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Use of Asset data to standardise chip seal surfacing design and construction
David Black

Downer have developed and introduced a national seal design process. It allows a consistent approach to site treatment decisions. It is a data-centric process that equips the seal designer with the latest algorithm version with preloaded site history and site reconnaissance, from automated data capture and RAMM.
Site reconnaissance data is sourced from:
. NZTA High Speed Data and video information
. Downer Hawkeye asset and road condition tool
. Site inspection / sand circle texture measure
Of particular interest to the seal designer is
. Pavement construction history (RAMM Surfacing / Pavement Layer Data)
. Loss of Skid resistance (High Speed Data, aggregate polishing)
. Binder Oxidation (Age of surface)
. Rutting Trends (rut development in relation to waterproofness / pavement stability)
. Texture Trends (Flushing, bleeding, scabbing etc)
This information is used to assess site safety, waterproofing and future pavement needs to determine proposed seal types, thereby reducing the risk of premature failure.
The Seal Design Algorithm has been developed over a 2 year period by a working group of Downer seal design practitioners. Downer is continually updating and improving this algorithm. The system allows our sealing teams to always use the most up to date version. The information is then uploaded into the SRE Bitumen Sprayers for construction.

David has over 37 years experience in the civil engineering and contracting industry, with 30 years in sealing. He has been employed as Chipseal Manager for Downer for the last ten years, most recently in a technical advisory role. David has vast experience in the successful management of resealing and resurfacing contracts across the country, particularly in Southland. His consistent record of high performance and achievement has earned him a reputation as an innovative problem solver and an intelligent thinker.

Wellington City Council (WCC), have a data requirement to spatially capture their assets and the asset attributes to higher than current standards and to meet stricter budgets and timeframes. A pilot project was undertaken in collaboration with CoreLogic NZ Ltd to assess the use of Street Cam 3D, a mobile laser scanning system. The pilot project was to capture assets along transport corridors in dense urban and residential areas. The focus of the pilot project was to capture street lighting and road marking, two assets where WCC identified a need for improved data quality.
This presentation will provide a background on WCC’s vision to obtain 3D data for all council assets in the region to aid better asset management decision making. We will discuss the benefits of data capture with mobile laser scanning and demonstrate how the asset attributes were extracted to a useable format from Street Cam 3D’s data to meet the required specification. Finally, the findings of WCC’s review of the delivered data, the return on investment and future application of StreetCam3D will be discusses.

Iain qualified from Newcastle University (UK), with a BSc in Surveying and Mapping. Upon qualification he joined a world leading mobile LiDAR development company as a LiDAR systems Engineer gaining an in depth knowledge of mobile laser scanning technology. During his time with this company he was involved with the project management of many diverse mobile LiDAR applications around the world allowing him to gain vast experience of the practical use of this technology. Iain continues to specialise in this field as the Mobile LiDAR Manager for CoreLogic NZ, who operates a mobile LiDAR system across New Zealand and extract accurate, cost reducing and time efficient data solutions to meet the requirements of their customers.

Kirsten has a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering Studies in Engineering Science from the University of Auckland. She has worked at Wellington City Council for 10 years looking after Transport data. During this time Kirsten has overseen the development and implementation of an automated interface between the Council’s Customer Service and Job Management systems. She has also developed tools to help transfer data between the Asset Management and GIS systems. Kirsten has expertise in data extracting and reporting using various scripting tools including SQL, Python and VBA.

A case study of how Inroads (now West Link) are using self-captured video to benefit asset management in the Bay of Plenty and demonstrates how quality, safety and compliance improvements, as well as reduced costs, correlate with regular video capture. Hands-on demonstration of the hardware and software network inspectors (Contour Plus camera and tablet software) are used to integrate video capture into their regular inspection cycles. In addition to the field equipment, demonstrates the office-based software developed to:

• integrate the video files with existing data sources (such as RAMM, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.);
• provide visual representation using mapping/GIS/aerial photographs;
• gives linear video positioning using a ‘virtual’ trip meter;
• details graphical and textual compliance reporting and monitoring;
• and many other features

The original drivers behind the VIVA (Video Inspection, Video Analysis) system and how a far broader range of potential uses of video has become apparent over time. Current development of the system and future plans as well. Such as RAMM API integration for real-time RAMM data and device-to-device and device-to-server data synchronisation for field workers along with less exciting but useful improvements to the video-capture process, such as being able to ‘repair’ video footage where the GPS data has dropped-out through the use of a separate GPS track file.
The presenter/developer will be available to answer questions from anyone interested in a more detailed or technical discussion of the processes behind the VIVA system including how they may be able to incorporate video capture into their own asset management tasks; what is the best hardware; how much expense is involved; what are the pitfalls (and how to avoid them!); and generally share their knowledge from years of working with this technology.

Carlin originally trained as a surveyor with, ( then), Works Civil Construction. After a few years travelling and obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Massey University, he started at Opus in the Paeroa office and now works out of Manukau. Ever since, with the exception of a couple of years at Blacktop, he has been developing software with a particular focus on mobile devices for use in the field. He judges the success of an IT project not just on improvements in efficiencies and data accuracy but whether it is practical to use and a positive experience for the end-users. Experience has taught that the best outcomes are almost always a result of talking to the people who do the job daily – even spending some time doing the job, if possible. It’s also the best way to teach an old dog new tricks. Involving users from early on can help sway the most ardent technophobes who are mistrustful of anything other than a clipboard and a pencil.

Fulton Hogan recently completed a project to validate the quantity and condition of retaining walls within a section of an urban road network.  To ensure the data provided to the client was of a high quality and meeting the requirements of the contract specifications, we utilised several tools within the RAMM Software suite.  Such projects like this in the past have generally been in the realm of consultants.
We used a combination of RAMM, User Defined Tables (UDT), Pocket RAMM, RAMM GIS and the newly released RAMM Detail.  During the setup phase we identified that being successful we would need to provide the data back to the client in a required format (the RAMM Retaining Wall table) and the data needs to be easily collected, validated and audited.  With this in mind we determined that keeping the data within RAMM would provide the simplest solution to meet these requirements.
By utilising RAMM we were able to overcome our own disadvantages in other areas and leverage on our advantages in our knowledge of RAMM.  Feedback from the client has been extremely positive, complimenting the quality of the information and meeting their overall expectations.  By completing projects like these this improves Fulton Hogan’s ability and reputation in the area of asset management.

Kris is the Maintenance System Support Engineer for Fulton Hogan, and brings his expert knowledge of RAMM Contractor and Pocket RAMM.  He has 8 years experience across various aspects of civil construction administration including financial analysis, operational support, IT systems, IT support and general administration. Kris took a lead role in supporting and implementing Pocket Ramm and Patrol for SCIRT (Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team) which is being used to programme the earthquake damage that requires rebuild throughout the city.  To provide System Support Kris works with varying levels of IT skill knowledge and relates well with the different users. Kris has also provided support to different stakeholders including councils, consultants, subcontractors and customers.

Future of Roading Asset Information Management
Simon Gough

Asset information management has been challenged by the following two problems for a long time; the poor success rate of getting quality asset data for new assets and the quality of maintenance cost and achievement records, if there are any records at all.
These two problems act like two large holes in our asset systems leaking quality every day.  If you can’t have confidence in this data how can you accurately model you future maintenance and renewal needs?
This presentation describes a number of initiatives underway that are making significant changes to the way asset information is managed.  It describes how standardisation, data management, quality management, knowledge management, analytics and the use of systems are all important to set a consistent foundation and to enable the necessary step change in how New Zealand delivers improved roading asset management outcomes

Simon has 20 years of experience in the roading industry including all aspects of maintenance and operations. After 6 years at Beca supporting the management of the Auckland State Highways, Simon spent 5 years as manager of the Auckland Traffic Operations Centre. There he developed and honed his interest in quality management and the use of systems to support service delivery. Simon then spent 4 years as the Roading Asset and Maintenance Manager for Whangarei District Council where he developed and implemented significant changes to maintenance management. Since 2013 Simon has been at Auckland Transport leading the asset systems, condition rating and short term forward works programme for over 7,500km of roads and all of Auckland's public transport assets.

Dr Theuns Henning is the Director of the Transport Research Centre and senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, specialising in the areas of Infrastructure Asset Management. Theuns received his ME (Transportation) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa his PhD at the University of Auckland as the holder of the Foundation for Research Science and Technology Bright Future Scholarship.  His research includes condition deterioration modelling, asset management systems and optimisation of infrastructure renewal and replacement programmes including road pavements, water pipes and bridges.

Rui has been involved in the roading and civil engineering industry for over 30 years and he’s been involved in the three different delivery streams – Contractor, Consultant and Principal.
In 2006 he commenced in the process that lead onto the successful implementation of the ‘Wanganui Alliance’, New Zealand’s first ‘Pure’ Alliance network maintenance contract.  The key to the success of the Alliance was linking asset management to operational delivery and the performance measures being linked back to asset management.  This enabled effective and efficient long-term decision making to take place and ‘value for money’ outcomes.
Rui is a member of the ‘Road Efficiency Group Best Practices Asset Management’ working group and the ‘Low Volume Roads – Funding Heavy Vehicle Impacts’ working group

The environment in the transportation sector is changing rapidly. The Office of the Auditor General, NZ Transport Agency and LGNZ have a series of initiatives including the network outcome contracts (NOC) procurement and the one network road classification (ONRC) performance measures. The underpinning philosophy is to seriously challenge why do we do things and our delivery efficiency. In the coming LTP funding process, we now talk about better business cases and investment rather than funding. How do we know whether we are actually managing our networks efficiently?
We are moving to a new environment where what has been done before is no guide necessarily to the future. This paper gives some practical tools and guidance as to how road controlling authorities can benefit from this new paradigm. Using case studies we will track the journey of defining value, shaping service levels and driving cost effective service delivery in a reducing budget environment. It will provide methods as to how we can assess how efficient and effective we are in delivering maintenance. It will provide guidance on determining what funding levels we really need going into the future, both long term and short term.

Alister is a Senior Asset Manager with Beca, and has degrees in business and business administration and diploma in highway and civil engineering. Alister has 33 years of engineering experience with the central and local government sectors, plus senior roles with contractors in New Zealand and Australia specialising in road corridor maintenance.

Have you ever wanted to build or use your own custom software application to view, modify and insert data directly into the RAMM database?  Through the functionality provided by the new RAMM API this is now possible.
An API (Application Programming Interface) allows for bespoke applications to programmatically communicate with other software.  In the context of RAMM, the web service API that RSL provides, enables custom developed applications to access asset information and dispatch data.
By creating purpose built software such as through a web interface, desktop application or mobile app, users can perform tasks within a customised software environment, without directly using any of the existing RAMM software tools.  Such tasks could include new asset data collection activities, condition assessments, asset inspections or the validation of existing information. 
As the functionality and interface of each application can be tailored, the work flows for specific tasks can be streamlined and customised to specific user groups.  Additional intelligence, relevant information, processes and other intellectual property can be built into the application, with only the RAMM specific data being transferred into the database.
Opus and Auckland Transport successfully built a prototype to test some of the functionality of the API and the flow of information both into and out of the RAMM database.  Opus has been continuing development work in this space, since this initial prototype work, to incorporate the API into other existing custom-built tools, to assist with processes such as network inspections and forward works programme development. 
This presentation will discuss the journey so far and the future potential the API functionality could provide.

Automating Condition Data updates for footpaths
Gregg Morrow

Historically footpath condition surveys have been undertaken on a triennial basis. This frequency was seen as being a balance between the cost of undertaking the survey, and the quantum of work produced from it. Funding for this unsubsidised activity has been low typically. The resultant work programme has often been sufficient for two to three years. Hence the three year survey frequency.
The survey condition data is used;
. to develop footpath renewal sites,
. as an input into maintenance programmes; and
. to undertake trend analysis of condition over time, and estimate future finding requirements.
The maintenance programme typically comprises smaller length repairs to address safety related faults i.e. ones that have the potential to be a trip hazard etc. The footpath renewal sites are longer in length, and relate to the average condition of a footpath section, as opposed to a spot, or point fault, i.e. trip hazard.
Asset Managers want to be able to report on asset condition improvement annually, based on the annual budget. This becomes a problem when the condition data is only collected every three years.
Using asset inventory data, for where the renewal work has been completed, allows the surveyed condition data to be updated via a desk top process. By adopting this approach the condition data can be updated annually, or more frequently if required, as the renewal data is uploaded.
This then allows Asset Managers to annually report on the condition improvement, for the dollars spent.

Gregg works for Opus Consultants, out of the Manukau Office.  He is the Group Manager – Asset Management, responsible for a team that provides services to Local Authority and New Zealand Transport Agency clients.  He has over 20 years experience in delivering asset management projects including data management, data improvement plans, pavement deterioration modelling, asset condition surveys, asset valuation and forward works programme development. His international experience includes Australia, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.

Using Data Analytics from Intelligent Transport Systems
Haydn Read

Using Data analytics from Intelligent Transport Systems
Real time data available from Bluetooth sensors allows multi modal transport data to be visualiseddifferently than traditional approaches. The potential to replace current practice is challenged and what are the benefits of this delivery.

Asset Data Standards
This presentation will provide a short update on work currently underway to define and agree data standards for roading assets.  While the first stage of the project focuses on asset data needed as part of the as-built process, the larger project intends to look at data standards for all aspects of roading and other  infrastructure management.
While some of the benefits of having standards may be obvious (eg: consistency across the industry) the presentation will also look at some of the other benefits that flow throughout the whole lifecycle of the data, from as-built through to replacement.
The success of this work has the potential to enable a step change in the industry to a more modern open data environment which encourages greater creativity and the use of data.

Haydn manages the strategic asset planning and investment analytics across its $6.5 billion portfolio at Wellington City Council. BIM enabled Asset Management and Facilities Management operations are one of a suite of key foundation stones for WCC's future 'Operate'. We see BIM as the next generation data management tool to manage the 'whole of life' of an asset and the benefit opportunity BIM can realise. Maximising public value in fiscally constrained environments demands new approaches. WCC is lifting the lid off "traditional".

Haydn's interest in public assets has also extended into a PhD which he is currently undertaking at Victoria University School of Government - his interest extends into how local government makes decisions on large capital investments.

The Nextspace Visual City solution is a digital 3D model-centric view of a city and its assets. 
Siloed data often sits independently across organisations.  Our approach is to build a digital framework that ‘mirrors’ the real world, by combining and managing these disparate datasets and accessing them via a single authoritative platform.  This platform becomes the ‘single source of truth’ providing a searchable asset database for all above and below ground spatial data.
Visual City forms a central platform for all project information, which enables streamlined collaboration between diverse teams, more informed planning and decision making, improved design and consenting processes, more engaging public communications, and an underlying enhanced spatial view of the assets, all within a local or regional context.
 ‘Digital Auckland’ is a real-life application of Visual City.  It is an ongoing project with Auckland Council and Auckland Transport, bringing together disparate data from across the organisations into a core 3D model-centric view.  In this captivating presentation, we demonstrate key projects within Digital Auckland, such as the City Rail Link Lower Albert Street construction planning scenarios and the visualisation of K-Road’s underground station.

Rachel has extensive experience in creating 3D interactive digital environments to manage and communicate GIS, building and environmental information.
Rachel works for innovative technology company, Nextspace, where she is involved in pre-sales, data manipulation, generation of highly engaging content, and the broader application of 3D business enablement.  She has specialised expertise plus a genuine passion and enthusiasm for Visual City projects.
Rachel holds a Master’s Degree in Building Science.  Her thesis investigated the benefit of 3D interactive planning tools for enhancing the understanding and speed of decision making by end-users in the Urban Planning industry.

Damian Swaffield is the Chief Executive Officer at Nextspace.
He brings an innovative, strategic approach to business issues, and is focused on helping customers maximise the value and use of their IT investments. 
Damian worked in the professional services field for many years, and has held CIO/CTO roles in a diverse range of businesses and industries. He also has extensive experience of the SAP ecosystem, having worked as a reseller and solutions integration partner.
CIO roles at SKYCITY Entertainment and TVNZ gave him invaluable leadership experience and an awareness of the issues that drive senior management.
He has also held consulting leadership roles at KPMG, and UXC Oxygen– who are one of SAP’s largest partners in Australia and New Zealand.
Damian has a BSC in Biotechnology and is a graduate of the Auckland School of Business

Augview is a software product business which has developed and sells a revolutionary mobile asset management application incorporating Augmented Reality.
Mike has a passion for blue-water sailing and is the proud owner of a 70’ schooner named Archangel, which he has sailed from Barcelona to NZ, and in parts of the Pacific Ocean.

.Mike has a Master of Science degree from the University of Waikato.  He is a successful GIS entrepreneur and visionary, has extensive international experience in the GIS market and has worked in the industry since 1979. He has been involved with multiple start-ups and GIS product developments. Between 1990 and 2000 Mike was with Smallworld Systems, initially in UK and then establishing an Australasian operation in 1993. Following a successful Nasdaq IPO in 1997, GE Power acquired Smallworldwide PLC in 2000. Subsequently Mike helped establish eMap and then its acquisition of Terralink from the New Zealand government. Mike is currently a director of Spatial Information Systems Ltd and Director and CEO of Augview Ltd.

For the last decade Julian has led cross agency data and information sharing strategies and shared services projects across central and local government, and the research sector. Julian is a founding member of Open NZ, an organisation representing the open data community. In 2011 he worked the Government Data and Information Reuse Secretariat to develop New Zealand’s Declaration on Open and Transparent Government. From April 2011 – June 2012 Julian led the establishment of information services at the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), as acting Chief Information Officer. Julian is now at Land Information New Zealand in two roles, one as the Canterbury SDI Programme Manager, and the other as the Acting Group Manager for Business Development.

The national code of practice for access to transport corridors has been in effect now for over three years. And, although welcomed by the industry, there have been challenges along the way with systems and process improvements required and still in progress.  
This presentation will outline the approach currently underway at Auckland Transport to improve performance, coordination and collaboration across the Auckland network.  This includes a number of initiatives underway both within Auckland Transport and amongst the contractors working on the network.

Al Christ is the new Road Corridor Access manager for Auckland.  He has stepped across the “great divide” from contractor to council, bringing a unique perspective to corridor access.

With the UFB looming and not enough design engineers in the country to meet the tidal wave of demand something had to give. To find a solution, Downer decided to think outside the box by implementing an enterprise level GIS which had previously only been used in the domain of asset owners and their clients. By harnessing the power of ESRI and the out-of-the box products available in their ArcGIS suite, Downer’s has been able to significantly improve delivery of the UFB network design they produce. Even though this was not the original driver, the ability to create more detailed outputs in a nationally standardised format has had a substantial flow on effect to how construction crews are able to understand and carryout work and ultimately achieve efficiencies. Ryan MacVeigh will talk you through how GIS has enhanced  these processes using standardised job workflows, templates, schematics and reporting as it relates to working in the road corridor.

Ryan MacVeigh is a GIS specialist with 14 years IT experience, 8 of which are with Geographic Information Science. His background is complemented with strong Design and Business Analysis skills. He has leadership experience in the IT field as well as being a published author in a progressive journal for GIS related work. More directed areas of expertise include imagery and remote sensing, utilities, schematics and GIS/Web integration.

• BSc in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in GIS
• First Line Management lvl 4

Holistic View of the CAR Toolset
Vaughan McEwen

Vaughan will introduce a new expert to New Zealand for Transport Planning. New holistic concepts will be presented that challenges current CAR toolsets and best practice and will provide a global understanding for CAR Managers to consider.

Applicant's experience of using corridor management system tools
Nick Miskelly

Chorus has a unique national view of accessing and working in the road corridor.  This presentation gives an overview of some of the challenges Chorus face, impact of system changes and a customer’s view of the future.

Nick is part of the Access and Consents team within Chorus which works in partnership with their Service companies ensuring all applicable agreements, permits and tenure are gained and associated conditions and obligations are then met during and on completion of works. His team has interactions with CAR lodgement teams, Corridor managers and also some of the providers of the software used.

Doris has 10 years of experience in Temporary Traffic Management both in Germany and New Zealand. She is considered an expert in this field, and was leading the Traffic Management Coordination team (TMC) of the Auckland Motorway Alliance (AMA) over the past 6 years. Here, she interacted with many of the RONS Capital Projects, Traffic Operations Centres, traffic engineers, stakeholders, maintenance crews, external contractors, and members of the public on a daily basis to deliver the best outcome possible for the Road Controlling Authorities and their stakeholders.
Since July 2014 she is the Manager of the Transportation Team of Beca. Here she manages a team of above 50 engineers across six offices, is accountable for the financial performance of the team, for meeting Section-level KPIs in project delivery, H&S and financial and commercial performance.

Installation of underground services can be carried out using a variety of methods to achieve specific outcomes – generally targeted to reduce health and safety risk, reduce impact on road reserve / communities and reduce cost.
Current trend nationally is the use of Horizontal Directional Drilling and Hydro Excavation as the predominate installation methods. I will detail the process of utilising these technologies including service locations and backfilling methods and the benefits they bring to contractor, client and RCA.

Mike has been in the industry for 11 years, and has a wide variety of experience in minor and major construction. Mike has also spent several years working specifically on city maintenance contracts, and has a good understanding of the asset management process. Over the past 3 years Mike has been involved in the leadership and delivery of the UFB Project rollout for Downer, with responsibilities for delivery across the Lower North Island.

Steve Joined Downer 6 years ago from BT (UK), he specialised in the Planning and design of  fibre networks. Over his 22 years in BT he was part of the delivery team for major network projects. He lead the role out for both government and police projects, design and building a new digital delivery solution. Since joining Downer he has been involved in the role out of UFB across Downers wide spread and has just been made National UFB Project Manager. In this role Steve will be responsible for the delivery of the project and optimisation of construction methodologies.

Traffic Management Audit Tool (TMP)
James Whiteman

The Traffic Management Plan Audit Tool is a cloud based system developed by H2ope that assists Site Traffic Management Supervisors (STMS) to carry out traffic management audits. A pilot system was developed by James when he was working at the Wanganui District Council which has since been further developed to enable councils and contractors to monitor their traffic management plans (TMP).
The new system uses an application that will be downloadable from both the iTunes store and the Google play store. Once the organisation has created an account, the STMS will be able to download the application to their apple, windows or android device and use it to carry out traffic management audits wherever they are. Audit findings, including photographs, will be automatically collated and analysed and reports made available through a web interface. The reports can then be accessed by anyone approved by the organisation. Councils will be able to access all audits carried out in their region. The traffic management audit tool will help improve road safety by providing an easy tool for organisations to carry out traffic management audits and to improve their traffic management plans.

Jame's background is as a mechanical engineer and before moving to h2ope he was working in the Infrastructure group at Wanganui District Council. At the Council he developed some software systems to enable consent monitoring, traffic auditing, CCTV monitoring and other various applications. There was a clear need for these tools as they were not available anywhere else. His skill set worked well with what was needed at h2ope so he joined the company in June 2014 to continue development of these systems.

Auckland Transport (AT) is the second largest road control authority in New Zealand. AT maintains nearly 6300km of seal roads and 900km of unseal roads. Asset management team develops 10year, 3year and 1year renewal forward works programme for the sealed pavement.
Auckland Transport places a high degree of emphasis on this critical asset management work (FWP) so as to optimise its renewal expenditure budgets. The RAMM, condition survey and predictive modelling components of the asset management activity flows into the preparation of forward works programmes.
The following inputs are used by Asset team (with assistance from roading asset consultants) during the preparation of potential candidate sites for renewal:

• The latest results from the TSA
• The output from the dTIMS analysis
• Historical, and current surfacing data
• Any historical maintenance cost records held by Auckland Transport
• Current FWPs in use by Auckland Transport
• The current maintenance programme

Development of the 3 and 10 year forward works programmes requires interaction between Asset team, the Road Corridor Delivery (RCD) team and the maintenance contractors.
After preparing the potential candidate sites for renewal, the asset team undertakes joint desktop validation with the RCD team and the maintenance contractors. We use the combination of the Level of Service and the contractors’ local knowledge use to identify the sites.
Second step is, undertake joint field validation of selected sites from desktop validation with Asset team, consultant, RCD engineers and the maintenance contractors. During this process, sites are identified for renewal with appropriate treatment selection. If possible, prioritisation of sites also is done during the field validation.
After the field validation of the sites, prioritising is done with considering proposed capital projects such as major utility works, streetscape projects etc.

Benefits to all
When renewal Forward Works Program is prepared for a large network such as AT network, the process is a crucial in which the asset team, the RCD team and their contractors are involved together.
What do we learn from developing the FWP in collaboration with the industry?
Validation of sites together – save time – save money – reduce duplication of tasks

• Collaborative thinking - creating new outcomes together –- not possible alone
• Sharing the ownership and knowledge – build trust each other - no blame culture
• Correct treatment selection in programming phase – more accurate renewal budget
• No more wrong way of we see each other – Asset team is bureaucracy; Contractor is money hungry – RCD is just approve claims
• Optimised asset management – right decisions taken together - value for the investment
• Collaboration with the industry to develop FWP is a new version to “Ministry of Works”

Ranjith is a qualified civil engineering professional with experience in management of roading infrastructure in urban and rural environments. His expertise includes taking asset management decisions for managing of roading assets, managing consultants for consultancy contracts and auditing RAMM for quality assurance. Since 2005, Ranjith has been working in both private and public organisations and exposing him into New Zealand local government regulatory environment in relation to roading asset management.
At present, Ranjith works as a Senior Asset Engineer with Auckland Transport.
His qualifications include M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (UK), Project Management (Canterbury University, New Zealand) and National Diploma in Technology in Civil Engineering (Sri Lanka).

Kevin is a Chartered Civil Engineer with 15 years’ experience working in the roading sector in both New Zealand and the UK.  This has been predominantly in the field of asset and network management.  Kevin currently manages a number of Beca’s asset management contracts for Local Authorities across New Zealand.  He applies strong data analysis skills and practical experience in network modelling, forward work programming and strategic asset management.

Assisting Local Government through robust modelling
David Fraser

David will share thoughts and experiences ("war stories") relating to what "robust" means to different people and different organisations interacting with councils and communities. This will include the key points he believes make a difference in gaining community support for long-term infrastructure modelling and programmes.

David Fraser is the Director of AMSAAM Limited, a company focussing on strategic advice and mentoring for managers of infrastructural assets.
David retired from Hastings District Council in 2014. At Hastings he was responsible for the management of all engineering infrastructure and parks and properties assets. Under his guidance Hastings established long term infrastructure programmes that have enabled appropriate levels of service to be delivered cost effectively.
David is a Past President and Life Member of IPWEA NZ, and currently chairs IDS. He has previously chaired the New Zealand Utilities Advisory Group (NZUAG), and Local Government Working Parties on Land Transport Pricing and Road Reform Proposals. He was a member of the Minister of Transport’s Road Maintenance Task Force and is a member of the Local Government NZ/NZTA Road Efficiency Group (REG).
David continues to provide assistance to Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) on issues relating to infrastructural assets.

The use of maintenance prediction ion operational management of a forward words programme
Sanet Jooste & Fritz Jooste

This presentation focuses on the use of maintenance modelling in the context of day-to-day (i.e. operational) management of a Forward Works Programme. The presentation draws on earlier research to clarify the differences between modelling for strategic and operational purposes. The needs and characteristics of each of these two modelling scenarios are outlined, with specific emphasis on current industry needs related to modelling in an operational context. The presentation then outlines a model for prediction of future maintenance costs based on historical data. Specifically, it is shown how future maintenance activities are related to historical condition data such as rut depth, rut rate and surfacing age. An example is discussed in which future maintenance needs (defined by the Maintenance Needs Index, or MNI) are quantified on the basis of available historical data, and it is shown how this model can be implemented in an available commercial tool to facilitate operational decision making – specifically those decisions related to where and when to position spending to prevent likely future maintenance. Lessons learnt in implementing such models are outlined, and the presentation concludes with a set of recommendations related to modelling of maintenance needs for both strategic and operational modelling scenarios.

Fritz Jooste 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.
Sanet Jooste has 22 years of work experience, predominantly in the pavement maintenance and infrastructure management areas. Her main focus in the last five years has been on the development, implementation and use of pavement management systems. Sanet is co-founder and director of Juno Services Ltd

Enhanced risk profiling and uncertainty estimation for road projects through Monte Carlo simulation
Selwyn McCracken

Every road project contains many elements of risk, such as cost over-runs, missed deadlines, encountering unforeseen ground conditions, wet weather delays, availability of suitable material, uncertainty in assumed productivity rates etc. However, with large, complex projects it is often a challenge to understand the overall project risk profile and how each project component contributes to the overall risk.
Monte-Carlo simulation is a powerful statistical technique that calculates a project's overall risk profile by combining the uncertainty profiles of each project component.
This paper will outline this technique and discuss the practical applications of this method in the context of roading projects.
Examples of web-based Monte Carlo tools will also be presented that can estimate:
- Project costs (professional service and/or physcial works)
- Project completion date
The likelihood of failure within a certain time period (eg engineering/ geotechnical/structural/safety failure).

Selwyn is a Data Scientist within MWH’s transport division in Dunedin, where he specialises in predictive analytics, scenario modelling and extracting actionable insight from large and challenging datasets.
He joined MWH in June 2014 with 15 years of statistical analysis and commercial consulting experience across a range of diverse clients located in Oceania, Europe, the United States and Asia.
His doctoral research at the University of Otago was the design of an Injury Surveillance Information System for the New Zealand construction industry, and from 2003 to 2005 he was a member of NZ’s National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee that reported directly to the Minister of Labour.

How Good are those Pavements? The Wellington City Council Network Falling Weight Deflectometer Survey
Ken Mitchell

Wellington City Council has invested in a network wide Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) survey which has given increased confidence in the councils knowledge of the strength of pavements in the network for forward work planning.  In the past pavement strength was inferred from a very limited and aged sample of the pavement strength data which limited the confidence in pavement life forecasts.  The FWD survey was a major exercise for the contractor Geosolve and the Council. It has given the council asset managers a snapshot of the network pavement strength and it will enable better data supported decision making on pavement rehabilitation requirements in forward work planning.  The new FWD dataset  gives staff confidence with a reduced rehabilitation forecast  in recent times.  The survey will be the basis of more research work in the future.

Ken is part of the Asset Information Team in the Opus International Consultants Napier Office. He is a pavement deterioration modeller involved with Local Authority and State Highway networks for annual planning, client support, and current Network Outcome Contracts.  He has worked in Engineering, and corporate IT in analytical, implementation, and technical roles.

What Life to Use? - Actual Achieved Life vs Design Life
Gregg Morrow & Jenny McLean

The expected life of an asset plays an important role in developing renewal profiles and funding requirements. This data is not only used for trend analysis, but is an important input for other processes such as asset valuation, RAMM TSA, pavement modelling and forward work programme development.
Remaining seal life histograms, average seal age, and modelled renewal profiles from RAMM and dTIMS, can produce differing quantities. The question is often asked why is this? The answer is seal life histograms and average seal age analysis rely on an assigned life. The assigned lives are currently grouped by surface material, surface function and average daily traffic (ADT). These assigned lives directly influence any analysis using them.
Previous work has shown that often these design lives are over stated, and the actual achieved life is a lot less than expected. This has a significant impact on processes that use this data. If actual lives are much less, then are we understanding what our renewal profile requirements are and hence the required funding?
Opus and Auckland Transport are completing work to assess the actual achieved lives for surfaces within the Central/West Asset Management contract area. These are compared against the existing assigned lives, to determine if there are significant differences.
This presentation will outline the process to undertake the analysis and the outcomes for it.

Gregg works for Opus Consultants, out of the Manukau Office.  He is the Group Manager – Asset Management, responsible for a team that provides services to Local Authority and New Zealand Transport Agency clients.  He has over 20 years experience in delivering asset management projects including data management, data improvement plans, pavement deterioration modelling, asset condition surveys, asset valuation and forward works programme development. His international experience includes Australia, Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia.

Jenny is an Asset Management Engineer at Opus International Consultants. She obtained a BE(Hons) in Engineering Science in 2013 from the University of Auckland. Jenny’s role at Opus includes analysis of road condition and performance data, asset valuation and development of stochastic models for pavement and drainage deterioration.

Implementation for smaller authorities.
Julie Muir

Central Otago District Council has a relatively small sealed network of 512km, with low traffic volumes.  36% of the network is classed as Secondary Collector, and 59% falls within the Access or Low Volume Access classifications.  We have had a modest reseal and maintenance program of $1.85 million/annum, and have only had 1km of rehab in the past 10 years. 
We sat on the side line of the dTims debate with the expectation that we would not see sufficient return on investment to justify the cost of modelling.
This presentation will outline the reasons why we have moved to Optimised Decision Making for our Sealed Road maintenance and renewal programming, the steps we took to improve our data in preparation for modelling, and the outcomes we have achieved. 
We will also discuss our experience in presenting the need for this work, and discussion of the modelling outputs and proposed program changes with Councillors.

Julie has been the Central Otago District Council Roading Manager for 12 years.  Prior to working in Local Government she worked as a part of the Consultants team.  Julie was the chair of the Road Efficiency Group Best Practise Asset Management Plan Group until May 2015.

Version 9 release in New Zealand
Rob Piane

Rob Piane has introduced dTIMS Version 9 to the New Zealand audience before. However, with the New Zealand sector implementing dTIMS V9 during 2015, there are some specific interests in the likely changes to how clients will interact with dTIMS and forecasting outputs in the future. In his presentation Rob will briefly summarise the features of dTIMS V9 with some real life examples of how the clients in Northern America adopted the new version. Focus will be placed on the communication of outputs to the clients using the internet, hosting analysis in Canada and interfacing with other applications.

Rob is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario and received his BSc. of Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1983. Rob’s professional career started in 1983, working as an EIT for Anchor Shoring Limited, a large construction firm based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. During his time at Anchor, Rob gained civil engineering project experience, progressed to the position of VP of Field Operations, and became an equity partner in the firm.
Rob joined the Deighton team in 1995 as Vice President in charge of Implementation. Since joining Deighton, Rob has had the opportunity to manage a wide variety of system implementations throughout the world. During his career at Deighton, Rob has assisted in the implementation of upwards of 7 State DOT PMS/AMS systems, including those for Colorado DOT, Oklahoma DOT, New Hampshire DOT, Maine DOT, and New Jersey DOT, Ohio DOT, Mississippi DOT. Rob has also participated, in the role of project manager for numerous upgrade and enhancement projects for existing Deighton clients.

Data Mining RAMM and HSD to improve performance prediction of pavement assets
Bryan Pidwerbesky

The state highway RAMM database and High Speed Data (HSD) surveys contain a wealth of data that can be used to improve the design and performance prediction of pavements and surfacings. These databases were queried to obtain performance data; data mined included roughness, rutting, deflection and cracking. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the power and limitations of data mining, how it was applied in projects investigating sub-networks or pavement types, and explain some key findings that would benefit asset managers.
One example of an interesting finding of one investigation was there was a distinct difference in performance for sites constructed by in situ stabilising recycling before 2008 and sites constructed after that. The improvement in performance is attributed to the introduction of the Transport Agency’s B/5 Specification for In-Situ Stabilisation of Modified Pavement Layers in 2008.
The AUSTROADS flexible pavement design procedure is a mechanistic-empirical process that relates key structural response variables (such as deflections, stresses, and strains) to performance and level of service required. This process relies on robust pavement performance models, which are typically based on regression equations that relate a material property, such as stiffness, to an observed distress, such as rutting or cracking.  The presentation will also explore whether the default AUSTROADS pavement performance prediction models and relationships have been calibrated adequately for New Zealand. Finally, the presentation will conclude with some specific recommendations for improving these models.

Dr Bryan Pidwerbesky, General Manager - Technical, Fulton Hogan. Bryan is responsible for coordinating, managing and leading the Fulton Hogan Technical team, and implementing the company’s technical strategy including research and development. Bryan’s key attributes are an ability to assemble and lead combined technical and operational teams. Bryan specialises in pavement and surfacing design, performance modeling, skid resistance/friction demand, and asset management technology, and has been responsible for leading pavement design and build teams for a range of pavement types and conditions for a number of airport and design-build projects around New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. Bryan brings over 25 years of experience in pavement engineering research and practice. He has done substantial work and training in trench reinstatement materials and compaction, and its impact on roughness and vehicle dynamics. He is widely recognised in New Zealand and overseas for his pavement design and materials expertise, and ground-breaking research in flexible pavement design. In recognition of Bryan’s specialist knowledge and expertise, he has been invited to be a member of numerous international and national committees and boards, including AUSTROADS Pavement Technology Review Panel, Chair of Standards NZ 6806 Road Traffic Noise working group (chair), IPENZ boards and groups, Scientific Expert Group IR/6 established by the OECD to investigate the dynamic interaction of vehicles and road infrastructure, and Committee on Low Volume Roads Committee of the Transportation Research Board (U.S.A.).

Applying ONRC requirements to Auckland road network is presenting unique challenges as well as opportunities for innovation and improvements.
Auckland Transport manages a road network of 7,300kms of which 62% lies in urban areas with some metropolitan routes carrying very high volumes of traffic and freight. A further 15% is unsealed and serves rural communities.
Observations made so far in applying ONRC requirements to a diverse network like in Auckland are very interesting and will require a fresh approach, new processes and systems for successful outcomes.
This presentation will be on Auckland Transport’s experience in this regard and will focus on:
- How Auckland Transport is applying ONRC classification, related issues and solutions
- Interim results obtained for ONRC performance measures
- Transition planning, related tasks and implementation programme
- Linking asset management plan and ONRC requirements

Siri’s professional background is in civil engineering. He is a chartered professional engineer and has worked in infrastructure planning, investigation, design, construction and maintenance of civil projects and schemes.
He functions as the Asset Planning and Policy Manager with Auckland Transport with responsibilities for transport asset management plans and policies for both roading and public transport networks. 
He is a member of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand and the Institution of Civil Engineers UK and holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in civil engineering and management.

Case Studies in Using Curvature from FWD as a strength parameter.
Mike Tapper

One of the key parameters in modeling, or any engineering analysis, is how strong are your materials.  In pavement deterioration modeling, structural number is the traditional parameter used.  However for a number of years, across several networks, Beca have used curvature instead.  First used on the Auckland motorway network, we found curvature provided a reliable measure of pavement and surfacing performance. This was extended to PSMC005 and chipseal surfaced flexible granular pavements.  Again the results were very good.  Recently curvature was used in a forestry study for Whangarei District Council and a strong correlation was observed between pavement and surfacing condition and curvature.    This presentation will discuss how curvature is defined and why theoretically we can expect it to provide a good correlation with pavement and surfacing performance, whether the issues be with subgrade or basecourse.  Results of analysis for all three networks will be presented showing how curvature can be used to identify weak and vulnerable treatment lengths and how this can influence our maintenance strategies on the network.   Having reliable strength information is critical in modeling pavement networks.  Only with such information can we understand and quantify treatment lengths at risk from poor performance and early failure.  Only with such information can we hope to quantify pavement renewal quantities. 

Mike is a technical director of Beca with 19 years operating out of the Tauranga Office and 25 year experience in total. He specializes in road asset management, maintenance and northland ITM Cup rugby.

Pavement Management in Canada
Susan Tighe

The presentation will discuss current pavement management practices in Canada but also include an overview of North and South American practices.  The presentation will include an overview of the key components in the systems but also discuss innovative modelling techniques and opportunities to incorporate sustainability indicators in pavement management.  The presentation will present best practices and provide several practical tips on how to effectively use pavement management to improve decision making.

Professor Susan Tighe, PhD, P.Eng, Canada Research Chair, Norman W. McLeod in Sustainable Pavement Engineering, Director Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology, Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo.
She has been a registered professional engineer since 1995 in the Province of Ontario. She holds a BASc in Chemical Engineering from Queen's University, a MASc and PhD in Civil Engineering from the Universtiy of Waterloo. Upon graduation from her BASc, she worked four years for the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, in various roles. She then completed her MASc degree followed immediately by her PhD. She has also spent six months in Australia working for a contractor as a senior technical advisor, was an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand and held a United Kingdom Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship at the University of Nottingham, England.