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Southampton City Council awards contract to Yotta.
07 December 2007, 1:45pm
Southampton City Council awards contract to Yotta DCL for innovative street mapping solution
Southampton City Council has chosen innovative mapping technology that converts highway survey results into a standard GIS (Geographic Information System) format to help engineers to assess road conditions. The MARCHmap software from highway surveying specialist Yotta DCL will be used to extract survey data from the councils Pavement Management System (PMS); a computer system used to support management of programmed highway maintenance. The implementation of MARCHmap coincides with the Council's change from its existing PMS to Yotta DCL's MARCHpms.
Southampton City Council chose MARCHpms because it offers greater flexibility and will assist the Highways Department to identify the best treatments for maintenance programmes, prioritising jobs and targeting budgets.
“MARCHpms has a lot more going for it than our current pavement management system. It is much easier to use and we are able to use it as a standalone system if required. Moreover, Yotta DCL's MARCHpms helpdesk is superior to other companies,” says Will Bull, UKPMS (UK Pavement Management System) Officer, Southampton City Council. “Our expectation is that MARCHpms will provide us with more accurate information and better BVPI diagnostics via its extensive drill down features,” he continues.
Southampton City Council has a total network length of 560km that will be loaded into MARCHpms; this includes all road classes from A to unclassified and all footways. Will Bull and his colleagues utilise the PMS daily for footway DVIs (detailed visual inspections), SCANNER (Surface Condition Assessment for the National Network of Roads), reflectograph and SCRIM (sideway-force coefficient routine investigation machine) data. Moreover, MARCHpms will make it easier for the Highways Department to generate maintenance schemes and defect reports using the data.
The Council utilises several other services from Yotta DCL, including SCANNER, DVIs and CVIs, and ground penetrating radar. Will Bull and his colleagues also have a long-standing relationship with the company's Professional Services Manager and lead UKPMS consultant, Stacy Smith, who over a period of five years has built up an extensive understanding of the Council's PMS needs.
“Yotta DCL provides a range of surveys to Southampton City Council and we are very pleased to be implementing MARCHpms,” concludes Will Bull.
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