The expansion of fiber networks in Sweden continues and in this work, the production of correct land lease agreements is an important step. Today, the information is often handled manually in landowner lists in Excel. This takes time, costs money and makes it difficult to get an overview and control of the current status of the projects.
The ambitious plan to increase fiber coverage in Sweden means that projects often cover long distances and affect many properties. Due to natural, environmental and cultural considerations, changes are common, which means that new properties are added and others dropped. That alone is an important element that can be difficult to keep track of.
The current way of working makes it difficult to get an overview of which landowners have signed agreements and where groundwork can begin. Incorrect decisions can lead to unnecessary conflicts with landowners and ultimately become a problem for pipeline owners and rights holders. The legal aspects of having protected your infrastructure are of course of great value.
Manually managed landowners' registers contain a lot of personal data that is necessary to establish land lease agreements. How are these stored? Is the management GDPR compliant? Cloud act? Does the manual handling of personal data in various Excel files increase the risk of personal data breaches and penalties?
As a network owner and client, you may receive weekly reports in different Excel files. They are not linked to the map and it is impossible to visually assess progress and completion. When projects are reported as completed, it can be difficult to assess whether the required contracts are actually signed. Underground cables without rights carry risks of future disruption. Landowners who believe that nothing is buried in their land may carry out other works, damaging vital infrastructure.
At Metria, we are well acquainted with the often long process with many landowner contacts that infrastructure projects entail. Automating and streamlining manual steps frees up important time.
With the Metria Markkoll cloud service, land lease and right of use agreements are automatically generated, sent to landowners and can then be entered at Lantmäteriet. It will be easier to create the necessary agreements and you can be sure that the right agreement has been signed with all the landowners concerned and that the data is handled in accordance with GDPR.
Do you also want to save time, increase quality and gain better control in the demanding work of land access? Watch a six-minute movie where André Öberg, Product Manager at Metria, describes the possibilities of an unbroken digital chain throughout the process from planning to management.