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Asset Management
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Are our assets not performing, or is it us?
Presenters & authors: Tony Anderson & Priyani de Silva-Currie – Calibre Consulting Ltd
Just-In-Time, Run-to-Failure, Sweating the Asset, Deferring Expenditure
Hands up if you can relate! These terms are ugly for people who plan for the future, but we're using them in modern and brave
asset management departments' around the country. What's really going on out there people? Two adages to consider 'why put
off for tomorrow what you can do today' and 'a stitch in time saves nine'. Are these wise words still relevant in today's asset
management practices? There's a collective need for improved understanding.
Tony and Priyani will investigate the following concepts in an interactive session designed to stimulate group discussion:
• If the goal post has moved, what does lifecycle management planning look like today?
• Are your programme targets too ambitious, too many new deliverables + carryovers?
• Can you afford to fund your renewals programme? Is the funding gap too large to fill?
• Did the policy, engineering and finance teams talk early in the process?
• Where have all people gone? Do you have enough delivery agents on the ground to implement your asset management
work programmes?
• You know what's just around the corner - legislation changes, demographic change, centralisation, and environmental
impacts.
Just do it! Why New Zealand needs a consistent framework for stormwater and land drainage.
Presenter & author: Liam Foster – Opus
The latest position paper from Local Government New Zealand[i] calls for strong sector led approaches to improving the asset
information base and service delivery. Furthermore, it specifically identifies what has been long suspected that further
investigation into the stormwater sector is required and now finally, proposed. Twinned with upcoming future National
MetaData Standards initiatives, an opportunity exists to provide the sector leadership required to collate the data necessary to
build effective and efficient responses to face the many challenges our communities face in terms of affordability, ageing
infrastructure, climate and demographic changes.
The paper seeks to lead a clarion call for why New Zealand needs to focus on why undertaking consistent condition assessment
across its stormwater, land drainage and flood management infrastructure will deliver huge benefits. These include the ability to
allow for follow up delivery of informed risk-based asset management approaches to help prioritize capital investments. This
presentation details the process of obtaining stormwater asset data, provides examples of the data analysis process, and
showcases a series of international Condition Assessment Frameworks from Europe, the US and across the Asia Pacific region
(including IPWEA's updated Practice Note 5) to signpost a potential way forward for New Zealand
[i] LGNZ 2015 - Improving New Zealand's water, wastewater and stormwater sector - A Position Paper.
Amps – to infinity and beyond?
Presenter & author: Colin Gerrard - Aecom
Asset Management (AM) practice has matured over the last 20-30 years, including formation of AM focus groups, development
of AM guidelines and ongoing maturity and improvement in AM practice. Although Asset Management Plans (AMPs) have
continued to develop so they now provide a valuable tool for communication and to enable organisations to meet their
objectives, are they really relied upon as a vital tool, or are we stuck in a groove?
In this paper, Colin will review how AMPs have developed and discuss where we can take AMPs to provide maximum benefit to
organisations and customers. Specific focus is on local and international practice including the role of the AMP, content, the
effect of mandatory prescription and the interaction between AMPs and Strategic Asset Management Plans (SAMPs).
Key points presented in this paper:
• A high level review of Australasia's path to current AMP maturity.
• How we can innovate and adapt AMPs into the next generation of AMPs, including online AMPs and incorporation of the
best elements from ISO 55000, big data, predictive analytics, better business cases etc.
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Key differences between AMPs and SAMPs and how these should be used in union to achieve excellence in Asset
Management.
Supercharging the Management of a Forward Works Programme
Presenter & author: Scott McIntyre - GHD
With an opportunity to challenge the status quo, and achieve a significant step-change improvement to replace the existing data
management methodology, GHD and Auckland Transport have collaborated to develop an innovative system for the
management of the renewals forward works programme [RFWP].
The RFWP System has created a live forward works programme that is updated daily, with a comprehensive and rich data
environment and bespoke features to address specific business requirements.
The benefits include the tracking of detailed intelligence on programmed works throughout the works lifecycle, data-driven
insights and processes to facilitate the completed works reconciliation process, and enabling further downstream spatial and
analytics opportunities.
With Auckland Transports' existing investment in the platform, the RFWP system has been designed and embedded directly
within RAMM. The foundations of the system include a core dataset built with user-defined tables, a framework of SQL code
supercharging the QA management and reporting functions of the system, and direct integration with RAMM Contractor.
Innovative stormwater treatment asset conversion at Auckland motorways
Presenter & author: Peter Mitchell – Auckland Motorway Alliance
Co-author: Rob Hannaby
The New Zealand Transport Agency's Auckland Motorway Alliance (AMA) maintains and operates the Auckland motorway
network and is dedicated to improving the motorway experience for customers and stakeholders. Our focus is delivering a safe,
efficient, and reliable network.
Sandfilter maintenance and operational delivery requirements exposed our customers and operators to significant safety risks.
These safety risks required traffic control measures that resulted in a loss of network efficiency and availability.
A NZ Transport Agency "Think outside the Box" award winning, innovation project involved the conversion of an unsafe and
inefficient Stormwater treatment device namely a Sandfilter into a StormFilter, is a great example of how we 'adapt', 'innovate',
and 'flourish'
The innovative conversion of a Sandfilter into a StormFilter results in a number of benefits including:
• Improved motorway network efficiency and availability
• A more functionally reliable Stormwater treatment asset
• Reduced monitoring and maintenance time
• Safer operations and improved safety for customers
• Whole of life value for money and cost savings
 Environmental outcome improvements.
Keywords
Auckland Motorways, Maintenance and Operation, Innovative, Sandfilter, StormFilter, Stormwater Treatment Conversion,
Asset data visualisation key to job management & emergency response
Presenter & author: Helen Ramsey - Downer
Modern Asset Management Systems and Tools are about reducing the friction between the data and users so that engineers can
focus on improved solutions. This is never more important than during an emergency when accurate and timely information needs
to be shared.
Our advanced works management systems and dashboards allow for the visualisation and active management of individual jobs.
Giving transparency of what is unfolding across a network in a timely way and the extent of issues. Speeding up the process of
reporting to all key stakeholders. This allows the tough calls to be made early during an emergency with timely information
presented to decision makers. It also supports the day to day management where reactive work volumes are significant.
During 2015 Downer had two key examples where these new systems and dashboards added significant value to our operations
and maintenance contracts due to the high volume of emergency and reactive work.
Watercare Contract commenced July 2015: This is the largest water contract in New Zealand with an average of 3500 reactive
jobs dispatched per month.
Wanganui Civil Defence Emergency event June 2015: The largest flooding event recorded to hit the Wanganui network, with
rivers rising to over 9m above normal levels, causing significant devastation. The team managing over 2,000 separate
slip/dropout locations, numerous drainage system failures and bridging issues.
Strengthening New Zealand’s creaking infrastructure network: 120 billion reasons to think about
asset management
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Presenter & author: Jeff Roorda - TechnologyOne
With findings from "The Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan 2015" suggesting that New Zealand's ageing
infrastructure networks will face significant challenge to become resilient, now is the time for infrastructure owners to implement
comprehensive asset management strategies and systems to ensure our networks continue to provide the required levels of service
we need.
As a key infrastructure owner in this equation, local government has a key role in managing and investing in the country's major
infrastructure - 120 billion dollars worth of it to be exact (and growing).
So, how do we make better investment decisions in the future to ensure we deliver the services we will need and effectively
manage our existing assets?
This presentation will explore the benefits of taking an enterprise approach to asset management and how having the right
decision support information at your fingertips will put you in a position of strength to respond to the nation's mounting
infrastructure challenges.
In this presentation, we will explore:
• The importance for strategic asset management to have a strong technology base
• The importance of good systems to manage your asset data
• The benefits of having all information about your assets accessible, a single source of truth
• Translating asset information into plain English for your key stakeholders
Innovative asset management for pipe infrastructure renewals
Presenter & author: Lenard Smythe – Timaru District Council
This paper outlines Timaru District Council's approach to physical condition based renewals with utilisation of data sources and
management of data sources to enable a balanced renewal profile that suits the districts specific circumstances.
Renewal of ageing infrastructure in New Zealand is traditionally based on an estimated remaining life value. Timaru district
council have implemented a failure based renewal program across water, sewer and stormwater assets. Consideration of what
an asset failure is enables assets to be fully maximised and potentially save millions of dollars.
This paper will step the reader through what TDC have done with a particular focus on water mains, both urban and rural. The
findings have so far revealed some interesting patterns of failure including:
• Everyone considers what a failure of an asset is differently and having a failure stand point for different criticality assets is
important
• Installation years have an impact on asset lives.
• Different pipe diameters with same material have different asset lives
Capture That! – The No-hassle Data Collection Tool For Rockfall Hazards On Your Road
Network…and More.
Presenters & authors: Jonathan Claridge & Matt Barnes - Opus
Developed by Opus International Consultants Ltd (Opus), ‘Capture That!’ is an information and data collection website that can
be used both by the assessor in the field and by the client to input and reference rockfall hazard data on an entire network
including photographs, site history and planned remedial measures. New Zealand road networks are extremely vulnerable to
rockfall due to geological conditions and high intensity weather. A proactive approach must be taken to identify and mitigate
potential hazards as proven by several high profile landslips and crashes over the last several years that have wide reaching
social and economic impacts. Through Capture That! efficiency, accuracy and reliable storage of data is improved and the client
is able to access site data including inspection records on the day of inspection and prioritise forward workload on a clear and
easy to use website. The need for cumbersome paper records is removed and data can be accessed by users on desktop and
tablet devices, online and offline, at any location.
The tool can also be easily modified to collect and display any type of data on the network, from road safety improvement
works to culvert inspections.
Key Words - Capture That!, Asset Protection, Live, Data Collection Tool, Rockfall, Hazard Rating System ….
What’s the new NZ Infrastructure Procurement Diploma all about?
Presenters & authors: Caroline Boot – Clever Buying & Helmut Modlik - Connexis ITO
NZ infrastructure procurement is patchy. We all know that it’s excellent in some areas, and decidedly deficient in others.
With our sector’s responsibility for spending billions of public dollars each year, and huge pressure on our engineers to
achieve more with less, we cannot afford to have poor decision-making processes in government procurement of
infrastructure capital and maintenance projects.
The initiatives taken by a working group for procurement qualification reform have given us the tools to extend the very
best in practical procurement training and qualification to all infrastructure clients throughout New Zealand.
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Smarter procurement could save many millions from our infrastructure budgets. Our challenge is to implement better
procurement methods across the board, so that public funding decisions are fair, transparent, fit-for-purpose and costefficient.
To work towards this goal, our working group has adapted NZTA’s proven formula for procurement qualifications; added
innovations from the best in world-wide international procurement, to launch this leading-edge infrastructure procurement
qualification.
In this presentation, Caroline Boot [Clever Buying] and Helmut Modlik [Connexis] will:
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Present the drivers for procurement qualification reform
Outline the adaptations and innovations made to the NZTA qualification to broaden its focus and align it with the best
in world procurement
3. Show-case the brand-new NZ Certificate in Infrastructure Procurement Procedures, and explain how it will be trained and
assessed
4. Suggest future developments to strengthen and reinforce the value that this qualification can add to our infrastructure
decisions
This new qualification is our industry’s key to boosting procurement skills in NZ infrastructure. It will continue to be the
requirement for NZTA evaluators of significant projects, but its broadened focus and inclusion of NZ government
procurement rules, principles and processes makes this the qualification of choice for all procurement staff.
The NZ Certificate in Infrastructure Procurement Procedures will become the benchmark for procurement of all infrastructure,
including water, telecommunications, rail, civil engineering, utilities, power, housing, waste, ports, and more.
Reporting Onrc Measures: Some Tips, Tricks And Guidance
Presenter & author: Mike Tapper - Beca
The Roading Efficiency Group (REG) and NZ Transport Agency have released the One Network Road Classification (ONRC)
performance measures. These are now live for reporting with the aim to have full reporting in place for road controlling
authorities for the 2018/21 Long Term Plan (LTP) submission. In conjunction with the measures is a shift from "funding" to
"investment", a focus on customer outcomes and building business cases. The performance measures have been determined to
provide data around measuring the success in achieving these outcomes.
These measures incorporate a series of 13 customer outcome measures, 50 technical output measures and 13 cost efficiency
measures. This is a new approach for RCA's and the hard task of fully implanting these measures is starting in earnest. This
paper will provide some guidance to the context of the measures to enable RCA's to understand the background of the
measures. It will provide the philosophy as to how the measures were developed to support understanding of the intent behind
them. This will flow into guidance on reporting the measures. The author will then discuss and recommend some tips and tricks to
meeting the reporting requirements.
Earthquakes – we do not know when they might occur but we can prepare for them
Presenter & author: Philip McFarlane - Opus
This paper describes research into the seismic response of underground infrastructure following the Canterbury earthquakes
which has been sponsored by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The research findings are being incorporated
into a set of guidelines that will enable practitioners to assess and improve the resilience of existing and new buried utilities in
order to limit damage to manageable levels that enable communities to bounce back from seismic events.
The paper describes the key findings of the research and provides an overview of the guideline documents. Guidance is provided
that will enable practitioners to:
• Identify the sections of networks that are vulnerable to damage, to assess the amount of damage likely to occur and
estimate the levels of service expected after an earthquake
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Identify measures to improve resilience of existing networks. This includes the development of response plans and
capital works to improve the robustness and redundancy of the system and to make it easier to restore service after an
event. Direction is given into how to incorporate these activities into asset management planning.
• Determine how restore a network following an earthquake and to assess the long-term implications of the damage
sustained.
• Design and install new infrastructure that provides an acceptable level of resilience.
Key words: Resilience, Asset Management. Earthquakes, Natural Disasters, Watermains, Wastewater, Stormwater, Cables
Turning the supertanker – implementing a common level of service and performance framework
for New Zealand roads
Presenter & author: Julie Muir – Central Otago District Council
This presentation outlines the experience of the Road Efficiency Group ONRC Partnership Manager in working with Local
Authorities across New Zealand to implement the One Network Road Classification Level of Service and Performance
Framework in preparation for the 2018 Long Term Plans.
This presentation will discuss how Councils are adapting to this change, the extent to which the framework is changing traditional
approaches, and characteristics of the organisations which are championing this change.
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It will also identify challenges Councils are facing along the way, support that has been required to facilitate the change, the
response from the Road Efficiency Group to address issues and provide guidance, and innovations that are occurring to meet the
challenges.
Finally the presentation will provide real experiences of different Councils that are well along the process of applying the
framework, how they expect this to impact on their conversations with their elected members and communities regarding level of
service and funding, and how they are using the ONRC as a toolbox to enable smarter asset management which will allow them
to flourish in the future.
Best Practice
I don’t believe it! – common mistakes made when interpreting New Zealand’s standard
construction contracts
Presenter & author: Duncan Halliwell – Kensington Swan
When a Project goes well, it goes fine. When it stops going well the contract terms are usually the first port of call. However,
despite New Zealand's standard form NZS3910 conditions of contract being widely used on many projects in the public sector,
there are still a surprising number of popular misconceptions as to how some of the key clauses actually work. Misunderstanding
the contractual position can lead to unnecessarily prolonged arguments and in the worst case a nasty surprise before a judge or
adjudicator. This paper seeks to highlight some of the major misconceptions that keep cropping up both in standard contract
terms and common amendments, explains what the position actually is and suggests ways in which overseas standard forms deal
with the matter more effectively in a way which New Zealand may wish to take on board and adopt as more commonly held
practice.
Stand in the gap - Effecting a national safety culture
Presenter & author: Paul Duffy - Downer
Highlighting the personal costs of workplace injury, Downer New Zealand has embarked on an H&S philosophy of 'mates
looking after mates'.
Presented by Wiremu and Marella Edmonds to over 4,500 people around the country, Stand in the Gap (SITG) is part of a
wider H&S program to bring about a culture change that ensures people go home safely at the end of every day. The H&S
philosophy is about developing a 'want to' culture of personal and collective accountability. Through positive recognition and a
generative safety culture, Downer is working to embed this philosophy in everyday working life so employees are living and
breathing good H&S practices because they want to, not because they have to.
SITG provides us with the emotional and personal connection that will engage with our front line leaders and entire workforce,
with a compelling reason to take action that proactively identifies hazards and mitigates risk, and sets up the platform for
change.
The intellectual property tug of war - protecting ideas in tenders and contracts
Presenter & author: Jenni Rutter – Kensington Swan
There's a tug of war going on. Tenderers want to include their best innovative ideas in tenders, and increase their chances of
winning projects. But no contractor wants to see a competitor take those ideas and run with them if they don't win the tender.
Project owners want to see the best ideas put forward, so they can make an informed choice. But they don't want to be looking
over their shoulder when the project kicks off, worrying about IP. Who wins this tug of war? Is there a middle ground?
My paper will cover the often misunderstood fundamentals of intellectual property including copyright, designs, inventions and
confidential information. I will talk about the line between ideas and the output of ideas, and why you can protect one but not
the other. I will cover some of the risks of co-owning IP and the difficulties of ring-fencing background IP from project IP. I will
talk about possible practical solutions that may help us find middle ground. My talk will be of interest to anyone working in the
project space - engineers, planners, architects and all those with an interest in innovation.
The three key learnings from my paper and presentation will be:
• Understanding the difference between ideas and protectable IP
• How to secure ownership of IP and structure your contract to protect your interests
• Meeting in the middle - practical solutions to the tug of war
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Innovation
Driver of change - inspiring innovation in asset management and network planning through
disruptive technology
Presenter & author: Erik Barnes – Auxilium Ltd
Co-author: Thomas Keifer
New Zealanders are hooked on driving. We have 2.3m licensed cars for a population of 4.7m people. 77.5% of kiwis travel
to work by car and 80% of seats on the road are empty. New Zealand is also accustomed to developing roading infrastructure
and making investment decisions based on traditional responses to network demands. This is an increasing challenge when our
demand modelling has been noticeably inaccurate since 2005 (MoT) and expectations and land use changes continue to grow.
The problem of heavy car usage, lack of parking space, congestion, and our need to ensure social cohesion and connections
between our communities has been the domain of traditional roading solutions based on old paradigms. But are traditional
responses the best way forward for our future? Can we ignore the advances of non-roading solutions?
Disruptive technology is changing the behaviour of road users and holds significant value for transport planners, engineers, and
asset managers. The use of ride-hailing and ridesharing mobile applications are connecting people and enabling shared
economies that help reduce these problems and promote the connection of our communities.
Looking at mobile technologies like the ride sharing mobile application, Chariot, we explore the potential of disruptive
technologies to reduce the number of single drivers in cars, decrease traffic congestion, promote connected communities, and
reduce carbon emissions. Ultimately leading to changing how we look at transport solutions to demand issues, increase customer
levels of service and decrease costs to manage our transport networks.
Drive the conversation with digital: lessons in community consultation for the internet age
Presenter & author: Molly Campbell - GHD
Digital technology can be a local government's best friend or its worst enemy when it comes to community engagement. Social
media can turn a negative comment into a front page news story overnight (or much faster). Citizens expect information
immediately and at their fingertips. Information can be complicated and misconstrued.
How can we turn these risks into opportunities? As the saying goes, if you can't beat them, join them.
We work with local government and the organisations they work with to drive the conversation with digital by:
• Creating and curating online public conversations
• Collecting, managing and actually informing decisions with real-time data
• Simplifying and visualising your messaging with animation and graphics
Digital community engagement means reaching people more efficiently, effectively and right on the devices they spend the most
time. The opportunity to innovate has never been greater. Adapting together with citizens as they adopt digital technology is the
community consultation of the future, making engagement an ongoing priority that informs the important development decisions
that shape the places we live.
Roadroid smartphone application
Presenters & authors: Roy Clearwater and James McCallum – Southland District Council
RoadRoid smartphone technology is the way of the future providing roughness surveys and data collections for sealed
roads, unsealed roads and footpaths. The cloud based Swedish technology is very easy to use allowing large amounts of
data to be collected and then analysed very quickly, with data being available within an hour of uploading.
This presentation will outline the use of the RoadRoid application and its ability to record roughness data for analysis on the
unsealed network in the Southland District. It will show first-hand experiences of the application including limitations and
issues addressed during the trial phase. We will show data correlation with WDM high speed data to highlight the
accuracy and consistency RoadRoid provides. The presentation will then go on to show other uses the application can
provide using the Speed and Altitude functions, including monitoring driving behaviour of visiting drivers.
A lot of presentations have covered what RoadRoid is and how it works in recent times.
This presentation will now go on to the next stage and cover how Southland District Council is going to manage the large
amounts of data and use the application most effectively to gain great coverage and improve the way we maintain our
unsealed network.
Key Words:
RoadRoid, Smartphone, Roughness, Innovation, Roading, Condition, IRI, NAASRA, Application, App.
Diversity powers innovation – welcome to your much brighter future and some serious competitive
advantage!
Presenter & author: Priyani de Silva-Currie – Calibre Consulting Ltd
Co-author: Samantha Almeida
"If you believe that you have to be smarter or have clever ideas to innovate, think again, although those attributes help you, the
most powerful, but least understood force for innovation is Diversity. It's truly the best possible competitive advantage you'll
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ever have and one of the easiest to uptake. If fostering creativity, guiding business strategy, promoting out of the box thinking,
encouraging new ideas, new services and new products is important to you, then you need to hear our story!"
Priyani and Sam will:
• Explain why diversity trumps ability and provide a redefinition of top talent.
• Provide evidence that those organisations who invest in diversity have better results.
• Explain how diversity powers innovation and problem solving.
• Provide helpful tips on how to increase diversity within your organisation.
• Discuss barriers and solutions for effective diversity within our NZ workplaces.
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Provide an opportunity for self-reflection and analysis of diversity in your organisation.
"We live and work in a super-diverse country, our aim is to open some doors for you, when you choose to walk through, you
won't look back."
Auckland harbour bridge: meeting environmental challenges sustainably
Presenter & author: Kat McDonald – Total Bridge Services
Since its construction in 1959, and its widening in 1969, the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge (AHB) requires regular
maintenance of the protective coating systems; to minimise the effects of corrosion on the steel substrate in a marine
environment. This activity results in the discharge of contaminants to sensitive air, land and water receiving environments
around the Waitemata Harbour. Changes to the current AHB Environmental Resource Consent and concerns from the
Auckland Council, required the authors to undertake an innovative and adaptive approach toward investigating and
identifying ways to reduce the contaminants discharged. This paper summarises the environmental issues posed by the AHB
maintenance activities, the local regulatory environment, and the multi-disciplinary approach that was used to develop an
optimised maintenance strategy; to provide corrosion protection within a restrictive environmental protection backdrop. It
also discusses the review of the existing coatings, and maintenance regime, including the selection of alternative coating
systems, which avoid the need for abrasive blasting, further reducing the environmental impact of maintenance painting.
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Resilience
Enhancing the resilience of water and road tunnels with a focus on the wellington region
Presenter & author: Eleni Gkeli - Opus
Co-authors: David Stewart & Pathmanathan Brabhaharan
The Wellington region has a number of water and road tunnels, to efficiently convey critical lifeline utilities in an area of rugged
terrain. The often aging tunnels are subject to deterioration, hence require monitoring, stabilisation, assessment and
strengthening to ensure operational integrity and resilience to earthquake and other hazard events.
Authorities in the Wellington region and elsewhere, have been supported by Opus in managing the risk in the tunnels, through
periodic inspections to identify key vulnerabilities. The authorities prioritised maintenance and stabilisation works for the tunnels
through the inspections results and assessments of risk and potential consequences of failure. Best practice investigation and
strengthening techniques were applied in some tunnels to ensure cost effectiveness.
The paper presents case histories that highlight the value of geotechnical inspections in understanding risks, and how these
directed mitigation solutions. Case histories include the retrofit works of the 3.5 km long unlined Orongorongo water tunnel, the
strengthening of the substandard concrete lining of Carey's Gully stormwater tunnel at the Southern Landfill, and the seismic
strengthening of the Hataitai Bus and Mount Victoria Road tunnel portals. Management of the safety risks during inspection,
investigation and construction is also presented.
Resilience? What's that?
Presenter & author: Mark Gordon - Aecom
Our communities increasingly depend on infrastructure and technology, with change happening at a pace that can only get
faster. At the same time our physical networks are ageing, in many cases becoming more prone to failure, while the risks from
natural and man-made hazards are escalating globally. What are we as asset managers doing to embed resilience into business
as usual asset management planning?
A lot has been learned from events such as the Christchurch earthquakes, and NZ is part of an international community of
interest seeking ways to make both our infrastructure and our organisations more resilient. Resilience is one of the Government's
key themes, reflected in the National Infrastructure Plan.
Mark's paper will share his learnings and insights gained over the last 20 plus years, tying risk, resilience and asset management
together, highlighting along the way interesting findings from the work of academia in Christchurch.
He will provide a topical overview of current initiatives in the "Resilience" space, including new content in the IIMM 2015, the
Economics of Resilient Infrastructure model (MERIT), 100 Resilient Cities, and learnings from the national Lifelines community, all
with the objective of fostering a commitment to embedding resilience thinking into asset management planning processes.
The art of base isolation
Presenter & Author: Ben Hardy - Fulton Hogan
Co author: Grant Wilkinson - Ruamoko Solutions
Learnings:
• Retrofit of Base Isolation is Sustainable
• Retrofit of BI is cost effective
• Many aspects of a conventional building's design present substantial hurdles to BI retrofit, but in this case these can be
overcome with an innovative design team.
The earthquake resilience of the Christchurch Art Gallery building has been dramatically improved, not only to meet enhanced
building code requirements but to restore the confidence of international art lenders, touring exhibitions and their insurers in
knowing that the Gallery is a secure place for their precious artworks.
The building's structural form has been adapted by the retrofitting of a triple-pendulum-bearing base isolation system. This is a
very sustainable solution as, unlike so many other buildings in Christchurch, it did not require the building to be demolished and
rebuilt.
Base Isolation has proven to be a cost-effective solution as the upper floors required no strengthening to meet the revised code
due to the bearings reducing the earthquake accelerations. This also enabled the Art Collection to remain within the storage
rooms of the building throughout the project.
Many aspects of the original building's design presented substantial hurdles to the retrofitting of a base isolation system.
However in the case of the Art Gallery, challenges such as lift shafts, basement plant rooms, and vehicle access ramps have all
been overcome in remarkably innovative ways.
Now, Art and Culture will again flourish in Central Christchurch.
Revitalising Leith
Presenter & author: Chris Jobson - Downer
The Leith River runs through the middle of Otago University in Dunedin. This section of the river was contained in a normal
concrete channel with a series of weirs and bends to manage flow which Regional Council identify as flood risk. A capital works
flood protection improvement project was tendered to improve flood risk within University grounds, improve access to the river
for recreational purposes and improve general aesthetic environment.
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The project involved the removal of the existing concrete channel structure and creation of a new tiered embankment with
walkways, stairs and landscaping that could withstand flood water.
During the construction phase of the project a flood ran through the site. Thankfully, due to prior warning, all major equipment
was removed from site with no significant damage.
On completion of the project another flood occurred which tested the final construction. The landscaping and walkways withstood
the flood conditions well with only minor debris on handrails to be cleaned away. During the flood locals also enjoyed kayaking
in the river and easy access into the river.
The new landscaping has created a great environment to University staff and students to enjoy. A very successful outcome for
both the Regional Council and University.
Leaders as learners. We all learn from experience -or do we?
Presenter & author: Therese La Porte – NZIM Southern Inc
To build resilience, innovate and flourish in a changing world, leaders need to be able to learn from experience, harvest the
learning and use it as the foundation for future growth. Yet there is ample evidence that leaders fail to learn either from their
failures or more interestingly from their successes. In this session we will explore the phenomena of experience, learning and
everyday creativity. We will blend these three concepts together to create a framework to build our awareness of what is
needed to grow and flourish in the workplace. We will share ideas on why time consuming activities like 'work around' persist
and how to redirect everyday creativity. We will play with the concept of 'flick or stick' and explore the behaviours that no
longer serve us well, identify how to minimise or change them, while retaining vital and positive performance that will support
leaders and teams to create a new future.
The nitty gritty of making grit removal resilient at cwtp
Presenter & author: Raelene Stewart - Beca
Co-authorz: Greg Offer & Lee Liaw
The Christchurch earthquake sequence of 2010/2011 resulted in widespread liquefaction and a dramatic increase in inflow and
infiltration into the sewage network. Large quantities of grit were carried into the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant
(CWTP) both immediately after the earthquakes and later during high rainfall events.
While the CWTP continued to operate throughout, the five grit removal tanks and seven associated primary sedimentation tanks
at the CWTP were frequently overwhelmed by the volume of grit coming into the plant. Grit flowed into downstream parts of
the process where it accumulated and caused damage to equipment.
A review of options to improve the plant focussed initially on vortex grit traps, as the default modern technology option.
However there were concerns about construction risks and uncertainty around the response of vortex grit traps to shock loads of
grit.
Instead a resilience project emerged based on optimising the existing asset by decoupling the grit tanks from the primary
sedimentation tanks.
This paper describes how simple and innovative adaption of the existing plant and structures improved operational flexibility,
resilience and the ability to cope with high grit loads, while minimising both operational and construction risk and capital cost.
Keeping our roads open
Presenter & author: Stuart Woods – NZ Transport Agency
Over recent years, numerous natural events such as Christchurch earthquakes, Manawatu Gorge slips and Northland floods have
resulted in closures or reduced availability of our State highways. A Transport Agency national "Resilience Project" is responding
to both concerns about social and economic impacts of such closures on road users and all of New Zealand, and opportunities
from changing business practices such as the recent Network Operating Contracts, the Business Case approach and One
Network Road Classification.
The Resilience Project's goal is to maximise State highway network availability for our customers and improve the experiences
people have on our highways. To achieve this, the Project team will facilitate and provide guidance, tools, templates and
information to enable our teams and partners to work with resilience issues confidently, consistently and within a Best Practice
framework. The Project acknowledges that there are already many excellent measures and practices in place at the Transport
Agency that to cope with disasters and extraordinary events, and intends to build on these.
This paper will present progress that the project is making in three work-streams related to Business Continuity Plans, Emergency
Response Plans, and Asset Planning and Development processes. It will also present project outputs that will be of interest to all
professionals involved in resilience-related work.
Builders crack – the foundations of innovation and building community leadership
Presenter & author: John Sargeant – South Taranaki District Council
Council owned earthquake prone buildings provide an opportunity for local government to lead by example in managing
positive change.
South Taranaki DC currently has six significant public buildings identified as being earthquake prone, with potentially more to
come. Rather than wait for the inevitable problems, STDC has shown courageous leadership in managing the sudden closure of
earthquake prone facilities such as theatres and halls with little or no fuss.
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This paper will outline the process of how STDC closed facilities at very short notice at a very busy time. It will discuss how the
buildings future will be managed with the support of the users and which building may have to go.
Best practice is shown with modelling the future needs for specific buildings set against the political and social pressures of
managing community expectations in small towns.
It is a story of innovative thinking and future proofing assets by adapting to change through the constraints of legislation while
managing the needs of communities.
This story will resonate with Districts who are close to their public and work directly with users who are passionate about their
facilities. This will also include discussion on some innovative approaches to strengthening iconic public buildings.
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Transport / Public Transport
Sponsored by
From disused off-ramp to attractive urban space: The
Nelson Street off-ramp/Canada St bridge project
Presenter & author: - Stephen Cummins GHD
Key points:
• Process for delivering the Canada Street Bridge project under significant time-constraints,
• Design challenges of the project; and
• Monitoring of usage of the new link- who's using it, why and has the link created a commuter
mode shift?
Project significance:
The Nelson Street Off-Ramp had stood unused for 10 years when NZTA decided to utilise it as part of Auckland's growing
active cycling network. The new Canada Street Bridge follows a trend turning redundant transport infrastructure into great
urban and active transport spaces (seen also in the Highline in New York and 606 in Chicago, amongst others). Unlike these
projects however, it is unique in how quickly it has been designed and delivered. In October 2014 GHD was contracted to
undertake design and construction with partners Novare and architects Monk McKenzie completing the bridge design. What
would have normally been a 2-year project to design and retrofit/build the structure was condensed into 1 year - and will be
delivered by end of November 2015.
The prompt delivery of this project involved high levels of collaboration and trust between all project partners, to deliver what
will be a beautiful new urban space and active transport link for the people of Auckland.
Adapting decision support to answer new asset management questions
Presenter & author: Theuns Henning – IDS
Co-authors: Erik Barnes & Steven Finlay
The past three years has seen some significant changes in the asset management sector of New Zealand. Building onto the Road
Maintenance Task Force and a number of other reviews, the sector has been implementing a number of initiatives driving towards
more efficiencies within asset management outcomes. Some of these include new procurement options, amalgamated services and
better planning techniques. A specific initiative from this work was the One Network Road Classification (ONRC) framework that
was developed by the Road Efficiency Group (a joint initiative between Local Government New Zealand & the New Zealand
Transport Agency). A desired outcome from the ONRC framework is a more stratified planning outcome of roads that strongly
focuses on Customer Levels of Service (CLOS) of the various functional road classes. By having this stratified planning approach
a different investment philosophy is developed for the respective road functions.
Changes in the philosophy for infrastructure planning has required an adaptation of the decision support system and how it
functions. Traditionally, decision support tools such as dTIMS optimised road investment on the basis of different intervention
levels for different traffic classes. The traffic volume was again used during the optimisation process through the weighting
according to traffic loading. Because the ONRC philosophy is based on other factors, it also encourages planning processes to
align priorities to the functional aspects of the road and defined customer outcomes. The figure below shows different
considerations and its relative importance given the respective ONRC classes.
This paper covers the development work that was undertaken for LGNZ to develop a multi-objective optimisation process for
analysing long-term road investment funding needs. It demonstrates this innovative process to be leading infrastructure to
flourish according to economic, socio, cultural and environmental considerations.
Shaping A New Best Practice Erosion And Sediment Control Guideline For Auckland
Presenters & authors: Bridget Wild – Auckland Council & Michael Parsonson – SouthernSkies Environmental
Co-authors: Branko Veljanovski, Kate Dawkings, Hugh Leersnyder, Kathleen Bunting & Campbell Stewart
Since 1999, the Auckland Regional Council technical publication TP90 (Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines for Land
Disturbing Activities in The Auckland Region) has led the way in environmental management and design guidance for erosion and
sediment control across Auckland and New Zealand. After 16 years, amalgamation of eight councils and major technological
advancements in the industry, it is time for a major update of this well-used document. Over the past year, Auckland Council has
worked together with industry stakeholders to shape a new guidance document - GD05. GD05 seeks to provide a more
practical, easy to use and understand document that is up to date with current technology and practices in the industry. Key
features of the new guidance document include:
• Inclusion of recent advancements in best practice, such as chemical treatment and T-bars for decanting earth bunds
• Practical and clear on-site guidance to contractors, including flowcharts, photos, diagrams, checklists and examples
• Guidance on specific land disturbing activities such as dewatering and works within the coastal marine area.
Consequential OPEX
Presenter & author: Thisula Kithulagoda – Auckland Transport
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Consequential OPEX is the ongoing spend required to maintain new assets. Defining both the level of service and the method
used to model deterioration of assets can significantly impact the amount of Consequential OPEX over an assets useful life.
The condition of any asset over time is non-linear. Therefore, the goal is to minimise the overall spend required to maintain the
required level of service at any point in time. This means that consequential OPEX is also non-linear and is predicted to have a
direct inverse relationship with the deterioration curve.
The ability to develop a relationship between decay curves and the costs required in achieving the necessary level of service will
allow greater accuracies in determining the consequential OPEX. This knowledge will provide asset managers more opportunities
to minimise spend but maximising network preservation. This paper will explore the process taken by Auckland Transport in
developing and modelling consequential OPEX for capital works and current asset.
Innovating age old systems: Bio-engineering for slip and drop-out repairs 12 years on
Presenter & author: Robert Coulson – RST Environmental Solutions Ltd
The use of bio-engineered systems was common place through to the 1970's and was reintroduced in to the tool box of solutions
for slip repairs following the Manawatu/Wanganui floods in 2004. This paper looks at how the structures have worked since
2004 and what the issues around any failures have been. Included are several cases studies showing the successful outcomes on
rural roads.
Brush-layering techniques using shrub willow have advanced rapidly in recent years meaning that significant re-inforced earth
structures can be constructed to control slips and drop outs. They generally cost between 40-60% of more traditional retaining
wall systems and are relatively maintenance free.
Specific non-invasive species of willow are used, meaning that there is now a lot of flexibility as to where these structures can be
placed. New techniques such as the use of a willow raft foundation to combat soft ground conditions will also be discussed as
well as the integration of geo-synthetics in to the wall systems.
A lane for cyclists in a tight spot
Presenter & author: Richard Galloway – Memorial Park Alliance
Challenge: A protected cycle lane for a constrained inner city environment. A challenge for the Victoria Street Transformation
Project in 2015 was to install a cycle lane in a constrained inner city traffic lane environment while fulfilling Wellington City
Council's desire to create a safe cycling route and ensure continued support for the high levels of public transport use in the
Capital.
Solution: Memorial Park Alliance devised a solution for a protected, separated cycle lane between the kerb on one side and car
parks, peak traffic clearway and bus stop on the other which the council has used as a trial for future developments.
Key learnings:
• Education is essential when implementing new conditions; positive reinforcement involving face-to-face liaison with the
public being a most effective tool.
• Stakeholder engagement is a process, not a one-off, and a series of interactions should be anticipated with interested
parties.
• Providing a safe and practical lane is likely to increase the level of cycling activity as public response indicates it has
made them more likely to use this route.
Results: The design illustrates the practicality of implementing a kerbside cycle lane and a potential treatment where the lane
passes a bus stop in a constrained environment. There has not been a significant loss of service for any other user group on the
corridor.
Selecting the best model for your road maintenance contract
Presenter & author: Chris Olsen – Chris Olsen Consulting
Co-author: Jamie McPherson
The Road Efficiency group (REG) has set up the REG Procurement Sub-Group to primarily:
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Identify and promote procurement opportunities that will enhance the sectors ability to obtain value for money.
Enable and publish the development of tools, templates and standard methods that will improve procurement practice
and increase efficiency.
• Build procurement capability amongst RCAs.
This paper explores the value for money opportunities and risks that various road maintenance procurement and delivery
models produce, drawing from New Zealand and international experience, in order to provide guidance to RCAs for
selecting a model that is right for them given their particular circumstances. A Matrix relating input drivers with procurement
models will enable quick comparison of models that best suits the needs of the RCA and provide value for money.
An international literature search was used to supplement learnings from 11 New Zealand case studies covering the
following contract models;
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Traditional
• Performance-based, aggregated & bundled
• Alliances
• Cost reimbursable, fixed fee
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Framework/Panels
PPPs/PSMC
Appropriate supplier selection processes, methods of payment, and critical success factors for each model are also
considered and reported on.
The city rail link’s sustainability journey
Presenter & author: Liz Root – Auckland Transport
There is a perception that public transport is inherently sustainable, but delivering new infrastructure can come at an
environmental cost even if the delivered outcome provides social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits.
The City Rail Link (CRL) seeks to address this issue and is aiming to set the benchmark for designing, building and operating
sustainable infrastructure in New Zealand. From establishing targets and specific criteria to strive for, through to engaging with
our contractors to construct in a more sustainable way, this paper will describe the sustainability journey taken by the CRL and
the challenges and opportunities in striving to deliver sustainable infrastructure.
There will be a focus on the 'early works' of the project for which we have engaged contractors on an ECI basis. Project context
will be provided as well as consideration of the implications for future works packages for CRL as well as learnings for other
infrastructure projects.
How an organisation adapted into the new NOC environment
Presenter & author: Neil Beckett – NZ Transport Agency
The NZ Transport Agency's Maintenance and Operations Review, carried out in 2013 required a major rethink of how our State
Highway Maintenance and Operations activities are performed. Not only did the industry need to make organisational changes,
the NZTA itself needed to restructure itself and make significant steps to support the goals of this review.
The paper will discuss the key changes following the introduction on the Network Outcomes Contracts (NOC's) from an agency
staff point of view and discuss the internal changes that have taken place and the methods used to achieve this step change in an
organisation's performance and the challenges we faced.
The paper will describe the 4 key roles introduced: Network Managers, Maintenance Contract Managers, Journey Managers and
the Asset Manager Integrators.
One of the initiatives that helped us transition to the new work environment was the introduction of Knowledge Communities,
groups of staff with similar roles sharing best practice, knowledge and driving national consistency.
We have managed to demonstrate the organisational is starting the flourish, following the organisation restructure and the
stresses that come with these.
Noc noc....who's there?
Presenter & author: Nigel Pollock – Downer & Tony Hampson – Tairawhiti Roads
Co-author: Tony Hampson
NOC NOC. Behind this door, what will we find? A healthy environment, or something else?
Combining The Agency, Local Council, Consultants, Contractors, Local Roads, State Highway and City Maintenance under one
umbrella could be considered a test. Catering to the expectations of the stakeholder's journey can take on various meanings and
expectations.
This will be a joint presentation (MCM from the Principal and the CM from the Contractor) that will highlight the first 8 months
of the Tairawhiti Roads Western NOC. The first NOC of its kind in NZ, combining Local Roads, City and State Highway
networks in the one contract. The presentation will share the following:
• Views from the Contractor and the Client.
• Relationships between Client/contractor/stakeholders.
• Individual and joint challenges.
• Risks - Subsidence sites, geographic isolation.
• Opportunities.
• High points and low points.
• Are there winners and/or losers?
• Satisfaction levels.
3 key points/learnings:
• The importance of collaboration/relationships?
• Is this NOC delivery working? Why? Why not?
• Hindsight - Could we have done things differently?
This contract started 1st Oct 2015. The presentation content will develop over the next few months, absorbing the construction
season and entering into the winter maintenance season.
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Water Supply, Stormwater & Wastewater
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Stormwater treatment devices - design considerations and operating implications
Presenter & author: Troy Brockbank – Stormwater 360
Co-author: Kevin Jonathan
Urban land development has radically altered the hydrological cycle by replacing natural pervious land with vast impervious
surfaces. This has led to increased peak stormwater runoff flows and volumes whilst reducing the potential for infiltration and
evapotranspiration. This development has also lead to an increase in sediment generating activities and subsequent potential of
pollutants being carried by runoff. Polluted runoff can have detrimental effects on the quality of the receiving waterbody.
Regional regulatory authorities, in accordance with the Resource Management Act, have imposed policy's requiring land use
activities to minimise their adverse environmental effects on water quality, and to avoid, remedy or mitigate the degradation of
water by contaminants.
Stormwater management devices are commonly used to treat the runoff and reduce the risk of adverse environmental effects by
decreasing the contaminant concentrations to below acceptable trigger limits. The majority of devices in New Zealand tend to be
designed according to either Auckland Council's TP10 or Christchurch City Council's Wetland, Waterways and Drainage Guide.
These documents provide a good general overview of various device performance and treatment applications, however the
hydraulic operation of the device is often misinterpreted or unconsidered by designers.
Consequently this can lead to flooding within the catchment due to surcharge, under designing the treatment device for the
required water quality flows, or at worst make the device inoperative all together. Climate change may also provide future
tailwater problems with rising sea levels at coastal outfalls.
This paper will present advanced design considerations for stormwater treatment devices and discuss resilient and hydraulic
implications on the stormwater network.
Successful approaches to managed aquifer recharge – goal setting, planning, design and execution
Author: Michael Goff - Beca
Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) has been described as the intentional increase of recharge to groundwater aquifers for
storage, supply and/or environmental benefit. The objective of this presentation is to communicate successful approaches to
planning and executing MAR projects. Success of a MAR project depends on establishment of appropriate goals, planning to
meet those goals, careful science based design and dedication to the programme of development.
Identified goals for a project are essential in developing proper design and benchmarks for measurement of success. Goals can
include disposal of unwanted water, storage of water for seasonal or long term recovery, basin replenishment and recharge for
water quality benefits. These goals can be combined in many cases. A detailed understanding of the benefits and limitations of
MAR and the project elements should lead to successful goal setting and project outcome.
Planning of a MAR project is more detailed in some ways than traditional surface reservoir solutions. Detailed hydrogeological
and geochemical understanding is essential. Stakeholder involvement is increasingly important to successful projects especially
involving reuse water.
Design considerations include availability of surplus water for recharge with regard to timing and quantity, availability of land
and facilities depending on selected approach, need for treatment on recovery if applicable and establishment of monitoring for
regulatory compliance and early identification of problems.
Execution of the project requires stakeholder buy-in and dedication to the programme. Monitoring must be maintained for
regulatory compliance and determination of status with respect to project goals.
Technical approaches to MAR are described through the examples of actual projects in place or being developed in USA, UAE,
KSA and AU. Significant cost and resource benefits of storage in aquifers over traditional surface storage approaches or
development of additional resources is discussed with examples drawn from on-going projects.
National policy statement for freshwater management 2014 – key implications for the consenting
of municipal wastewater discharges
Presenters & authors: Garrett Hall & Chris Scrafton – MWH Global
The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014 (NPS-FM) recognises the importance of freshwater resources
and sets out to provide a national direction through the management of freshwater bodies across regions. A key aspect of the
NPS-FM is the change required to the RMA planning framework to allow each region to implement the NPS-FM by 2025.
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However, recent Environment Court decisions have highlighted that the NPS-FM will have significant consequences for the
consenting of treated wastewater discharges to freshwater and land.
This paper reflects on recent decisions in terms of key aspects of the NPS-FM for discharges of municipal wastewater including:
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Objective A2 'the overall quality of freshwater is maintained or improved';
Objective A2 'improving the quality of fresh water in water bodies that have been degraded by human activities and to
the point of being over-allocated'; and
Definition of 'water quality' versus ecological effects.
Many of these concepts, in terms of improving freshwater quality and 'over-allocation', cause difficulty when considering the
process of obtaining consents for the discharge of treated wastewater. This paper will traverse the implications of these aspects
of the NPS-FM, from a planning and scientific perspective, for local authorities when obtaining new discharge consents and the
need for adaptive and innovative approaches.
Safety in design in the water industry
Presenter & author: Kirsty Johns - Beca
In Australia, the concept of "Safety in Design" has been around for a few years, being gradually introduced across the states
and culminating in the 2012 harmonised Work Health Safety laws. Since then, fatalities at work have declined. Designers are
rightly required to look at their designs and consider the impacts of the design on the health and safety of people coming into
contact with it, across the full lifecycle, from construction to demolition. As we have worked through this requirement, our
experience has led us to define a process that is efficient and effective for the water, wastewater and stormwater work carried
out.
This paper discusses various methods of incorporating safety in design into the project lifecycle, in particular those we have
found effective within the water industry, and looks at some key lessons, including:
• Using the process to improve not only safety but also cost effectiveness of safety solutions
• Using the process to demonstrate the benefits of improving safety, superseding physical costs.
• Engaging stakeholders early in the process to manage expectations of both the process undertaken and the design
outcomes.
Where possible, case studies are used and practical examples are given.
How to successfully install cured-in-place-pipe (Cipp) Lining
Presenter & author: Dietmar Londer – Auckland Council
The Scarlock Ave Stormwater project comprised cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) structural lining of a 65m long, 1350mm diameter
culvert. Recent conditions assessments indicated that section(s) of this culvert had experienced severe deterioration, posing a high
risk of structural failure. The culvert is located in a heavily built up area and due to the high risk of structural failure it required a
full structural lining.
The location of the culvert and potential stormflows required the installation of the CIPP liner during a 5 day period of dry
weather. Delays in the liner supply pushed the installation into mid-autumn, a period of unstable weather with frequent heavy
showers.
The paper will outline:
• The complexities dealing with a 15t CIPP liner
• The noise and odour issues encountered and how they were resolved
• The assumed vs actual construction durations and the impact optimistic assumptions could have had
The paper will discuss both managerial and technical complexities and how they were overcome to deliver a successful project.
A seismic shift in design – Embedding safety and value into resilient post-earthquake designs for
3-waters infrastructure
Presenter & author: Ian Macbeth - Beca
Co-authors: Iain Partington, Gavin Hutchison, John Moore
The post-earthquake infrastructure rebuild in Christchurch has provided an opportunity to fully integrate safety in design
(SiD) and value engineering into designs. With seismic resilience being fundamental to these designs, there is also a need to
balance financial constraints imposed by insurance payments on one hand, with a focus on incorporating whole-of-life safety
considerations on the other. These apparently conflicting drivers have emboldened designers to go beyond conventional
conservative designs to come up with smart, cost-effective solutions. It has also required clients to be engaged in the journey,
sometimes taking them outside their comfort zone. Solutions have utilised unconventional equipment and materials, pareddown structures, novel configurations and innovative repair and remediation methodologies. In some instances, resilience has
moved from ‘unbreakable’ to ‘easily repairable’. This paper summarises some of these innovative solutions, using delivered
examples from the Christchurch rebuild, as well as one built elsewhere, applying the learnings from Christchurch. It highlights
the need to have the right people, from multiple disciplines, involved in projects from the outset; to challenge conventional
wisdom in delivering safe, resilient, yet cost-effective, infrastructure for our communities.
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Adaptive stormwater – retrofitting attenuation and treatment in an urban environment
Presenter & author: Christopher Maguire – MWH Global
Changing weather patterns and the threat of more intense storms may lead to an increase in nuisance flooding for New Zealand.
The current range of Local Government Long Term Plans include significant funding for stormwater, the previously forgotten
child. However are we taking an integrated approach to stormwater in our existing urban areas and are we utilising
opportunities to provide mitigation?
With increasing intensification of development in existing urban areas, how can we increase permeability and treatment of
stormwater? Do our current policies and standards improve the existing situation or only mitigate against further deterioration?
Do our street scape upgrades maximise opportunities for soakage, detention or treatment?
This paper will look at existing retrofit and upgrading examples from New Zealand and internationally to showcase best
practice and how we can adapt our thinking to enable our environment to flourish.
Delivering innovative infrastructure to provide a cleaner and safer environment for our
communities
Presenter & author: Steve Shortt – MWH Global, Mohamed Imtiaz – Watercare Services & Daniel McKessar or Scott
Meehan – Fulton Hogan
Co-author: Mohamed Imtiaz
Each day, Watercare handles around 378,000,000 litres of Auckland wastewater. In doing this, Watercare manages and
minimises the impact of their operations on the environment and embeds sustainability into their business.
The Kohimarama wastewater pump station which services a dense urban suburb overflows approximately 8 times per year into
the Kohimarama Beach, via a local stream. To improve water quality in the receiving watercourse and comply with Air, Land and
Water Plan regulations for overflows, Watercare invested NZ$11.5M in new infrastructure.
This paper will demonstrate how Watercare, MWH and Tonkin and Taylor (Designers) and Fulton Hogan (Contractor) worked
collaboratively to deliver innovative and cost-effective infrastructure whilst minimising the impact on the local community,
mitigating project risks, complied with consent requirements and consistently scored a '1' (highest) for environmental audits
during construction. The site was a multipurpose environment used for recreational and public activities. This project is showcased
as one of engineering excellence.
Engineering innovation delivered multiple savings including a New Zealand 'first' with the design and installation of the Biogest®
vacuum flushing system. This is a proprietary self-cleaning facility to keep the tank free sewage debris.
Rapid, integrated subsurface ground modeling at Puketutu Island
Presenter & author: Mike Thorley - Beca
Embracing new Kiwi know-how for building subsurface ground models is improving the quality of information and reducing
costs. Leapfrog Geo subsurface ground-models facilitate rapid communication and interrogation of subsurface ground
investigation data-sets in 3-dimensions. It provides a single repository of ground-investigation data for a range of applications
including: highways; wastewater; mining; and water resources.
One of the first projects where this tool was used was for the Watercare Bio-solids Containment Facility at Puketutu Island,
Auckland. A critical secondary subsurface drainage system beneath the liner of the facility required detailed design and consent
compliance approval. The Leapfrog Geo tool enabled rapid compilation of a large and complex tranche of site investigation
data, historical accounts of quarrying and filling, and the proposed facility embankment and base grade. The current and future
ground conditions beneath the site were rapidly assembled and updated as more data was received. Several operational
scenarios were promptly considered to determine where the sub-surface drain would most effectively capture potential leakage
beneath the liner. The Puketutu Island sub-surface ground model was readily exported to numerical groundwater flow and
contaminant dispersion models; geotechnical slope stability models and to enable [or to CAD for] civil earthworks cut-fill
calculations.
For the Puketutu Island Rehabilitation Project, utilizing this new software technology:
• Improved the accuracy of analyses;
• Reduced the time to build subsurface ground models and provided timely ground and groundwater information
for designers and regulators;
• Facilitated collaboration across critical design inputs and enabled multiple disciplines to work from a common 3dimensional understanding of the sub-surface environment.
Risk and reward - the new economics of flood risk management
Presenter & author: Jon Rix – Tonkin & Taylor
Co-authors: Tim Grafton, Ian McComb & Campbell Larking
Changes to the current approach of infrastructure planning have been requested through a series of recent think pieces, position
papers and plans produced by nationally focussed organisations and agencies (e.g. ICNZ, Local Government NZ and central
Government). With a focus on natural hazard resilience (in particular urban flooding) this paper examines opportunities to meet
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the 30 year Infrastructure Plan request for "a better understanding of the levels of service we want to deliver, more mature
asset management practices and use of data, and more effective decision-making that considers non-asset solutions".
The traditional local government engineering approach of adopting a fixed level of service is insufficiently flexible to adapt to
the risk based, cost-benefit focussed approaches promoted for developing resilience in a cost-effective manner. The paper
examines the risk-based, cost-benefit focussed approach for the following three aspects:
• Perceived barriers to the risk-based approach, including making recommendations for improved information
availability from a high quality, national database.
• How the risk-based approach can be used to establish levels of services, including consideration of "tolerable risk" and
communication of risk with stakeholders (e.g. rate payers, landowners, asset owners, local council, finance providers,
insurers)
• Challenges faced for implementation
Shaping A New Best Practice Erosion And Sediment Control Guideline For Auckland
Presenters & authors: Bridget Wild – Auckland Council & Michael Parsonson – SouthernSkies Environmental
Co-authors: Branko Veljanovski, Kate Dawkings, Hugh Leersnyder, Kathleen Bunting & Campbell Stewart
Since 1999, the Auckland Regional Council technical publication TP90 (Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines for Land
Disturbing Activities in The Auckland Region) has led the way in environmental management and design guidance for erosion and
sediment control across Auckland and New Zealand. After 16 years, amalgamation of eight councils and major technological
advancements in the industry, it is time for a major update of this well-used document. Over the past year, Auckland Council has
worked together with industry stakeholders to shape a new guidance document - GD05. GD05 seeks to provide a more
practical, easy to use and understand document that is up to date with current technology and practices in the industry. Key
features of the new guidance document include:
• Inclusion of recent advancements in best practice, such as chemical treatment and T-bars for decanting earth bunds
• Practical and clear on-site guidance to contractors, including flowcharts, photos, diagrams, checklists and examples
• Guidance on specific land disturbing activities such as dewatering and works within the coastal marine area.
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Working Collaboratively
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Prequalification – An historical view to the future
Presenter & author: Malcolm Abernethy – Civil Contractors NZ
Historically prequalification has been around since 2002. It was introduced to great fanfare as the way to save time and cost
associated with the procurement process.
The problems over most of this time were and are:
• Trust in the data used to prequalify a company resulting in almost all the data gathered when prequalifying being
asked for at each tender.
• Currency of the data being generally two years out of date because of two yearly prequalification updates and an
inadequate performance monitoring method to provide updates
• Cost of maintaining a largely manual system of records.
There have been many adaptations of the NZTA system and a plethora of bespoke prequalification systems established by Local
Government agencies with most concentrating solely on Health and Safety.
The latest iterations of prequalification continue to be largely focused on health and safety but are in reality contractor or
supplier management systems. As an industry we must get prequalification back on track and start asking, only once, for the
generic prequalification information and score it rather than the current pass / fail approach. The industry and entire country
need just one prequalification system or process that provides the foundation for project specific questions.
Monitoring of the river recharge with groundwater scheme
Presenters & authors: Martyn Cole – Kapiti Coast District Council & Tracey Clode – CH2M Beca
Co-authors: Kirsten Fraser, Michael Goff & Nathan Baker
In early 2016 Kapiti Coast District Council's award-winning River Recharge with Groundwater (RRwGW) scheme will have been
monitored through two summers. The 78 pages of consent conditions required an extensive network of monitoring sites and
supporting systems be set up focussing on four ecosystems:
• Waikanae borefield
• Seven small coastal streams
• 13 Wetlands
• Waikanae River.
This paper will describe the setting up of that network and systems, the changes that have been made to the consents to
recognise the practicalities both on-the-ground and in the monitoring framework, the results of the monitoring and how this is
being reported to the regulator/ stakeholders/ public (e.g a website for the 150 private well owners who are potentially
affected), the workings of the innovative Adaptive Management Group, and what the future might hold for more cost-effective
monitoring of RRwGW.
The three key points/learnings that will be explored and documented are:
• Because RRwGW was a novel and innovative water supply scheme, a conservative approach was taken in the
consenting, resulting in a high level of monitoring. Council is hoping it will be able to optimise the level of monitoring in
the short to medium term, as the degree of uncertainty around the actual effects reduces over time.
• How a collaborative and pragmatic approach to the monitoring has resulted in more efficient and effective data
gathering and reporting.
• How adaptive management can work in practice.
Prizes and pitfalls of relationship based contracts
Presenter & author: Kristina Hermens – Beca & Wally Potts – Tauranga City Council
Co-authors: Wally Potts, Gijs Hovens & Mark Christison
More local authorities across New Zealand are working in collaboration with professional services providers by entering into
relationship-based contracts to help them deliver infrastructure assets and services to their communities more efficiently and
effectively.
Why are collaborative frameworks favoured over engagements on a project by project basis? Local authorities have to respond
to the pressures of constructing or upgrading infrastructure to meet community needs and industry standards, while operating
services that are essential to our daily lives. Having a professional services provider that specialises in delivering infrastructure
and that can come to understand a community's needs through a long-term relationship, will enable a local authority to more
successfully achieve its goals.
This paper will describe specific examples of relationship-based contracts in New Zealand, ranging from cities that are
expanding their infrastructure to meet growth, to smaller districts that are facing static or declining populations.
These examples will provide insights into what has worked well and not so well for both parties. The learnings that will be
explored will be around the need to define roles, integrate the client's key personnel, the importance of culture and commitment,
and the sharing of common goals to achieve mutual success and how this can consistently deliver better outcomes to the
community.
Keywords
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Infrastructure, communities, delivery, relationship, contracts, collaboration
A risk worth taking
Presenter & author: John Kelly – Fulton Hogan
In November 2014 Fulton Hogan welcomed dozens of children into a working crusher site to play with trucks, loaders and
diggers.
Why?
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To get staff to view the risks of their daily activities through different eyes;
To show that a strong safety culture doesn't stop managed risks being taken; and
To engage with the community and increase their awareness of the dangers of worksites.
Health & Safety is about more than systems, process and forms. It's about making sure everyone goes home safe and well every
day. This innovative Safety Day made our staff look at health and safety in a different way. We had to risk assess from a
child's perspective and adapt to the challenge of what a 6 year old might do when in charge of a mini digger.
It would have been easy to say the idea was too risky and walk away. It was much harder to say it was risky, but the risk could
be managed safely. By taking this latter view, our staff took ownership of the risk, came up with innovative ways of managing
it, and our relationship with the community flourished. And it was all done safely.
Collaboration the MPA way
Presenter: Ed Breese – Memorial Park Alliance, Duncan Kenderdine - Downer
Co-author: Steve Croft – Memorial Park Alliance
Situation: One contract, four clients
Memorial Park Alliance was formed to complete Arras Tunnel for the NZ Transport Agency. The related Pukeahu National War
Memorial Park was brought into the Alliance by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The Alliance ability to meet tight
deadlines led to the Victoria Street Transformation for Wellington City Council and Waitangi Wharf Upgrade for the
Department of Internal Affairs.
Response: Memorial Park Alliance has developed alliancing as collaboration based on strong partnerships and co-location,
allowing daily, well-informed, joint decision-making. This supersedes the traditional client-supplier relationship and enables issues
to be quickly resolved and quality to be a shared focus.
Key learnings:
• Dedicated teams are established with matrix managers appointed to work across all disciplines and client interest
groups.
• Team performance is directly related to team communication. Big tasks are broken into simple, easily communicated
chunks so everyone is well-informed.
• A two-pronged approach is adopted of firstly establishing collaborative behaviours and team spirit and following
through with processes for consistently reinforcing these behaviours.
• A clear commitment is maintained to having a strong client presence in the team.
Results: The park and underpass were each completed one month early; a major street upgrade potentially taking three years
was completed in 10 months; resource consents for a major coastal reclamation were obtained in record time.
Life after alliancing – the best of collaboration and the best of competition
Presenters & authors: David Papps - Beca & Charlie Littlefair - South East Water
South East Water (SEW) sought a price-competitive project delivery model that retained the best aspects of alliancing collaboration of owner/designer/constructor, delivery reliability, quality, operability, safety, and flexibility - but that achieved
ongoing price competition in an environment of high scrutiny of capital expenditure. The 5 year $220 million Pipes and
Structures program is the largest and most optimised of SEW's new procurement model introduced in 2013, following 8 years
of Alliancing. The program design and constructs water, sewer and recycled water pipelines, pumping stations, storages and
upgrade works at treatment plants for South East Water, Melbourne.
SEW developed an innovative delivery mechanism, selecting a very limited panel of consortia to compete for the individual
projects in the program. This included a risk allocation framework whereby risk is priced and allocated to the party best placed
to manage in a collaborative but competitive environment. The genius is in the "AND".
This paper will describe the benefits from the first two years of the program including:
• outcomes achieved through the risk allocation model
• cost efficiencies / budget outcomes achieved
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KPIs and performance improvement through feedback and collaboration
the capabilities and culture required to deliver under this model
Building a wastewater treatment plant – a win for everyone!
Presenter & author: Jayne Perrin - Beca
Co-authors: Ricki Freemantle, Johan Ehlers & Garry Macdonald
Typically a local authority identifies the need for a project - engages consultants to design, procure and manage construction
before handing over a newly-commissioned asset. Not in the Hawkes Bay. Napier City Council took an alternative and innovative
approach applying preliminary design for a plant upgrade by CH2M Beca and executing detailed design, procurement,
delivery, commissioning and project management in-house.
The strong prior relationship between consultant and client readily adapted to an unorthodox method of delivering a complex
project. CH2M Beca exchanged the normal professional services role for a critical technical supporting role. NCC stepped up by
backing themselves to accomplish the project, absorbing risk and ultimately saving money for the community.
To further complicate the situation, the supply and construction phases were split into myriad contracts, using different contract
types and spanning the full breadth of Council's procurement policy. The outcome was a complex project delivered on time,
under budget and to a high quality, including added extras.
Benefits not immediately foreseen at the outset were substantial cost savings for the rate-paying community, valuable experience
gained by Council staff, as well as community investment by employing a mix of local and national contractors. Overall, a win
for everyone.
The connected bus shelter – smart collaboration for a complex problem
Presenter & author: Murray Robertson – Downer
The demand on Australasia’s public transport services is escalating. Growing urban congestion, rising vehicle running costs
and proactive infrastructure investment has seen public transport users re-think how they move around main centres and
how they better access civic services. People require connectivity and as the wave of urbanisation continues a connected
liveable city is no longer an aspiration but an expectation. Recognising the opportunity to support local government with
developing smart city initiatives Downer led a technology consortium to build a prototype connected bus shelter. Formed
through the ng Connect industry eco-system the companies of Nokia, Solta, Metshelter, Schneider-Electric, Samsung,
Chorus and Downer joined forces to develop the 'Smart Shelter' end-to-end solution. More than just a connected bus stop
the Smart Shelter is a smart city hub. It offers immense potential for the local authority to present real-time interactive
touch displays to their public transport users while also creating potential revenue opportunities through fibre-connected
real-estate. Projects like the smart shelter test our capability to address the wicked problems of smart city
implementation.
Igniting innovation through active risk management
Presenter & author: Nathanael Sterling - Beca
Is your risk management system a black box, primarily satisfying compliance? Or a driver of innovation and intrinsic part of
decision making.
Risk management is often perceived as compliance, justification for establishing budget contingencies should things go wrong, or
proving that the risk had been identified. What is often missed is the 'gold' hidden within the stored information on how to create
safer environments, deliver on project goals and objectives.
Compliance driven risk management process often struggles with staff engagement, undermines creativity and to the extreme it
creates barriers to the work activities.
What if risk management was used to drive innovation, identify the opportunities to achieving objectives, improve safety
outcomes, increase certainty and bring transparency to underlying assumptions?
An open and collaborative approach to risk management can tap into the huge database of answers, ideas and solutions held
within staff, project stakeholders and the risk management process.
Key Points:
• Risk management processes and information systems hold a lot of great information to achieve better, safer outcomes
• Managing risk is about open dialogue
• Bring focus to achieving objectives not barriers to success
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