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Recent roadworks on the Desert Road. CoreLogic says its Road Data delivers detailed roading intelligence – updated daily
Data deal to help roads
PROPERTY DATA PROVIDER AND ANALYST
CoreLogic says that signi cant e ciency gains for New Zealand’s roading infrastructure will result from its “milestone” deal with the NZ Transport Agency.
Under the multi-year deal CoreLogic Road Data will be licensed to the NZTA, enabling all participants in NZ’s road transport sector “to work from a common and authoritative centreline representation.”
CoreLogic says its Road Data is “NZ’s most complete and current ‘real world’ dataset, relied upon by commercial and government clients for its detailed roading intelligence – such as tra c ows, structures, intersections, turn restrictions and routes.
“Updated daily (alongside CoreLogic national property and address information), it also includes new roads captured directly from subdivision plans.”
CoreLogic won the contract via an NZTA open tender intended to secure “an authoritative national road network dataset” to better support its statutory functions into the future. Says CoreLogic: “With expansive responsibilities, covering the performance and safety of our highways,
ensuring an e cient network, planning and forecasting for its growth plus allocation of funding, they needed a robust dataset to support their decisionmaking on the maintenance and investment in NZ’s roading infrastructure.”
Bene ciaries of the agreement extend beyond the NZTA to the Ministry of Transport, road controlling authorities (local councils), contractors working for those parties, and the public, the company says.
NZTA’s Rebecca Schulz says that CoreLogic’s key dataset “will support the agency and our RCA partners to make better, more informed investment decisions.”
CoreLogic says it works closely with leading Australasian road asset management software company, RAMM Software – creator of the RAMM (road assessment and maintenance management) software used by all of NZ’s RCAs. e project has resulted in a new dataset that combines the road location with road condition.
RAMM Software GM Graeme Norman says that the CoreLogic/ NZTA partnership will enable RCAs “to easily integrate their local road network with NZ’s state highway network at no additional cost. T&D
TES turns 21
SOUTHLAND TRAILERMAKER AND
truck deck builder Transport Engineering Southland has celebrated its 21st birthday.
Stephen Keast started the Invercargill business in 1997, doing small maintenance jobs on heavy trucks and trailers.
It progressed to building its own trailers and truck bodies, establishing a strong reputation for its loggers, low-loaders, liftout side and bathtub tippers and livestock decks, among other products.
But it has become a specialist in building belly/ bottom dumpers – even to the extent of exporting its three-axle semi-trailer versions to Australia over the last 11 years.
e company built 29 trailers last year, ranking it 12th in sales nationwide. T&D
is TES bottom-dumper has just had a fresh paint job after 12 years of service with Southern Transport. It’s an exact replica of the rst bottom-dumper built by TES for the company, 21 years ago. e original is also “still going strong – testament to good design and innovation,” says Keast.
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