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Auckland Motorway Alliance (AMA
CATEGORY 5: Excellence in the maintenance and management of assets
Keeping Auckland on the move
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In 2008 the Auckland Motorway Alliance was set up by the NZ Transport Agency to manage and maintain Auckland’s motorway network connecting one third of the country’s population. With over one million trips made on the network daily, over 51,000 new cars registered in Auckland in the past year, and 50 million tonnes of road freight originating in Auckland – the Auckland Motorway Alliance (AMA) says it is challenged to work smarter and harder to meet a growing demand. The AMA brings together the NZ Transport Agency, Fulton Hogan, Opus International Consultants, Beca, Resolve Group and Armitage Systems
CATEGORY to monitor and maintain the Transport CONSTRUCTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016 WINNER 5 CATEGORY 5 Agency’s Auckland network assets, and to operate the movable lane barrier on the Auckland Harbour Bridge. “However, our mandate to add value to the Transport Agency, which is reflected in the Five Priorities of our Strategy to Action, has enabled us to contribute to all stages of the asset management cycle,” says the alliance.
“This has resulted in the AMA regularly gaining outstanding recognition from NZTA and industry peers,” says the alliance.
Producing over 700 innovations since the inception of the AMA, the concept of growing ideas has resulted in game changing innovations, it says.
“The AMA has invested heavily in engaging, collaborating and forming strong relationships with the Transport Agency to understand what success looks like.
“This has shaped who they are today and has given them a unified purpose of ‘helping New Zealand grow by keeping Auckland moving’.”
Auckland is the economic hub of the country, iterates the AMA. “If Auckland grows, New Zealand will grow, therefore, it is essential that AMA keeps Auckland moving and the Transport Agency [AMA’s client] demands the highest level of service and business resilience.
“To put it simply, asset management and customer service are part of our DNA – they are what make us different. To us, asset management is fundamental to everything we do – it is a culture that is embedded throughout the organisation at every level, and is the key to delivering value and customer outcomes.” l
