We were delighted to be awarded this honour for GeoTrack - our geospatial solution that uses satellite and IoT technologies to deliver continuous, millimetre-accurate displacement data.

Judges’ comment:
“A first for New Zealand, this product and subscription service offers a safe and affordable alternative to traditional survey techniques, using IoT and GNSS data.”

The Consulting Surveyors NZ Employer Excellence Award celebrates businesses that are leaders in the profession, demonstrating exceptional people practices.

Judges’ comment:
“Woods has implemented a number of very high quality, employee-focused initiatives across their business, going that extra mile to create a healthy and safe workplace environment where employees can thrive both professionally and personally.”

We received this award for our technique for pavement settlement monitoring of the CNC Roading Project, which combined precise GNSS surveying with high-speed mobile LiDAR and innovative workflows to achieve detailed settlement monitoring of road pavements. This resulted in an estimated 90% reduction of field survey time compared to conventional techniques and zero impact on traffic.

Judges’ comments:
“The winning project is a classic example of the application of rigorous surveying principles combined with innovative technology, in which accuracy standards were maintained and assessed whilst reducing costs.”

This award recognises surveying and spatial projects that apply existing technology and methodologies to an exceptionally high technical standard, overcoming significant technical challenges, and delivering outstanding results for the client. We received this award for pavement settlement monitoring of the CNC Roading Project with high speed mobile LIDAR.

Judges’ comments:
“This project was an innovative alternative solution to traditional methodologies requiring engagement with all stakeholders to deliver the required outcome.”

This award recognises a unique delivery of a project, product or service based on a new idea, method, technology, process or application resulting in significant social, environmental and/or economic benefits.

We received this award alongside UAS NZ for the Rapid Mapper, which couples the best of drone tech with the operational flexibility of manned aircraft. Its compact, fully self-contained design means it can be fitted to an aircraft quickly and fly under weather conditions that prevent traditional aircraft and satellite systems.