Finance and Business Systems

Geographic Information System Support of the Rebuild

Several business systems were chosen to provide efficient and effective data collation, storage, interrogation and reporting for the SCIRT rebuild, using modern, accurate and appropriate technologies. One of those was a Geographic Information System (GIS).

Financial Management Plan

The Financial Management Plan outlines SCIRT's commercial framework, financial principles and processes for a financially effective alliance. It also describes how timely, accurate information relating to estimating and all costs have been managed and reported for each project phase in the SCIRT programme.

ProjectCentre: Central approach to projects

ProjectCentre enabled the integration of correspondence, documentation and data for post-earthquake design, planning and construction phases to lift efficiency, lower costs and improve decision-making.

Click Click Zoom – Focus on GPS Cameras

Global Positioning System (GPS) cameras were used throughout the SCIRT programme to take site photos, which were then uploaded and displayed as a layer on the SCIRT GIS (Geographic Information System) Viewer.

Data Governance – Standardise, Process and Deliver

To ensure high-quality, standardised data were delivered to clients, SCIRT's Geographic Information System (GIS) Team created a dynamic process governance model.

Data Collection Applications

The Geospatial Information System (GIS) team updated and delivered complete geospatial datasets for more than 200,000 council assets. To aid this process, they tailored two mobile applications that sped up and increased the accuracy of data collection.

Business Systems

Rebuilding horizontal infrastructure proved to be a mammoth undertaking. With 740 projects, up to 2000 staff and a $2.2 billion budget, purpose-designed business systems were vital to manage the complex programme of SCIRT works.

SCIRT Geographic Information System (GIS) Viewer

From day one, data and information were vital to ensure informed decisions about what to do, where and when. Ensuring visibility and availability was top priority.

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The Commercial Model

How do you control the money in a post-disaster rebuild context?

Estimating

Accurate estimating was a vital element in controlling costs and demonstrating the best value for money in the long run.