Severn Partnership Collaborates with UCL Business to Support and Develop SnakeGrid

Severn Partnership, a specialist in infrastructure geodetic mapping, has announced a new collaboration with UCL Business and Dr. Jonathan Iliffe to support and develop SnakeGrid, the system that develops bespoke low-distortion grids for large infrastructure projects.

Having worked with SnakeGrid since its inception, Severn Partnership has amassed extensive experience in the system’s practical implementation. This new collaboration will combine Severn Partnership’s geodetic survey and business experience across various sectors with Dr. Jonathan Iliffe’s expertise and the tools that have been developed as part of the SnakeGrid project over the last two decades.

This collaboration aims to provide continued support for SnakeGrid in the many projects and sectors that currently use it while also expanding its use across UK and international infrastructure projects.

At GEO Business 2023 next week (17 – 18th May), Dave Dampier (Technical Manager at Severn Partnership) and Richard Day (Principal Geospatial Analyst at Severn Partnership) along with Dr. Jonathan Iliffe and Chris Preston (Former Head of Survey Network Rail) will be presenting on SnakeGrid.

“We’re delighted to announce this exciting new collaboration with UCL Business and Dr. Jonathan Iliffe to support and develop SnakeGrid,” said Darren Read, Managing Director of Severn Partnership.

“With this partnership, we can continue to provide outstanding support to our clients in the infrastructure industry with bespoke grid designs.”

Dr. Steven Schooling, UCLB’s Director of Engineering and Physical Sciences, has said of the collaboration:

“The SnakeGrid methodology, developed by Dr. Jon lliffe at UCL, has provided innovative low-distortion coordinate systems for large engineering projects such as HS2, with the software tools to utilise SnakeGrid being commercialised via UCLB since 2009. The collaboration with Severn Partnership provides the opportunity to further scale the adoption and impact of SnakeGrid and both myself and Jon look forward to working with the Severn team to achieve these objectives.”

Find out more here about our SnakeGrid presentation at GEO Business 2023.