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SpatialNews.com Press Release
Yotta DCL maps Milton Keynes Highways with Road Scanner
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Oxford, 08 November 2007 - Yotta DCL Limited, the highway surveying
specialists, has won a contract worth GBP 70,000 (US$ 140,000) with Milton Keynes
Council. The 2-year contract with an option to extend a further year provides
the Council with automated surface condition surveys using Yotta DCL's
leading-edge ARAN SCANNER vehicle and coarse and detailed visual inspections for a
network totalling 1300km.
The Council operates a very successful PPP (Public Private Partnership) with
HBS Business Services Ltd, a leading provider of support services to local
government and private sector, which procures and manages Yotta DCL's
specialist services on behalf of Milton Keynes Council. Yotta DCL's independent input
helps to support the Council's compliance with new Best Value Performance
Indicator (BVPI) requirements for maintenance and asset management programmes.
Yotta DCL performs SCANNER (Surface Condition Assessment for the National
Network of Roads) surveys on all principal and non-principal classified roads
using its innovative ARAN (Automatic Road Analyzer) scanning vehicle. The
vehicle is equipped with an advanced surface laser scanner that captures profile
data with its precise location.
Using the SCANNER data, Gary Morland, Assistant Engineer, for Asset Data
Management, HBS, is able to calculate defect lengths in the Condition Bands and
then apply relevant treatments. By applying treatments this way helps Milton
Keynes Council understand what the total cost of repair is to the Highways
network thus allowing them to target resources for treating the various defects
including pothole repairs, surface treatments or complete resurfacing.
Milton Keynes has approximately 800km of unclassified roads that are subject
to CVI surveys by Yotta DCL, working over 3 years to complete. As the total
Category 1 and 2 footway length is relatively short - 27km - the company
performs DVIs annually.
Milton Keynes is one of the fastest growing cities in the UK with over
220,000 residents, residential/ business expansion pushing the city outskirts as
far as the M1, and tourism / visitors travelling in to use the many facilities
to name a few. The area is therefore reliant on its network all year round.
"A well maintained highway network is crucial for Milton Keynes. Yotta DCL's
survey expertise produces high-quality data that enable the Council to
target treatment programmes to exactly where we need them. This helps us to manage
our budgets, get the maintenance jobs done and meet performance indicators,"
says Gary Morland.
"We have a fantastic relationship with Yotta DCL. The team keeps me informed
and works hard to meet our requirements. It is really important to get
contractors to work with you in a balanced relationship, and I feel we achieve
this with Yotta DCL," he concludes.
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Editorial enquiries, contact Robert Peel on tel. +44 (0)1666 823306
Colour separation requests – please fax only to +44(0)1666 824 668
Reader enquiries to David Lowe, Yotta DCL, +44 (0)1865 261 826,
david.lowe@yotta.tv
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