On December 5, 2016 the Orlando City Commission voted to
authorize Southeastern Surveying & Mapping Corporation (SSMC) to provide
professional Stormwater Inventory and Asset Management services to update the
City’s Stormwater GIS database. Between 2009 and 2015, SSMC performed a
city-wide stormwater inventory over five phases where SSMC inventoried, located
and inspected over 55,000 drainage structures for the City.
The 2016-2017 inventory update will identify, locate,
photograph and inspect stormwater inlets, manholes, outlets, open channels and
ponds conveying stormwater runoff from all publicly maintained and named
private roadways within and adjacent to the incorporated Orlando City limits including
roadways maintained by the City of Orlando, Orange County, the Florida
Department of Transportation and the Orange County Expressway Authority. As
directed by City personnel, this maintenance update will collect new and
updated stormwater facilities which were constructed or modified, after the
initial inventory was performed by SSMC between 2009 and 2015.
According to SSMC’s GIS Division Manager Brian R. Garvey,
PE, GISP, “SSMC is extremely grateful to continue serving the City of
Orlando by maintaining this valuable asset. Building and maintaining the City’s
stormwater GIS database has utilized the perfect blend of our Surveying,
Geographic Information Systems and Sub-surface Utility Engineering expertise.
It’s a great fit for the services that SSMC offers, and we are proud that the
City recognized us for this important project.”
In addition to providing horizontal and vertical location
services, GIS databases, and inspection photos and videos, SSMC will be
integrating the collected data with the City’s existing ArcGIS and CarteGraph
Asset Management Systems.
