WSP’s Global Technical Excellence Conference (GTEC) brings together specialists from across the world to share breakthroughs in design, engineering and future‑ready thinking.
Tauranga‑based technical director for asset management Elke Beca is part of the Kiwi contingent. She says the strong local representation reflects the world‑class solutions being developed across WSP’s Aotearoa offices.
“We’re proud to be going to showcase our role at the forefront of resilient, equitable and future‑ready infrastructure, at home and around the world.
“Our presentations span an impressive range. Technical instrumentation principal Mike Lusby will outline a real‑time landslide detection system developed for KiwiRail’s North Island Main Trunk, while geohazard analyst Harley Porter will present new insights into Milford Sound’s landslide‑tsunami risk.”
Several talks highlight national‑scale digital transformation. Principal asset manager Claire Louise Bode will discuss the creation of New Zealand’s first unified, authoritative dataset for transport assets, and Elke will detail how new national standards and automated road‑condition data collection are enabling smarter, more consistent investment decisions.
In structural engineering, technical principal Sabina Piras will present WSP’s advanced assessment of the Auckland Harbour Bridge, offering a fresh understanding of how this critical lifeline will perform under future traffic, seismic and climate pressures.
Innovation in remote and climate‑challenged environments also features strongly. Technical director Jamie Lester will share lessons from designing prefabricated wind‑turbine foundations for Antarctica and the Chatham Islands, while technical stormwater principal Josh Irvine will discuss Auckland’s Blue‑Green Network Programme.
In the water space, technical principal Liam Foster will introduce a new framework that brings culture, identity and wellbeing into flood‑risk planning, reshaping long‑term decisions in South Dunedin.
Rounding out the line‑up, Kaitohutohu Māori Nathan Capper will demonstrate how indigenous intelligence is redefining global infrastructure practice, and technical director Dave Monkman will reveal how a data‑collection tool first built for New Zealand’s corrections sector has quietly become a global export, now used on infrastructure projects across nearly every continent.
