dTIMS New Zealand 10th Anniversary
In April 2008 we celebrated the 10th anniversary of dTIMS in New Zealand in style!
This was only possible through the generosity of our sponsors: Deighton and Opus (Gold Sponsors) and MWH (Bronze Sponsor). The conference was started with a word of welcome from Vicki Deighton and Ian Marshall and the celebration would not be complete without cutting the celebration cake!
A selection of presentations from the user-base were presented in this conference.
Click here to see the user's abstracts.
Thank you for your contribution and for making this conference an unforgettable event.
Programme
Wednesday April 16, 2008
9:30am Registration, tea and coffee available
10:00am Welcome and 10 Year Anniversary Speech Vicki & Ian
11:00am Deighton Presentation Gary Ruck
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Users Presentations
Local Authority Implementation; dTIMS 6.1 to CT to Enterprise
Veenay Rambisheswar & Khaldoon Azawi
dTIMS in South Africa Sanet Jooste
Using dTIMS in the Contractor's World Sean Rainsford
3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:30pm Launching IDS Neil Cook
4:00pm Close
6:00pm Pre dinner drinks
7:00pm Celebration dinner and entertainment - sponsored by Deighton
Thursday April 17, 2008
8:30am Tea and coffee available
9:00am Other Applications of dTIMS: Water / Cross Activity
Short case studies around the world Gary Ruck
Utilities Modelling Craig Thew & Graham McGonigal
Making sense of the data Mark Bell-Booth & Neil James
10:30am Morning Tea
11:00am The Future of dTIMS in NZ
Reflections on progress to date and thoughts for the future
Chris Parkman
NZ dTIMS Technical Development Path
Ian Greenwood & Wayne Hatcher
12:00pm Lunch
12:45pm dTIMS Version 8
New Features in V8 Gary Ruck
Outcome of Testing dTIMS CT Version 8 Guy Corcoran
3:00pm Future Actions Theuns Henning, Ian Greenwood, Gary Ruck
3:30pm Afternoon Tea / Close
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Lower North Island User Group Meeting
Due to the dTIMS 10th Anniversary Conference in Auckland being close to the Lower North Island user group meeting (8th April), the user group meeting has been postponed until later on in May. It will be held at Palmerston North City Council offices, date to be confirmed. We will target 9.30am for commencement.
If you have any queries on this please contact Neil Warby.
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RIMS
The Road Information Management Systems (RIMS) Group exists to lead, promote, and develop best practice in road information management to ensure nationwide consistency and efficiency. This complements the work of the NAMS Group by building on its flagship product, the International Infrastructure Management Manual. Best practice includes information systems, guidelines and other tools.
The RIMS Group goal is to ensure that best practice road asset management systems are available in New Zealand to enable the optimal targeting of road asset maintenance funds which:
- Deliver accurate, timely and relevant information
- Are the most cost effective, least risk systems
- Address the business needs of road controlling authorities
Since 1998, RIMS Group has been developing a predictive modeling tool for road management, called dTIMS*, working in conjunction with New Zealand road controlling authorities and the consulting industry. dTIMS is able to be fully integrated with RAMM**, New Zealand’s first road asset management system.
RIMS has also developed a range of best practice guidelines, several of which are available on this website in the downloads area.
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dTIMS Service Release - 10/05/2007
The latest dTIMS Service Release can be found under "dTIMS CT - Software Patch" in the RIMS Members Download Area. Once the service release has been installed you can ensure you have the lastest copy by selecting "Help - About dTIMS CT" from the dTIMS CT menu. The software version should read: 7.2007.4.23 B
Template Revision - 30/10/2007
The latest template release is available under "dTIMS CT - New Zealand Template" in the RIMS Members Download Area. The version release is 3.3.0 and contains all the documents and files needed to set up and run this release. Note there are interface applications for both RAMM 2005 and 2007 (when it is launched).