West London Waste Authority selects route optimisation consultancy services from ISL

Integrated Skills Ltd (“ISL”) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a contract by West London Waste Authority (“WLWA”) for the provision of route optimisation consultancy services.  WLWA is a statutory waste disposal authority responsible for disposing of collected waste from the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames (www.westlondonwaste.gov.uk).

ISL is the UK’s leading specialist in route optimisation for the waste & recycling sector as well as street cleansing, winter maintenance & gully emptying activities (www.integrated-skills.com). The project involves the use of the GIS based route optimisation software, RouteSmart, in consultancy services applied to waste & recycling collection services across the WLWA boroughs.

The WLWA Smart Cities vision is that by 2030 west London service provision for residual waste, recyclables and materials will be efficient, dynamic, fully utilised and generating income where possible. Residents will be fully aware of their local services and engage with them correctly because they’re easy to use, they can identify the materials for separating and they understand the benefit to them and others participating.

The objectives of this new contract are:

• Provide services to generate an optimised Digital Twin of collection routes and assist with integrating data into WLWA reporting systems. In April 2023 WLWA launched the Digital Twin Programme, to deliver a fully operational reporting tool (currently PowerBI) that will allow for live data to be utilised for live reporting by the end of March 2026. This contract will address the outputs of year one of the Programme which are:
  • A digital version of the kerbside services, communal services, street cleansing and trade services routes for 3 west London boroughs including details of the service provided to each ‘UPRN’
  • Service optimisation of existing services across Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow

ISL is an ESRI (www.esri.com) bronze partner and will be utilising the power of their GIS platform to produce optimised routes. ISL is also a long-standing partner of the Ordnance Survey (www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk) and will be processing their Highways data sets in tandem with LLPG data provided by the London Boroughs.