2024 - On Going
Gisborne
Woods is delivering high-precision geospatial services for one of New Zealand’s most ambitious roading data initiatives.
As of early 2024, Woods has been working on the Consistent Condition Data Collection (CCDC) project, led by NZTA Waka Kotahi. We are capturing and processing detailed condition data for 50% of all New Zealand local roads (excluding state highways) across the Central and Lower North Island.
Our Geospatial Services team, led from Hamilton, secured the multi-year CCDC contract in alignment with the Road Efficiency Group’s nationwide strategy. The project will capture hundreds of terabytes of data each year using world-leading technologies, including LCMS-2 (Laser Crack Measurement System), Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS), and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR).
To meet the scale of delivery, the team has doubled in size, with seven-day-a-week field operations and a rotating network of survey vehicles distributed across the country. All data is captured while travelling at normal traffic speeds, removing the need for roadside setup and significantly improving safety for crews.
Woods is responsible for the end-to-end management of data capture, processing, and delivery, using advanced automation to collect and analyse large-scale road condition data. The collected data supports local and central government asset management, investment decisions, and performance benchmarking across New Zealand’s transport network.
Delivering CCDC at this scale involves significant logistical coordination and technical sophistication. Ensuring the consistency and quality of data over a massive geographic footprint, while safeguarding field crews’ health and wellbeing, has been a core focus for Woods.
This is the first programme of its kind in New Zealand — one of the first countries in the world to implement an integrated national system for local road condition data. Our team is capturing critical information on pavement condition, including cracking, potholes, rutting, bleeding, and roughness, helping inform $1.5 billion worth of road maintenance decisions annually.
While still in the early stages, CCDC is already setting a new benchmark for how roading networks are assessed and maintained in New Zealand. The insights gained through this contract will improve lifecycle asset management, road safety investigations, and infrastructure investment planning.
Woods’ work on CCDC is part of a broader strategic focus on transport corridor solutions — including high-accuracy road mapping, pavement strength assessment (using Falling Weight Deflectometers), and underground service location using GPR.
We are proud to be contributing to building safer, more resilient transport networks for New Zealand. We’ll continue to update this case study as the project progresses.
Woods is a core member of LEAD Alliance — the team behind New Zealand’s largest urban regeneration programme — helping transform neighbourhoods across Auckland by delivering infrastructure-ready land for warm, dry, and affordable homes.
