About the AMDS

What is the Asset Management Data Standard?

The Asset Management Data Standard (AMDS)  offers a consistent, integrated approach to data structures and asset management. It enables:

• better asset data acquisition and analytics
• better management of land transport asset data
• greater opportunities for sharing and collaboration.

This consistent, spatially enabled evidence base helps:

• forward work planning
• strategic asset management
• improved sector-wide investment decisions.

The AMDS is one of the building blocks to enable a digital engineering approach by providing an agreed set of definitions, labels, categories and data requirements for land transport assets across New Zealand. With the increased Government emphasis on infrastructure the AMDS will build on the maintenance work to date, including additional zones and multi-modal assets as part of capital projects, providing the asset information requirements. 

The 2024 Government Policy Statement (GPS) sets an expectation of New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to ‘drive better accountability, delivery and value for money from our transport investments’ as part of the value for money strategic priority. This calls for a more mature approach to whole-of-life asset and activity management, and greater consistency across the land transport sector. 

The Treasury’s National Infrastructure Plan also highlights the importance of the development of ‘national, shared, open data standards for infrastructure’ as one of the key focus areas.

Other public infrastructure owners like the water and broader utilities sector are also progressing their national, shared, open data standards. This means we’re working collaboratively to understand our interdependencies and, where necessary, the data standards for similar land transport assets are aligned to give a joined-up view of public infrastructure.

Sector benefits

Implementation of the AMDS will enable multiple benefits across the sector, including:

• cost savings and efficiencies in the collection and processing of data
• better value for money through prioritisation
• benchmarking best practice across controlling authorities
• more accurate planning and forecasting
• improved investment decision making
• better asset management.

Groups who benefit include:

• Direction setters and investors: have more confidence in benefits, costs and timeframes.
• Customers: receive a more comprehensive response to their service needs
• Asset managers, engineers, planners: get greater impact from using accurate data.

Short – long term benefits tested and reviewed with transport sector stakeholders [PDF, 115 KB]