport network for the future, and how do we know when enough is enough?
Our new national road classification system ONF, which better includes people walking, riding a bike, or taking public transport, is being used to help determine the function of our roads and streets and inform decision-making.
Significant improvement has been made with the ONF performance reporting framework via the Te Ringa Maimoa Transport Insights web portal. Experience has highlighted the value of a reliable performance reporting source with a complete set of measures to understand when enough is enough.
The Transport Insights web portal performance reporting enables us to compare each RCA’s network and street class. As a result, we can differentiate and identify service levels across the country.
This presentation will focus on how the three interrelated areas:
- ONF performance measurement framework.
- Performance measure development for the sector.
- Te Ringa Maimoa Transportation Insights web portal, ONF and other modules.
In the very near future, RCAs will not have to concern themselves about what pavement condition data to collect or when, who and how to collect it. Te Ringa Maimoa is taking all RCAs into a future where they can just crack on and confidently use condition data to manage their assets better.
Consistent condition data is increasingly important in the New Zealand transport sector’s approach to lifecycle asset management, benchmarking, performance management and investment decision-making.
Te Ringa Maimoa is leading the implementation of a consistent approach to collect pavement, and surfacing condition data for all local authority sealed roads.
The Consistent Condition Data Collection (CCDC) implementation project is being undertaken collaboratively by sector representatives from councils and Waka Kotahi, supported by industry subject matter experts and is being phased through to 30 June 2024.
This presentation will focus on how the three desirable outcomes will be achieved:
1. Specifying the pavement and surfacing condition data to be collected for measuring, analysis, and reporting asset and network conditions.
2. Establishing the means to collect the condition data across New Zealand consistently.
3. The right condition data is consistent and will be available to all councils by July 2027.
Have you ever wanted your maintenance contract to be able to provide improved transparency for clients while enabling contractors to systematically improve maintenance outcomes? Come and hear about the Ruapehu journey, from the client and contractor, with a back-to-basics systemised approach to improve maintenance and associated outcomes.
Managing maintenance is crucial and we are all familiar with the recurring niggle list:
- Is the network inspected regularly?
- Have some roads not been graded for years?
- What do we do when contract documents don’t keep up?
- Why do maintenance issues get ‘driven past’?
- Is lump sum work being done?
- Prices rise, budgets are fixed… but we need to go to market
- What if staff change?
- I can’t find what I need in the contract documents
- How do I know I am receiving what I am paying for?
Going back to basics to create a systemised, structured and process driven approach around data, risk, performance, and behaviours helped address these issues to provide transparency and clarity, allowing the contractor to focus on the best solutions.
Clarity ensures no one gets left behind. Maintenance, asset management and community outcomes can be optimised. Hear about the journey from the client and contractor.
Incorporation of innovative data sets to enhance forecast for funding requirements using pavement modelling.
The Northern Transportation Alliance (NTA) has a strategic approach to data acquisition. Two recent innovations have been the adoption of high-speed crack data (Laser Crack Measuring System – LCMS) and studies of heavy vehicle forestry truck movements around the network. Data is important to the asset management decision making and this data has also been incorporated into the pavement performance model to provide optimised forecasts of future pavement conditions and likely impacts to funding requirements for renewals and maintenance.
The NTA has completed a comprehensive study of high-speed crack data and implemented this into the annual modelling processes. The NTA recognised the need to embrace this new technology as the potential advantages that could improve the understanding of the network pavement performance and long-term trends.
The forestry strategy gathered information on forestry related heavy vehicle trips on the road network for the current use and make a forecast for the future demands. The forestry strategy then used pavement performance model analyses to predict future pavement condition and assess the associated financial impact from forestry trucks.
The key learning points for the audience to take away are:
- Data quality is essential for optimised decision making;
- We need to move with the emerging technologies (it is 2023!); and
- The future cannot be predicted without understanding the demands placed on the network.
IPWEA NZ sincerely thanks the generous support of the following sponsors for the 2023 RIMS Forum. If you are interested in sponsoring the Forum, or exhibiting, please contact Joanne Reddock: joanne@conferenceteam.co.nz | 027 303 8703
Platinum Sponsor
Thinkproject is a global leader in construction intelligence, creating sustainable impact by turning intelligence from data and people into an indispensable asset. We provide integrated software and services that promote collaboration across the entire asset lifecycle, from design and build to operation, helping you make informed, data-driven decisions.
Connecting all stakeholders in single source of truth, RAMM is our innovative and fully integrated asset and work management solution for infrastructure and property. RAMM is leading-edge technology, helping our clients to optimise asset management and enhance predictive maintenance capability. Achieve real data visualisation with RAMM by combining your asset data with 2D and 3D models to easily identify and interact with assets in complex structures, import BIM data, and ingest real-time data to support the use of digital twins in RAMM.
Make intelligence your asset.
Gold Sponsor
“Company-X’s reputation is built on providing world-leading software savvy teams to domestic and international clients.
We are renowned for building highly-skilled, tightly-knit, self-managed, and co-located teams that stay with projects from beginning to end and deliver software quickly.
Our team of about 50 software specialists include analysts, architects, designers, developers, testers and project managers with a can-do attitude.”
Silver Sponsor
Waugh Infrastructure Management is a niche consultancy that assists governments and councils with the full range of infrastructure asset management planning, from strategic planning and policy development, through to operational service delivery.
Waugh provides industry leadership within the New Zealand local government infrastructure management field, developing widely used guidance and templates designed to meet legislative and industry requirements . Waugh are infrastructure management specialists with wide domain expertise, who enjoy being part of your team and assisting in delivering the outcomes you require.
We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions, engineering projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
We’re proud of the unique value we bring to our clients at WSP. With unrivalled local knowledge harnessed from over 150 years of pioneering the important infrastructure and environments of NZ, alongside our world-class technical experts in Transport, Property & Buildings, Power, Earth, Environment & Water who are part of the 36 communities around NZ in which we operate, we know this place like no other. This combined with our network of 55,000 global WSP experts means that we have the power to generate solutions that question today, imagine tomorrow and create for the future.
HEB Construction strives to be a benchmark in construction and the partner of choice in a changing world because the future is being built today. HEB Construction designs and builds structures and infrastructure that addresses the major issues facing society – global warming, population growth, burgeoning urbanisation, and increasing mobility. The success of its projects rests on attentiveness, respect, social and environmental engagement, and strong stakeholder partnerships built on trust. HEB Construction has been in the construction business in New Zealand for over 35 years.
They’re proud to belong to the VINCI Group, as part of the VINCI Construction International Network. Together HEB and VINCI provide a combination of New Zealand-based experience, backed by the global expertise, technical know-how, and the financial resources of one of the largest construction companies in the world.
Bronze Sponsor
It started with the first ‘talking telegraph’ trial in 1877 which led to the formation of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department in 1881. What followed was 130 years of communications evolution that saw telephones in nearly every home, the privatisation of the network and birth of Telecom in 1987, and the arrival of the internet and mobile phone technology.
Now optical fibre ushers in a new era. Chorus was formed in March 2008 as a Telecom business unit operating at arm’s length from the rest of the organisation, to give all service providers access to the local fixed line network.
In December 2011, Chorus reached a major milestone, formally becoming a separate entity and listing on the New Zealand stock exchange.
Today, as New Zealand’s largest telecommunications infrastructure company, Chorus continues its long heritage of building and looking after the country’s fixed line telecommunications network for present and future generations.
Ventia is one of the largest essential infrastructure services providers in Australia and New Zealand. We are proud to provide the services that keep infrastructure working for our communities.
With a combined workforce of more than 35,000 people, operating in over 400 sites across Australia and New Zealand, Ventia operates across a broad range of industry segments, including defence, social infrastructure, water, electricity and gas, environmental services resources, telecommunications and transport.
With more than 65 years’ knowledge, understanding and experience in providing essential services to the Australian and New Zealand markets. We put safety first, build trust in our communities, deliver for our clients, champion diversity and find sustainable solutions.
General Sponsor
Road Direct is a specialised software development company that has been solely focused on developing smartphone applications and cloud-based systems for the traffic management industry since 2017. Our systems have over 1000 users in over 70+ depots nationwide.
The staff at Road Direct have had many years’ experience in the TTM industry, from managing work sites in the field, to developing plans and managing jobs in the office. This has given us a strategic advantage when designing and creating our systems. Our staff are inspired to make all aspects of traffic management as streamlined and accurate as possible. We have a strong focus on getting basics right, and removing all those micro steps we have to do multiple times a day on a daily basis.
Formerly the Road Efficiency Group (REG), this unique partnership supports New Zealand’s drive to incentivise improved activity management, support multi-model decision making, and builds the capability of the transport sector.
Te Ringa Maimoa Transport Excellence Partnership is a collaborative initiative between Local Government NZ, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and all road controlling authorities, targeting business-excellence across the transport sector.
This programme builds sector capability and excellence enabling continuously improving investment decision-making based on robust activity planning, service delivery and quality comparative data.
The success of the programme has been the combined partnership of local government and Waka Kotahi promoting a ‘for the sector, by the sector’ philosophy. We support Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) to understand the requirements of the Government Policy Statement on land transport and to become ‘smarter buyers’ by creating tools and providing guidance to improve performance.
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Cancellations must be in writing. An administration fee of $100+gst will be charged on all cancellations prior to 15 March 2023. Thereafter, refunds will be at the discretion of the organising committee and will be processed after the conference. No refunds will be made for late arrival or early departure. Registrations may be reassigned to another person from the same organisation without penalty. Please notify The Conference Team Ltd of any changes prior to the forum at joanne@conferenceteam.co.nz.
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The convenors reserve the right to change activities, topics and presenters where necessary. Neither the organisers (The Conference Team Ltd) nor the convenors shall be liable for any loss caused by the cancellation or abandonment of the event where such cancellation is due to Force Majeure. The term “Force Majeure” means any circumstance beyond the reasonable control of the organisers including but not limited to war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), terrorism, aircraft hijacking, military operation, riot, civil war, rebellion, civil commotion or unrest, pandemics or natural disasters, Acts or Regulations of government, refusal to grant visas, explosions, transport delays, transport difficulties and the insolvency of airline carriers. The organisers will use all reasonable efforts to conduct the event despite the intervention or occurrence of any such cause. Changes will be notified on this website.