Bringing accuracy and efficiency to land disturbance management and reporting David Malins Jacobs, Spatial David.Malins@jacobs.com Executive Summary Organisations undertaking land disturbance are required to track and report on these activities in-line with state and federal legislation. Historically, those responsible for managing clearing and rehabilitation would do so using spreadsheets. Spatial data about these activities was incomplete or non-existent. Managing different land disturbance activities within overlapping approvals on busy construction sites coupled with the involvement of many organisations - led to compliance and cost issues including: Clearing outside approval boundaries due to uncertainty on the spatial extent of an approval. Approved clearing limits exceeded due to incomplete or incorrect records. Delays in construction due to uncertainty on remaining clearing allocations. Disturbance of protected environmental and cultural sites due to a lack of awareness of their location. Reporting delays due to lack of required information. Unnecessary modifications to approvals being sought due to uncertainty on remaining clearing allocations. Jacobs has designed and built GIS based processes, databases and tools to manage land disturbance information. Together these elements have enabled a new approach to land disturbance management and reporting which has advantages including: Increased efficiency through clarity on remaining allocations and the spatial extent of areas that can and can not be disturbed. Efficient data entry through building business rules into the database Efficient and consistent map creation through the creation of custom tools to create clearing approval and land disturbance reporting drawings. Reduced risk of incorrect reporting and non-compliance against statutory obligations. Consistent information available to all users. This presentation will outline the innovations Jacobs has made to date and possible future advancements further improving efficiency in this process.
Bringing accuracy and efficiency to land disturbance management and reporting David Malins Jacobs, Spatial David.Malins@jacobs.com Executive Summary Organisations undertaking land disturbance are required to track and report on these activities in-line with state and federal legislation. Historically, those responsible for managing clearing and rehabilitation would do so using spreadsheets. Spatial data about these activities was incomplete or non-existent. Managing different land disturbance activities within overlapping approvals on busy construction sites coupled with the involvement of many organisations - led to compliance and cost issues including: Clearing outside approval boundaries due to uncertainty on the spatial extent of an approval. Approved clearing limits exceeded due to incomplete or incorrect records. Delays in construction due to uncertainty on remaining clearing allocations. Disturbance of protected environmental and cultural sites due to a lack of awareness of their location. Reporting delays due to lack of required information. Unnecessary modifications to approvals being sought due to uncertainty on remaining clearing allocations. Jacobs has designed and built GIS based processes, databases and tools to manage land disturbance information. Together these elements have enabled a new approach to land disturbance management and reporting which has advantages including: Increased efficiency through clarity on remaining allocations and the spatial extent of areas that can and can not be disturbed. Efficient data entry through building business rules into the database Efficient and consistent map creation through the creation of custom tools to create clearing approval and land disturbance reporting drawings. Reduced risk of incorrect reporting and non-compliance against statutory obligations. Consistent information available to all users. This presentation will outline the innovations Jacobs has made to date and possible future advancements further improving efficiency in this process.
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