General/Downtown Urban Area (Pineville, Louisiana)

• City of Pineville, Louisiana (Client)

Assignment Goal:

• PAE has been collecting site and infrastructure mapping for clients across the Southeast U.S. since the 1940s. That bank of knowledge, when combined with current technology, has proven to be of extreme value to public and private clients alike.

Challenges/Opportunities:

• Value: The great value of having verifiable data on the placement and history of above and below ground infrastructure has saved tremendous time, efforts and costs for clients.
• Growth: When planning for any growth it is imperative that one understands history and placement of past and current renovated infrastructure.
• Management: Leadership turnover continually hampers the knowledge base of elected or appointed officials in our towns, cities, regions and agencies. PAE manages diverse mapping & survey information that is crucial to helping new leaders make great decisions.

• PAE has maintained utility records of the City of Pineville since 1945 using the historical records database.
• PAE technicians developed a compilation mapping system of the ‘Old Town’ area. The ‘Old Town’ Area maps are now updated for inclusion into a PAE managed digital scan mapping system that includes a GIS database of city water and sewer assets.
• The GIS asset management platform allows both PAE technicians and city personnel access to historic maps as well as the current GIS mapping with field iPad setups.