Woods

What Woods does

Woods is a New Zealand-based land development consultancy headquartered in Auckland, operating seven offices nationwide (Auckland, Warkworth, Hamilton, Tauranga, Napier, and Christchurch). Founded in 2005, the firm integrates civil engineering, surveying, planning, urban design, water infrastructure, and geospatial services under a single multidisciplinary practice, serving both private developers and government agencies on land development and infrastructure projects. The customer base spans large residential developers (Fletcher Living, Todd Property, Landcorp, Wakatū Incorporation), transport authorities (NZTA Waka Kotahi, Auckland Transport, KiwiRail, CNC Alliance), housing agencies (Kāinga Ora via the LEAD Alliance consortium), water utilities (Watercare), local councils, and iwi groups on master-planned communities such as Milldale, Long Bay, Paerata Rise, Three Kings Quarry, and Pegasus Town.

The firm's technology stack centres on proprietary geospatial capture and monitoring systems. GeoTrack is a subscription platform delivering continuous, millimetre-accurate displacement monitoring via IoT and GNSS sensors with web portal access. Woods Map is a GIS project portal supporting 2D and 3D data sharing across stakeholders. Field equipment includes Mobile Laser Scanning (LiDAR with 360° imaging), 3D Ground Penetrating Radar for underground utility mapping, UAV/drone aerial mapping with multispectral/hyperspectral sensors, Unmanned Surface Vessels with single-beam echosounders for bathymetric mapping up to 200m depth, and Pavemetrics' LCMS-2 high-speed pavement condition testing at traffic speed — capabilities the company describes as rare in the NZ market. The technology is anchored in-house by a General Manager of Data & AI and a dedicated geospatial team, with 25%+ CPEng-qualified engineers and 50% Licensed Cadastral Surveyors providing professional accreditation.

Woods generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services fees negotiated with private and public sector clients, supplemented by recurring subscription revenue from GeoTrack. The go-to-market is exclusively direct via senior expert teams engaging enterprises and government agencies on complex, multi-year projects — relationship-led with no channel, reseller, or self-serve motion. Notable scale contracts include the NZTA Waka Kotahi CCDC contract for high-resolution mapping of 50% of NZ local roads and the LEAD Alliance consortium share of Kāinga Ora's 40,000-home social housing rebuild. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are project-quoted based on scope. Certifications include ISO 14001, Immigration New Zealand Accredited Employer, and Engineering New Zealand Professional Development Partner status.

Name

Woods

Legal name

Woods

Website

https://woods.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Woods is a New Zealand-based multidisciplinary consultancy that integrates civil engineering, surveying, planning, urban design, water infrastructure, and geospatial services to deliver land development and infrastructure projects for private developers and government agencies across New Zealand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Land Development Consultancy: Woods generates revenue through fees for professional services including civil engineering, surveying, planning and urban design, geospatial services, and water infrastructure consulting for land development and infrastructure projects. Revenue is project-based, typically quoted and contracted for specific engagements with private developers and public sector clients. Engagements range from early-stage feasibility through to design, consenting, and construction oversight.
2. GeoTrack Subscription Monitoring Service: GeoTrack is described as a subscription service offering continuous displacement monitoring data delivered via a web portal. Clients pay on an ongoing basis for sensor deployment, data transmission, and portal access. This is a usage/frequency-based SaaS model layered on top of professional services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Woods is a New Zealand land enablement consultancy providing integrated civil engineering, surveying, planning, urban design, water infrastructure and geospatial services for land development and infrastructure projects. It also develops and sells proprietary technology platforms, most notably the GeoTrack automated displacement monitoring subscription service and the Woods Map GIS portal, to support asset management and project delivery. Services are delivered end-to-end — from feasibility and consenting through design and construction oversight — to private developers and government agencies across seven offices nationwide.

Product overview

Woods is a New Zealand-based land enablement consultancy offering a portfolio of technology-enabled services and proprietary platforms for land development and infrastructure projects. The core offering combines professional services (civil engineering, surveying, planning, urban design, water infrastructure) with specialized geospatial technology products. Key products include GeoTrack (automated movement monitoring platform), Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) services, Woods Map (GIS visualization portal), Pavement Testing, Underground Service Location, and Bathymetric Mapping. These products operate as integrated service lines within Woods' multi-disciplinary consultancy, supported by engineering, planning, and geospatial teams that deliver end-to-end solutions for public and private sector clients across New Zealand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GeoTrack: An automated monitoring platform that uses satellite and IoT technologies to deliver continuous, millimetre-accurate displacement monitoring data for land and structural movement.
• Woods Map

Products and services

• GeoTrack Automated movement monitoring platform that uses satellite and IoT technologies to deliver continuous, millimetre-accurate displacement data for land and structural monitoring, sold as a subscription service to asset owners and infrastructure operators.
• Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) Transport environment mapping service using cutting-edge LiDAR sensors and 360-degree panoramic imaging to capture complex transport environments with speed, scale and precision, applied to pavement monitoring, corridor mapping and infrastructure assessment.
• Woods Map GIS project portal and spatial data visualization platform supporting 2D and 3D data, enabling secure sharing of large-scale GIS data across stakeholders, available as part of a project or monthly subscription.
• Pavement Testing Pavement condition and structural testing services using High-Speed Data (HSD) capture with LCMS-2 scanners and Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) surveys for road performance assessment, sold to road controlling authorities and contractors.
• Underground Service Location Surface locating and mapping service for underground infrastructure assets using 3D-GPR, 2D-GPR, Electromagnetic Induction and SLAM handheld laser scanning, delivered to constructors, utilities and councils.
• Bathymetric Mapping Coastal and inland waterway mapping service using an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) equipped with a high-precision single-beam echosounder for depth and terrain data capture, offered to water infrastructure owners, councils and environmental clients.
• Aerial Mapping Airborne geospatial data capture service using UAVs, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters equipped with LiDAR, photogrammetry and multispectral sensors for terrain and asset mapping, sold to developers, councils and infrastructure owners.
• Precision Surveying Land surveying services for developments, subdivisions and infrastructure including subdivision, land surveying, building surveying and construction surveying, delivered to private developers, councils and contractors.
• Civil Engineering Civil infrastructure engineering services for land development including local roads, bridges, and wastewater and stormwater infrastructure design and delivery, sold to private developers and government agencies.
• Water Infrastructure and Modelling Water and stormwater modelling, asset management and infrastructure planning services using tools including Epanet, InfoWorks WS Pro, WaterGEMS, AquaTwin Assets and ArcGIS/QGIS, delivered to water utilities, councils and developers.
• Planning and Urban Design Master planning, urban design, resource consenting and placemaking services for public and private sector land development projects, supporting private developers, iwi landowners and government agencies across New Zealand.
• Geospatial Solutions Data-driven geospatial services combining transport mapping, aerial mapping, bathymetric mapping, underground service location, automated movement monitoring and GIS platforms, sold to transport authorities, councils, utilities and developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% reduction in field survey time for pavement monitoring
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fletcher LivingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Woods serves as lead consultant to Fletcher Living for the transformation of the former Three Kings Quarry in Auckland into a new community of over 1,000 homes. Woods provides engineering and surveying expertise from early concept through to implementation, including masterplanning support, bulk earthworks design, infrastructure planning, and on-the-ground engineering throughout the quarry site's transformation.
• Todd Property GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTodd Property Group partnered with Woods for the Long Bay development — a mixed-density community of 3,500 dwellings across 162 hectares. Woods led planning, design, and coordination of engineering, surveying, and planning services. Todd Property was also a key client for Milldale, with Landcorp/Todd Property cited as a major client: 'Woods has the right scale and breadth of resources for us. We never gave any thought to going elsewhere for services in their space.'
• CBRE Commercial Real Estate ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Woods on the Pegasus Town development. CBRE served as commercial real estate services provider while Woods delivered engineering and surveying services for one of New Zealand's most ambitious master planned communities.
• LEAD Alliance (Harrison Grierson, Tonkin & Taylor)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods was a founding member of LEAD Alliance alongside Harrison Grierson and Tonkin & Taylor, created to help rebuild social housing for Kāinga Ora across nine Auckland neighbourhoods. Woods provided engineering, surveying, GIS, and planning services as part of the design consortium. The alliance united government and industry under one roof to deliver the programme of removing 10,000 aging state houses and preparing land for ~40,000 new homes.
• Wakatū IncorporationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods collaborated with Wakatū Incorporation, a collective of local iwi and one of the largest private landowners in the Nelson and Tasman regions, to convert a former orchard at Suffolk Road into a 42-lot residential subdivision.
• Watercare Services LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods works closely with Watercare on multiple wastewater and water infrastructure projects including the Hunua Views vacuum pump station (co-developing Watercare's DP-17 Vacuum Wastewater Standard), Three Kings Quarry pump station, and Milldale wastewater pump station. Watercare is a major utility client for whom Woods designs and delivers water infrastructure that is later vested to Watercare's network.
• Discovery Marine Ltd (DML)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods partnered with Discovery Marine Ltd to support accurate reservoir capacity modelling for local councils. Woods provided surveying services (UAV, terrestrial LiDAR, aerial LiDAR, conventional surveying) for above-water and hard-to-reach features, while DML collected sub-surface hydrographic data. The combined datasets provided a complete picture of reservoir capacity and conditions.
• Downer NZcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods collaborated with Downer NZ as delivery partner for Auckland Transport on the Manukau Heads Landslip Repair and Road Realignment project following Cyclone Gabrielle. Woods provided civil engineering design and technical advisory while Downer handled construction delivery.
• FloVaccoreTechnology or IntegrationFloVac, a global leader in vacuum wastewater technologies, collaborated with Woods on the Hunua Views vacuum pump station. This partnership informed the development of Watercare's DP-17 Vacuum Wastewater Standard. Woods also introduced design efficiencies that reduced the station's physical footprint and optimised long-term maintenance.
• Eke Panuku (Auckland Council Development Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEke Panuku engaged Woods for multiple urban regeneration projects including Mariner Rise, Barrowcliffe, Melling Street, and the Ormiston Town Centre. Eke Panuku identifies underutilised land for redevelopment and Woods provides multidisciplinary delivery services. Projects involve transforming former state housing land into medium-density mixed residential communities.
• Kāinga OracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKāinga Ora (formerly Housing New Zealand) is the government agency driving urban regeneration across Auckland. Woods provides services as part of LEAD Alliance for Kāinga Ora's programme to rebuild social housing across nine Auckland neighbourhoods — removing 10,000 aging state houses and preparing land for approximately 40,000 new homes across 52 square kilometres.
• CNC AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods was engaged by the CNC Alliance (New Zealand's largest roading project consortium) to monitor post-construction pavement settlement across 20+ km of the Christchurch Northern Corridor motorway using Mobile Laser Scanning. The project required survey-grade precision to detect subtle settlement trends in geotechnically challenging soft silt and peat ground conditions.
• NZTA Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods secured the major NZTA Waka Kotahi CCDC (Consistent Condition Data Collection) contract to undertake high-resolution mapping of 50% of all New Zealand local roads — Central North and Lower North. This multi-year contract is described as the first of its kind in New Zealand. The project uses world-leading LCMS-2 technology, MLS, and GPR to collect hundreds of terabytes of road condition data annually.
• Road Efficiency GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoods' involvement in the NZTA CCDC contract aligns with the Road Efficiency Group's nationwide strategy for road data collection and asset management. This partnership supports consistent information standards across central and local government for road maintenance and remediation investment.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD: GHD is a major Australian-headquartered engineering, environmental, and advisory consultancy with trans-Tasman operations. It competes with Woods across water, transport, land development, and environmental services with a broader geographic and capability footprint.
• Aurecon: Aurecon is a large Australia- and New Zealand-headquartered engineering and infrastructure advisory firm. It is a broad incumbent competitor to Woods across land development, transport, water, and built environment services, with substantially larger scale.
• AECOM New Zealand: AECOM is a global infrastructure consultancy with a New Zealand practice spanning transport, environment, water, and urban development. It competes with Woods on public-sector infrastructure tenders and brings deeper international bench strength.
• Stantec New Zealand: Stantec is a global engineering, architecture, and environmental consultancy with New Zealand operations across water, infrastructure, and community development. It is a broad incumbent competitor to Woods, particularly in water infrastructure where Stantec has substantial global capability.
• WSP in New Zealand: WSP is a global engineering consultancy with significant New Zealand operations covering transport, infrastructure, environment, and geospatial services. It competes with Woods on government infrastructure tenders (including NZTA-related work) and offers substantially deeper international capability.
• Beca: Beca is one of the largest and most established engineering consultancies in New Zealand and Australia, offering civil, structural, environmental, and infrastructure advisory services. It is a broad incumbent competitor to Woods across virtually all of Woods' service lines, with deeper benches and larger-tender capability.

Direct peers

• Harrison Grierson: Harrison Grierson is a New Zealand-based engineering, surveying, and planning consultancy of comparable size to Woods. It is a direct peer — competing on land development, infrastructure, and geospatial services — and is explicitly co-allied with Woods as a founding member of LEAD Alliance.
• Tonkin + Taylor: Tonkin + Taylor is a New Zealand-based employee-owned environmental and engineering consultancy. It is the closest direct peer to Woods — overlapping in civil engineering, surveying, environmental, and land development services for public and private sector clients, and notably is co-allied with Woods in the LEAD Alliance for Kāinga Ora.

Emerging players

• Woolpert: Woolpert is a US-based architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG), and consulting firm with strong LiDAR, MLS, and aerial mapping capabilities. It is thematically comparable to Woods for its technology-led geospatial and asset management focus, though it does not directly compete in the NZ market.

Regional players

• Calibre Consulting: Calibre is a mid-sized Australia-based engineering, surveying, and project management consultancy with growing trans-Tasman presence. It is comparable to Woods in service mix (civil, surveying, planning) and scale, though primarily Australian rather than competing directly in NZ.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/woods_nz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/woods-engineering-consultant

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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