Gower Consultants
Gower Consultants are proud to offer a range of high quality solutions for Bereavement Services in the public and private sectors. Gower Consultants have unrivalled knowledge and 35 years' experience with cemetery and crematorium administration.
- Our expertise has made our Epilog Sequel system the most advanced, flexible, and comprehensive computerised administration system available and, with the release of Epilog 3.1 this year, it has got even better.
- We offer scanning and transcription of original documents, registers, and plans, to the highest archival quality, enabling the preservation and easy day to day use of your historic information.
- New for 2023, Gower are proud to offer LiDAR Drone Services which applies effective 3D scanning of green areas such as cemeteries and gardens of remembrance to enable us to provide you with data such as carbon stocks and sequestration of tree within green spaces, substantiating the carbon offsetting of these assets. The drones also gather data such as the leaning angles of headstones and enable high resolution mapping.
Epilog Sequel 3.1
Epilog Sequel is intuitive and easy to use, with a comprehensive masterfile system which allows commonly used information, such as death places, funeral directors, grave types, etc, to be selected from drop downs rather than typed in. The search mechanism allows for simple searching of records based on a wide variety of criteria, such as name, date, number, grave number, applicant, lease date, and more. Mailmerge features allow letters, forms, and worklists to be produced in bulk with record information automatically filled in.
Epilog 3.1, our latest system, offers the same high level of functionality as previous versions, which includes
- management of crematoria and cemeteries,
- diaries for cremations, burials, chapels, appointments, exhumations, witness committals, and more
- remote bookings for funeral directors
- email confirmations of service bookings
- memorial sales and management
- finance
- mapping with links from graves to burial and grave registers and theme options which show information such as graves with space available
- extensive mail merge and worklists
with the addition of new features such as
- increased and improved statistics
- alternate contact (if not the applicant)
- improved service options
- grave lease renewals and top-up
- grave memorial plaques
and new modules such as
- Prepaid Funerals
- Multiple Offices
- Comments and Complaints.
Gower Drone Services
Utilising the DJI Matrice 300 RTK drone equipped with an L1 Zenmuse sensor, we can create a survey-grade 3D model of each asset, while also collecting and recording high-resolution optical imagery.
The collected data is analysed to estimate carbon stocks and sequestration levels of trees within each facility's grounds. This information is invaluable for councils' carbon offsetting initiatives, providing insights into the role these green spaces play in absorbing atmospheric carbon. Specifically, we monitor each tree's growth rates, trunk thickness at breast height, canopy area, and canopy density. Combined with species data, we provide accurate biomass estimations, and therefore carbon storage values. Repeat surveys facilitate the plotting of this data and provide sequestration rates for each tree, aiming to substantiate internal carbon offsetting using these assets.
Further, data is gathered to determine the leaning angles of headstones, a crucial factor in maintaining safety at each facility. By identifying potential instability issues early on, preventative maintenance can be scheduled efficiently. We also create high-resolution maps of the graveyards using the data from the drone surveys. These maps will aid in more effective management, planning, and navigation within the graveyard sites.
All drone operations are conducted by our team of fully qualified pilots, who strictly adhere to safety standards and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) compliance at all times.
Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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