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Glasgow setting the standard for Europe: an innovative public-private partnership encouraging better use and re-use of subsurface data through digital standards - David Hay, Glasgow City Council and Diarmad Campbell, BGS
The document discusses Glasgow's efforts to better utilize subsurface data through digital standards and an innovative public-private partnership called ASK. It summarizes Glasgow's development of 3D geological models of the subsurface using over 50,000 boreholes. These models are being used to inform decision-making around issues like ground conditions, flooding, and geothermal resources. The document also describes Glasgow's GSPEC standard for capturing subsurface data in a digital format to improve access and reuse of the data.
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- 1. © NERC Allrights reserved Future Cities - Geo: The Big 5 AGI Conference, 18th March 2014, Glasgow City Chambers, Glasgow Glasgow setting the standard for Europe: an innovative public-private partnership encouraging better use and re-use of subsurface data through digital standards Diarmad Campbell (British Geological Survey) & David Hay (Glasgow City Council) COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
- 2. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Increasing urbanisation of European and global populations challenges the sustainability of cities 2 The importance of the ground beneath cities in ensuring their sustainability is often poorly recognised Oslo, Norway
- 3. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Sustainable use of space and energy = the pillar of Rotterdam’s spatial development policy Subsurface…not even mentioned once..! Ratified November 2007 But the situation is changing!! – including here in Glasgow
- 4. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Conflicting use of urban subsurface • Increased abstraction • Decreased abstraction • Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) From Evans et al., 2010
- 5. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Glasgow & Clyde Basin Glasgow regeneration BGS data & knowledge can support needs Local partners – Glasgow CC etc Complex industrial legacy Key drivers (Glasgow) London & The Thames Main BGS Urban Projects Why? >80% UK population Environmental impacts Abundant shallow subsurface data Ideal basis for high resolution predictive 3D/4D modelling of the geometry and properties of the subsurface Manchester- Liverpool BGS’s Urban Strategy Swansea
- 6. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right BGS’s Clyde / Glasgow Project - Focus − Ground conditions − Contaminated Land − Flooding − Sustainable drainage − Geothermal resources Clyde Catchment Glasgow conurbation Development & Regeneration areas Informing decision makers
- 7. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 NEXTMap DTM (Intermap Technologies Inc) Key Glasgow 3D model requirements Detailed ground height data (Digital Terrain Model) Ground investigation data and information Borehole locations (green, red, black, blue) Boreholes provide most depth data 36,000 in BGS archives for Glasgow City
- 8. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Information from boreholes Cores Coded data
- 9. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Digital versions of geological maps10,342 Boreholes/Trial PitsTopography © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Licence No. 100037272 Central Glasgow superficial deposits Depth of borehole (m) Median depth 3.6meters
- 10. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 GSI3D Gocad - voxels Gocad - surfaces Glasgow 3D geological modelling variety of methods and software (including combined workflows) depending on local geology and information available • QA • Metadata • Uncertainty • Delivery
- 11. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Interpret borehole in cross sections Calculated model GSI3D Modelling process
- 12. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Central Glasgow bedrock model
- 13. © NERC Allrights reserved
- 14. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Glasgow 3D models most ambitious yet completed in the UK conurbation-wide synthesis of current knowledge of Glasgow’s subsurface multi scalar multi-attributed >50,000 coded boreholes used Models used by GCC and for groundwater research, site remediation, planning full potential is yet to be realised by the wider community – hence the ASK conduit
- 15. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 What is ASK? ..a knowledge exchange network Accessing Subsurface Knowledge
- 16. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 ASK …. ASK – a knowledge exchange network for public & private sectors Aims – foster free-flow of subsurface data and knowledge – improve efficiency of ground investigation & construction Hosted by With support from
- 17. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 ASK Knowledge Exchange 3D models & GSPEC used for decision- making Free flow of data 3D model & GSPEC delivery Efficient raw data capture
- 18. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 ASK Network members Supporters …applying
- 19. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 ASK Innovation Agreement New Innovation Agreement to run from 1st April 2014 to 31st March 2016
- 20. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 ASK data coverage: superficial deposits
- 21. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 ASK Superficial Deposits model Catchment model 85 cross sections 1066 boreholes 41,727 surface control points Conurbation model 1167 cross sections 11,570 boreholes 326,942 surface control points
- 22. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 ASK data coverage - Bedrock Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database right
- 23. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 85 cross sections 1066 boreholes >106,000 control points Extends to 1.39km depth 794 faults 47 stratigraphic surfaces ASK Bedrock model Mine plans
- 24. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 SW Glasgow – superficial and bedrock bespoke linear route model • ‘High resolution’ models (multiple iterations) used to inform linear route assessment – complex faulting, mined strata Superficial deposits model till made ground raised marine clay Faulted bedrock model Complex fault network in red Coloured surfaces are coal seams, outcropping in model
- 25. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Economic Environmental & Social Impact Relevance to Decision-makers Urban Sub-Surface Knowledge, Needs and Aims AVOID CONFLICT IN USE OF SUBSURFACE Decision support Tool Kit Monitoring data from sensors
- 26. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Glasgow Stochastic Modelling • Stochastic voxellated model for improved predictability: • Dense boreholes in central Glasgow • High resolution geotechnical data • Standard oil industry reservoir modelling • Simulation methods derive statistical information from boreholes and how they vary spatially • Analyse spatial patterns of variance - populate 3-D grid statistically using variograms
- 27. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Compilation of most likely lithology 10 realisations 10 realisations50 Realisations 50 Realisations
- 28. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Deterministic Stochastic Comparing deterministic & stochastic models Captures greater lithological variability than the stratigraphy
- 29. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Buried Infrastructure • Industrial park • 3D modelling to address real world problems •Relationship between subsurface infrastructure (drains, pipes) and geology • Customer-focussed decision support tools
- 30. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 30/ Above ground data from Ordnance Survey evaluation dataset Urban Geology – integration of infrastructure
- 31. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Our ultimate objective fully integrated surface- subsurface environmental models interoperable in BIM systems
- 32. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Model delivery: LithoFrame Viewer 2D map window 3D window Synthetic cross-section window Synthetic borehole viewer
- 33. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Model delivery: 3D PDF
- 34. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Clyde Godel Model delivery: GIS output Topography © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Licence No. 100037272Development site potentially hazardous shallow mine workings
- 35. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Model delivery: uncertainty Calculated from data density and geological complexity High uncertainty up to 10s m in XYZ Low uncertainty c.<10m in XYZ
- 36. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014
- 37. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Groundhog Web/Mobile tools for virtual cross-sections/boreholes www.bgs.ac.uk/services/3Dgeology/virtualBoreholeViewer.html
- 38. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Wealth of data unaccessed Only 18% of groundwater data from recent major infrastructure projects can be used with high degree of confidence Need to maximise past and future investment in data – Construction costs; 3D BIMs; informed planning Difficulty in re-access > limits re-use
- 39. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 GSPEC Glasgow SPEcification for data Capture improved data access, re-use and knowledge exchange Developed by GCC and BGS to address shared needs Under GSPEC: ‒ Data deposited as raw digital data in standardised AGS forms to local authority (add PDFs) ‒ Compliance with industry AGS standard ‒ Key metadata reported with all associated data
- 40. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 AGS Format.... • Digital data interchange format for geotechnical community: • base data organised in GROUPS and FIELDS • according to rules • lists of abbreviations, codes, units in data dictionary • text-based file format, ASCII files • AGS Format updated in response to industry needs • AGS3.1 (Dec 2004) includes monitoring data • AGS4 (May 2010) updated data dictionary, revised rules
- 41. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 GSPEC – current status − GSPEC portal for file upload and validation - Initial trials started − GCC receiving GSPEC data from new site investigations − Data transfer to BGS − GCC official adoption and requirement since 2013 − SG e-Planning portal − Voluntary basis for others
- 42. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 GSPEC portal Online validation - email alert NERC database – compliant data only Data compliance test – currently responsibility of GCC – will shift to contractors/consultants Data upload by local authority - in future external users possible
- 43. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 improved data access, re-use and knowledge exchangeGSPEC GSPEC portal validation
- 44. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 GSPEC and ASK Network – high impact in maximising past investment in data − High quality systematic datasets − Data accessible for long term re-use; efficient transfer between consultants, contractors, GCC and BGS – i.e. ASK Network − Better data sharing – better understanding – better decisions - efficiency savings
- 45. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 GSPEC – consistent with European best practice Future impact of GSPEC – Glasgow UK pilot... − Significant momentum behind wider roll out of Shared Service − ASK networks for other City-regions, transport network, drainage… − e-Building warrant Scottish Gov. Portal − Influencing European practice in COST partner cities
- 46. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 To provide those who manage and deliver cities with knowledge and tools to: • maximise economic, social and environmental benefits of subsurface resources • recognise, manage responsibly, conflicting demands placed on subsurface • safeguard subsurface ecosystem services on which cities depend, and their sustainability European COST ACTION TU1206 – Sub-Urban: Aims Ultimately make a difference to our cities
- 47. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 Scope of toolbox Data Specifications Online capture Data management Data delivery Data re-use 3D/4D Model Development Workflows for main modelling software and different city scenarios Deterministic modelling Stochastic modelling Model uncertainty Knowledge development Model attribution Physical properties e.g. hydraulic conductivity, aquifers Chemical properties 4D process/time-series modelling Groundwater, historical and predictive time series models for aquifer protection, sustainable drainage, effects of climate change Knowledge Use City case-studies Visualisation Monitoring Knowledge delivery and integration Subsurface/above ground linkage Building Information modelling (BIM) and CityGML Buried infrastructure Archaeological/cultural assets Incorporation in Decision making tools Volumetric planning Ecosystem services stewardship Aquifer vulnerability/groundwater protection Thermal and other mineral resource extraction and storage Ground stability and foundation conditions Risk management in development/construction Protection of cultural heritage Hazard identification and risk management Burial of services and development of subsurface infrastructure, including underground transport, storage and waste disposal Scientific work plan
- 48. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014
- 49. © NERC Allrights reserved AGI Future Cities Conference 18th March 2014 sdgc@bgs.ac.uk David.Hay@glasgow.gov.uk @AskNetPart www.bgs.ac.uk/asknetwork COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme
Editor's Notes
- #7 These models have been built within BGS’s Clyde Urban Superproject (logo on bottom left of slide) and range from catchment wide lower resolution bedrock and superficial models to higher resolution conurbation models with the highest resolution with the development and regeneration areas such as the Clyde Gateway which is the site of next years Commonwealth gamesThe models are multipurpose, but perhaps the most interesting use is to map out potential geothermal resources within the abandoned coal mines under much of central Scotland.
- #8 Quality of data IMPORTANT
- #16 ASK is a Knowledge Exchange Partnership to foster sharing of subsurface data and knowledge between partners in the Glasgow areaAll parties involved should be able to acquire data and knowledge they would not otherwise have, or have ready access to.
- #17 ASK is intended to be a Knowledge Exchange Partnership to foster sharing of subsurface data and knowledge between partners in the Glasgow areaAll parties involved should be able to acquiredata and knowledge they would not otherwise have, or have ready access toTSB award announced earlier this week
- #18 At the heart of the network is a more collaborative approach to subsurface data and knowledge to yield benefits for all – the strict client-contractor relationship can often lead to inefficient data and information use.Ultimately it is about better informed and more cost effective Site InvestigationFor public sector decision makers, such as local and regulatory authorities, ASK will help in regeneration and sustainable development For BGS it is about transforming user relationships:providing archival data3D models for planning, development & decision makingreceive new data more efficiently from end-usersFor Industry developers, consultants and contractors it will help reduce unforeseen ground conditionsFor the Research community it provides a platform for wider environmental modelling
- #19 Thank you
- #20 In February this year we delivered the central Glasgow area and are now about to release the larger green area, with more to follow later
- #21 In February this year we delivered the central Glasgow area and are now about to release the larger green area, with more to follow later
- #23 In February this year we delivered the central Glasgow area and are now about to release the larger green area, with more to follow later
- #29 Property ModellingLithology is not the only geological variable within the grid Intra-unit physical properties vary withCompactionDiagenesisCompositionOther factors Detailed city wide geological models require physical property mapping to make outputs useful to end-users
- #38 A cross section is calculated and displayed
- #39 Large amount of high quality data available, but very little re-usedGSPEC is a mechanism for improved data delivery and onward transferStems from GCC led project funded by Local Authorities Research Councils Initiative (LARCI) Developed by BGS in partnership with GCC to address shared needsData deposited as raw digital data in standardised AGS forms (not PDFs)Key metadata (e.g. grid reference, borehole ID, borehole construction) reported with all associated dataFull compliance and completeness of AGS format files
- #40 GSPEC is a mechanism for improved data delivery and onward transferStems from GCC led project funded by Local Authorities Research Councils Initiative (LARCI) Developed by BGS in partnership with GCC to address shared needsData deposited as raw digital data in standardised AGS forms (not PDFs)Key metadata (e.g. grid reference, borehole ID, borehole construction) reported with all associated dataFull compliance and completeness of AGS format files
- #42 To which Grontmij and BAM ritches have been leading trial Scottish Water and European partner cities now strongly interested in the approach
- #43 Glasgow City Council have made it mandatory that all their procured GI data will follow the GSPEC format as part of the contractWe have also collaborated with the Scottish Government it will also be mandatory for those planning applications involving subsurface data to include raw digital data as a condition of submission. The system will also validate the data and pass directly to BGSOther GCC data including GI and building warrant data is submitted to BGS for validation, sent to GCC if standards metGSPEC is not however a compulsory part of the Innovation Agreement, and at this stage is voluntary
- #44 Glasgow City Council have made it mandatory that all their procured GI data will follow the GSPEC format as part of the contractWe have also collaborated with the Scottish Government it will also be mandatory for those planning applications involving subsurface data to include raw digital data as a condition of submission. The system will also validate the data and pass directly to BGSOther GCC data including GI and building warrant data is submitted to BGS for validation, sent to GCC if standards metGSPEC is not however a compulsory part of the Innovation Agreement, and at this stage is voluntary
- #46 Data accessible for long term re-use, and efficiently transferred between:ConsultantscontractorsGCCBGS
- #47 Expand on each of these points briefly.Perhaps give specific example of Benefit and existing conflict.It is the involvement of cities that makes this different
- #50 Thank you