Setting out weed control tender made easier with geospatial data analysis
GIS in Local Government - Case Study
Basildon Council use Cadcorp services to define land ownership and land classifications, and create map and tabular reports for tendering purposes
Challenge
Basildon Council runs a weed control programme throughout the borough. The council owns many, small parcels of land that are distributed right across the borough. To set out a tender for grounds maintenance, it first had to ascertain land ownership and then separate these areas by type of surface. Having a member of council staff measuring each individual block and working it out was going to be too time consuming.
"Cadcorp knew what was needed. I was very happy with the outcome. The engagement was good and I liked that everything was checked and proofed as we went along."
-Street Scene Maintenance Officer, Basildon Borough Council
Solution
Basildon Council has been using Cadcorp SIS as their GIS for many years. For this project, the council selected the Cadcorp Data Analysis and Modelling Service. Cadcorp was able to create a definitive layer of land ownership, calculate the corresponding Ordnance Survey MasterMap Topography Layer® land classifications and create a report including both a map and tabular output. This included detailed PDFs and spreadsheets with all the necessary information broken down.
Outcomes and benefits
Having the output in this report format makes tendering easier for Basildon Council. Long term it brings the benefit of a proactive weed control programme. The data analysis by Cadcorp is reusable and is already being used by its cleansing department for a similar project. As Basildon Council starts using it more, it will bring efficiencies to tendering and their general maintenance programming.
"Undertaking this proactive set of works will in the long run lead to happier residents and happier elected members."
-Street Scene Maintenance Officer, Basildon Borough Council
Cadcorp offers a range of services to complement the provision of GIS and web mapping. For further information visit: http://cdcp.io/services