There is no point taking the risk of stretching a project’s data resources to breaking point when a rapid-response integrated data solution is within easy reach. In this environment information is a key asset – equal in value to pipes, valves, and other equipment. Access to accurate and current data allows companies to make informed decisions.

Any infrastructure project will impact on multiple parcels of land, easements, road\water casements, and mining and petroleum tenure, and will additionally have possible associated Native Title issues. Assets that stretch hundreds of kilometres and intersect with many parcels of land incorporate many different factors and many different people.

However, contact information, notes and correspondence do not have to be limited to the office. It is the field land agents who not only collect and maintain the underlying data but also have the great need for accessing the information on a day to day basis, not just management in the office.

Paper-based processes have been the only way that contact data has been collected, maintained or delivered to operators outside of the office – until now.

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The challenge to establish, maintain and share accurate and reliable information among all relevant parties is obvious. So too is the solution.

Introducing X-Info IntelServer

Developed by Mipela GIS, an industry leader in connecting people with data technology and information, X-Info IntelServer (XIIS) is an innovative centralised web service database for managing contact details, history notes and correspondence, work flow and reporting for infrastructure assets.

Mipela helps companies reach their goal of maintaining safe and reliable infrastructure, streamlining operations and improving profitability in a highly competitive environment. XIIS provides an easy, convenient, accurate, up-to-date and timely data provision and sharing for your project.

Organisations that could profit and benefit from using XIIS include those that:

* Currently have a mobile workforce. * Need to liaise with contacts on a regular basis. * Have mobile operators who need information about landholders.

Why XIIS is revolutionary

As a history of contact system that is mobile, XIIS is unique because it provides a complete end-to-end solution covering distribution of datasets to mobile computers, field operators and merging field data into the central database.

The data entry forms used simplify field operations and manage data quality, and during route selection, the automatic handling of landholders (both active and archive) is undertaken as parcels come on- and off-line.

During operations, if a parcel or sub-division is sold, the history can be traced, ensuring no information is lost as pipeline operator personnel transfer departments or leave the company.

Not only this, but the product is easily tailored through standard Windows user interfaces, with no programming required.

The solution is also fully scalable from a single mobile operator to the entire enterprise. Operators can synchronise data easily via the network or remotely if they can connect to the internet via web services.

Furthermore, XIIS is a mature ‘out-of-the-box’ solution. It can be implemented quickly and used by operators with minimal computer skills and no database experience, saving even more time and money.