Geotechnical Data Governance Health Check Tool
Data-Rich, Information-Poor?
You have the data. But do you have the answers?
Our 10-minute Health Check reveals how to turn your archives into a strategic asset and unlock advanced insights.
Are your engineers wasting valuable time searching for data? Disconnected spreadsheets and legacy systems introduce project risk and slow you down. In fact, a third of geoprofessionals lack the data they need to make critical decisions with confidence.
It’s time to move from data chaos to data clarity.
Your Path to Data-Driven Decisions
In three simple steps, gain a clear view of your data governance health.
| Step | Action |
| Assess | Answer 20 targeted questions about your data practices. |
| Review | Instantly receive your personalised scorecard. |
| Act | Use your targeted guidance to improve your data strategy. |
What You Will Receive
Your complimentary, personalised scorecard includes:
Overall Maturity Score
Instantly see where your organisation stands, from a Reactive to a Strategic level.
Pillar-by-Pillar Analysis
Pinpoint your exact strengths and weaknesses across the five key pillars of data governance: Centralised, Standardised, Accessible, Secure, and Interoperable.
Targeted Guidance
Receive clear, actionable recommendations to address your most critical risks and enhance your data management.
“We’ve become data-rich but information-poor. To engineer the future, we must first engineer our data.”
Mark Coates, Vice President,
Infrastructure Policy Advancement, Bentley Systems
Build Your Future on a Solid Data Foundation
Organisations with mature geotechnical data governance don’t just reduce risk—they build a competitive advantage.
With a strong data foundation, you will:
- De-risk projects with confident, data-driven decisions.
- Boost team efficiency by eliminating wasted time.
- Unlock innovation and prepare your data for AI and future technologies.
Stop Guessing. Start Knowing.
Being data-rich is no longer enough. It’s time to become information-powerful. Take the first step and get the answers you need from your data.
Geotechnical data governance health check
The Hidden Cost of Data Chaos
PILLAR 1 - Centralised
The goal is a single source of truth that eliminates data fragmentation and version control issues.
How does your organisation approach this?
Our project teams work from a single, cloud-based source of truth for all geotechnical data.
PILLAR 1 - Centralised
The goal is a single source of truth that eliminates data fragmentation and version control issues.
How does your organisation approach this?
When a data record is updated, we are confident that all team members automatically have access to the latest version.
PILLAR 1 - Centralised
The goal is a single source of truth that eliminates data fragmentation and version control issues.
How does your organisation approach this?
Historical project data has been migrated into our central system and is as accessible as current project data.
PILLAR 1 - Centralised
The goal is a single source of truth that eliminates data fragmentation and version control issues.
How does your organisation approach this?
Data from all sources (e.g. field logs, lab results, monitoring sensors) is consolidated into our single source of truth, not separate databases.
PILLAR 2 - Standardised
The goal is a common data language that ensures consistency and quality.
What is the standard practice within your organisation regarding this?
Our organisation enforces a consistent, company-wide standard (e.g., data schemas, classification systems) for capturing all new geotechnical data.
PILLAR 2 - Standardised
The goal is a common data language that ensures consistency and quality.
What is the standard practice within your organisation regarding this?
We use automated validation rules during data import to ensure data quality and adherence to our standards before it enters our system.
PILLAR 2 - Standardised
The goal is a common data language that ensures consistency and quality.
What is the standard practice within your organisation regarding this?
We have a formal, documented process for governing and updating our corporate data standards as our needs evolve.
PILLAR 2 - Standardised
The goal is a common data language that ensures consistency and quality.
What is the standard practice within your organisation regarding this?
Our system automatically manages and converts units and coordinate systems, ensuring all data is geospatially consistent.
PILLAR 3 - Accessible
Ensure the right people can access the right data at the right time.
How does your organisation go about solving this?
Our field and office teams can instantly access the project data they need, when they need it, regardless of their physical location.
PILLAR 3 - Accessible
Ensure the right people can access the right data at the right time.
How does your organisation go about solving this?
We use a formal system of role-based permissions to control precisely who can view, edit, and export specific types of data.
PILLAR 3 - Accessible
Ensure the right people can access the right data at the right time.
How does your organisation go about solving this?
Our users can easily search, filter, and discover relevant data across multiple projects using metadata (e.g., project number, location, date).
PILLAR 3 - Accessible
Ensure the right people can access the right data at the right time.
How does your organisation go about solving this?
Project managers and other non-technical stakeholders can easily access high-level project status and data insights through dashboards or simplified views.
PILLAR 4 - Secure
Protect your data with a complete audit trail and robust security protocols.
What's your organisation's stance or policy on this matter?
We have a complete and unalterable audit trail that logs all changes to our data, including who made the change and when.
PILLAR 4 - Secure
Protect your data with a complete audit trail and robust security protocols.
What's your organisation's stance or policy on this matter?
Our process for sharing data with external partners and clients is secure, fully trackable, and access can be easily managed or revoked.
PILLAR 4 - Secure
Protect your data with a complete audit trail and robust security protocols.
What's your organisation's stance or policy on this matter?
Our data management system includes robust, regularly tested backup and disaster recovery procedures.
PILLAR 4 - Secure
Protect your data with a complete audit trail and robust security protocols.
What's your organisation's stance or policy on this matter?
We classify our data (e.g., Public, Internal, Confidential) and security rules are applied accordingly.
PILLAR 5 - Interoperable
Ensure your data remains a future-proofed asset, free from vendor lock-in.
How do you typically tackle this issue in your organisation?
Our data management system allows for the easy and complete export of data into open, industry-standard formats (like AGS or DIGGS).
PILLAR 5 - Interoperable
Ensure your data remains a future-proofed asset, free from vendor lock-in.
How do you typically tackle this issue in your organisation?
We can connect our primary data source to other applications (e.g., for analysis or visualisation) through open APIs in a controlled and audited manner.
PILLAR 5 - Interoperable
Ensure your data remains a future-proofed asset, free from vendor lock-in.
How do you typically tackle this issue in your organisation?
Our system can easily import data from a wide variety of sources and formats, not just its own native format.
PILLAR 5 - Interoperable
Ensure your data remains a future-proofed asset, free from vendor lock-in.
How do you typically tackle this issue in your organisation?
When data is shared or connected via an API, we have a clear audit log of which external systems accessed what data and when.
Overall Maturity Level
Health score criteria
Reactive
Your data is a significant, unmanaged liability. Business risk is high, and project teams operate in silos with inconsistent, untrustworthy data. Inefficiency is rampant, and your firm is competitively vulnerable, unable to meet client demands for digital delivery or leverage data for insights.
Proactive
Your data management is functional but not yet a strategic advantage. You have pockets of excellence and are actively addressing data challenges. However, the lack of a unified, firm-wide strategy means you still suffer from inefficiencies and cannot fully de-risk projects. You are keeping pace but are not leading the industry.
Strategic
Your data is a well-managed, monetisable asset that drives competitive advantage. Your governance framework is unified and embedded in your culture. Project delivery is efficient, risk is reduced, and your firm is seen as a leader. You are positioned to win complex bids and confidently leverage your data for future innovations like AI and digital twins.