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Abstract
Using WinCan VX Expert and WinCan VX Map for delivering National Highways England DDMS GDMS data to the Area clients.
Author
Steve Peregrine BEng Hons, Senior Technical Manager
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Preamble
This document supports the software application training provided by WinCan Europe Ltd to customers working on DDMS GDMS (Drainage Data Management System) projects for the tier one contractors operating the National Highways England operating areas and was formally is commonly known as HADDMS, DDMS or more recently GDMS.
In October 2024, the client’s system was switched from DDMS to GDMS under the technical direction of Mott MacDonald and this became the new norm. Some allowance was made for existing DDMS projects to be completed, but not for new ones to be created in the old standard.
The information provided here is not intended as an alternative to the services offered, but as a supporting aide-memoir to candidates who have successfully completed the WinCan’s training.
This document is subject to change at any time in line with new software developments and changes in process, and users should always strive to ensure that they have the most recent published version and also the most recent published version of the WinCan VX application, which can be downloaded from www.wincan.com
This document covers using WinCan VX to round-trip data from HADDMSGDMS, through site inspections and back into HADDMSGDMS, and does not cover the data consolidation tools included in WinCan Map VX as a standalone software application.
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Warning: WinCan VX can be used to round-trip data out of and back into the GDMS system as described in these pages, and it can also be used to create new data sets from scratch. It should be always borne in mind that creating new data from scratch should only ever happen where there is no available data on the GDMS database for the area of work. But, it is not possible to do a ‘bit of both’. It is not possible to start a project from a blank piece of paper from scratch and then subsequently decide to round-trip it after say site inspections have been completed. |
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References
CD 535 Drainage Asset Data and Risk Management (formerly HD 43/03), Revision 1, 2019
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Documentation
The published documentation for GDMS work is a living library with regular updates from the authors, so rather than add them here as downloads, you should go to the Standards for Highways website and search for relevant documents, and also there are some very useful documents on the Download page of the GDMS website here.
Some key documents that you should be aware of are:
CD535 - Drainage asset data and risk management
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CS 551 Drainage Surveys (formerly SD 15/03), Revision 0, 2019
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HADDMS Drainage Data Formats Issue 1, Mott MacDonald, 2012
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IAN 147-12 Final Published, Mott MacDonald, 2012
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IAN 147 Point Symbology, Revision 1
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(formerly HD43 / 03) - search the Standards for Highways website.
CS551 - Drainage surveys (formerly SD15 / 03) - the Standards for Highways website.
GDMS Drainage Data Formats (GDMS Download area).
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Support
WinCan VX Support
For all WinCan VX related support requests please create a Service Desk request with WinCan Europe by clicking here. When making these requests, please be sure to always:
In the ‘Summary’ box, just add a ticket title, not a detailed description of the problem. The title of the box is a little misleading, but it is out of our control. You can all the details for the ticket into the ‘Description’ box further down.
Zip up and attach the entire DB folder from your current project to the ticket. Note - this is not the entire project folder, this will be too big with all the video and pictures etc. We only want the DB folder.
Add screenshots to help us understand the issue that you are having - mark them up with red lines, boxes and arrows to say to us ‘look here’ when describing the issue that you are having.
Add the version number of WinCan VX that you are using. It is written across the very centre of the VX window, right at the top.
Add numbered ‘Steps to Reproduce' to the ticket description so that we can reproduce your problem exactly as you see it.
Make a new ticket each time you have a new issue. Please do not let us deal with and close a ticket, and then add a new comment along the lines of ‘Oh, and I forgot, please can you help with this as well’. Please, just create a new ticket. One ticket, one issue.
With all this, we will be in a much better place to help resolve your issue quickly and efficiently.
GDMS Support
The GDMS system is supported both by Mott MacDonald who are the gatekeepers of the data, and also by the National Highways area teams. You can email support requests to these teams using:
National GDMS enquiries: support@haddms.com
South West (Areas 1 & 2) Only
South East (Areas 3 & 4) Only
Regional Inbox for general drainage enquires: SEDrainage@highwaysengland.co.uk
Regional GDMS enquires and Shapefile requests: SEDMS@highwaysengland.co.uk
Area 7 Only
North West (Areas 10 & 13) Only
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