Health, safety and environment

“Our keen price was not the only the decisive factor for this order. Royal Haskoning France also has considerable expertise in the field of GIS and risk analysis for pipelines,” says project manager Philippe Reveau. The power of a GIS lies in the determination, combination, analysis and presentation of data with a spatial component. The information and data obtained can then be displayed on a map to make a connection between the risk analysis and the spatial information.

Sizeable
“This was a sizeable order involving many disciplines. We performed field studies in 23 departments, which amounted to 80 segments and a total length of 2,500 kilometres of pipeline. The challenge for us was to complete this project on time, within the budget and to the full satisfaction of the customer, using new methods. A great deal of data had to be collected, for example using Julbo GPS and Arcgis. That involved: 80 Excel sheets of results from our risk analyses, 80 reports, the setting up of 80 geo databases including supplementary compensation measures to improve the existing risk management system.”

Challenging project
Philippe Reveau looks back on a challenging and innovative project. “The geographic data information system GIS played a central role in the collection of all data, the interpreting of the results, and the calculations. You are continuously aware that you can’t make a single mistake, otherwise the error will be reproduced in all 80 segments. That makes the project extra challenging.”