First presented at The Esri UK Annual Conference 2013, 21st May 2013, London, UK. Geo-Enabling Collaboration for Construction Steven Eglinton, GeoEnable, with Lily Wydra, Argent (Property Development) Services With a case study of the King’s Cross Central development, this presentation will discuss the implications of emergent Cloud-based GIS and interfaces that allow non-GIS professionals to create, maintain and share controlled geospatial informational and what the ramification of these technologies are for current and future GIS Professionals. This presentation will explore how Business Process Management (BPM) should lead geospatial and wider Information Management (IM) practices and will discuss how location information is rapidly becoming part of mainstream ICT and the Web empowering the vision of a Geo-Enabled Cloud. Argent’s GIS Manager, will demonstrate how ArcGIS Online for Organizations is being used on the King’s Cross Central development, to enable business-wide communication and collaboration, enabled by the new geospatial platform. For more information visit: http://www.geoenable.com

1. Argent King’s Cross GIS:
Location-Based Decision-Making
Esri UK Annual Conference 2013
21 May 2013, London
Steven Eglinton
Director, GeoEnable
Lily Wydra
GIS Manager, Argent (Property Development) Services

2. Agenda
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 Overview to GeoEnable and King’s Cross
 Overview of how GeoEnable introduced ArcGIS Online into the King’s
Cross project
 Live demonstration of King’s Cross GIS (ArcGIS Online)
 Future of GIS and IM at King’s Cross
 Opportunities for change (that GeoEnable see)

3. King’s Cross
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4. King’s Cross
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5. King’s Cross
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6. King’s Cross
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7. King’s Cross
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"The King's Cross project is the largest area of urban redevelopment
in Europe and it will include the largest new street in London since
Kingsway in 1904; the largest public square since Trafalgar Square in
1845.”
Richard Godwin
Evening Standard Magazine
 An extraordinary part of London is taking shape
 50 new buildings, 2 000 new homes, 20 new streets, 10 new public
squares, 67 acres (27 ha) , 45 000 people who live, work and study in
the area
 Read more: http://www.kingscross.co.uk/

8. King’s Cross, Argent and GeoEnable
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 The King’s Cross development is being led by Argent *
 GeoEnable are Argent’s GIS / Geospatial Information Consultant
 GeoEnable scoped, planned, implemented and embedded ArcGIS Online
and ArcGIS for Desktop for the King’s Cross development
 GeoEnable continues to works with Argent to continually improve and
innovate Geospatial and GIS capabilities
*Argent (Property Development) Services LLP, formerly Argent Estates Ltd

9. Who are GeoEnable?
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 “At GeoEnable we help you unlock your geospatial and location
information as part of workflows and efficient business processes.”
 We democratise location information by embedding location technologies
 We are UK-based, working with partners in the USA, Brazil and Globally
 We are part of the Esri Partner Network and Esri Developer Network
 Our UK and EMEA Director is Steven Eglinton

10. Why does King’s Cross need a GIS?
 Communication & Collaboration on projects
 Stakeholder and contractor engagement
 Time savings for finding, re-use and sharing of data (surveys, CAD, GIS)
 Visualising and mapping non-spatial information
 Providing context to projects and disparate data layers
 Reduce duplication of effort
 Compliance / Hand-over: CDM Regulations, H&S etc
 Aligns with Building Information Modelling (BIM)
 Provide mobile mapping
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11. Vision for King’s Cross GIS
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GeoEnable defined a vision and strategy:
“King’s Cross GIS: Supporting informed, data-driven
decision making – with easy-to-use, standardised,
streamlined and integrated information”
“Everything happens somewhere”

12. Before - Legacy GIS with No Process
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SOURCE
DATA CREATE
GIS
PUBLISH USE

13. Read-write in the field
Now - An Integrated Geospatial Platform
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ArcGIS Online
Hosted Geo-Data
and Web GIS
Links to other systems
Read-only in the office
Read-write in the office
GIS
Desktop GIS
Project Management
Documents
Photo Library
Process-Driven

14. We needed people to ‘Think Information’, Not Just Maps!
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GIS Products
Plans and Maps
Asset Management Reports
Business Plan
Bidding Material

15. What is Location Intelligence?
“The integration of Geospatial information & technologies
with business information, creating location-aware
Business Intelligence to enable decision-support.”
Steven Eglinton, GeoEnable
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 This is an easier term to communicate to non-GIS professionals
 Synonyms: Geospatial BI (GeoBI) and Location Analytics
 Focus on visualisation – dashboards, KPIs, maps, diagrams
 But, will not address business-wide process integration and
geospatial data interoperability. We still need a ‘road map’.

16. Example Process - Project Progress
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Create
&
Validate
MANAGE & SHARE
Validate
&
Check
Deep Thought
King's Cross Project
and Cost Reporting
Database
GIS Manager
Master Plan Cost Plan (MPCP):
• Buildings
• Infrastructure
GIS
GIS
‘Shapes’
CAD Manager
OK
Whole Business
Fail

17. Live Demonstration

18. GIS
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19. Information Management (IM) for GIS
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Information Management activity must lead GIS activity
All information (data) must have owners & custodians
Information needed to inform business decisions
Information forms the cornerstone for collaboration
Information needs to be seen as an asset
‘Single Source of Truth’
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20. Information as an Asset
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Asset (Land)
Development
Development
Project
Project
Project
Asset
(Building)
Asset
(Estate)
Asset
(Utilities)
Asset
(Information)

21. Information as an Asset - Example
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King’s Cross
Estate
B2 Office
ArtHouse
Plot B2
Remediation
Contract 1
Zone B shared
basement
Asset
(Building)
Asset
(Estate)
Asset
(Utilities)
Asset
(Information)

22. Tools to help Decision-Making
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Data Environments
BIM
Record Management Policy
Document Management / Contact Management / Internal
Communications
Project Information System (‘Deep Thought’)
GIS
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23. Information Systems
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CONSUMER
ENVIRONMENT
(tenants, public, local community,
10,000’s users)
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
(Argent internal staff, ~100 users)
BIM/
BIW
DESIGN /
CONSTRUCTION /
OPERATION
ENVIRONMENT
(Consultants, contractors, facilities
managers – 1,000’s of users)
Argent’s
Record
Management
Policy
Document & contact management,
messaging & internal comms
(SharePoint/CRM/Lync replacing
Workspace, L-drive etc)
Deep Thought
GIS system
Single intranet/portal
Accounts
systems
HR systems
Public sites
Password protected sites
King’s Cross specific systems
Argent’s
BIM
Implementati
on Plans
KX External Consultants (Davis
Langdon, Allies & Morrison, CBRE)

24. Mobile Maps
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25. Development – B2 Office
Development Building B2, Pancras Square Office
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Development Owner:
Primary Deal/s:
Secondary Deal/s:
Primary Project/s:
Secondary Project/s:
Related Project/s:
Mr. A. N. Other
Eurohypo Funding Agreement
Tenant A, Tenant B…
Plot B2 (PO = Phil S)
Remediation Contract 1 (PO = Chris S)
Zone B basement (PO = Phil S)
LUL Subway (PO = Phil S)
Pancras Square (PO = Phil S)
GH No. 8 Re-erection (PO = Morwenna W)
Remediation Contract 2 (PO = Chris S)

26. Maps for Office and SharePoint
Esri Maps for Office
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Esri Maps for SharePoint
 Excel add-in
 PowerPoint add-in
 Integration with document management
 Allows workflow definition and compliance
 Automated user log-in

27. Opportunities for Change
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 GeoWeb / Cloud GIS
 Standards for Web Services - e.g. OGC
 Mainstream Location Information
 Automated Business Processes / BPM / Innovation
 Geospatial Convergence – CAD, survey, GIS, BIM
 BIM – Building Information Modelling
 Sensor Web / Smart Networks
 Open Data
 Personal experience and expectation

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