June 9, 2009. IBS has commenced the project of building an integrated information system for automated hydrological observation in Ussuri, Kuban and Oka river basins. IBS is to create approximately 250 new automated observation posts and develop the telecommunications network and infrastructure of data collection and processing centres.
The project primarily seeks to improve RosHydroMet capabilities to obtain reliable and sustainable hydrological observation data that meets the precision requirements, delivering an essential source of information to provide for hydrometeorological aspects of this country’s public safety and economic security.
Improvement of the hydrological observation system, including regions of Ussuri, Kuban and Oka rivers that pose flood hazards, and providing state-of-the-art measurement equipment for hydrological posts of other rivers should improve observation accuracy and speed up availability of hydrological data. This will make it possible to provide real time monitoring of the hydrological situation and predict hydrological hazards (such as flooding and flood inundation) in those regions in a timely manner. SEBA Hydrometrie GmbH, the German company and one of the recognised leaders in the production and supply of automatic hydrological equipment to World Meteorological Organization member countries is engaged for this project.
By the end of 2010 new and existing active stations and posts of the hydrological network will be equipped with automated observation systems and measurement data processing, accumulation and transmission facilities. This will enable hydrologists to receive up-to-date information including water flow speed, water depth, water temperature, water storage in snow cover, etc. Some of the posts are located far away from populated areas and infrastructure facilities and will rely on accumulator power supply. In order to provide for data transmission between hydrological posts, measurement systems and processing centres IBS will supply the required telecommunications equipment and deploy a communications network. Measurement data from remote posts will be transmitted to data processing centres by using cellular and in some areas satellite communications links. The project also involves supply and installation of required computer hardware at data collection facilities to enhance their data processing, analysis and storage capabilities.
The project is expected to substantially increase the number of automated hydrological observation points in Ussuri, Kuban and Oka river basins, improve the quality and reliability of measurements, and provide for more accurate and timely hydrological forecasts, including prediction of hydrometeorological hazards. A telemetric control system will make it possible to set observation intervals ranging from 5 minutes to 1 hour depending on the hydrological situation.
This project is part of the large-scale National Hydromet Modernization programme financed from the federal budget of the Russian Federation with a World Bank loan facility. The project has a budget of $ 8.7 million. The contractor was selected based on the results of an open bidding process. The project was awarded to IBS in view of its track record of successfully implemented projects based on information systems and telecommunications technologies, including the project of building the high performance computing system of RosHydroMet and a large number of projects of building distributed data transmission networks for public and private customers.
Company profile
IBS is the leader in the Russian IT and consulting market. Along with Luxoft and Depo Computers, it is part of IBS Group Holding Limited. Its core lines of business span management consulting, implementation of business applications, IT outsourcing and IT infrastructure. IBS headcount is about 3,000 employees including over 1,500 certified consultants and professionals. IBS customer base includes 34 of Russia’s top 50 companies. For more information on IBS, please visit www.ibs-company.com.
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