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Oxfordshire Tech Firm Launches Data Package For Property



Geospatial data and managed services provider ODCGIS has launched an analysis data package to help the UK’s property professionals manage housing and land assets.


Asset, sustainability, environmental and risk managers, plus surveyors, developers and landowners, are among those set to benefit from ODCGIS Property Insights.


The Bampton, Oxfordshire, firm has built the system in partnership with industry experts in property and land data, designing it as a single combined and analysed output readily accessible through spreadsheet or GIS data formats.


ODCGIS Property Insights combines the most accurate and up-to-date national base datasets with ODCGIS analytics.


The aim is to equip users, who need no GIS knowledge or skills, with a simple way to analyse the condition and spatial context of assets, make decisions on repairs, maintenance and investments, assess flood, subsidence, radon and other insurance risks and optimise contractor management.


Craig Godwin, ODCGIS Managing Director, said:


“By its very nature the land and property market is a key area of data activity. However, sourcing the most appropriate data is no longer the main issue for most users. The challenge is how to analyse it effectively - in other words, how to turn data into useful intelligence. That’s exactly what ODCGIS Property Insights enables."


“By hosting, processing and contextualising essential datasets and combining them with analysis through ODCGIS Property Insights, we can help customers embed location intelligence in their business information."

“This means they can make more informed and operationally sound decisions on all kinds of property-related costs, investment potential, risk management and strategic planning. ODCGIS Property Insights is for any professional involved in property management.”

Users can:

  • fill data gaps with Ordnance Survey NGD data such as building heights, number of floors, construction type, build year, roof type, solar presence, basement presence

  • evaluate the risk of flooding with Twinn by Haskoning climate data

  • assess the risk of trees affecting properties with Bluesky National Tree Map data

  • analyse biodiversity, and heat, wildfire and drought risks, with data from Map Impact

  • understand ownership responsibilities through Land Registry ownership data

  • assess radon risk using BGS (British Geological Survey) radon data

  • analyse open data added such as indices of multiple deprivation ranks, boundary information, subsistence risk, coal mining areas, conservation areas, proximity to fire stations and hospitals, gas and water lines


Rick Thompson, Director of Operations at ODCGIS, said:


“We know from years of experience that customers truly value data but, equally, they often need help to unlock it and ensure it is easily accessible. A key consideration in developing and trialling ODCGIS Property Insights was that the solution should be as easy to use as possible by people without prior specialist knowledge of how to source or manipulate digital map data on screen."


“All the data sources and analysis are combined into one output, one product, for the client, so they don’t have to do any legwork. From the user perspective, the granular analysis it enables will help fill gaps in asset management data showing, for example, that a particular property is mid-terrace as opposed to end-terrace."

“The level of detail you can analyse seamlessly is totally scalable, from the outlines of buildings and green spaces to the risk of flood, subsidence or radon, and how EPC ratings will feed into environmental reports.”

ODCGIS Property Insights is the latest enhancement to the ODCGIS solutions portfolio which provides access to digital geographic content through managed services, data capture and provision and GIS consultancy.


Customers, partners, integrators and suppliers use ODCGIS to source mapping, aerial photography, addressing, height data, historical maps and environmental reports.


*ODCGIS Property Insights is a key theme of ODCGIS’s presence at the forthcoming Housing Innovation Show, taking place at the ICC Birmingham on 4 and 5 February 2026. As well as exhibiting the solution on stand 32, ODCGIS Director of Operations Rick Thompson will discuss its benefits for asset management and analysis in a conference presentation.


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Jason Davenport has been promoted to director of traffic and transportation at East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering company BSP Consulting.


He takes over from one of the founding directors of BSP Consulting, Mark Rayers, who is stepping back to become a part-time consultant to the business.


Jason, who was previously associate director of transportation at BSP Consulting, joined the company as a transport engineer just a month after it was founded in 1999 and has been a key member of the team ever since.


His expertise includes transport planning, travel plans, transport assessment, access strategy, noise assessments and safety audits. Jason’s experience ranges across all sectors, having worked on schemes at airports and universities through to supermarkets and housing developments.


BSP MD Carl Hilton said:

“We are very pleased to announce the promotion of Jason Davenport to director of traffic and transportation at BSP Consulting."

“Our ethos is to promote from within wherever possible, which provides our team with opportunities to progress their careers and also enables smooth succession planning for the business."


“Jason has been a loyal, experienced, and valued part of the team at BSP right from the start and his promotion is very well deserved."


“As one of the founding directors of BSP Consulting, Mark has played a pivotal role in the success of BSP - helping the company to grow to become one of the largest independent civil and structural engineering businesses in the East Midlands."


“We are very pleased that he is staying with us as a part-time consultant and continuing to support the extensive network of clients that we have built up since the business began more than 25 years ago.”


Throughout his time at BSP, Jason has held positions as transport engineer, senior transport engineer, associate and associate director. His appointment as director of traffic and transportation began on 1st February 2025. He said:

“Under Mark Rayers, the traffic and transportation department at BSP Consulting has earned an excellent reputation as a professional and skilled team that provides outstanding service to clients."

“I have worked with Mark for 28 years in total, having met him before he became a founding director at BSP, and I am proud to have been appointed to head up the team going forward and to continue the good work that BSP has become renowned for.”


Jason, who lives in Gedling, Nottingham, is based in BSP’s head office in Nottingham but heads up the traffic and transportation team across the group.


Mark Rayers is one of the original four founders of BSP Consulting, which was launched in Oxford Street, Nottingham in 1999. The company has since expanded with offices in Pride Park, Derby and De Montfort Street, Leicester, as well as an office in South Yorkshire, on Smithy Wood Crescent, Sheffield.


He has stepped down in his role as a director but will remain a part-time consultant to BSP Consulting, working one day a week.


BSP is an award-winning firm that operates across the UK, offering civil engineering, structural engineering, transport engineering, geotechnical, and environmental engineering. BSP works across all sectors including housing, student accommodation, commercial, industrial, health, education, senior living, retail and heritage.


For more information about BSP Consulting visit here.

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