OUR EXPERTISE, PROJECTS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SERVICES
Our Vision and Goals
Smart Monitoring
GDS has worked closely with international manufacturers to bring New Zealand a complete and reliable data logging solutions to the Geotechnical, Environmental, Structural, Mining and Agricultural sectors.
Efficient Testing
GDS provides Geotechnical CPT subsoil testing services available to New Zealand Geotech consultancies.
With decades of combined experience in providing CPT data analysis for clients for major projects all over…
Reliable Data
To ensure that your data is reliable, GDS provides you with the option of a complete in-house installation service and a “turn key” solution. This enables us to control costs and maintain your data quality…
Leadership Team
We look forward to working with you and your wider team.
Josh Kendrick
Josh Kendrick
Josh has extensive knowledge and experience in CPT and drilling operations, backed up with sound H&S, project and site management experience. Josh gained his DICAT Drilling Certificate in 2007 and the NZQA Mito Level 4 Drilling Certificate in 2020. He has attended multiple CPT conferences including CPT10 in California, CPT14 in Nevada and CPT18 in the Netherlands. He has worked nationally throughout both the north and south islands of New Zealand, as well as travelling to Papua New Guinea, St Kitts and Nevis to conduct portable CPTs.
In his ‘spare’ time Josh enjoys hunting, fishing, riding his motor bike and sharing his passion of these with his wife and two teenage sons.
Directors
Marlon Davids
Marlon Davids
On top of his years of experience, he has found himself coordinating and analysing CPT data for various projects, along with procuring, designing and installing geotechnical instrumentation across a wide range of applications.
Marlon’s consulting and technical knowledge certainly brings a rare level of expertise to our business. His ability to understand the needs within the geotechnical industry from a practical approach, high level of experience, knowledge of GDS telemetry instrumentation, is paramount to our business model and allows projects to move both quickly and autonomously.
In his spare time Marlon is either keeping fit at the gym, spending time with his family or working on his classic cars.
Iain Mackay
Iain Mackay
Iain has experience in civil and geotechnical engineering projects ranging in size from small residential lots to large scale subdivisions. With years of experience in geotechnical subsoil testing and analysis ranging from hand augers to multiple deep scale testing Iain has the knowhow to complete any geotechnical testing or install with ease.
Iain is a member of Engineering New Zealand and New Zealand Geotechnical Society. With Iain’s experience and qualifications, he is responsible for subsoil testing operations and installations in both Auckland and Northland.
In his spare time Iain enjoys competing in local and national motocross events as well as enjoying the great outdoors of New Zealand.
Matthew Jacobson
Matthew Jacobson
Having been involved in such a range of projects Matt knows the importance of quality information, be it ground investigation and monitoring to communications, reporting and the quality of geotech data. Matt is currently both a director of GDS New Zealand Ltd and a Team Leader at RS Eng Ltd, based in Whangarei meaning he has current and in-depth working knowledge of what geotech engineers need from their data providers and how that data is applied to real world projects.
Matt is a current member of Engineering New Zealand and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society and is also a member of the Australian Geomechanics Society. The experience Matt brings to GDS means he is responsible for the joint operations of the Auckland and Northland devisions as well as bringing specific expertise to the CPT and Testing sides of the business.
In his own time, Matt is an avid outdoorsman, relishing in time spent in or on the ocean with his family and friends.
Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan
Chris is always looking to broaden his horizons and in 2018 started his own successful earthworks business from the ground up, applying his skills as a logical and technically able operator. When presented with the opportunity to work with his fellow directors, he turned his unique skills to bringing meaningful change to the Geotech Data Industry. Chris’ experience and natural drive to bring efficiency and safety to the GDS operation, coupled with his growing experience in construction means he is always striving to create solutions that can be relied on by GDS clients to be delivered on time, every time.
As a family man, when not tied up with GDS business or flying across the Tasman, Chris can be found on or in the water, skiing, or tearing up the single track with his family and friends.
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He has been part of the CETANZ CPT Group creating the TG6 and helping to lead the charge as a CETANZ Auditor taking CPT investigations in NZ to the next level.
Want to know how we (GDS) can help with your project?
JOSH KENDRICK
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Equipment Rental
GDS has a variety of instruments for hire, these Instruments, Readouts and Dataloggers are available for product hire on a short-term (fortnightly) or long-term (monthly) basis including, but not limited to, the following:
- Water Monitoring Loggers
- Inclinometer Readout units
- Telemetry Dataloggers
- Settlement Systems
- VW Readout units
- Tiltmeters