Forth Valley GIS Receives National Innovation Award

Collaboration proves to be rewarding as Forth Valley GIS picks up “Innovation & Achievement” award for work on Scotland’s biggest rail project.

On Tuesday 27^th November, Forth Valley GIS received the “Innovation and Achievement (Private Sector) 2012” award from the Association of Geographic Information (AGI) for their work with Millar & Bryce on the Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Project (EGIP).

EGIP is a large-scale programme of improvements to the railway infrastructure in Central Scotland that will provide a major boost to the wealth of Scotland and long-term economic sustainability. Working with Millar & Bryce, Forth Valley GIS designed and implemented an innovative online system called Notification Manager. The system brings together land and property ownership information, environmental data, mapping and other location-based information from a wide range of stakeholders into a single online portal available to all project partners.

The system revolutionises the way in which data is collected and shared, providing a platform that improves project collaboration, streamlines land referencing and site assembly business processes, and improves the speed of decision-making.

It is estimated that the new system has generated cost savings of c,£250k across the project teams and saved several months of effort when compared to traditional business processes.

Alan Moore, Chief Executive of Forth Valley GIS, said “Using our unique online GIS platform as the foundation, the collaboration with Millar & Bryce has delivered a solution that not only transforms work on EGIP, but provides a new approach for any large scale, complex infrastructure development project”

Roy Arnott, Managing Director of Millar & Bryce, added "We're delighted that the combined efforts of the partnership between Millar & Bryce and Forth Valley GIS has been recognised by this prestigious award. The collaborative approach combines the business and technical strengths of each company to deliver an innovative solution for the client and is an exemplar for future infrastructure development projects"

About Forth Valley GIS

Forth Valley GIS, one of the UK’s leading GIS consultancies, provides innovative location based information services and solutions that help organisations improve operational efficiency.

Our integrated services cover the entire GIS lifecycle, from hosted services, data management and consultancy through to training and support. Our latest development is Location Centre which provides access to GIS as an online, on demand service. Location Centre allows customers to quickly and easily manage, explore and share location-based information without the need for significant investment.

Web: www.forthvalleygis.co.uk

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Forth Valley GIS partners with Salford GIS to offer comprehensive, nationwide GIS training

Friday 11^th November 2011 - Forth Valley GIS and Salford GIS, two of the UK’s leading independent Geographic Information Solutions consultancy & training companies, have joined together in an exciting new partnership which will see collaborative GIS training being offered on a national scale.

The two companies, based in Stirling and Salford respectively, both have a long history of providing high quality, competitively priced, user-friendly GIS training to private and public sector organisations. This joint venture will see the collective resources of both companies being pooled in order to offer a national GIS training service that encompasses both commercial GIS products as well as OpenSource solutions.

Existing customers will have the opportunity to further their GIS knowledge, whilst those new to GIS training can be certain that the service they receive at either location will be of the highest quality and will deliver real value for money in the current economic climate. In addition to a comprehensive program of pre-set courses, both Forth Valley GIS and Salford GIS will also continue to offer bespoke training courses to customers with specific needs.

Chief Executive of Forth Valley GIS Alan Moore commented; “This partnership gives both companies the chance to offer existing and new customers a wider range of training options; allowing them to undergo training that best meets their individual business needs”.

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Location Centre Launch is a Great Success

GIS and IT professionals from all over Scotland travelled to Stirling to attend the Location Centre launch event.  Attendees were keen to learn all about Forth Valley GIS’s latest development Location Centre – an innovative, hosted web solution that makes GIS easy.

The event took place in Forth Valley GIS’s head office, where delegates were shown how Location Centre provides GIS as a Service. Built using OpenSource technologies, the managed service was developed in response to a growing need to remove the traditional barriers associated with GIS, such as, long lead times, high costs and the technical complexities faced by an organisation operating its own infrastructure.

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Forth Valley GIS Launch Brand New Website

Monday 13^th September 2010

One of the UK’s largest independent Geographic Information Solutions consultancies, Forth Valley GIS has launched its new website this week.

Since 1996, Forth Valley GIS has grown a dynamic team of GIS consultants with in-depth knowledge and experience of providing GIS solutions, consultancy, training and support using all the main commercial and Open Source GIS technologies. 

Alienation Digital, an award-winning digital agency was selected to design and develop a new website that would engage with customers by providing a simple, clear and concise overview of the solutions on offer by Forth Valley GIS.  Summarising the range of services can be challenging given that the company offers a full range of strategic, technical, training and support services, complemented by an innovative and cost effective hosted GIS platform.

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Forth Valley GIS accredited with International Quality Standard ISO9001:2008 for the provision of geographical information services.

STIRLING, SCOTLAND, July 2010

Forth Valley GIS is delighted to announce it’s recent certification with the International Quality Management System Standard ISO9001: 2008 for the provision of geographical information services. 

In an ambitious timescale of 6 months, establishing the Quality Management System (QMS) has involved a review of all the company’s business processes, identifying gaps and improvement opportunities to provide a systematic approach for the delivery of our services.  The QMS enables us to identify, measure, control and improve our core business processes, which will continually enhance levels of customer satisfaction.

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