Holding your grounds maintenance data in a GIS (Geographical Information System) means you have an accurate record of surface types which you can pass to your GM Contractors helping them give you an accurate price. Moving from just having records on paper plans with a guesstimate of how much grass there is to cut to a detailed Bill of Quantities has delivered either a reduction of between 10-15% in the contract price or, as in the case of Northampton Partnership Homes, a much better service for the same amount of money as the following case study explains:
