STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT AND MAPPING WITHIN LAND ASSETS

Any project that involves siting, constructing, maintaining or decommissioning assets needs to keep its stakeholders in mind throughout the project lifecycle to gain or maintain public approval.

Building a power line?

You need to pull the abutters list and obtain the right of way from various stakeholders along proposed routes, demonstrate you’ve engaged landowners and continue to manage their concerns about the project.

Need to schedule a maintenance activity on one of your assets?

You have to communicate with the right stakeholders and make sure they are informed about the potential impact of these activities.

Planning the route for a pipeline transmission project?

Getting a social license to operate and stakeholders’ approval is crucial for your project to move forward.

See how Borealis helps you every step as you work towards social acceptance.

Your project

There are many factors to consider when planning maintenance activities or the right path for a linear utility project. Having the right tools to assess, track, and understand these factors will directly impact the success, safety, and reliability of your project.

Borealis Assets and Land Management functionality

Automatically import and update various shapefiles in the system using Borealis’ API to obtain a clear view of impacted land areas, natural resources, assets, and infrastructure.

Define your options

When the engineering team gets on board to determine various options or your team of experts needs to make decisions about an upcoming maintenance activity or proposed route, your map becomes a handy tool for viewing the impacts on that area.

Ready to announce your project?

Not so fast!

Identify your key stakeholders and impacted people

In land-based projects, stakeholders are often defined by land parcel and location within your project. Using geographical information technologies (GIS) and being able to link your commitments, communications, and engagements with these parcels is crucial. Plus, you’ll be sure no one is forgotten.

Link the comments or sentiments of public hearing attendees to their parcel and your assets.
See which assets or infrastructure are at risk and take action in a timely manner.
Track project sentiment and trends.

The buffer zone enables you to define an area around your assets to determine which parcel owners you need to talk to.

Merging maps and geographical information (like shapefiles) in Borealis will highlight which parcels are impacted by a route or other linear asset.

Who are your key stakeholders? What do you need to tell them? How can you contact them? When is the right time?

Be super efficient with Borealis project management functionalities. Create multiple engagement plans related to your objectives & milestones, preset all tasks, and assign them to your team.

Build a solid engagement plan

You now have all the information you need to build a strong preliminary engagement plan. Keep in mind that projects change; so do stakeholders and their opinions. This plan will need to be reviewed and refined over time.

Start engaging! Centralize your data and access it at all times.

Borealis lets you follow the evolution of your engagement activities in real time, parcel by parcel.

Centralize all communications with stakeholders in Borealis without leaving your Outlook environment with the Outlook Add-In.
Use the mobile app to collect stakeholder sentiments, take pictures of issues to address, and prepare for face-to-face meetings. You can also add stakeholders to Borealis right as you meet them.
Link the comments or sentiments of public hearing attendees to their parcel and your assets.
See which assets or infrastructure are at risk and take action in a timelier manner.
Create and manage commitments with stakeholders.
Link easement agreements to stakeholders and track which right of ways have been signed in real time.
Access stakeholder data during public hearings to quickly address tough questions.

Multiple data entry applications. User-friendly interface, mobile application, Outlook Add-In.

How far from public approval are you?

See if there are any hot spots or specific concerns that require more attention from your team.

Track data in real time and the history of your team’s engagements.

Improve decision making with real time & precise data

By this point, you will have a mountain of actionable data. Gain clear insight in no time on how quickly you’re advancing toward project approval. Our Analytics modules allow you to:

Be proactive rather than reactive.
Track project sentiments and trends.

Demonstrate compliance

Easily prove compliance with industry regulations and investor requirements by extracting information showing who you have been communicating with, and when.

Build trusted relationships

After you have analyzed your data, you’ll be able to plan strategic actions that take into account both your operations and your stakeholders. This will ensure smoother and quicker approval for your project, avoiding wasted funds.

Drilling down
directly from your map lets you access the right information intuitively in a fraction of the time.

Congratulations!

You can demonstrate to regulators that you’ve done your due diligence. Community members are informed, you’re aware of the issues and can respond to, track, and mitigate future problems.

Keep on engaging

Once your project is approved and ready to move forward, continue to maintain positive relationships with stakeholders. Chances are you’ll need to re-engage them as things evolve, and their continued support will be essential. Stay on top of your compensation commitments using Borealis Land Access Module.

Key features

Mapping assets and stakeholders

Drill down information directly from you map
See issues, grievances, and communications at a glance
Communicate with the right stakeholders
Link stakeholders to various assets
Access up-to-date information when you need it most
Import or create shapefiles

Mobile
application

Know what your stakeholders think before you meet them
Avoid being blindsided
Input data directly into Borealis while working in the field

Buffer
zone

Define a buffer zone around assets
Know who you need to engage with

Multiple options for entering data

Use API to communicate with existing software
Add information from anywhere with the mobile App
Easily import and export data in batches
Upload images
Track emails

Analytics

Report
Track
Improve your strategies
Demonstrate compliance

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