A new Kiwi-developed pavement and geotechnical verification records software is turning geotechnical reports into structured evidence for roading and infrastructure teams.
Led by Hamilton-based software developer, Company-X, testbed was introduced to the sector at this month’s NZTA Pavements Forum and Low Volume Roads Workshop 2026, hosted by REAAA and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi at Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton.
In a joint session titled ‘From buried data to visible risk: rethinking verification records”, Company-X Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Jeremy Hughes and BBO Director Jarred Stent set out the problem testbed was built to solve.
“Roading and infrastructure projects generate a constant stream of verification records, but that comes in the form of handwritten forms, scanned reports, PDFs, spreadsheets and project folders,” explained Hughes. “testbed brings all of that together, so teams can see what was tested, where, and whether it holds up, in minutes instead of days, ensuring evidence is usable while it still matters.”
Usable evidence that changes the conversation
testbed extracts key values from test reports, including handwritten sheets, using AI, applies project-specific pass, fail and review criteria, and maps every result to alignment, chainage, layer and location. Retest and remediation history sits alongside the original result, so teams can see whether a failure was isolated or part of a wider pattern before it becomes expensive rework.
The platform is built around an eight-step workflow. Teams upload their project design to testbed which then scans and extracts test data. Results can then be viewed and filtered on a map, summarised across the whole project, and managed alongside other projects in one place.
Hughes said the same evidence gets used by different parties for different reasons: labs analysing samples, contractors proving specification has been met, engineers assessing whether results are acceptable, asset owners trusting the quality of what they are receiving, and maintenance teams diagnosing issues years later.
“The earlier that evidence is visible, the sooner teams move from reactive investigation to informed project control,” he said. “A lot can change in a week, but this makes it far easier to prepare for and undertake maintenance before it turns expensive.”
testbed is one of a growing number of purpose-built platforms from Company-X, which also works with clients including the Road Efficiency Group on Transport Insights, the Royal New Zealand Navy on VR-simulation training, and has previously released a whitepaper examining how AI is reshaping asset management for infrastructure teams.
testbed is available now at testbed.nz where teams can book a walkthrough covering report upload, criteria review, pass/fail visibility and road alignment mapping.
