News & Updates

Catch up on the latest news and activites at IDS.

Sep 11

IDS welcomes new Chief Executive

Board Chair Julie Muir, on behalf of the IDS Board is pleased to welcome new IDS Chief Executive Gavin Rutherford, who started with IDS...

Jun 27

IDS sponsor Innovation Award - Āpōpō Congress 2024

Hear IDS Director Neil Cook address the delegates at the Āpōpō Asset Management Excellence Awards Dinner - May 2024. Neil talks about...

Jun 11

Gordon Hart receives Āpōpō Life Membership

Exciting news! Gordon Hart, IDS Director, has been honoured by Āpōpō with Life Membership at their recent 2024 Asset Management...

Jun 11

IDS Wai wins Leadership Award at Āpōpō Asset Management Excellence Awards

Along with Waugh Infrastructure and Waikirikiri Selwyn, we have won the Leadership Award at the 2024 Āpōpō Asset Management Excellence...

Mar 6

Exciting Update at IDS

This week marked a significant milestone for IDS with Dr. Theuns Henning stepping out of his role as Chief Executive of IDS. Theuns has...

Mar 5

Upcoming IDS Training - Unlock Your Potential

We have developed some comprehensive training for those who want to model using the dTIMS software with NZ Sealed Roads template, or...

Jan 22

Maximise Your Funding Allocation

Like you, we are anticipating the results of the Long-Term Plan (LTP) funding allocations. If there's a significant variance between the...

Jan 18

New Training Opportunity for 2024!

Are you keen to boost your in-house modelling capabilities and confidently run a model utilising dTIMS and IDS NZ Templates for Sealed...

Jan 14

Case Study Profile

The 'Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency Strategic Maintenance Investment Justification Project' achieved unprecedented success in...

Dec 8, 2023

Dr. Theuns Henning - Recognised as a Fellow by ENZ

"Fellowship is an honoured class of membership recognising highly experienced professionals who have made a huge impact on engineering in...

Nov 27, 2023

25 Year Celebration Event

Last Thursday we (IDS and RIMS (Āpōpō) officially celebrated the 25th anniversary of our partnership with Deighton Associates Limited...

Nov 20, 2023

Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Collaboration with dTIMS

As we continue our 25-year celebration, we take a moment to reflect on our remarkable journey. From the introduction of dTIMS to New...

Nov 19, 2023

Meet our Technical Consortium

Our valued IDS Technical Consortium is made up of skilled industry consultants committed to developing and implementing dTIMS and IDS...

Nov 14, 2023

25-Year Celebration - Flashback: 2016 IDS Interview with Inframanage

Here's a flashback to a 2016 interview with (a little younger 😉) Dr. Theuns Henning and David Fraser talking to Ross Waugh about IDS,...

Nov 13, 2023

Latest IDS Data Requirements Guides for all tools

Find out what data inputs you need for our range of asset modelling tools: bridges, sealed roads, unsealed roads, and water, in our...

Nov 7, 2023

Celebrating 25 Years!

dTIMS, Deighton's world-leading modelling and analytics software, has been instrumental in advancing our industry and helping New Zealand...

Oct 19, 2023

Dr Theuns Henning receives Āpōpō Life Membership

Exciting news! Dr. Theuns Henning, our CEO, has been honoured by Āpōpō with Life Membership at their recent AGM, where they shared his...

Sep 27, 2023

New IDS Business Manager Announced

IDS is pleased to announce Jodie O’Doherty as our new Business Manager. Jodie will support Dr. Theuns Henning our CEO, and Gemma...

Aug 7, 2023

IDS 'Elevate Your Asset Management Plan' Webinar

We have an exciting webinar coming up next week. Free for our IDS Members, but also open to non-members who would like to attend. With...

Jun 18, 2023

Dr Theuns Henning Presents: "A Regional Perspective on Long-term Investment Modelling"

If you are headed to the IPWEA New Zealand Conference this week, add this presentation to your list! Dr. Theuns Henning - (Infrastructure...