Service 03 · Advise

Technical Consulting, Solution Architecture & Requirements Engineering

Clarity Before Code.

Advisory, technical design and analysis before and during implementation. SEPM provides specialised technical consulting for utilities, engineering firms and GIS implementation partners — turning mandates, standards and difficult third-party data into architectures that work.

A meeting-room whiteboard with GIS, database, CAD, XML, Excel and portal boxes tangled by crossing arrows, sticky notes asking “Which version?”, “Who fixes it?” and “LV03? LV95?”, a sheet asking “Where does this data go?”, and a table buried in drawings and a “New mandate” folder.

A new mandate, many systems, and nobody knows where the data goes.

Scope

Where We Advise.

Four areas of advisory work, from the first feasibility question to long-term data governance.

01

Requirements Engineering & Specification

Legal mandates, industry standards and client workflows translated into formal technical specifications.

  • SIA 405
  • ISYBAU
  • INTERLIS
  • BIM/IFC
02

Solution Architecture & Data-Flow Design

Multi-tier architectures, transformation pipelines and interface topologies between Smallworld and external platforms.

  • Smallworld
  • GIS · CAD · BIM
  • Portals
03

Format Feasibility & Compatibility

Incoming CAD, XML, Shape and INTERLIS data analysed for gaps and schema mismatches — with clear cleanup rules.

  • CAD
  • XML
  • Shape
  • INTERLIS
04

Process & Quality Standards

Spatial data quality rules, geometry policies such as polygon topology and coordinate precision, and the governance processes around them.

  • Topology
  • Precision
  • Governance

Capabilities

What Our Advice Delivers.

Requirements engineering
Technical approachLegal and industry standards (SIA 405, INTERLIS, IFC) translated into actionable mapping matrices
Benefit to youNo ambiguity between mandates and software implementation.
Solution architecture
Technical approachEnd-to-end exchange pipelines connecting GIS, CAD, BIM and regulatory portals
Benefit to youScalable interfaces that fit your existing enterprise systems.
Data quality & governance
Technical approachExplicit spatial tolerances, geometry validation standards and error-handling workflows
Benefit to youInvalid spatial data kept out of production GIS.
Innovation & R&D advisory
Technical approachPilot projects such as GIS-to-BIM using 3D elevation models and LiDAR
Benefit to youEarly, informed adoption of open standards.

Facing a Standard, a Mandate or Data That Won't Import?

Bring us the requirement, the standard or the problem file. We'll help you understand it, specify it and design the way forward.