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MVA Consultancy to manage BAA Heathrow’s Community Noise, Blight and Vortex Systems

BAA Ltd has commissioned MVA Consultancy to design, build, implement, and support a system to manage BAA Heathrow’s Community Noise, Blight, and Vortex Schemes. The key aim of the system is to improve BAA’s efficiency in dealing with enquiries from members of the public.

The UK Government’s 2003 White Paper on the Future Of Air Transport outlined strategic plans for the development of airport capacity, including the potential development of a third runway at London Heathrow. In 2005, as a response to this Paper, BAA Heathrow launched four new schemes two designed to mitigate current noise impact on residents around the airport, and a further two to mitigate noise and blight impact on residents, should planning permission for the third runway be granted.

For over 10 years, BAA has been running two community Noise and Vortex schemes at their UK airports. The schemes ensure the impact of the airport’s operations on the local community is minimized and use systems developed by MVA in the mid 1990s.

MVA Consultancy is developing a new single and integrated solution to manage the BAA Community schemes. The system includes advanced management of noise contours using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a document management system and telephone enquiry facilities.

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MVA Consultancy provides advice on transport and other policy areas, to central, regional and local government, agencies, developers, operators and financiers.

A diverse group of results-oriented people, we are part of a 450-strong team worldwide. Through client business planning, customer research and strategy development we create solutions that work for real people in the real world.

For further information, please contact:

Andy Smith
MVA Consultancy Limited
MVA House
Victoria Way
Woking
Surrey
GU1 1ER
Tel: 01483 728051
Fax: 01483 755207
E-mail: info@mvaconsultancy.com
Web: www.mvaconsultancy.com
Date: 11 January 2007