Skanska Maps

Skanska’s 2D geospatial portal is a web-based application that enables users to have instant access to project data, improving efficiency, quality and productivity.

What is it?

Skanska’s 2D GIS portal is a data catalogue service that ensures easy access to relevant project data. The portal can consume multiple different file formats in one location and be used without the need to download specialist software. Providing location-based visual data supports better decision-making, reduces risks and safety hazards and drives delivery to time and budget.

What does it do?

Skanska Maps facilitates collaboration and enables teams to view all project information in one place. It’s an easy-to-use web platform where users can view and manage various aspects of a construction project. Using Skanska Maps allows us to work safely by having visibility of all constraints on a project, facilitating our teams to make better decisions based on reliable, trusted data.

How have we used it on our projects?

We’ve used Skanska Maps on our highways and rail projects.

A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet

On the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvement scheme, GIS has supported our team through having key project information hosted in one environment – supporting collaboration with our project stakeholders and interfaces with third parties. We’re integrating application programming interfaces (API’s) to connect field operations, sensors and data with the site office, empowering the project team to work from a single source of the truth.

Lower Thames Crossing (LTC)

On the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), where we’re delivering the Kent Roads section, Skanska Maps is facilitating the management of environmental information, ensuring compliance with regulations and promoting sustainable practices. Skanska Maps provides the capability to continually monitor ecological areas, protected zones and other environmental constraints in real time, supporting and informing decision-making through the project lifecycle. This proactive digital approach assists the planning and execution of environmental measures, helping to prevent potential impact during construction.

Euston Station

On our enabling works project at Euston Station, GIS provided project teams with the ability to quickly understand complex infrastructure in a simple environment. Access to key information in a timely manner ensures a streamlined workflow in planning and delivering works that have a stakeholder interface. GIS has significantly improved stakeholder management, which can typically require prior knowledge of working within the works area.

What are the benefits to our customers?

Data visualisation
Visualising all project data in one location helps our teams to understand the project geography and any location-based constraints – such as those posed by the landscape, buildings or other features. It also helps in communications with stakeholders and customers, improving transparency and reducing time during the project lifecycle.
Improved communication
Working from a single data source improves communication between project teams, joint venture and supply chain partners and our customers.
Improved collaboration
Working in a single source ensures that teams have access to the right data at the right time in an accessible format.