22nd NZTA Pavements Conference 2025
9 - 11 June 2025
Majestic on Durham, Christchurch
The Next Generation - Pavements and People
REAAA was excited to partner with NZTA to co-host the 22nd NZTA Pavements Conference in Christchurch from 9th to 11th June 2025.
The NZTA Pavements Conference 2025 brought together industry leaders, innovators, and professionals from across New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. This year's theme ‘The Next Generation - Pavements and People’ focused on the evolving landscape of pavement technology and the pivotal role of human capital in shaping the future of our infrastructure.
In addition to technical advancements, the conference highlighted the importance of nurturing the next generation of industry professionals, and it was great to see such a strong line up of Young Presenters and the inaugural Tertiary Students category. The winners of three categories were:
Open Winner: Sean Bearsley, Higgins
Young Presenters Winner: Ann-Elise Reynolds, Whakatane District Council
Tertiary Students Winner: Nariman Kazemi, University of Canterbury
Links to presentations:
Key: x.xx = day.pres order Then for streams: A = Auditorium M = Mace Room B = Blue Room
Day 1:
1.05 - Vanessa Browne - Strategy into action - driving delivery excellence
1.06 - Peter Brown - Delivering efficiency and innovation in road maintenance
1.09 - Kim Tay - Thriving Through Uncertainty
1.11 - Neil Holdom - A Story of Neglect
Day 2:
2.04 - Adam Bevins - REG Competency Project: Supporting Road transport practitioners into the future
A2.01 - Roller Compacted Concrete
A2.04 - Dinesh Acharya - Managing Pavement Asset in Multilane Environment
A2.08 - Nikhil Vishwanath - Reducing rework of stabilised patching using bitumen emulsion
A2.09 - Sheryl Vaz - Surfacing Treatment Trials — Seeking Alternatives to Chipseal
A2.11 - Frankie Squires - GeoSolve: Better Roads at Lesser Cost
A2.12 - Jaime Clark - Embracing Growth through Training and Development at Fulton Hogan
A2.13 - Felix Mendonca - Sustainability in the Eye of the Storm
B2.01 - Craig Reed - The cost of Standardised Designs
B2.02 - Grant Bosma - The Update of NZTA Material Specifications
B2.04 - Richard Jackett - Banishing noise into the voids
B2.07 - Qihan Zhong - Evaluating Heavy Traffic Loading for Electrified Roads in New Zealand
B2.11 - Nariman Kazemi - Effect of Nonlinear Stress-dependency and Cross-anisotropy on the Backcalculation Outputs from the TSD Deflection Slopes - not shared yet, under peer review
M2.0 - Roy Chowdhury - Rheological evaluation of softwood and hardwood lignins as bitumen extenders - not shared yet, under peer review
M2.01 - Chris Pacey - Faster, Smarter, Better- Harnessing the Power of Data
M2.02 - Damian Butters - Moisture – What Lies Beneath
M2.05 - Neil Beckett - Next Generation of Pavement Assessment and Management
M2.08 - Chrysoula Pandelidi - Development of Guidelines for Local Government
M2.09 - Jasmeet Sing - To Bond or Not to Bond
M2.11 - Lily Grimshaw - Collecting Data on Unsealed Roads
M2.12 - Ann-Elise Reynolds - WDC Cadet Programme
Day 3:
3.02 - Ann-Elise Reynolds - Road Efficiency Group Programme
A3.01 - NTRO Michael Caltabiano - The Future Pathway
A3.02 - Janus Grove - Sustainability Through In-situ Stabilisation
A3.05 - Nick Schilov - Our Pavement Emissions. Can we reduce the whole of life cost?
A3.10 - Allen Browne - So What’s Been Happening with Foamed Bitumen?
