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National Underground Asset Register Project Update

The Geospatial Commission have published a project update report on it’s recently completed National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) pilots.

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Front cover of the NUAR Project Update report

In April 2019, we announced a twelve month pilot project to validate our assumptions and the feasibility of creating a secure and trusted national register of buried infrastructure data to enable safer and more efficient working.

The pilot phase of the projects in London and the North East of England have now finished and we have produced this update report which includes objectives of the pilots, lessons learnt and next steps towards a national roll out.

Published 19 June 2020
Last updated 1 July 2020 + show all updates
  1. Page 5 Replaced: Data security and the trade off between presumed open and closed systems. With: Data security and the need to balance security with safety benefits from fewer asset strikes Page 12 Replaced: Although only intended as a prototype, the platform needed to conform to strict security standards and audit controls set by the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as well as experts at the Ordnance Survey and utility companies. With: Although only intended as a prototype, the platform adopted a security-minded approach to the disclosure of asset information. Advice was sought from Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to address national security and asset owners were consulted regarding their commercial and security concerns.

  2. First published.