Project Goal
TEP faces a landscape of complex permits, environmental limits, and engineering demands. Teamed with WestLand’s GIS experts and powered by Esri’s PDS and ArcGIS Online, they gain a unified map of constraints and opportunities. As the journey unfolds, obstacles—habitat, ROWs, cultural resources—are revealed rather than hidden. With clarity, teams choose the right path, coordinate construction, streamline permitting workflows, and engage the public with confidence. In the end, they return transformed—delivering compliant, well-sited projects strengthened by transparent data, smarter decisions, and a system that evolves with every step.Business Problem Solved
Large number of viewers and stakeholders for various deliverables.
A large number of team members and working with other agencies cause deadlines to ebb and flow.
Way to deliver the model.
Collect field data: TEP (engineers, construction, land resources) and WestLand experts (biology, archaeology, permitting specialist).
Project progress tools for all project phases.
Public consumption.
Project phase deliverables and final deliverables in TEP-required format.
Technology Implemented
WebMap and FieldMap products expedited meetings and communication.
Questions that typically require an email can now be answered instantly by referencing web maps.
ArcGIS Pro and PDS (via AGOL) enabled internal webmaps showing R/W acquisition status, biological and cultural resource concerns, and more.
Suitability model map packages integrated with TEP GIS to create and manage public-facing webmaps and dashboards.
Development Team Biography
Nahide Reynolds is WestLand's Director of GIS with over 30 years of experience leading complex geospatial initiatives.
Chuck Powell is WestLand's Assistant GIS Director with over 30 years of experience in geospatial analysis, aerial data acquisition, and mapping technologies.
Ben Finkbeiner is a Sr. GIS Analyst at WestLand with over six years of experience in geospatial analysis, GIS project management, and enterprise system administration.
Diana Sandoval is a Sr. Project Manager at WestLand with 18 years of experience in environmental compliance, permitting, and land use planning for infrastructure, energy, and development projects.
Clark Bryner, Manager, TEP Siting, Outreach & Engagement
Christopher Ortiz Y Pino, TEP PM Siting, Outreach & Engagement
Patrick (P-Dub) Dubberly, Environmental & Land Use Planner/GIS