Abstract
Using WinCan VX Expert and WinCan VX Map for delivering Highways England DDMS 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 (Drainage Data Management System) projects for the tier one contractors operating the Highways England operating areas and was formally commonly known as HADDMS.
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 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 HADDMS, through site inspections and back into HADDMS, and does not cover the data consolidation tools included in WinCan Map VX as a standalone software application.
Warning:
WinCan VX can be used to round-trip data out of and back into the HADDMS 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 HADDMS 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.
Chapters
Documentation
The published documentation for HADDMS 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 by clicking here and also there are some very useful documents on the Download page of the HADDMS website here.
Some key documents that you should be aware of are:
CD 535 - Drainage asset data and risk management (formerly HD43 / 03).
CS 551 - Drainage surveys (formerly SD15 / 03).
ADMM Asset Data Management Manual, available here.
HADDMS Drainage Data Formats Issue 2 September 2020 (HADDMS Download area).