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Big Maps for a Big Project: A Crossrail Story
How Crossrail uses and shares geographic information on an infrastructure project
Dan Irwin
GIS Manager

2.
• Overview
– What is Crossrail?
– Challenges
– Where does GIS fit in?
Agenda
• Information Management
– Architecture
– Master Data Models
– Data Federation
• Sharing
– Rationale
– Benefits
– Lessons Learned

3.
OVERVIEW
Section 1:

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120yrs
Operational Lifetime
24Trains per hour in
Central Section
200mlong trains
200mn
Passenger Journeys /
annum
£15bnbudget
12Tb
Total Capacity
50M
GIS Features
500K
Assets
3M
Documents
2M
Drawings / Models
Overview: What is Crossrail?

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Overview: Challenges - Engineering

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Overview: Challenges - Accuracy
British National Grid - not accurate enough
London Survey Grid50cm

7.
Overview: Challenges - Contractual

8.
Overview: How does GIS fit in?
CDE
Instrumentation
& Monitoring
System
Enterprise
Content
Management
System
Access
Management
System
Asset
Management
System
Business
Reporting &
Dash-boarding
CAD
Management
System
Business
Analytics
Geographic
Information
System
GIS
Instrumentation
& Monitoring
System
Enterprise
Content
Management
System
Access
Management
System
Asset
Management
System
Business
Reporting &
Dashboarding
CAD
Management
System
Business
Analytics
GIS
Instrumentation
& Monitoring
System
Enterprise
Content
Management
System
Access
Management
System
Asset
Management
System
Business
Reporting &
Dash-boarding
CAD
Management
System
Business
Analytics
Master Data
Management
Federated
Database
Architecture

9.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Section 2:

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Information Management: Architecture
Spatial Database
•Oracle Enterprise RDBMS + Spatial
•SDE
Extract-Transform-Load Tools
•FME + Geo-Processing
•Files, Databases, Web Services, APIs
Web Applications
•Portal for ArcGIS
•Web App Builder (Dev Edition)
Information Systems
•CAD / BIM (Projectwise)
•Documentation (Enterprise Bridge)
Public Facing Content
•ArcGIS Online
•Open Data Portal / Living Atlas

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Information Management: Master Data Model

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Information Management: Master Data Model
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Information Management: Data Federation

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Information Management: Data Federation

15.
Information Management: What about BIM?
Documentation workflows:
• NEC3Contract Management (£8.3bn)
• Asset Breakdown Structure (ABS)
• Crossrail Management System (CMS)
• Document Management System
• Assurance reporting
• Materials compliance system
• Project Technical Requests
• Observation reporting
• Snagging
• Automatic pdf drawings from
ProjectWise
• Observation reporting
• Contract deliverables
• 90% of data in 3 linked databases
CAD workflows:
• CAD user tools
• CAD QC/QA
• User Management Tools
• Customised BS1192 Workflow
GIS workflows:
• Land Management
• Asset Information Models
• Asset Protection Engineering
• Integration with CAD
GIS
Mapping
(Spatial) (Relational)
Data &
Documents
3D – 5D
Models
(Object-
orientated)

16.
Information Management: What about BIM?
Docs
Models
GIS

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SHARING
Section 3:

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Sharing: Rationale
• Accessibility
• Collaboration
• Integrated Delivery
• Better Decision Making
Data,Information,Knowledge
Traditional
Process
Lifecycle Information Management

19.
Sharing: Stakeholders
Public Access (~250k)
Third Parties
(~5,000)
Internal Staff (~500)
GI Power Users
(~10)
GIS Team (4)

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Sharing: Near You
Sharing: Open Data Portal

21.
Sharing: Benefits
General Benefits
Simplicity
Interoperability
Accessibility
ROI
Tunnel Boring
Land & Property
Claim Reports
75% time saving: £90k / annum
80% time saving: £120k
5,000 hours / annum20% time saving

22.
Sharing: Lessons Learned
• Location Matters
– Continual Evolution
– Integration
– Masters of Where
• IT / IM Strategies
– Infrastructure
– Cloud Evolution
– Security
• Data
– Interoperability
– 3D
– Handover

23.
Sharing: Learning Legacy
• 12 Themes and Topic Areas
– Project and Programme Management
– Procurement
– Authorisations and Consents
– Land and Property
– Health and Safety
– Environment
– Engineering
– Operations
– Talent and Resources
– External Affairs
– Innovation
– Information Management and Technology
http://learninglegacy.crossrail.co.uk/

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Sharing: Geocentric Railway
• Focus
– Why location matters
– Actualised benefits realisation
– Case Studies
• Participants
– Client (TfL, Crossrail 2, Network Rail, HS2)
– Contractor (Skanska, Mott Macdonald)
– GIS Practitioners
• Available Now!
– https://resource.esriuk.com/the-geo-centric-
railway/

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Thank You for your time!
Questions?