Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Protecting Your Essential Infrastructure

A case study about Western Power (WA)

Thank you to Western Power and specifically

Katherine Townsley for her assistance

John Lockton

PelicanCorp – Stand 16

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

A WA State Govt owned corporation.

Founded 2006.

HQ – Perth, WA

Build, maintain and operate the

electricity ‘transmission and

distribution’ network (they don’t

generate or retail electricity).

Network consists of:

• Cover 261,000 sq kms.

• Over a million customers

• 96,000km of powerlines

• 630,000 wooden poles

• 240,000 streetlights and

• 14,000 substations.

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Asset Protection

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

Annual DBYD Enquiry Counts:

2010/11 – 110,420 ( …. )

2011/12 – 134,558 (+22%)

2012/13 – 185,402 (+38%)

2013/14 – 219,684 (+19%)

Approx. 20,000 enquiries per month

Fully automated response solution

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

A picture is worth

a thousand

words - a map

maybe even

more so…

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

2013/14 – 219,684 Enquiries

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

DBYD Spatial Archiving Project

- DBYD Feature Class into their ArcGIS system

- Lotus Notes old data, plus all new enquiries process by AIRS

- Spatial information plus metadata

- Over 1.2 million records between 2007-2014

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

Business benefits:

Examples of using the DBYD spatial archive

• DBYD Enquiry data immediately available to

the company on which analysis can be

performed so as to improve processes.

• Reduce the risk of workers impacting the

network when excavating or operating

machinery

• Third parties are offered the opportunity to

purchase a digital copy of the area. Selected

via the DBYD boundary to ‘cookie cut’ out the

data to be provided.

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

Business benefits:

Examples of using the DBYD spatial archive

• Used to locate the area where someone is working.

Can let them know additional attributes to assist.

The feedback of information provided is also used to

update their systems by performing data

corrections.

• Traditionally, non-GIS users within Western Power

(for example commercial/legal) had to request a

search from a specialised DBYD team. They would

have to wait for the team to search and retrieve the

records. Now many data layers are available to all

types of users via ESRI’s Dekho for easy reporting,

analysis and investigation.

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Western Power

Summary:

1. Significantly accelerates retrieval of DBYD enquiry

information

• Faster and easier

• Improving safety and cost outcomes for users

2. Non GIS ‘self service’ access

• Immediate access for reporting, analysis and

investigation

• Frees up GIS expertise

3. An up to date picture provided of asset locations

• Timely information

• Otherwise just dig anyway

Other notes:

1. This solution awarded a GITA technology Excellence

Award in 2014

2. PelicanCorp has made the mapping service capabilities

part of its standard DBYD solution.

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

Thank you

The following companies have collaborated on

this project

Software and Services for the Protection of Essential Infrastructure

www.pelicancorp.com

john.lockton@pelicancorp.com

or call me on 0418 508 178

Thank You.

Please come and talk to us if you

have any questions - Stand 16