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EPSRC Reference: EP/C014707/1
Title: Mapping the Underworld: Knowledge and Data Integration
Principal Investigator: Cohn, Professor AG
Other Investigators:
Stell, Dr J Bennett, Dr B
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Kirklees Council National Grid Thames Water Plc
Yorkshire Water
Department: Sch of Computing
Organisation: University of Leeds
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 July 2005 Ends: 30 June 2009 Value (£): 158,437
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Acoustics Construction Ops & Management
Ground Engineering Information & Knowledge Mgmt
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. Pavement Engineering
Urban & Land Management Water Engineering
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Construction Environment
Transport Systems and Vehicles Water
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Summary on Grant Application Form
Every year, in excess of four million holes are dug in the nation's roads to repair leaks, provide connecting services to new premises and to lay new cables and pipes. Although recently installed assets may have been well mapped, location data on older services can be very poor, in some cases even non existent (except perhaps knowing the location of the terminating points). Some of the holes are unnecessary (dug in the wrong place owing to insufficientor wrong data), some cause third party damage to other underground services (or even first party damage!). More importantly, there are also considerable indirect costs owing to disruption on the roads caused by works, waste, and pollution. This project will investigate the construction of a unified database of all the location data from the various various utilities. Constructing such a unified database will be a challenge owing to the current state of the records, which are frequently innacurate, incomplete and sometimes not available in digital form.
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